"Old man," she said, "have you lived so long and forgotten so much that you dont remember anything you ever knew or felt or even heard about..........?"
Tomorrow I will be 67 years old. I was raised on a farm till 14. Then a small town. I escaped to college under the guise of being a missionary which was the only acceptable reason for going except teaching and everybody knew I couldn't do that. I have been in 16 countries and lived in three of them. I have been a farmer, electrician, crop duster swamper, waiter, newspaper printer, editor, soldier, intelligence analyst, linguist, hunter of men, student, teacher, a bureaucrat, consultant, civil rights advocate, geographer, husband, and father. Some other stuff too. I have been to every State in the United States. Most of them multiple times. As a young man I have actually flown 75% around the globe. I have over a thousand hours of inflight time and I now refuse to get on airplane. I take a total of 22 doctor prescribed pills each day for seven different systems that are malfunctioning. I read, I write, I make things, I fix things. I watch over and take care of those I love.
Although I am statistically beyond the median life span of in-country Vietnam veterans, I plan to live much much longer. So i highly recommend to my children that they each construct an outside house or facility where I can live that portion that chose to live with them when i am not traveling.
I am 67 tomorrow.
5 comments:
sto lat: polish for may you live a thousand years
I've told the daughter they will need a place for me too. Happy birthday. =)
Happy Birthday. Behind you but looking to catch up.
TStockmann
Happy Birthday!
..I'll hit 71 in a couple of months. Fewer pills for me, but
I avoid air travel as well. My
military was stateside; chem warfare research (didn't inhale)..
Happy, happy birthday! And many mooooore!
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