"rwakeford" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:38:37 -0000, Bob Hobden wrote:

there is a 94 year old with a racing car licence (and he won a race last
year).

..and there's a 90 year old American who still gives air displays. The
FAA tried to take his licence away but there was such a big public
outcry that they had to give it back.

I'm sure a lot of it is in the mind

I'm sure all of it is in the mind. Age (as in birthdays) is a man made
thing. I had a friend who, when he turned 40, decided that he was old
and he visibly aged and then contracted cancer 4 years later.

I'm still 17 inside, the outside is looking a little worn though!(:-)

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alan

reply to alan(dot)holmes27(at)virgin(dot)net

I'm still 17 inside, the outside is looking a little worn though!(:-)

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"It's not about age, it's about attitude"

Mike
Older out than in;-)

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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"rwakeford" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:38:37 -0000, Bob Hobden wrote:

there is a 94 year old with a racing car licence (and he won a race last
year).

..and there's a 90 year old American who still gives air displays. The
FAA tried to take his licence away but there was such a big public
outcry that they had to give it back.
reply to alan(dot)holmes27(at)virgin(dot)net/////////

In 2001 a John Kelly of Cape Cod, USA ran the Boston marathon in a lillte
under fice hours....at the age of 94...in 1936 he ran in the Olympics in
Berlin when he was just a kid....at least a kid by my aging standards...HW