retirement_just remember this

[Michael Gamble]

And this:
A man isn't old when his hair turns grey
A man isn't old when his teeth decay
But... he's fast approaching his last long sleep
When his mind makes appointments his body can't keep.

An old Norfok poem - and should be said with the dialect:

A man ent oold whun 'is te-earth decaay... etc

I'm just off on holiday - before it's too late. That is, if you go on the 
internet and look up Happisburgh - which is three miles along the coast from 
my holiday property - I don't know how long I shall have this property 
for....
Regards
from Michael G.(UK)


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Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:39 PM
Subject: retirement_just remember this


> To commemorate her 69th birthday on October 1, actress/vocalist Julie
> Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall for
> the benefit of  the AARP. She changed (slightly) the lyrics to one of her
> favorite songs, as follows:
>
> "Maalox and nose drops and needles for knitting,
> Walkers and handrails and new dental fittings,
> Bundles of magazines tied up in string,
> These are a few of my favorite things.
>
> Cadillacs and cataracts and hearing aids and glasses,
> Polident and Fixodent and false teeth in glasses,
> Pacemakers, golf carts and porches with swings,
> These are a few of my favorite things.
>
> When the pipes leak,
> When the bones creak,
> When the knees go bad,
> I simply remember my favorite things,
> And then I don't feel so bad.
>
> Hot tea and crumpets, and corn pads for bunions,
> No spicy hot food or food cooked with onions,
> Bathrobes and heat pads and hot meals they bring,
> These are a few of my favorite things.
>
> Back pains, confused brains, and no fear of sinnin',
> Thin bones and fractures and hair that is thinnin',
> And we won't mention our short shrunken frames,
> When we remember our favorite things.
>
> When the joints ache,
> when the hips break,
> When the eyes grow dim,
> Then I remember the great life I've had,
> And then I don't feel so bad."
>
> Ms. Andrews received a standing ovation from the crowd that lasted over 
> four
> minutes and repeated encores.
>
>
>
>
>
>> > Subject: retirement
>> >
>> > This is to all the friends and enemies I've made on the list.  No, I'm
>> not
>> > going away, even if some of you think I should.
>> >
>> > I'm pushing 75 from the wrong direction and my get up and go has got up
>> and
>> > gone.
>
>