bull463 Posted February 8, 2011 #1 Posted February 8, 2011 Hi All I have a frend that I help out from time to time oled guy. Mostly he calls when his roof needs shoveling from snow. Well he called last night so this morning I went over. My frend is in the driveway clearing snow with a walk behind snowblower. No big deal Ive seen him do this before. I start to clear his roof now he is pulling the snow off the roof with a roof rake. You may wounder where Im going going with this story by now. Well we get the roof done and start to chat. He has just had his 99th birthday! He lives alone drives cuts his own grass clears most of hi own snow and seems to get around just fine. I can only hope I see 99 much less do all the things he does. Bull463
SilvrT Posted February 8, 2011 #2 Posted February 8, 2011 We had a chinese family (grandfather and granddaughter) living across from us .... they recently moved. The grandfather was somewhere in his 90's and still doing all their yard maintenance ... dunno if he drove or not and we rarely get enuf snow around here to have to clean the roof but he was out there doing his driveway, even a couple yers ago when we had a fair amount of snow that lasted a month (usually only lasts a few days when/if it does snow LOL) yep, even if I do make it to that age, I know for a fact I'll not be in that kinda shape!
Bigfoot Posted February 9, 2011 #3 Posted February 9, 2011 When you say drive I hope you don't mean as in behind the wheel of a car, on the public roads?
Flyinfool Posted February 9, 2011 #4 Posted February 9, 2011 When you say drive I hope you don't mean as in behind the wheel of a car, on the public roads? Why not? My grandmother is 97 and works with the church driving some of the "old" people that can't drive, to shopping or to mass.
Capt-D Posted February 9, 2011 #5 Posted February 9, 2011 99, that is awesome, the things that he has seen in his lifetime, and the stories he could tell, love talking to these old folks, able to learn a lot from them.
CaptainJoe Posted February 9, 2011 #8 Posted February 9, 2011 As long as I can still "drive" my motorcycle at 99 , I'll be happy!
ctraylor Posted February 9, 2011 #9 Posted February 9, 2011 I knew a man in Louisiana growing up that was in his 90s and still plowing his own garden. I asked him one day what he accredited the longivity of his life to and he told me this: "Son when the wife and I married we made a deal that if we got in an argument, I would just go outside. I guess the fresh air done me good."
bull463 Posted February 9, 2011 Author #10 Posted February 9, 2011 Yes he still drives his car mostly to the store and church
PBJ Posted February 9, 2011 #11 Posted February 9, 2011 Most be all that great Finger lakes wine and lake air down there Bull.
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