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Turning 72 this spring and still love alpine skiing! I started at age 23 and hope to ski until I die. I would suggest if you understand your limitations, ski defensively, have your bindings release-checked every season and dress properly, you should still be able to enjoy sliding around on...

Drink up! https://www.healio.com/news/nephrology/20220509/greater-coffee-consumption-correlates-with-lower-risk-for-aki-compared-with-no-coffee?utm_source=selligent&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news&M_BT=6567831421984

I’m having difficulty finding my way to the "new normal." Like you, I experienced similar difficulties when I retired. I solved the problem(s) by becoming a volunteer for several organizations, which helped me learn about things I had limited knowledge of, as well as fill the hours in my day...

I had a total knee replacement three years ago and my dentist still asks that I take an antibiotic before any visit. He writes the prescription.

I agree. But while I will accept my mortality, I do not let it alter my way of life. I get up each day and thank my creator for the day ahead of me and for the life I was given. Then, I push any melancholy thoughts out of my mind and move forward with the day and whatever it brings. I also...

@SD-455 Yep, it looks like that was the car I owned! I hope the owner is enjoying it; I sure did! Thanks!

At SD-455 It was an automatic, which the dealer told me was the only transmission available. I ordered it from Caplan Pontiac on Sunrise Highway in Seaford, New York, for, if I remember correctly, $6300 in May (or June) of 1973. The Caplan dealership was the only dealer on Long Island who...

I've always loved cars and I have been dreaming about many of the cars other posters have mentioned for over sixty years. Having only owned one really nice, fast car, a 1973 Pontiac SD-455 Firebird Trans-Am (brewster green with a white leather interior), the desire has always been there but now...

Over the past few decades, I have used many types of lubricants for my left knee including chondroitin, glucosamine chondroitin and even hyaluronic acid injections and I think the placebo effect was responsible for any feelings of relief I experienced. I say this because over time, even when...

"and the pay is very fair, especially compared to my volunteer activities." If I am reading you correctly, I was in a similar situation when I first retired. After volunteering for several organizations, I realized I was doing the same thing as folks who were getting paid. So, why not get...

"I dont really want to have to take care of him later in life." In my opinion, you may not have to. From what you've described, "later in life" could mean decades from now and I think that worrying about something so far in the future is futile and subjects you to unnecessary stress. Your...

I'm so sorry for your loss.

While I think military service can be a fine career choice, it is not for everyone. I know this after having "won" the draft lottery back in 1971. Unlike any other job, you cannot give two weeks notice and leave. You are stuck there for the duration of your contract with fairly severe...

In my opinion, we are biopsychosocialspiritual creatures. As such, we need to take care of each facet of our being. Bio: Get enough sleep, exercise regularly, get an annual medical checkup with all required immunizations, visit a dentist twice a year for check-ups (and floss, daily) and...

I retired at 50 and also became bored after a few months. So I began volunteering for several organizations and over the next few years discovered things about myself I was unaware of. This new perspective on myself started me on a path through college and graduate school, culminating in a...