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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 09:00 PM
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What habits will you take up when you are 75 and no longer afraid of dying young?
I will take up smoking again once I hit 75. Especially if they have assisted suicide at that point (with all the seniors around in 30 years I'm sure it will be legal - I just don't want to suffer or die young when I die of lung cancer). You?
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 09:06 PM
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1. Free love.
Just kidding!
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PassingFair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 09:08 PM
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2. Smoking here, too.
I quit when I was 43...on the CONDITION that I
can start again at 65...

I'm looking forward to it!
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 09:12 PM
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3. I quit smoking at 43 too.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 05:37 PM
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6. I am 72 and have been smoking since I was 16.
I am still alive with no serious health issues. I told my son that I wanted to quit, and he said why bother now.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 05:43 PM
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8. 2 years behind you and same sentiments.
:-)
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 04:32 PM
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4. crapping in my pants.
Well, I'll probably be doing it voluntary or not.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 05:34 PM
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5. Mountain climbing!
Right now, the fear of falling thousands of feet, while periodically smacking against small ledges and protruding rocks, until I land in some inaccessible place, sort of discourages me from taking up the sport

But when I'm more, like, about that, I'm gonna buy me an ice axe and shoe cleats and pitons and ropes and a cup to hold my dentures when I'm sleeping in a hammock dangling off the rockface -- and it'll be a whole new adventure
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 06:08 PM
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11. Never give up the dream struggle. LOL!
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 05:38 PM
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7. Heroin.
I hear it's a really good high.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 05:54 PM
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9. Straight shots of tequila and boinking the pool boy.
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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 05:57 PM
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10. Going pantless.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 06:19 PM
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12. DUDE! Uhhh. Wow! That is a real small package!
:P

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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 07:24 PM
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14. Maybe, but I'm proud of every pound.
:rofl:
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 07:28 PM
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15. I think you mean gram, and not pound!
:P

:hi:

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ohiosmith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 07:35 PM
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16. In that case, proud of all 2,268 grams.
:think:
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kayakjohnny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 07:08 PM
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13. I'll probably get a muscle car again like I had in the mid 70's.
And let it rip again like I did in the mid 70's.

Got 12 tickets in one year with that 340 Duster.

I'd like to relive those days one more time.

Maybe a virtual simulator will be available by then, so I don't hurt anyone.

Otherwise, watch out everyone!
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 07:45 PM
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17. you had better start now
because when you are 75 , i guarantee you will be to tired . I am 70 , and I already have to stop and rest more often than I used to!
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 07:51 PM
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18. I just quit smoking 3 years ago at 43. I like how my lungs feel all nice and clear now.
I don't crave smokes. But I figure that in 30 years my lungs will have healed enough that I can both smoke, and have clear lungs like it used to be in my teens and twenties. Silly I know to plan on smoking again. Who knows my life may be so full at that point that I don't need the cruch. But for now it is a nice daydream to have (plus I have just quit drinking alcohol).
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