Ross61
Challenge Tour Pro
I think he means to fly south when the snow come
edit. Seems I posted too late
Getting Old - How worried are you and options?
- Thread starter 3offTheTee
- Start date
I think he means to fly south when the snow come
edit. Seems I posted too late
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Spread your tiny wings and fly away ?
williamalex1
Money List Winner
Indeed a nice wee song by Anne Murray, Snowbird, I prefer her singing Can I have this Dance, was usually played as the last dance of the evening. I got a few lumbers to that song in my younger days
Last edited:
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
Now that is indeed Plan A - or is it Plan B? Not sure. Buy a place Embra/East Lothian way; and also have a little place/escape down where we are.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Would you want to escape from Embra, if so its the wrong place for you, move somewhere that feels like being on holiday.
stefanovic
Medal Winner
Whether we make it into old age or not.
This is where I deploy Richard Dawkins.
"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.
The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Arabia.
Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton. We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA so massively exceeds the set of actual people.
In the teeth of these stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here."
He intends to have this read at his funeral.
The quote is from the first chapter of his book Unweaving the Rainbow.
Brads
Active member
Was thinking about this the other day. My old man died a few weeks back at 75 so I suppose that was the reason.
I'm 54 and have brutal tinnitus, arthritis in one foot, both hips and both hands, I have bulging discs and a back made from distilled pain, and glaucoma (in one eye, but no ones that lucky)
When I totted it up, I thought, sod it, I'm retiring at 55 and learning to play golf, I'll worry about it when I have to.
I'm 54 and have brutal tinnitus, arthritis in one foot, both hips and both hands, I have bulging discs and a back made from distilled pain, and glaucoma (in one eye, but no ones that lucky)
When I totted it up, I thought, sod it, I'm retiring at 55 and learning to play golf, I'll worry about it when I have to.
Last edited by a moderator:
SwingsitlikeHogan
Major Champion
The escape would be to the place in the south in times of when the weather was too cold for my Mrs…which could be every month but June…
Last edited:
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
When I need someone to do basic things for me it’s time to call it a day.
That’s no sort of life. For both sides!
My mum and dad both had dementia that does worry me.
I would like my care plan to have an opt out of this world clause in .
It’s criminal you can’t plan your own end on your own terms while you still have the capacity to do so.
I am sure that will come but not quite early enough to help thousands who would opt for it.
That’s no sort of life. For both sides!
My mum and dad both had dementia that does worry me.
I would like my care plan to have an opt out of this world clause in .
It’s criminal you can’t plan your own end on your own terms while you still have the capacity to do so.
I am sure that will come but not quite early enough to help thousands who would opt for it.
Brads
Active member
My lads have been told to tie me to my motorbike and fire me into the sea.
It's a glorious image but one that could never happen in reality. Your lads would go to prison and no parent would wish that for their child. I've had aunties and uncles make similar bold statements but when you remind them of the consequences it has quite a sobering effect. I'm with @clubchamp98, post #29 but who knows when that may come into effect.
Brads
Active member
I know.
But it would be better than the alternative that’s for sure.
But it would be better than the alternative that’s for sure.
drdel
Tour Rookie
But how long do you want to live ?
williamalex1
Money List Winner
There's a big difference between just being alive and actually living.
SocketRocket
Ryder Cup Winner
Cheered me up no end this thread ?
williamalex1
Money List Winner
There's a big difference between just being alive and actually living.
It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years.
stefanovic
Medal Winner
If you are lucky enough to be remembered on a tombstone it might give your date of birth and your date of death with a hyphen in between.
That hyphen represents your whole life.
Last edited:
williamalex1
Money List Winner
There's a nice poem by Linda Ellis called The Dash, used at funerals.
