Thanks for the posts.
Chess for Oldtimers --- Good Idea !
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May 8, 2020
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#2463
The medics can now stretch life out an additional dozen years but they don't tell you that most of those years are going to be spent flat on your back while some ghoul with thick glasses and a matted skull peers at you thru a machine that's hot out of " Space Patrol ". ( a cute little item from Groucho Marx ).
What about the sponge baths?
May 9, 2020
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#2465
52yrral wrote:
What about the sponge baths?
Well, now that's what I call a Glass-Half-Full kind of attitude. Good for you!
May 20, 2020
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#2467
motherinlaw wrote:
I like that savoring stuff idea. How about throwing in another benefit? A growing ability to actually follow the wise dictum "Don't sweat the small stuff ... and it's all small stuff."
--- I would say Yes and No to that thought. For example I spend a lot of my time asking myself three very very important questions: a) When is the last time that I had a Pee ? b) When is the last time that I had a Poop ? c) Where the Heck is the nearest Bathroom ???
May 20, 2020
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#2468
Part Two: However as I get older ( & older ) I find myself going back over stuff that happened years ago and wondering how some things might have been different. Mind you I try to remember that Yogi Berra once said: " When you come to a Fork in the Road TAKE IT ! lol.
Jun 7, 2020
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#2472
Just came across a interesting quote that I may have posted here before but it's so cute and it is from Mark Twain so here it is again: " Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. " ( works on a couple of levels lol ).
Ha ha, very true, a lot of things of late, out of sight, out of mind.
That was just like my ol' buddy Samuel, stealin' my lines an acting like theys hiz!
Jun 14, 2020
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#2476
Just came across a cute item for any ladies that might visit this thread: " Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age; as your beauty fades so will his eyesight. " ( from the late great Phyllis Diller, she was a very funny lady ).
Jun 14, 2020
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#2477
Nice observation! Another very funny lady said -
"The older theory was, marry an older man, because they're more mature. But the new theory is, men don't mature. Marry a younger one." -- Rita Rudner
Jun 14, 2020
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#2478
Another one from Rita Rudner:
"I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to get facelifts until my ears meet."
Jun 22, 2020
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#2480
cabadenwurt wrote:
Well perhaps my title for this thread has scared people off ? lol, I should perhaps have called it Chess for people who have been around the block a couple of times. However I do love to play the game even tho I'm at a very average level allways keeping in mind that I'm also getting lots of mental exercise while involved in a fun activity that I enjoy. There is one minor ( but quite aggravating ) problem tho that I've been noticing. I will be in the middle of a game and suddenly my mind wanders off and next thing I know I've made a boneheaded move and messed up the game. I mainly play Live Chess try to keep the game moving ( set at 15 and 10 ). I had a nice litte game going earlier today and for no logical reason gave away a rook, with no return of material, maddening. Perhaps this type of problem is one reason that we see very few older players able to keep up in high level tournament play ? Well I'm off to get another game, maybe this time I can get my mind to concentrate all the way to the end of the game lol.
--- Yup still the same Rofl.
LOL