Quote Originally Posted by InversneckieDob View Post
Growing old is fu cking great.
Saw my best buddy (four days my senior) buried at 43, saw a mainstay of the Inverness Reds, with whom I'd stood alongside following the Dandies for the best part of quarter of a century, buried at 49, seen far too many taken far to young.
Growing old beats the alternative.
Mebbes I'm getting philosophical in my old age (and I cannot argue with Craig Finn's line in "Cheyanne sunrise" that "....some things they seem much harder, some other things stay soft") but I'm delighted to be galloping into that demographic.
Fair point I have also seen close friends drop off the perch and I am certainly grateful to still be in the fight. Suspect my knees and lower back had influence in my reply. Careful with the philosophising though you're likely to turn the Dail Mail into kindling.