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When You're Seventy-Five

When you're 75, you can say 66 years ago, when I was nine Once I thought that pretty cool sure, I was a real fool Hey, I've survived three-quarters of a century as if life ~ were a vast penitentiary

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Date: 11/9/2023 1:48:00 AM
You are as young as you feel BB! Sometimes a thirty five year old and others the walking dead hehe!! Enjoy being seventy five BB….Nice poem my friend! Debx
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Date: 11/7/2023 5:31:00 PM
Cool take on some disparate ages and numbers, with some prison on the side. I think when we were nine, we actually were nine and half all year long.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/7/2023 7:00:00 PM
I was 9 3/4 for the last 5 months! lol. :) gw
Date: 11/7/2023 3:11:00 PM
If you live to be 110, then 75 will just be a drop in the bucket! Just don’t kick the bucket ;)
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Date: 11/7/2023 6:58:00 PM
Some 'drop!' Hope I don't drop before the year is done! lol. Thanks, Kim
Date: 11/7/2023 1:23:00 PM
if this is a birthday poem, then happy birthday, gershon! as we advance in age, it does get harder to believe that we are really the age we are...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/7/2023 6:55:00 PM
I look in the mirror, and I see '21.' Then my kids appear in the mirror, and I see that I'm 21+
Date: 11/7/2023 12:44:00 PM
WOW!!! What a write/story about being 75. I enjoyed your fun read. "Happy Birthday" with 75 more years to enjoy...  Have a wonderful day.........
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/7/2023 6:51:00 PM
Today, my doctor said I only have 45 more years to live. Uh-oh!
Date: 11/7/2023 8:44:00 AM
Congratulation,gw, 75 is a great accomplishment ... especially when Covid was thrown in. BB
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/7/2023 6:50:00 PM
Because of my dyslexia, I thought I was 75. My doctor has informed me that I am actually only 57... And if you believe that, I have some prime real estate in Florida, right on the ocean, or should I say right IN in the ocean... ~ Alligator Al
Date: 11/7/2023 4:31:00 AM
just doin' time on planet earth....
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Date: 11/7/2023 6:47:00 PM
Want a 'Get out of Jail Free' card?! ~ 2nd Prize Winner in the Beauty Contest
Date: 11/7/2023 4:30:00 AM
I love the little numbers twist at the beginning. I can't imagine you ever being foolish past being nine years old :-) Wow, 3/4 of a century! I'm right behind you and Bill is a little ahead of you. Have a pleasant day, Sara
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/7/2023 6:44:00 PM
O, when I was 9 1/2, I was a real jerk. At 9 3/4, a total moron. (Remember when you were never just '9,' but 9 1/3 or 9 15/16 or something like that?!). Smiles, Gershon
Date: 11/7/2023 12:05:00 AM
No you weren't a fool for looking back and reflecting. Nice work.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 11/7/2023 6:42:00 PM
Then how did I ever get to be such a big fool, Karen?! Please advise! lol. Thanks, gw

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