August 2, 2023

red-letter day

noun

informal

: a very happy and important day

I guess that is so today. I am 70 years old today. How about that? I ask myself. I guess I am doing okay for a much older guy than I used to be. I am doing okay for a guy who has visited the hospital three times this year, once for three days. I was in for kidney stones (yes, they hurt like heck) and very high blood pressure. The last problem caused the three-day visit, with a battery of tests. The results of those tests were all good, but now I am required to take two pills, twice a day. It could be worse.

So what plans do I have for this Red Letter Day? Not much, maybe go out with Diane and our friends Bob and Sondra, for a big fat hamburger or Chinese, I don’t know which. In the meantime, I will just sit here, waste time with this post, and think about my long past and my shorter future on this earth and know that the best thing about my life is being married to Diane. I mean that for sure. She bought me a new hat, a 1953 model. I will wear it, today, to lunch wherever that will be.

Here are some thoughts from other folks about turning 70. You may find them to be entertaining.

Turning 70 is like turning 21 in Celsius.

Considering that I look 30, feel 22, and act 18, that makes me 70.

Do not lose hope if your youth seems to have escaped you at the age of 70, you can’t expect to keep up with all your grandchildren!

Warning: 70 and cranky!

Birthdays aren’t as fun when you’re older, but fortunately, there aren’t too many more to come.

When the candles cost more than the cake, you’re old.

We’re one year closer to being back in diapers.

There are some benefits to growing older. Just call it a “senior moment” and you’ll get away with pretty much anything!

Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.

I hope that your birthday is as enjoyable as you are, but that is a high standard.

In spite of all the advances in medicine, there is still no cure for the common 70th birthday.

As you reach 70, your mind outruns your body.

I will never make the mistake of being 70 again.

My age is 69.96 plus taxes, not 70!

Smokey Bear celebrated his 70th birthday recently. Smokey says he now extinguishes fires by waking up seven times at night and peeing on them.

Being 70 means two things: you’ve survived the ’60s and you’ve survived your 60s

As you turn 70, you deserve respect. Too bad life isn’t fair.

Derrick, a new 70-year-old, for a while anyway.