The Born Loser by Art and Chip Sansom for November 12, 2024

Oh no! More like the next phase.

As you get older, getting out of bed in the morning is already an achievement.

Ain’t it the truth?

60 was better, 70’s are going OK so far

The 70s aren’t all that bad, when you can’t run fast enough to catch a common cold. (haven’t had one in 30 years) Cancerous bladder tumor removed and had 18 chemos and am now clear. shoulder dislocation and torn rotator cuff repair, and now have some limitations in movement, but I’m learning to cope with it. Other than that, all’s well.

groundhog’s life…

Does anyone know of a place where I can buy a new back?

Moses did not start until he was 80!

You’ll start a little slower nursing used parts.

yep

As my mother was inclined to say, “Getting old isn’t for crybabies.”

If I knew I was going to live this long (almost 79) I would have never smoked, drank and chased fast women. Spent last 30 years trying to improve on my first 49 years. Beware.Stupid living (sin) has its consequences. Living proof found in Rest/nursing homes. I visit 3 or 4 days every week to bring Lord’s word and a snack to many. 30 years ministry. My late wife and mother were a great rock to me. King David said, “Praise the Lord seven times a day.” Words of Medicine for our Souls. I am thankful for medicine and our great Doctors and the Great Physician.

egads I hope not. mom said I was quite the monster when I was a child.

Yeah, 50 is one of several times you start anew in life. Your life starts again with your first job; it marks the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood. Around 50 you tend to be in leadership positions at work or even change career paths entirely. Then it starts again in retirement which could be a struggle financially and medically or you’re in good shape on both.

It used to be that life began at 40. Now folks tend to delay marriage and building a family. So I suppose that 50 or even 60 is more the norm.

Not quite, Wilberforce.

Restart @ 50? ……….If only….

If only. Yet during my mid 50s was when l retired from Law and went into teaching. So, yes, a different life did in fact start for me. However my early life experiences did prepare me for my new life….

55. Still waiting…

Yesterday Hurricane Hattie was shaking down Mrs. Twombly under the guise of raking leaves and today Wilberforce is walking through the leaves with Uncle Ted. Well done young Thorny. You have chosen the better path. But no, you won’t have to start school again!

From my standpoint each decade get I get a little more achy. But once you reconcile yourself to your limitations things are just fine. So instead of working in the yard all afternoon, I break up the chores into shorter segments. A 20 minute power nap along the way helps too.

In fact compared to my peers, I’m more than just fine. A lot of it is attitude. Be happy where you are.

Ted isn’t wrong in my case. My mom died when I was 50 and my life took a drastic left turn I never saw coming. Found some things out that just about destroyed me but didn’t surprise me. Lost my job and was a hair’s breadth from being homeless when I finally found another. Now I like my job much more than my last and I’m pretty much in charge of my store, maybe about to become a store manager but I’ll settle for keeping this one from falling apart before the actual manager comes back from medical leave next year.

Well you can stop at 49 like some women do.

Nope!!! It means when you turn fifty, you just don’t give a crap about much anymore.

That’s why it’s called a second childhood.

Life begins anew each morning. Treat each day as a great gift. : )

if only somebody had told me, i could’ve skipped all the preliminaries and gone straight to 50… ☺

Let’s hope not !

And like the song says:

“We’ve only just begun”

For women, we become invisible at 50. It’s nice.