He's dead. She's dead

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I'm 75. So ,ike " Do you remember "Charlie Everett? " "Yeah". "He's dead" "Ramone Delgato? He's dead. Phil James? He's dead. Sue Verno? She's dead" And all day long the radio has been talking about Mike Nesmith ( Monkees). He's dead. I'm normally a happy person, but good grief there is a limit. I'm just feeling down, and ventilating. We all got to do it sometimes.
 

fuzzybuddy said:
I'm 75. So ,ike " Do you remember "Charlie Everett? " "Yeah". "He's dead" "Ramone Delgato? He's dead. Phil James? He's dead. Sue Verno? She's dead" And all day long the radio has been talking about Mike Nesmith ( Monkees). He's dead. I'm normally a happy person, but good grief there is a limit. I'm just feeling down, and ventilating. We all got to do it sometimes.
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Fuzzy, I'll be 88 next week and believe me - - - -it doesn't get any better.
 

hollydolly said:
Well I'm sorry to hear all these people you know are dead... but I'm pleased that aside from Mike nesmith, I've never heard of a single one of the others... saves me feeling depressed..

R.I.P to them all .. whoever they may be...
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Now you know why I never look at, listen to, or read the news. Events like The Grenfell Tower disaster, I only hear about from the small talk at work, but not knowing means I'm not unnecessarily depressed by events I cannot alter.
 
horseless carriage said:
Now you know why I never look at, listen to, or read the news. Events like The Grenfell Tower disaster, I only hear about from the small talk at work, but not knowing means I'm not unnecessarily depressed by events I cannot alter.
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sad tho it may be
I wouldn't actually feel depressed... it was just an expression...

If I was actually going to feel depressed, it would only be because of something that's happened within my family...
 
On CBS Sunday Morning, they list all of note that have passed in the previous week. Gets a little downing. I used to subscribe to a group from a company I worked at. I got so depressed looking at former coworkers that had died, I gave up on it.
 
Aunt Bea said:
Today I was reminiscing about a Christmas party from forty years ago.

It finally dawned on me that I'm the only one that is still alive.

I am the cheese. šŸ˜„
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Yeah, not many left to answer to....

Around 12 years ago, I wrote something to a forum guy that'd just turned 50
He was depressed....asking me what's next


Here and Now

So, here I am, on the wrong side of sixty, weird things growing, wiry hairs, warts, splotches, odd indefinable patches, moles the size of gophers, and thatā€™s just on my hind end.

Iā€™ve got good hearing, but only in one ear.
It's why we have two of most everything.

Vision is going south. Reading glasses are strategically laid throughout the house, cars, tackle boxes, and shop.
Itā€™s not a serious issue just yet, but need to demonstrate more patience when trying to get the neighborā€™s hibachi to fetch.

I make little noises when I commence to get outta my lay z boy.
I notice that those same noises will emanate from my wretched larynx when I commence to sit in said lazy boy.
Speaking of larynxes, I find that throat clearing takes several triesā€¦like starting an olā€™ model T.

I have partial recall, and even that is a struggle.

I can put on 157 lbs in 13 minutes, just from sniffing a bran muffin.

After sixty, while you slumber, a pubic hair can grow the length of 3 feetā€¦on the pointy part of your ear lobe.

Things grow, and things that were already there will up and move

ā€˜Doc, take a look at whatever that is on my left knee.ā€™
ā€˜Gary, thatā€™s just your right testicle.ā€™
ā€˜BTW, whenā€™s the last time I ran my finger up your pooper?ā€™

When in your 60s you must learn the difference between the words colostomy and colonoscopyā€¦itā€™s important when checking in.

Of a morning, youā€™ll look in the bathroom mirror, and find a goblin looking back.
So just comb back your ear hair and greet the day.

Self-keeping becomes secondary.
ā€˜Honey, thereā€™s a puffed wheat in your mustache.ā€™
ā€˜Ohā€¦..so?ā€™
ā€˜We had puffed wheat two weeks ago.ā€™
ā€˜And your point, dear?ā€™

By sixty your underwear from high school has finally given up the ghost, so you retire the little strands of elastic,
but consider the frugal acquisition of 12 headbands.

You discover your new fresh (actually brilliant white) briefs are quite the contrast to the occasional poop stain
ā€¦of which is no longer so occasionalā€¦ā€¦poop cake can become a concern.

Oh, and you discover you no longer have a hind end.
It has gingerly crept up and nestled onto your lower back, leaving you with just a six inch line and a tuft of hair.

The fire in your eyes is now just pain recognition.
Speaking of fire, get wunna those birthday candles that doesnā€™t blow out.

Itā€™ll help you keep the fire.
 
Iā€™m 73 and my husband is 77. We were talking the other day and realized most of the people weā€™ve known are now dead. It doesnā€™t depress me unless itā€™s someone Iā€™m close to. And usually that would be sadness more than depression.

I think theyā€™ve all went on to a better place or at lest I hope so. In a way, I think it will be interesting to see just what happens when we die.
 
BTW, those are fake names, didn't want to use my friends' real names. on the net. I know it's a fact that we weren't here before we were born, and we won't be here after we die. But when you start going down your list of friends, and it's "Oh, he's dead", "Yeah, she's dead". To me, it's like bits of your world is gone. I'm sorry to sound so "uncheery". We're supposed to be always happy and optimistic, but we have to face it. We are seniors.
To me, even sadder than death is to hear so many with dementia.
Talk about your happy posts!!!!!!
 
Well folks here I am at 88 and don't hear of so many folks dying coz most have already passed on.
I survived 6 rounds of chemo 3years ago , suffered through the after effects and still have some ongoing as well as old age.

I only watch the news headlines..don't need to hear the details.
I am sick and tired of the TV stations showing people having their arms jabbed and noses poked for Covid stuff.
We really do not have to see that. Especially when you are having a cuppa tea and choc biscuit or perhaps cutting in to your favourite steak.
We all know what it is all about by now eh!
Better stop. I feel a long rant coming on.....
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