Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-11-05 Thread Deepa Mohan
I think I will savour this message, read it several times, and then respond. Happy Deepavali to you, too, my very dearyou are right, why hang labels on you? I count myself very fortunate to know you and I do learn a lot from you. On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 10:39 AM Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: >

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-11-05 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
Dear Deepa, I am young enough to be your son, so I cannot speak on old age, but I can speak a little on vulnerability. I know a little of - what it is to experience a chronic illness, be the sole care taker for old and infirm family members, experience a rapid deceleration in income and physical

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-27 Thread Tim Bray
In related news, just a couple of days I wrote a blog considering whether I should retire or not: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2018/10/25/On-Retirement On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 9:40 AM Deepa Mohan wrote: > Enjoyed every word of your response. No need to apologize! > > On Sat, Oct 27,

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-27 Thread Deepa Mohan
Enjoyed every word of your response. No need to apologize! On Sat, Oct 27, 2018 at 9:23 PM > > > -- Charles > > On November 17, assuming I make it 'til then, I'll turn 66. > So that was > how I became a firefighter at age 55 With apologies for the length of this ramble, > > jrs > >

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-27 Thread john
On 2018-10-27 09:59, Charles Haynes wrote: On Wed., 24 Oct. 2018, 10:48 pm Bruce A. Metcalf, wrote: On 10/24/2018 09:45 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > I wonder how many people on this list are in their sixties? Well, me for one, and I've been considering the thoughts posted to this thread with

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-27 Thread Charles Haynes
On Wed., 24 Oct. 2018, 10:48 pm Bruce A. Metcalf, wrote: > On 10/24/2018 09:45 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > I wonder how many people on this list are in their sixties? > > Well, me for one, and I've been considering the thoughts posted to this > thread with some care. > Me too, but I haven't

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-25 Thread Deepa Mohan
Good wishes have no time-bound expiry and birthday wishes are for the future! Thank you, Ingrid. On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 9:27 AM Ingrid Srinath wrote: > > > > On 25 Oct 2018, at 07:15, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > > > Obviously, the musing went on longer than the blogpost: > > > >

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-24 Thread Ingrid Srinath
> On 25 Oct 2018, at 07:15, Deepa Mohan wrote: > > Obviously, the musing went on longer than the blogpost: > > https://deponti.livejournal.com/1215542.html > > I wonder how many people on this list are in their sixties? > > Deepa. Belated birthday greetings, Deepa.

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-24 Thread Tim Bray
My Uncle, since deceased in his nineties of an accidental fall in a parking lot, said “If you’re much past 60, and you wake up and nothing’s hurting, that means you’re dead.” True, but I'm okay with some aches & pains for now. On Wed., Oct. 24, 2018, 6:46 p.m. Deepa Mohan Obviously, the musing

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age

2018-10-24 Thread Bruce A. Metcalf
On 10/24/2018 09:45 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: I wonder how many people on this list are in their sixties? Well, me for one, and I've been considering the thoughts posted to this thread with some care. I don't yet consider myself old. I'm reasonably fit, able to take care of myself, drive

Re: [silk] My thoughts on old age...what it is, and when it begins

2018-10-24 Thread Heather Madrone
Deepa Mohan wrote on 10/23/18 8:34 PM October 23, 2018: https://deponti.livejournal.com/1215542.html Fascinating. Before we get into this any deeper, I want to invite you all to dance at my 130th birthday party, which will be held in 2091. I note cultural, as well as generational,