Originally Posted by
Wogster
Age is just a number, as long as you physically can ride, there is no reason you need to slow down, or ride less then you want to. With the medical technology we have now, even arthritic hips or bad knees, do not need to slow you down, because they can do amazing things with artificial joints. The biggest stop to an active lifestyle these days is not physical it psychological.
Amen, brother!!
I have a friend - my age - who I have believed for a long time is on his own charted and programmed path to death. He was a minister for a long time at a retirement/assisted living/nursing home facility - which he loved. But, right now, he is going through what I call "approaching death stages." He doesn't do any significant exercise. His latest is he wants to move to one of those warehouses for old people where, for $6,000 per month, they will keep you like a pet. Fed and warm and sort of entertained and comforted, and folks sort of wander around all day. However, his wife refuses to let them do that (good for her). I visited one recently, and one "inmate" remarked to me about being in "prison."