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[Xue Sheng98]

I just had a thought that made me feel really really old..... This was the thought..... "I was born in Florida, but left there over half a century ago".... HALF A CENTURY!!!!!! dang, I can apply "half a century" to things that happened in my life..... dang I'm old

 

[Steve]

I just had a thought that made me feel really really old..... This was the thought..... "I was born in Florida, but left there over half a century ago".... HALF A CENTURY!!!!!! dang, I can apply "half a century" to things that happened in my life..... dang I'm old

I was chatting with someone on the plane back from Pheonix over the weekend. He was down there playing in a water polo tournament. I played water polo as a segment of a year long PE swimming class in high school, which was over 40 years ago. That was pretty brutal.

In related news, do you have a retirement date yet? I'm counting on you to retire before me, so I can pretend I'm not as old as I look!

 

[Xue Sheng98]

I was chatting with someone on the plane back from Pheonix over the weekend. He was down there playing in a water polo tournament. I played water polo as a segment of a year long PE swimming class in high school, which was over 40 years ago. That was pretty brutal.

In related news, do you have a retirement date yet? I'm counting on you to retire before me, so I can pretend I'm not as old as I look!

Could be May this year, but more likely between May 2026 and April 2027.

 

[Steve]

Could be May this year, but more likely between May 2026 and April 2027.

We're neck in neck.

I'm eligible, but still like my job, so I think will probably stick it out for at least another year or two. It's nice having options.

I think we'll end up staying in this area, at least as long as the kids are here, but might snowbird to Sun City or someplace like that. The idea of 70F Winters is pretty appealing.

My mom just turned 80 and my dad's 90. They're both in good health and are still sharp. I hope I'm as active and mentally fit as they are when I get to their age. And I have to say, that retirement lifestyle is pretty nice in the Phoenix area. I thoroughly enjoy visiting them, toodling around on the golf cart and dipping in the hot tub or pool at least once per day.

 

[Xue Sheng98]

We're neck in neck.

I'm eligible, but still like my job, so I think will probably stick it out for at least another year or two. It's nice having options.

I think we'll end up staying in this area, at least as long as the kids are here, but might snowbird to Sun City or someplace like that. The idea of 70F Winters is pretty appealing.

My mom just turned 80 and my dad's 90. They're both in good health and are still sharp. I hope I'm as active and mentally fit as they are when I get to their age. And I have to say, that retirement lifestyle is pretty nice in the Phoenix area. I thoroughly enjoy visiting them, toodling around on the golf cart and dipping in the hot tub or pool at least once per day.

Kids; 1 in Virginia, moving to Philadelphia this year. Another in NYS should be heading to New England in a couple years. And if things go as planned I should be heading back to New England when I retire. I like NH and Me.

My mother just went into a Nursing home at 93 and not doing great. She was not doing to bad,, living on her own, she was suffering with back pain, but then ended up with Pneumonia, the Flu and a UTI all at the same time, she got though that, but it took a lot out of her and after that she had to go to rehab and now a nursing home. If I go to New England I will have to figure out how to move her... but I will cross that bridge when I get to it

 

[HighKick]

We're neck in neck.

I'm eligible, but still like my job, so I think will probably stick it out for at least another year or two. It's nice having options.

I think we'll end up staying in this area, at least as long as the kids are here, but might snowbird to Sun City or someplace like that. The idea of 70F Winters is pretty appealing.

My mom just turned 80 and my dad's 90. They're both in good health and are still sharp. I hope I'm as active and mentally fit as they are when I get to their age. And I have to say, that retirement lifestyle is pretty nice in the Phoenix area. I thoroughly enjoy visiting them, toodling around on the golf cart and dipping in the hot tub or pool at least once per day.

My body is a wreck, but my biggest fear is to slip mentally. It doesn't run in my family perse' but both my parents died relatively young from cancer.

 

[jks919975]

I just had a thought that made me feel really really old..... This was the thought..... "I was born in Florida, but left there over half a century ago".... HALF A CENTURY!!!!!! dang, I can apply "half a century" to things that happened in my life..... dang I'm old

Dagnabit! You've got me realizing that now!

Why don't you stick to picking on trees, instead of innocent old men...

