What does a 70 plus person know that a 50 year old doesn't

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What have you learned by the time you reached 70 or older, that you didn't know when you were 50.. , and what would you advise the younger seniors to look out for as they get older ?
 

While I am not 70 yet, I would advise younger ones (50's) to get out there and walk. I find I feel so much better and stronger and wish I had started it sooner. Yes, I have pain sometimes but I believe it is not as bad as it used to be. I can now walk up a flight (30 steps) and make it to the top without being winded). I do have prescription meds to fall on (hee hee) if I find it gets too bad but that is for those days I have just done too much.
 

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Good advice iris..but this is for people in their 50's not just 50...(y)

My suggestion (although I've still got a few years till I'm 70) ..would be to realise that life goes by at super speed after your 50's, and to realise that you need to get as much done as possible while you still can and if you're able!..also if you don't do some kind of resistance exercises you're going to lose muscle very quickly, and that's where even trying to open a jar becomes difficult

@AZ Jim, not everyone suffers from Pain of course ( you and I both do ) so I empathise, but when it comes it can come suddenly and without expectation. I find myself saying..''why has this happened?..I was in no pain a year ago.. etc!!
 
I've always been someone who walks, but I now have trouble with my knee, and I find I can walk just a short way before the knee gives out.. but that aside, I've also noticed that although I'm far from a slow walker, in recent months I'll be walking as I always do, perhaps through the woods, or over the fields, and I seem to be taking longer somehow to get to my destination, although I feel I'm walking as fast as normal.
 
Kander and Ebb (who wrote the songs for Chicago and Cabaret, among others), also wrote a lesser known show, about a lovable group of 70- something year olds. The show is called 70, Girls, 70, and it never became a big hit, maybe because of that stupid name. But the show is a pure gem. This rousing number shows the philosophy of the show and is the show's finale. Our theater group is putting it on in a few weeks. While we are not Liza Minelli, we do our best, and definitely say, "Yes!" to the whole idea. Go to this web site, then scroll down to #5, the song "Yes!"

http://www.playbill.com/article/the-top-10-kander-ebb-songs-com-210537
 
Not yet 70. I guess being able to take to heart the age old "this too shall pass" wisdom would have been useful.

My mother always said that you can't put an old head on young shoulders. This thread reflects that.

We were all undoubtedly cautioned to save more money, treat our bodies better, put our families first, told that getting old isn't for sissies, etc. It's almost impossible to take heed of all these warnings when busily engaged with a different stage of life.
 
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Kander and Ebb (who wrote the songs for Chicago and Cabaret, among others), also wrote a lesser known show, about a lovable group of 70- something year olds. The show is called 70, Girls, 70, and it never became a big hit, maybe because of that stupid name. But the show is a pure gem. This rousing number shows the philosophy of the show and is the show's finale. Our theater group is putting it on in a few weeks. While we are not Liza Minelli, we do our best, and definitely say, "Yes!" to the whole idea. Go to this web site, then scroll down to #5, the song "Yes!"

http://www.playbill.com/article/the-top-10-kander-ebb-songs-com-210537
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Wow! Great song, great philosophy. I sometimes forget how closely Liza's voice resembles her mother's. Thanks for the link.
 
dont think there's much knowledge a 70 can give a 50 plus 'but body fitness comes to mind ' but live life as u do see fit !
so I think ile stay in my 50s corner .;)
 
hollydolly said:
What have you learned by the time you reached 70 or older, that you didn't know when you were 50.. , and what would you advise the younger seniors to look out for as they get older ?
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The amount of money you need to survive when you retire and no longer have a job.

Not just the money. The fringe benefits. And the favors from acquaintances you made while working.

Once you are retired you will get a connection for a few years but then it's all gone and you are on your own.
 
That drinking lots of alcohol and smoking cigarettes is not cool!

Living on a fixed, (smaller), income takes practice.

Being polite and friendly with all people, old and young and from
any country is beneficial.

Speak plainly and truthfully, but not abruptly or with superior aggression.

Mike.
 
Took a couple courses in Linguistics to avoid language requirement, became interested in etymology and vocabulary, still have a dozen
books on obscure, difficult words. The things I learned are all gone now, laying somewhere in dead brain cells. I read my 'word books'
at night to 'refresh memory' all gone in a couple of days.
Spell check and goggle are my best friends.
78 now, 78 and apprehensive.
I cannot remember what I've forgotten, that is not humor that is a brain breaking down.
 
When I was 50 I could do anything my mind could dream of and my pocketbook could afford.
If you reach 80 (odds are you beat the odds or you will have passed.)
At 80 your mind says I want to do that.
Your body tells you no you can't.
At 80 you hearing begins to dim, your eyes begin to dim, your teeth begin to give way to Father Time
Your heart, kidneys and liver may fail at any time, you may be bed ridden
It is impossible to accumulate enough money to cover medical/nursing home cost
You are now in the Golden Years

In my personal case..I quit working at 60 and travel every place I had ever dreamed of in my life, kind of wish I had saved some money cause I could use it now. My children have reached Senior Citizen status and moved away to be close to their children.
Everyone will arrive at this point in their life and there is no escaping it and you just have to deal with it, so my policy has been to live, love and cherish the golden moments of life, but in reality I sometimes feel like I am living on a cliff and have to draw on my faith.
 
Now that I'm 71, I wish I had a better attitude about myself in my 50's. I thought that was just old and worried about getting even older. I now know so much better. Cherish all your years, because no matter how old you may think of yourself now, you'll look back and wish you were still that age again. It really is all relative.
 
Gary O' said:
Quit dreaming of, living in, preparing for the future
Do it, whatever it is
now
While there's some left

I'll never regret what I did in my 50s and 60s
...made my 70s quite savory
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Gary.....Can I come live with you for a year? I hope that when I reach 70, I will have fulfilled my dreams. For now, I’ll settle for living in the wilderness for a year and living off the land. I don’t have a lot of survival skills, but I believe I could get by.
 
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For now, I’ll settle for living in the wilderness for a year and living off the land. I don’t have a lot of survival skills, but I believe I could get by.
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Most folks can, if

They have common sense, and know nobody else is gonna do whatever it is that needs doing.
Most seasoned military/enforcement personnel do quite well.

There is a satisfaction in spending a year where adapting/improvising/improving is a way of living.
It's rather short lived at times, depending on what mother nature throws atcha next.
It is good to stop, sigh, observe....then go back to digging out, knowing you won't stay warm that night if you don't unbury the wood you cut last summer.

I imagine you'd do quite well
Yessir
 
What does a 70 plus person know that a 50 year old doesn't......


Lads......Cherish your pecker at 50, cause it becomes obselete after 70. ☹

Girls......Age shouldn't matter to you, you'll always be delicious plums to pick off a tree. :p
 
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