Bucky Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I tell folks 76. When they ask why, I just say cause that's how many trombones led the big parade. + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Winko Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 How old do i want to live to be? at first 16... even after that year passed. But nowadays maybe 35-45. i'm not sure. I don't fear the reaper at all so whenever my number is up. I had enough time, but still quite a bit of stuff I wanna do. But anything I don't accomplish while i'm alive, my ghost will accomplish JayCeeKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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samhexum Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 It was the party of a lifetime. A Japanese businessman with terminal cancer held an “end-of-life” shindig Monday so he could thank the people who made his time on Earth special. Satoru Anzaki, the 80-year-old former head of manufacturer Komatsu, threw the bash for 1,000 friends, colleagues and former schoolmates after learning in October that he has gallbladder cancer. Rather than mourn, he decided to cut a rug. “I have enjoyed my life very much. I thought that being despondent is not in my nature,” he told a new conference after the bash, according to the BBC. “I am satisfied that I could say ‘thank you’ to people I encountered in life.” Anzaki got the grim news that he had a form of cancer that could not be treated by surgery in October, but by Nov. 20, he’d taken out an ad in financial newspaper The Nikkei heralding the party, according to The UK Telegraph. “As I want to maximize the quality of life during the time I have left, I have decided not to receive treatment given the side effects,” Anzaki said of his decision not to seek chemotherapy. He threw the party in a Tokyo hotel decorated with memories from his life, and even brought in a group of dancers from his home prefecture of Tokushima to keep the mood from dipping, it was reported. “I am also suffering from an illness so it got me thinking how I want to live the rest of my life,” one former employee told national broadcaster NHK. + easygoingpal and + Just Sayin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ honcho Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Once upon a time, before the internet was a big thing, there was nonetheless a means of distributing email forums across many computers, called netnews, The collections of messages had a taxonomy and one of them was soc (for socially related discussions) . motss (members of the same sex). I may have it wrong, so I don't want to name the individual, but I heard rumors from people that I trust that one of the major contributors to that forum (who did very well financially working in tech startups) on learning that he had inoperable cancer, organized such party, although it was not nearly on the scale describe here. I thought the members of the forum might be interested to learn that the what was mentioned in the previous post had a precedent in the gay online community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gallahadesquire Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Lemme see ... escorts I've met ... friends ... acquaintances ... other persons of noteriety ... I'd be lucky to get 100. It was the party of a lifetime. A Japanese businessman with terminal cancer held an “end-of-life” shindig Monday so he could thank the people who made his time on Earth special. Satoru Anzaki, the 80-year-old former head of manufacturer Komatsu, threw the bash for 1,000 friends, colleagues and former schoolmates after learning in October that he has gallbladder cancer. Rather than mourn, he decided to cut a rug. “I have enjoyed my life very much. I thought that being despondent is not in my nature,” he told a new conference after the bash, according to the BBC. “I am satisfied that I could say ‘thank you’ to people I encountered in life.” Anzaki got the grim news that he had a form of cancer that could not be treated by surgery in October, but by Nov. 20, he’d taken out an ad in financial newspaper The Nikkei heralding the party, according to The UK Telegraph. “As I want to maximize the quality of life during the time I have left, I have decided not to receive treatment given the side effects,” Anzaki said of his decision not to seek chemotherapy. He threw the party in a Tokyo hotel decorated with memories from his life, and even brought in a group of dancers from his home prefecture of Tokushima to keep the mood from dipping, it was reported. “I am also suffering from an illness so it got me thinking how I want to live the rest of my life,” one former employee told national broadcaster NHK. Youngmilkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coriolis888 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 After all this discussion of dying at or living to various ages, it seems appropriate to mention a (now deceased) famous movie star who died in the seventies (George Sanders) who had it all figured out when his life was to end. On 23 April 1972, Sanders checked into a hotel in Castelldefels, a coastal town near Barcelona. He was found dead two days later, having gone into cardiac arrest after swallowing the contents of five bottles of the barbiturate Nembutal.[22][23] He left behind three suicide notes, one of which read: Dear World, I am leaving because I am bored. I feel I have lived long enough. I am leaving you with your worries in this sweet cesspool. Good luck.[24][25][26] If we have any classic film buffs here, Sanders once starred in a movie called The Kremlin Letter (1969), in which his first scene showed him dressed in drag and playing piano in a gay bar in San Francisco. Sanders also had a starring role in the classic film, All About Eve - Bette Davis et al Much of the above information is taken from Wikipedia + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 a (now deceased) famous movie star who died in the seventies (George Sanders) How could you NOT mention the highlight of his career (and undoubtedly his life): HE WAS ONE OF THE MEN TO PLAY MR FREEZE ON BATMAN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coriolis888 Posted December 14, 2017 Share Posted December 14, 2017 How could you NOT mention the highlight of his career (and undoubtedly his life): HE WAS ONE OF THE MEN TO PLAY MR FREEZE ON BATMAN! He did a lot of things. He was also an author and a singer and much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 + honcho, + Just Sayin and + Charlie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ sync Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 He did a lot of things. He was also an author and a singer and much more. That is very interesting. I remember Mr. Sanders' commentaries on music, but I never knew he was a singer: He was also, apparently, an able pianist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R13u6GQel2Y coriolis888 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coriolis888 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) That is very interesting. I remember Mr. Sanders' commentaries on music, but I never knew he was a singer: He was also, apparently, an able pianist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R13u6GQel2Y Or this link that