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GiqueCee

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

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 12:43 PM

17 hrs ago

... 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 18 hrs ago OP

Happy belated birthday! Laurelin 18 hrs ago #1

aging maliaSmith 18 hrs ago #2

Happy "borrowed time" Birthday. Hope you borrow many more. LoisB 17 hrs ago #3

right with you there, malthaussen mike_c 17 hrs ago #4

I'm a year and change shy of 80... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #5

Happy Birthday, malthaussen! Wicked Blue 17 hrs ago #6

Happy Birthday and just keep moving Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #7

Happy birthday! SheltieLover 17 hrs ago #8

Well...ya' ain't borrowing none from me!!! ret5hd 17 hrs ago #9

Let's get together and mug Keith Richards... malthaussen 11 hrs ago #12

Happy Birthday! Solly Mack 17 hrs ago #10

Almost all of my adult life is on borrowed time. NNadir 17 hrs ago #11

I'm Close Mal ProfessorGAC 10 hrs ago #13

Happy Belated Birthday! May you "borrow" many, many more years! HeartsCanHope 3 hrs ago #14