Posted on 01/14/2019 9:52:26 AM PST by MNDude
>I know several in the morning coffee crowd at the local VFW.
One is 93 and was Army Air Corps then Air Force from WW2 through Vietnam.<
I am 87 and live alone after my wife of 52 years passed away in late 2017. I miss her so much I sometimes hurt all over. She was 84 when her work here was done.
I still drive, cook, do the laundry and some work in the house and in the garage. A lady comes in once a week to do the heavy housework and cleaning because I am simply unable to bend or lift anything anymore.
My long term memory is fairly good, but short term isn’t.
I’m up early, 0500 or so. I am working on a novel about our second civil war. I’m also working on a memoir about how my tiny resource based hometown has destroyed its resource base by greed and foreign ownership, and hiring Mexicans to do the heavy lifting at refreshingly low wages, and to sell dope to the local people.
I visited my old high school, (class of 1950) a year or so ago, and was appalled to see all the signs in Spanish. The local Finns and Scandinavians learned English in one generation.
Funny story. The old immigrant men used to tip their hats at the local school teachers because they were teaching their kids and grand kids how to be good Americans. Those days, alas, are gone forever. Homeschooling and small private schools are the only answer.
Yes, I have A-Fib, my bones are sore with a little exertion, and I gasp for air after I walk a half block. I’m getting glaucoma. But I still find time and energy to do a few things after I sit at the computer writing and logging onto Free Republic.
For one, I am a member of the Experimental Aircraft Association because they have a youth program that’s astonishing. Some junior high and high school guys and girls build real airplanes that actually fly. They’ve flown these planes, jumped through all the regulatory hoops, and sold them and reinvested the money back into their local EAA organization.
I am volunteering at a local Christian school to do some science enrichment. For instance, I’m getting a course in microwave chemistry together because microwave chemistry is going to play a huge part in the near future in science and technology.
As a Navy veteran of the Korean War I note the kids at the local Christian school and as I do, I reflect and am so grateful that I had the chance to serve in our armed forces so long ago and far away.
Believe me. The home schooled and Christian schooled kids are worth saving our country and ourselves for.
President Reagan once said it is up to every generation to keep civilization going.
And, ladies and gentlemen, We are that generation.
I agree. RBG is currently enjoying a Weekend at Bernie’s.
No women over 75 should be in government. Only a very small percentage of men should.
Even notice how a Senate panel says it needs to review something...and something that would take a business a few hours takes them a few weeks?
Ever notice how they address things years or decades after they became a problem?
They move slow, think slow, and have almost no creativity.
And they are our government.
You don’t have someone in their 80s plan and execute a large family reunion. They get lost in it and revert to attempting whatever they did 40 years ago.
There are exceptions. But our Senate is little different than the average assisted living center.
The “social media” hearings are a classic and embarrassing example. Not a single insightful or probing question was asked.
My grandmother is 96 and was still active until a year ago.
We took her (a former WAVES) to see Japan when she was in her mid-80s and she had a ball.
Male life expectancy in 1790 was 36.5 years.
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Ben Franklin was 81 when he helped write the Constitution.
Daniel Boone was 80 when he spent the winter alone trapping in Yellowstone, then in the spring walked back to Kentucky.
Personal friends well into their 80’s are as intelligent as I remember them 30 years ago.
Some people age well while others do not.
Some people no matter their age simply never grow up!
You make an excellent point. If you are working out strongly (for your level) several times a week, you probably are not going to get cancer or dementia. Eventually you still might. My uncle had no dementia at 80 or 85, but by 90 he started to get it. He walked miles every day and swam many laps in the pool 3 seasons a year. It kept him going longer than most. He’s not doing well in his 90s though.
That is more likely "dowager's hump", an indication of osteoporosis.
Rehnquist worked until he died, and he had clerks helping. His last statement about it came out 7 weeks before he died.
She’s official until she dies, and nothing will done about it.
“I found several of the cases were of Supreme Court Justices that went senile but refused to leave.”
At that point, Congress had the duty to impeach them.
So what? There’s no requirement for a Supreme Court Judge to meet your idea of respecting the Constitution, nor to be of any particular political persuasion.
And that’s a good thing, whether she’s considered on the right or the Left. That’s also why there are multiple Judges on the Court.
I know some that could.
An I know some that couldn’t.
Hope that helps.
I think the best evidence we have is that it is no real secret that her clerks are writing her briefs and decisions.
It is my impression that she isn’t really doing anything except signing them.
It’s also no secret that her clerks are ideologs of the same cut, so they are writing just what she would.
One that I work with, still works mostly “full time”, and is spry and generally healthy. If RBG had his level of health, she would be okay to continue working.
My ex-in-laws, both about that age, are still living on their own, pretty active, but probably not in sufficient shape to hold down “full time” jobs.
Another one I work with, almost 82, is in pretty fantastic health and seems to have all functionality, enough energy, etc.
Serious answer: Individual cases are variable and meaningless in determining an individual’s competency of performance.
Serious answer: Individual cases are variable and meaningless in determining an individual’s competency of performance.
My uncle just turned 88 and is a Korean War veteran of the 24th Division. His was first unit in Korean war to see combat from occupation duty in Japan and he is still driving and up until recently quite the ladies man well into his early 80’s.
Another friend of mine is 86 and the CEO of a credit union and vet of the US Navy. I am on the board with him and he is still going strong. Another friend is 94, still driving, WWII vet, we are in the same lodge together. I have several friends between 85-95 range at my church.
RBG is not doing the actual work. Her interns do the vast majority of it. RBG just goes along with the other Dem-appointed justices. She is a figurehead in much the same way that Senate and House staffers act as handlers for their principals. Strom Thurmond was propped every day serving until he was 100 years old. RGB is a youngster compared to Strom.
Robert Carlyle Byrd served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959. He is the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history. He was 92 when he died in office.
Thank you.
The truth is closer to in the USA about 50% at 85 have some form of dementia. And if you add in any neurodegenerative disease, it’s probably more.
And the stats get screwed by the fact that many people (with or without dementia) leave the world between 80 and 85. Thus the 85 year old set contains the half of the former 80-yr-olds that had dementia, minus all the ones who died. And is added to by the healthy ones who are about 75 years old mitocondrially. Two totally different populations at 85. You really see more of an extreme in competency than at any other age.
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