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Where in the World is Bob Saget?
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MOXOMUMD
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"Oh big blue meow meow, big blue meow meow..."
MinnieM123
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That's actually the problem. The body no longer cooperates! The depiction of older people running, playing ball games etc. are not indicative of the reality that I see. My mind, to me, still feels like when I was a teenager, but the rest of me cannot keep up. A combination of aging, accidents and expectations from others forces reality on you. It's not awful, just frustrating sometimes. For example, in a time that just doesn't seem very long ago, I was always walking way ahead, now they have to wait for me. That frustrates and embarrasses me. I know it shouldn't but, it does. I have been fortunate that I haven't lost my strength, but because of my age, if something needs to be lifted or moved, volunteers come out of the wall to "do it for me". On one level, it's cool, but, on another it makes one feel a little helpless.
I go to Disney solo. That is no longer a problem as far as that status is concerned, but, you would be amazed at the looks I get when someone asks me what I do there. I say, well, let's see... I rode Rocking RC, or ToT or Mission: Space and I have actually been asked if I didn't think I was a little too old for those rides. It, at some point, starts to affect just how we look at ourselves. Maybe we are too old. So far, I have been able to say, to hell with them, I will do what I like for as long as I can. And I always remember those words my Mom aimed at my Dad.. "You will have an eternity to rest... live while you can".
With regard to the sentence I highlighted in red above: Anyone who asks you an idiotic question like that, is void of any joie de vivre. Others may just be jealous of your free spirit. Ignore all of them. You enjoy your fun, and don't change a thing. I'm an adult, and I go on all the rides and have just as much fun as any kid. As a matter of fact, I can proudly state that I think I'm the biggest kid in the park!
Goofyernmost
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Hey, I know the meaning of joie de vivre and 12 other fancy French words. Most of which will get my face slapped in respectable company.
StarWarsGirl
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You're just cranky because today is your last day at MK
Lucky
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You're just cranky because today is your last day at MK
PUSH is staying.
Spoilerception
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Remember the heat he took for the summer Olympics? The berets, very un-American and made overseas. I think he was trying so hard to make up for the errors of the last Olympics. He promised this time they would be manufactured in the USA this time too.
StarWarsGirl
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I was wondering what these were all about
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
That's actually the problem. The body no longer cooperates! The depiction of older people running, playing ball games etc. are not indicative of the reality that I see. My mind, to me, still feels like when I was a teenager, but the rest of me cannot keep up. A combination of aging, accidents and expectations from others forces reality on you. It's not awful, just frustrating sometimes. For example, in a time that just doesn't seem very long ago, I was always walking way ahead, now they have to wait for me. That frustrates and embarrasses me. I know it shouldn't but, it does. I have been fortunate that I haven't lost my strength, but because of my age, if something needs to be lifted or moved, volunteers come out of the wall to "do it for me". On one level, it's cool, but, on another it makes one feel a little helpless.
I go to Disney solo. That is no longer a problem as far as that status is concerned, but, you would be amazed at the looks I get when someone asks me what I do there. I say, well, let's see... I rode Rocking RC, or ToT or Mission: Space and I have actually been asked if I didn't think I was a little too old for those rides. It, at some point, starts to affect just how we look at ourselves. Maybe we are too old. So far, I have been able to say, to hell with them, I will do what I like for as long as I can. And I always remember those words my Mom aimed at my Dad.. "You will have an eternity to rest... live while you can".
My Dad a contractor fell at 62 and had a complete shoulder separation and blew an ankle. At 65 he ran the Boston Marathon for the very first time. He believed back at the young age of 65 as you do, live while you can.
At 85...I wish he had some of the determination he had at 65.
StarWarsGirl
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Why do we need a spoiler button for a WDW site?
Gabe1
Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Georgie Boy was on Live with Kelly & Michael this past week. Kelly was bummed. She had lost the SuperBowl bet to Michael and she had to do the show without any make-up. That happened to be the day that George Clooney was a guest on the show.
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