Steve wrote:

> Which made me think that a few years ago at the age of 45 I was still
> playing amateur league football, but the old legs were beginning to creak
> seriously, and a visit to the doc was called for.
> He refered me to a specialist, as they all do, and he diagnosed that I had
> severe arthritis through playing contact sport for so long.
> " But Doc," I said " I only thought old people got arthritis ?".......with
a
> smile on his face he said
> " Steve, you may be only 45, but your knees are 90 !!!!!! "       :~))))

My father played sport most of his life, and developed arthritis early.  The
doctor told him that he could either play lots of sport and develop
arthritis, or do nothing and have a heart-attack from being so unfit!  Some
choice!

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