Clark: Codgers No Longer Act Their Age
These days it's much more cool to be old. Just turn on the 
television if you don't believe me. Every other commercial features slim-and-trim seniors who – aided by the pulse of a classic rock song – lustily extol the wonders of the latest fruity fiber-rich regularity drink or male enhancement pill. The real world offers plenty of evidence, too. Take the news item headlined "Two men arrested after handgun tussle" that appeared in Friday's Northwest section of the newspaper. The story is about a 73-year-old Athol man who "bit" his 75-year-old gun-toting neighbor during a scuffle that was apparently over the older man's four-wheeler. Besides avoiding Athol like the plague, this story sends an even bigger message: This is not the way septuagenarians used to behave/Doug Clark, SR. More here.
Question: How have you slowed down as you've gotten older? Or have you?
