My dad still so sharp at 98

BlunderWoman

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I love my Dad a lot. He amazes me with how sharp his mind is. He gets online and emails and everything. The other day I was talking to him on the phone and I said " I watched some program that said ****** can cause hearing loss in men." Without skipping a beat my dad said " What did you say? I can't hear you." He cracks me up
 

I am in touch with an old lady, whom I call Auntie Myra. She very bravely saved me from being trampled to death by a bolting horse and cart on our driveway, when I was two. She is 99 this year and although slightly deaf has all her brain cells intact. I tease her that if she doesn't make her 100th birthday next year I will be very annoyed with her. Auntie Myra is really amused when I tell her that!:D She is the second youngest of eleven children, many long lived, but none have quite made it to 100, she is the only one left.
 
I don't know how they do it BlueCheese. Hat's off to them
 

BlunderWoman said:
I don't know how they do it BlueCheese. Hat's off to them
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People who reach 100 often do amazing things these days. A South African woman hit the headlines last year, I think, when she celebrated her 100th birth by swimming with sharks and skydiving. GOOD FOR HER!:)
 
My dad, shown with my youngest son and DIL, will reach the century mark in May. His eyes are failing him, but he still gets around the home where he lives. My son is holding a jar of sand from Iwo Jima where my dad fought in WW2.
 

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I remember George Burns planning to do a show in London on his 100th and he almost made it!
 
Pappy said:
My dad, shown with my youngest son and DIL, will reach the century mark in May. His eyes are failing him, but he still gets around the home where he lives. My son is holding a jar of sand from Iwo Jima where my dad fought in WW2.
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I love the photo. Very nice. My dad fought in WW2 also here's his pic from back then he's on the bottom row third from the left
 
Ralphy1 said:
I remember George Burns planning to do a show in London on his 100th and he almost made it!
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Burns was funny, but I loved his wife. When asked if she thought her husband would cheat on her again she said " I wish George would cheat again. I really need a new centerpiece."
 
Yes, I read that she said that after he gave her a silver service set out of guilt for his first, and only, dalliance...
 
Pappy said:
My dad, shown with my youngest son and DIL, will reach the century mark in May. His eyes are failing him, but he still gets around the home where he lives. My son is holding a jar of sand from Iwo Jima where my dad fought in WW2.
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Great pic, Pappy. Almost made me cry. Looks like a solid, loving family. The way life should be. I am really getting to "know" people on here. I recognized you in your son, before I even saw your name on the post.
 
BlunderWoman said:
I love the photo. Very nice. My dad fought in WW2 also here's his pic from back then he's on the bottom row third from the left
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They were all so young. They look so confident and willing. Ready to do whatever for the common goal.
I was ten when the war started. I remember the constant tension and shared grief on the home front and the euphoric day that it was all over. A day like no other in my lifetime.
 
BlunderWoman said:
Burns was funny, but I loved his wife. When asked if she thought her husband would cheat on her again she said " I wish George would cheat again. I really need a new centerpiece."
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He really loved Gracie. I remember the movie he made about the old guys robbing a bank. In one of the final scenes, he is looking through an old photo album and starts to cry. He pees in his pants and says "Now we've come full circle".
 
Pappy said:
My dad, shown with my youngest son and DIL, will reach the century mark in May. His eyes are failing him, but he still gets around the home where he lives. My son is holding a jar of sand from Iwo Jima where my dad fought in WW2.
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Wow, he doesn't look a day over 98.;) Just kidding, he looks no where near 100 imo. Nice photo.

My dad lived to 84. He was in constant pain from rheumatoid arthritis. Morphine helped his last couple of years, but the drug made him sleep most of the time. My mom fared much better as she lived until 95 and in mostly good health. Miss them both.
 
Underock1 said:
They were all so young. They look so confident and willing. Ready to do whatever for the common goal.
I was ten when the war started. I remember the constant tension and shared grief on the home front and the euphoric day that it was all over. A day like no other in my lifetime.
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Yeah. My dad never would talk about the war until maybe the last 2 years. He will talk airplanes for hours though
 
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