tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post112751882769201813..comments2024-02-19T00:54:37.767-08:00Comments on The Columnist Manifesto: Existential Friday: What kind of old person do you plan to be?Oscar Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05558650379298098292noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1131663725744461132005-11-10T15:02:00.000-08:002005-11-10T15:02:00.000-08:00Hey, If you are looking for a fantastic feel good ...Hey, If you are looking for a fantastic feel good prenatal vitaminvitamin<A HREF="http://www.bestvitasource.com" REL="nofollow">prenatal vitamin</A> then you have to check this out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1129947353211352842005-10-21T19:15:00.000-07:002005-10-21T19:15:00.000-07:00You know there are not many blogs where health foo...You know there are not many blogs where health food store new york gets a mention.<BR/><BR/>Is this the exception? <A HREF="http://www.solgar.co.uk" REL="nofollow">health food store new york</A> ????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1127575083611591862005-09-24T08:18:00.000-07:002005-09-24T08:18:00.000-07:00Oh, one last thing about Grandpa and his longevity...Oh, one last thing about Grandpa and his longevity and mental acuity: Maybe it was the diet of boiled chicken legs, peas and carrots every single day that did it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1127574978826383272005-09-24T08:16:00.000-07:002005-09-24T08:16:00.000-07:00I feel somehow responsible for the subject of this...I feel somehow responsible for the subject of this post (sorry about that). I'm not even living up to my "middle age" role models (they are all thin, healthy and very active), so there are certainly times when I'm concerned about what my dotage is going to be like. I've already got mornings where I'm too stiff to move and I'm not even 50 yet.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how much genetics plays into what you're like as an old person, and now much environment has to play (and I'm not convinced the health professionals do, either, considering how one month they tell us "Take more Vitamin E!" and then next month they say: "Vitamin E: Bad for you!") <BR/><BR/>But if genetics DOES play a role, I suggest you start collecting stamps pretty soon, and maybe start a side business selling them. I think that daily mental exercize kept Gradpa's brain spry till he was about 100.<BR/><BR/>I am not convinced my reciting of Monty Python script elements is going to continue to amuse people when I'm 80. (seeing as it's annoying to some people even now). So I'd better find some other things to talk about...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1127530898817908522005-09-23T20:01:00.000-07:002005-09-23T20:01:00.000-07:00I've actually thought a lot about being old, and I...I've actually thought a lot about being old, and I'm looking forward to it. You can say whatever you want when you're old, and who's going to say anything to you? I fully plan to take advantage of the fact that undergrad classes are free to senior citizens. And when I'm no longer senile enough to understand them, I'll spend my days on a rocker on my front porch, mumbling to myself and yelling at children to get off my damn lawn. It's going to be great.Sleep Goblinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435775690231515934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8394922.post-1127524800936717732005-09-23T18:20:00.000-07:002005-09-23T18:20:00.000-07:00Isn't it more that we retain optimism about life, ...Isn't it more that we retain optimism about life, including our own? When we falter and become different (less spry) than what we have envisioned for ourselves -- so be it. Live with it, pull the plug, whatever. But why plan for that? Why worry and anticipate it? Isn't life wonderful in that it doesn't deliver the last pages until you, well, get to the last pages? <BR/>Come on, Oscar, aim high. Do the diet and exercise thing and if it fails, you'll have plenty of years to contemplate the whys and whereofs. And if you've retained your wits like Stevens, you may even write a book about it and become rich. At 85.ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01222848486174278888noreply@blogger.com