Re: Re: So, here it is...

BTW Jim - my dad is 72 and still plays tennis 4 times a week.  

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: David Franzman
Sent: 11/13/2004 7:34:39 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] So, here it is...

My father said that four years ago.  Now at 76 he's still going strong and 
seems to have gotten over the "death at any moment" syndrome.  Happy 
Birthday to you and may you have many more.

DF
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: [CHAT] So, here it is...


> Doomsday.
>
> Betcha weren't expecting that!
>
> The occasion is, today I officially reached age 72 years. For some reason 
> at age 10 or 12, I became convinced that I would live to age 72. Now, when 
> I was 10 or 12, life expectancy was something like age 68. So 72 seemed 
> like a derring-do. Progress; Roosevelt was president and all things were 
> possible. But, for reasons I can't explain, age 72 has now become some 
> sort of end game in my mind. I have the distinct feeling that it's all 
> borrowed time from here on out.
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Zone 10a
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>
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