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How Old is Too Old? How About 80?

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Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart I can personally attest to the fact that getting old is not easy. I became an octogenarian just three weeks after your illegitimate president.   Until my 77 th birthday, I was physically able to do most of the things I enjoyed and those I needed to do to maintain our home. Sometime in my 77 th year of life, I began to find walking difficult. One month after my 78 th birthday, I fell. This was not new, but this time I was taken to a hospital. The worst three-and-one-half days in my adult life ended with my being sent home and told that I was cured. Reality set in a few weeks later. I was no better than before I went to the hotel of horrors. But that’s another story for another time. I am forced to use a walker or wheelchair all of the time. I cannot stand, or walk without assistance, and the doctors never told me why. Fortunately, my mental abilities remain intact. AM I QUALIFIED TO BE AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT? Growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s in America w...