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Re: All is not well in Toadsuck

By: ribit in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Sat, 04 Jun 22 2:56 PM | 26 view(s)
Boardmark this board | 6th Edition Pope Board 		Msg. 32613 of 60008
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If you outlive the Missus, you may wish it weren't so. I hope she's doing well. 

...all I have to do in that case is let the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders know that I am available and to get their entry in early. There is sure to be intense competition from the Hooters Girls.




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Re: All is not well in Toadsuck
By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE
Sat, 04 Jun 22 12:23 PM 		Msg. 32610 of 60008

ribit:

Re: “...as for me, I shall plod on day to day hoping to prevent so many red eyed widder women from throwing themselves off barn roofs in despair if I should pass.”I'm so sorry. Please give my condolences to your wife. It's terribly depressing, outliving those you know and love, especially immediate family.

I understand your sense that we are living too long, but I have a different take. More progress has been made on extending life than on extending mental acuity. Doctors and scientists have a lot of work to do yet! Genetics plays a huge role, though. My dad lived to 96, but parts of his brain did not. After about 90, much of who he'd been was gone. His siblings, except for the ones who died young, are all on the similar paths: Life into the mid-90s but with severe mental decline. It's horrible.

My mother, on the other hand, died at 87, sharp as a tack to her dying day. So it doesn't have to be my father's way. Some suffer dementia and strokes in their last years. Some don't at all. Personally, I'd rather go the way my mom did, though her route was more painful. At least she stayed herself.

Now, in YOUR case, I don't see any sign of mental slippage. Something else might get you one of these days, but I think your brain is going to be intact until the end. If you outlive the Missus, you may wish it weren't so. I hope she's doing well.

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