Beth
#303
From your link:
“I checked the actuarial tables, and the lowest death rate is among six-year-olds. So I decided to eat like a six-year-old,” he said in a 2015 interview with Fortune magazine,
I had no idea he said this… and now I love the guy even more!
I don’t care about meeting others celebrities, but I’d go all weak in the knees if I met Warren!
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I saw the new The Toxic Avenger film, which had Kevin Bacon in it. He’s 67 and I thought, “wow! He’s done a good job looking after himself!”
I had a similar thought about Willem Dafoe, who I keep seeing in movies, who happens to be 70 years old.
Then there’s Demi Moore, who was in the recent film The Substance, where she plays a character who had just turned 50 and was promptly fired from her job as a TV aerobics instructor (that wants a younger-looking host). Amusingly, Demi Moore is 62 years old (was maybe 60 when the film was made). So, she passes for someone 10 years younger, where that character was already supposed to seem young for their age, maybe appearing to be 40ish.
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LaraPo
#306
Last Fr I was at a party and took a selfie with my friend - we are the same age. Somebody asked her “Is it your daughter” meaning me. We both laughed and told that we were both 70. The same person then joked about me “ You are probably a Russian spy and pretend to be 70”. Even though it was a joke and we laughed, it was pretty unpleasant to me. When I came home, I sent the selfie we took to Novos for age evaluation. Mine was evaluated as 41, and my friend’s as 71. The age difference was exactly like mother-daughter’s.
There’s some rigidity in how society expects people to “match” their age—whether it’s appearance, behavior, interests, or even health status. Deviate from that script, and suddenly you’re met with raised eyebrows and skepticism or even worse - suspicions.
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Aug 30 was our 50th anniversary, our daughter got us tickets to see John Fogerty in Niagara Falls, Canada. He is 80. If you don’t know his history with music he started CCR, Credence Clearwater Revival with his brother and some friends. Long story short, he had lost the rights to his music and was not able to play his own songs for decades. His wife Julie got the rights back about 3 years ago.
When he came on stage he talked about this and how without his wife he would not be where he is today and that he was going to perform ALL his songs for us with his 2 sons (both excellent musicians)
He did not stop for 2 solid hours. His voice is the same today as it was back in the day, his superb musicianship shone through.
I ordered his new double album (in vinyl) Legacy - John Fogerty
It was a story of love and perseverance that defied age and time.
Truly an inspirational evening.
Side note, on our honeymoon in 1975 we went to 2 concerts Sat and Sunday night. First, Alvin Lee and Ten Years After (they played at Woodstock) opened for Nazareth and Second night Chris de Burgh opened for Supertramp… We went to a lot of concerts in the 70’s.
So it was fitting to see John Fogarty who also played at Woodstock!
We also went to see Jaws in 1975 for the Sunday matinee 
another 50th anniversary!
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Beth
#308
A similar thing happened to me. It was ultimately a compliment to you but so rude to your friend.
That person didn’t get the memo. Never ask someone if you are pregnant or if that is your daughter unless you already know the answer!!!
@Steve_Combi that is a fantastic story!!! Which one you ask… all of them!
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I did the pregnant thing once… learned a bit from that but not enough…
Then I did an even worse one, I asked a guy I knew (as a neighbour) one day at his shop how his wife was… forgetting that she had passed from cancer about 2 months previous. I felt about as low as a snakes belly 
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Beth
#310
I can’t bring myself to heart that response!
ARGH, I bet that was painful for you!!!
I have a notoriously bad memory, so I’m sure I appear indifferent, but I try not to ask people too many questions because I fear they probably answered those very questions recently and I worry about insulting them!
People who know me well realize it’s not personal but casual friends probably think I am just not interested in them. I’ll remember you have kids but might not be sure of how many.
Fun fact, I have no idea what religion my husband is… it’s the kind of thing you can only ask so many times And yes, we’ve been married 20 years! Ha!
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This woman is amazing!
A ‘super ager’ shares how she thrives at 90: Trapeze school and house parties
Ednajane Truax often wears a shirt that says: “You don’t stop lifting when you get old — you get old when you stop lifting.”
There are a lot of busy people with packed calendars in D.C. Not many of them are 90.
On a Tuesday I texted retired nurse and nonagenarian Ednajane Truax to see when she might be free to talk. She responded: “Friday after two is ok.”
Truax, who is known to friends and neighbors as “E.J.,” can often be found on her hands and knees in the dirt, working in the garden at the Sherwood Recreation Center in Northeast Washington. She also has an impressive garden of her own and helps out with other neighbors’ gardens. She works out several times a week, sometimes while wearing a shirt that says “You don’t stop lifting when you get old — you get old when you stop lifting.” She can bench press 55 pounds and leg press 250.
Full story here: A ‘super ager’ shares how she thrives at 90: Trapeze school and house parties (Washington Post)
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DrT
#312
“Incredibly unique”??….LOL
I know, I’m being pedantic but some journalists ought to try to tone down sensationalism.
DrT
#313
Yeah, I can relate to that. I asked my wife’s friend how her Mum was, and I’d even attended her funeral. Jeez; I felt like a fool!
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I think they need a better education in the use of the English language. Things are not “incredibly unique”, they are either unique or not.
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LaraPo
#316
I did the same thing a few times. Now Im just silently guessing if it’s pregnancy or obesity.
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DrT
#317
That was exactly my point…
Is 60 the new 40? Frank Grillo makes it look that way!
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Frank Grillo! the ultimate B movie bad guy
Hes always been a stud, good genes make a difference.
ectomorph, mesomorph, and endomorph
We all know that amazing athlete in our circles who can play any sport, eat anything and never gain an oz. Pump any weight and gain muscle, look years younger, etc.
Most people have to work extremely hard to come anywhere near their level of genetically endowed fitness. Interestingly they all die just like the rest of us, only with a more beautiful corpse.
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Nick1
#321
From most recent issue of BBC SF
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A_User
#322
Mormons seem to age well. Johnny Harris recent video about the church is good (the first 10 minutes is quite spiritual): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23owsv-R0fs
The current religious leader is 101 years old, many of them lived over 90 years old:
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