They still live in their own home and without any other "live-in" support ..
Both still have their Drivers Licences but are restricted to the local town now ..
Pop wanted to drive from Parkes NSW recently to Tweed Heads to visit his new Great Grandson .. he says it would only take them a week ..
(of course, they was flown ..)
Spoke with my son on the phone yesterday who was on the way to Parkes to visit Pop before Pop goes into hospital for a pacemaker to be installed ..
Not bad eh ! ..
I hope that I have just a spoonfull of that wellbeing if I get anywhere near that age .. !
Dougwe said
12:00 PM Sep 2, 2014
I agree Jon, quite amazing but great, good on them both. I don't think I will see that age and if I do will definitely be on borrowed time.
Jonathan said
12:25 PM Sep 2, 2014
sure thing Doug .. one day at a time for me too .. don't wanna get too far ahead !
cheers !
Beth54 said
05:35 PM Sep 2, 2014
Amazing is right Jon. Yeh, I don't think I'll be around that long either.
An aunty of mine died last year at 88. She was still living in her own home, a high set home at that, and had been as healthy as an ox. Her son came to visit, she came to the door and dropped dead right in front of him. He tried to resuscitate her but she was gone. On one hand, how awful for him, but they were all happy that she went so quickly and seemingly easy.
Jonathan said
06:11 PM Sep 2, 2014
yes Beth .. day by day .. !
Hope you're doing ok again ..
Jon
Beth54 said
07:32 PM Sep 2, 2014
Feeling okay at the moment Jon. Drugs are good. Prescription drugs of course.
Travel Bug said
09:10 PM Sep 4, 2014
Jon, thanks for this "feel good" post.
My maternal grandmother lived to 91 and she led an active and happy life right up until the end. She always loved visitors and dressing up to go to town shopping
My paternal great grandma lived to 98 and still went to the movies 3 times a week until a few weeks before her death.
I'm hoping that I have inherited some of their "long life genes".
Cheers.
Vic41 said
01:26 AM Sep 19, 2014
My Father died at 75 (prostate cancer).
But my mother (who always reckoned she was dying from about the age of 50) lived to be 99 although bedridden in a Nursing Home, she was still mentally alert at that age, but her hearing and sight was not good.
My in-laws are aged 89 and he is 96 ..
They still live in their own home and without any other "live-in" support ..
Both still have their Drivers Licences but are restricted to the local town now ..
Pop wanted to drive from Parkes NSW recently to Tweed Heads to visit his new Great Grandson .. he says it would only take them a week ..
(of course, they was flown ..)
Spoke with my son on the phone yesterday who was on the way to Parkes to visit Pop before Pop goes into hospital for a pacemaker to be installed ..
Not bad eh ! ..
I hope that I have just a spoonfull of that wellbeing if I get anywhere near that age .. !
sure thing Doug .. one day at a time for me too .. don't wanna get too far ahead !
cheers !
Amazing is right Jon. Yeh, I don't think I'll be around that long either.
An aunty of mine died last year at 88. She was still living in her own home, a high set home at that, and had been as healthy as an ox. Her son came to visit, she came to the door and dropped dead right in front of him. He tried to resuscitate her but she was gone. On one hand, how awful for him, but they were all happy that she went so quickly and seemingly easy.
yes Beth .. day by day .. !
Hope you're doing ok again ..
Jon
Feeling okay at the moment Jon. Drugs are good.
Prescription drugs of course.
Jon, thanks for this "feel good" post.
My maternal grandmother lived to 91 and she led an active and happy life right up until the end. She always loved visitors and dressing up to go to town shopping
My paternal great grandma lived to 98 and still went to the movies 3 times a week until a few weeks before her death.
I'm hoping that I have inherited some of their "long life genes".
Cheers.
My Father died at 75 (prostate cancer).
But my mother (who always reckoned she was dying from about the age of 50) lived to be 99 although bedridden in a Nursing Home, she was still mentally alert at that age, but her hearing and sight was not good.