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Thought I'D Be Decrepit

When I was a young man many years ago Thought if I ever reached eighty I'd be decrepit and slow Now that I'm here Nothing to fear Everything's working fine 'cept for stuff down below

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Date: 11/28/2017 3:17:00 PM
Yes... still moving like a young man and writing like one also.
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Jack Ellison
Date: 11/28/2017 3:44:00 PM
Mentally, I'm childlike!!! Age is just a number, in my case a bloody big number as us humans go!!!
Date: 11/28/2017 8:47:00 AM
Jack decided one day//Think I'll be decrepit, eh?//And maybe slow//things might not go//but I'll still love to roll in the hay. PERAMBULATE ON PARDNER!!!
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Jack Ellison
Date: 11/28/2017 11:52:00 AM
PERAMBULATE??? only do that on Saturdays!!! IF I DIDN"T SAY IT EARLIER, UH... SORRY I'VE FORGOTTEN!!!

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