shows him in drag - my goodness, he did not make a pretty woman https://www.google.com/search?q=george+sanders+playing+piano+in+movie+-+kremlin+letters&safe=active&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=t9gZhrvDZQ9xkM%3A%2CfjuFTfs6-AT5SM%2C_&usg=__2EKJvWAFkAj1hfWdkTA0_0FaTq4=&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwja7b_01LrYAhXo0FQKHYU9CPUQ9QEINzAD#imgrc=_VTCnDAIVFtamM: or this one where he is in drag, in a gay bar in San Francisco playing "Love is a Many Splendid Thing" https://dobmovies.com/watch/george-sanders-in-drag/4_KH-NEcPnw.html Edited January 3, 2018 by coriolis888 + sync 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted March 8, 2018 Author Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) http://assets.amuniversal.com/c679a570182f013471f4005056a9545d http://assets.amuniversal.com/6ecf3c20c9e30132db1f005056a9545d http://assets.amuniversal.com/be8ab6505ecd012ee3bf00163e41dd5b Edited March 8, 2018 by samhexum + Just Sayin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robberbaron4u Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 My mother, who is 95 and recovering from a stroke suffered two years ago, has been diagnosed with metastastic breast cancer. On noticing the "team" of consulting physicians assigned to her that she wished the malady to be treated aggressively, one asked of her, "Mrs. _______, you are 95 years old. How many more years do you want?" She replied, firmly,"As many as I can get." Lookin and bigvalboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Charlie Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 My mother, who is 95 and recovering from a stroke suffered two years ago, has been diagnosed with metastastic breast cancer. On noticing the "team" of consulting physicians assigned to her that she wished the malady to be treated aggressively, one asked of her, "Mrs. _______, you are 95 years old. How many more years do you want?" She replied, firmly,"As many as I can get." My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer at 89, and had a mastectomy. We assumed that it was a sign that she probably wouldn't be with us much longer, so we brought her to live with us for what we expected would be a short time. She had no more medical problems than we did after that, and died at 102. Rudynate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ purplekow Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 I usually think I would love to live until tomorrow. Each day I want to live to tomorrow, I hope I do. When I do not want to live until tomorrow, then I hope I don't. + g56whiz, + Oliver, rvwnsd and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvwnsd Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 I hope I live to be exactly as old as I should live. marylander1940 and + Just Sayin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kippy Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 It's all a question of shelf life--when life no longer seems doable and options are few I hope death comes quickly. My interactions with folks in their 90's is that it's time to go; their friends are gone and the focus just isn't there. Peace, Kipp + Charlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 60 Don't wanna come off as ageist or anything, but I simply don't want to be old and unable to do the things I enjoy unless I end up deciding to have kids eventually when I enter my 40s. Even then, I probably still wouldn't want to live over 65 lol. I panic sometimes just thinking about the fact I'll be turning 50 in less than 14 yrs :/ 40 in less than 4!!! Did any of you older gents suddenly start feeling this way when you entered your mid 30's? I used to not think about age much before, and find myself obsessing about it all the time now. I went from always being the baby in relationships, to now being the daddy, something I still haven't gotten used to yet... Age usually brings more money and free time which often more than makes up for it. I retired early at 50, make twice what I did, have assets and am having a great time. All the time. Populist Fury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCeeKy Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I want to live as long as I can control my bowels. When I start crapping my pants, time to go. + Charlie and liubit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drained Empty Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 60 Don't wanna come off as ageist or anything, but I simply don't want to be old and unable to do the things I enjoy unless I end up deciding to have kids eventually when I enter my 40s. Even then, I probably still wouldn't want to live over 65 lol. I panic sometimes just thinking about the fact I'll be turning 50 in less than 14 yrs :/ 40 in less than 4!!! Did any of you older gents suddenly start feeling this way when you entered your mid 30's? I used to not think about age much before, and find myself obsessing about it all the time now. I went from always being the baby in relationships, to now being the daddy, something I still haven't gotten used to yet... I'm probably the same age as you and feel the same way. Except I'm not in a relationship and as I get older the prospects get less and less (as I lose my youth and whatever marginal sex appeal I have). Somehow over the course of 13 or so years, I went from the young hotshot to the oldest person in my office. What I prided myself on -- being young and "successful" -- is now an fading memory. Judging by your name, I guess you might feel like your job is a dead end. I'm "successful" and make good money, but it's all work. I've got a house and a car and don't need more. I might save up for a baby, but the thought of raising a child alone is daunting and a bit depressing. I just don't feel like things will get better. Maybe I'll wait until my parents pass and go soon after so they don't die broken-hearted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samhexum Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 I retired early at 50, make twice what I did, have assets and am having a great time. All the time. http://bp3.blogger.com/_CPQDotVcg8A/RrEC-WFDQ7I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/Yb7kUJz4hCc/s400/1FACE.gif + tassojunior, caliguy and marylander1940 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ tassojunior Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 (edited) http://bp3.blogger.com/_CPQDotVcg8A/RrEC-WFDQ7I/AAAAAAAAAJQ/Yb7kUJz4hCc/s400/1FACE.gif work isn't life It's not bragging, it's just a fact that after you retire you have your life back, fewer bills, whatever assets you've gotten, etc. Honestly, many if not most people feel like me; that retirement is like getting the chains off and freedom. I would no more go back to work than a slave would put chains back on. This is an important message to younger people who dread and fear age. Edited April 11, 2019 by tassojunior thomas, marylander1940 and + g56whiz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gvtire Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 As long as I can live independently and still have my marbles and not be a burden to others + Reisr30 and + ButchAtl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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