Hit the double nickel
06-17-08, 09:30 PM
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Hit the double nickel
55 years young today. If I would have known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself. Don't know who coined that phrase but oh so true. Stopped smoking a number of years ago but had and still do have a love affair with food. Its a constant battle to keep eating right but oh well I gotta do it.
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06-17-08, 09:51 PM
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Congrats on making it this far. I hope to be able to say the same in 17 months.
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06-17-08, 10:24 PM
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Double Nickel, ok. I hit the Metric Century recently.
06-17-08, 10:31 PM
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The jazz pianist Eubie Blake has, at least by some, been credited with saying, "If I knew I was going to live this long...." BTW, he lived to be 100 and had a few other noteworthy quotes:
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...bie_blake.html
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/au...bie_blake.html
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06-18-08, 12:25 AM
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Congrats on your accomplishment! Keep on keepin' on.
Just a couple years behind you...
06-18-08, 09:25 AM
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Oh, to be that young again
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06-18-08, 01:07 PM
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55 years young today. If I would have known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself. Don't know who coined that phrase but oh so true. Stopped smoking a number of years ago but had and still do have a love affair with food. Its a constant battle to keep eating right but oh well I gotta do it.
06-18-08, 02:11 PM
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On the food stakes- To be able to ride- you have to eat. The more exercise- the more you have to eat.
Gives you an excuse to have double PIE on the rides- but the Extra milage to work it back off again can be hard.
Gives you an excuse to have double PIE on the rides- but the Extra milage to work it back off again can be hard.
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06-18-08, 04:27 PM
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Great - but did you do the "ride your age" ride - a 50+ tradition. Extra credit given if you stop for pie. Must be accompanied by pictures for proof. We will give you a few days in case you were not aware of the tradition.
06-18-08, 09:20 PM
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Will keep that in mind. I figure I have the rest of the year to do that ride your age thing,Oh and the pie, does cheesecake count?
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06-19-08, 05:45 AM
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Hapy Birthday. If 55 is the double nickel, then, I guess, 66 is "The Mark of the Beast!"
06-19-08, 01:06 PM
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Possibly- but it has to be a good one. Just to verify that it would pass- Pm dnvrfox on where to send the judges samples.
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How long was I in the army? Five foot seven.
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06-19-08, 01:24 PM
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you have to trust me on this one it was good
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