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GiqueCee

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5. I'm a year and change shy of 80...

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:43 PM

Feb 13

... so I know how you feel. I'm comparatively healthy for 78+, but aches and pains, many brought on by thinking I'm still 40 and able to muscle around 500 pounds of scaffolding and other such nonsense, have had a detrimental effect on my normally sunny disposition. I'm hesitant to buy green bananas anymore.

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As from today, I'm officially on borrowed time... [View all] malthaussen Feb 13 OP

Happy belated birthday! Laurelin Feb 13 #1

aging maliaSmith Feb 13 #2

Happy "borrowed time" Birthday. Hope you borrow many more. LoisB Feb 13 #3

right with you there, malthaussen mike_c Feb 13 #4

I'm a year and change shy of 80... GiqueCee Feb 13 #5

Happy Birthday, malthaussen! Wicked Blue Feb 13 #6

Happy Birthday and just keep moving Figarosmom Feb 13 #7

Happy birthday! SheltieLover Feb 13 #8

Well...ya' ain't borrowing none from me!!! ret5hd Feb 13 #9

Let's get together and mug Keith Richards... malthaussen Feb 13 #12

Happy Birthday! Solly Mack Feb 13 #10

Almost all of my adult life is on borrowed time. NNadir Feb 13 #11

I'm Close Mal ProfessorGAC Feb 13 #13

Happy Belated Birthday! May you "borrow" many, many more years! HeartsCanHope Feb 14 #14