…I’m showing an elderly couple, for the fourth time, how to use simple voice commands in their vehicle.
Those of us who learned to ski “back in the day” will always have better form.
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My dad put himself through college mostly by working as a ski patroller. He saw someone skiing once, fell in love with it, and then taught himself to ski.
An awkward man in real life, he was an absolute vision on skis. Back in the day, you used really long skis and his form was as elegant as can be. Even as an old man, on his last run of the day, he would ballet ski. It always brought the biggest smile to my face (and everyone else who saw it).
Sadly, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s shortly after he retired. But he still got a few good years in with his season pass.
He could just slice his way down a mountain like a knife through butter, totally unflustered. He didn’t even look like he was turning. To this day, I don’t know how he did it. It looked like it defied physics.
I have good form (better than the youngsters), but I will never come close to dad’s!
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When you’re still breathing.
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I blare my music louder than my kid. However, my hearing has been impacted by many a concert back in the day, so there’s that.
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You like to sleep in late.
You stay up later than you should.
You procrastinate more than you should.
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If that’s the criteria I’ll be young until I’m 100
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Well…my dad did make it to 99 following those rules…
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My grandmother just turned 101 yesterday. I recall when she was 99 someone asked her if she thought of herself as old. She said no; she was getting older, but was not yet old. I’m not sure anything has changed in the last 18 months in terms of her thoughts on the issue.
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