 

[Steve]

My body is a wreck, but my biggest fear is to slip mentally. It doesn't run in my family perse' but both my parents died relatively young from cancer.

We tend to maintain our mental acuity pretty much up til the end. My grandparents on both sides were sharp right up until they died. But cancer runs in my family. If we don’t get that, we tend to live into our 90s.

Regardless, it’s a good reminder to enjoy the time we have.

 

[Xue Sheng98]

Dagnabit! You've got me realizing that now!

Why don't you stick to picking on trees, instead of innocent old men...

Picking on trees!!!! That has always been self defense…. Never trust a tree

 

[Kung Fu Wang104]

We tend to maintain our mental acuity pretty much up til the end.

I have retired for 21 years and 3 months now. It's the best part of my life. Today I did 2,000 punches and only 40 kicks along with my 4 miles walking/training on the beach. I try to do less kicks to protect my knees. When I did my 10 punches combo:

1. right jab,
2. left cross,
3. right hook,
4. left hook,
5. right uppercut,
6. left uppercut,
7. right overhand,
8. right back fist,
9. left overhand,
10. left back fist.

I truly didn't know which MA style that I was training, and I didn't care. I did try to coordinate each and every punch with my foot landing, 10 punches with 10 steps.

Trying to find some training that we enjoy of doing through our retirement age is important.

 

[Buka20]

An old student just reached out to me to say hi. I remember him as a nice kid. I think he was 18 the last time I saw him. He’s an Associate Professor of Law at a University in Houston now. Brought a tear to my eye.

He’s the fifth (that I Know of) of my old students that have become attorneys. Not bad for a bunch of city kids.

 

[Xue Sheng98]

An old student just reached out to me to say hi. I remember him as a nice kid. I think he was 18 the last time I saw him. He’s an Associate Professor of Law at a University in Houston now. Brought a tear to my eye.

He’s the fifth (that I Know of) of my old students that have become attorneys. Not bad for a bunch of city kids.

You have students that are attorneys, I know guys I trained with that went to jail......hmm.... wonder if your students put them there

 

[Buka20]

You have students that are attorneys, I know guys I trained with that went to jail......hmm.... wonder if your students put them there

There’s two defense attorneys, a real estate attorney, a contractual (or whatever it’s called) attorney and I forget the other one. There’s a judge, too. All city kids.

It’s why every kid had to bring his report card to the dojo before they brought it back to school. If they went down in their marks they were suspended. Probably couldn’t get away with that now. But the parents loved it. Not so much the kids.

 

[Steve]

An old student just reached out to me to say hi. I remember him as a nice kid. I think he was 18 the last time I saw him. He’s an Associate Professor of Law at a University in Houston now. Brought a tear to my eye.

He’s the fifth (that I Know of) of my old students that have become attorneys. Not bad for a bunch of city kids.

They couldn’t find honest work?

 

[Dirty Dog3]

There’s two defense attorneys, a real estate attorney, a contractual (or whatever it’s called) attorney and I forget the other one. There’s a judge, too. All city kids.

It's awesome when students go on to do well. I've got a veterinarian, an engineer, a UN translator, one in law school, and a military pilot.

It’s why every kid had to bring his report card to the dojo before they brought it back to school. If they went down in their marks they were suspended. Probably couldn’t get away with that now. But the parents loved it. Not so much the kids.

You can. We do something similar.

 

[Gyakuto104]

Nice! That would have taken awhile!

Standing in a staggered line is quite an effort. They should get them working on world peace or revitalising the storyline in ‘Squid Game’.

 

[Gyakuto104]

Working out in the gym or in the martial arts feels like a regenerative pursuit, improving ones physical and neural health.

Hard manual work like building/carpentry etc (or trudging around a city on a holiday () averaging 9 miles a day), feels degenerative, damaging one’s long term health.

 

[Gyakuto104]

You know what it feels like in the world today? When one of those towns elects a cat to be mayor.

 

[Prince_Alarming104]

Busy busy... lunch break hey everyone Somehow I am keeping ahead of the fashions in art without really trying. Luck, i suppose...

 

[Gyakuto104]

Busy busy... lunch break hey everyone Somehow I am keeping ahead of the fashions in art without really trying. Luck, i suppose...

The development of art stopped with Caravaggio