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Old 04-12-02 | 04:24 PM
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Originally posted by DnvrFox

No, I am not 70, I am approaching 63 and my wife is approaching 65. However, I do know a number of riders who ARE 70+. They neither have hair on their palms nor have necessarily lost all of their hair. I guess I speak for myself and others I know.
I hadn't realised you were taking that comment so seriously, I had better explain. The whole "you'll get hairs on your palms etc" thing was a cynical parody of the report itself. People in the media often say stupid things like that with no facts to back it up (like, that drinking milk was gonna make me fat, when does that happen?). I was merely taking the p!ss. I apologise if I offended.

I did not at any stage suggest that people couldn't ride beyond the age of 70 (or at least, that wasn't my intended message). That merely referred to the fact that people who don't look after themselves very well in their younger years tend to have poorer health at that age, and that maybe one or two people mightn't be as sexually active at that age (although this mighn't be the right forum to debate that point).
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