Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

I thought this couple, who at age 60, are walking from California to New York could be an inspiration for anyone, no matter what their age, and to exert that much effort in support of autism is certainly honorable.

The Walk: A Bridge to Understanding
http://www.gofundme.com/thewalk

Enjoy 8-)

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

I sure hope 60 is the new 40! :-)

Treepusher Loc: Kingston, Massachusetts

Sorry, 60 is still 60, no getting around it. But that doesn't mean you're ready for the pine box, either. Carpe diem!

And good for them!

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

When I was 40 nothing hurt. By the time I was 60 my hips were made of titanium alloy. Unfortunately 60 is NOT 40

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

Not long ago I got a call to help move a piano. It first I thought how dare they call a 72 year old man to move a piano. Then I thought how blessed I am that I can still help. - Dave

GTinSoCal Loc: Palmdale, CA

:thumbup: :thumbup:

GT

Texcaster Loc: Queensland

Good on them!

" 60 is the new 59." Letterman's writers.

Racin17 Loc: Western Pa

Im in trouble im 43 with back trouble....what will 60 be like?

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

I'm 72 and don't feel any older than about 82.
ronny

davidheald1942 Loc: Mars (the planet)

I broke my back and had it operated on over 60 years ago.
My 5th lumbar vertebra was all splintered according to my doc. I was in the hospital for an entire month.
After staying in a hospital bed in my home for another month, I little by little got better.
Thank God for doctors. I almost forgot I had two surgeries. Rust Engineers sent me my check every month.
ronny

mutrock

Turned 60 in July and I look and feel 40. Everybody tells me so. It must be true.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

I hope they have a sponsor for shoes.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Perhaps you ingested the wrong metal. At age 64 my hips hurt badly too, from the hour to two and a half hours of my daily basketball workout. My wife, who constantly researches nutritional supplements read about a magnesium deficiency inmost people. I am now taking such a supplement she bought for us, and can go through the workout without any pain. One day last week I overdid it, walking 6.6 miles after a two and half hours on the basketball court. I did have some pain, but it vanished within an hour after I ate something and drank a large amount of water.

A few years ago we also started selling and using a general supplement that I am not selling here. I am referring to it, because shortly after I began to take it, all sorts of health benefits appeared. The stiff necks I often had from sleeping "wrong" on a pillow disappeared. I became flexible enough to bend down and touch the floor with both hands, something I had never been able to do. Annoying little miscall pulls from strenuous exercise were no more. A serious shoulder injury that had no improved for six months suddenly healed about 80%. In a couple months it finished healing. There were many other benefits, as well. I conclude that the right supplements can significantly reverse the aging process. It may be possible tone sixty years old, but have the general health of someone much younger.

frjack Loc: Boston, MA

In 1900 life expectancy in the U.S. was 49. While much of that was due to high infant mortality, living to 80 or 85 was not common. By 2000 or so life expectancy was almost 80. Relatively speaking 40 was fairly old in 1900, not so much in 2014. Some people at 60 have few if any illnesses or aches and may be medication free. Others at 60 line the pill bottles up every morning. Today, the fastest growing age group in the world, including the third world, is 80 and above. 80 is not going to be the new 60.

There are a number of illnesses that do not begin to appear until 60 or higher. Alzheimer's is one of them. Declaring 60 is the new 40 or "I'm 80 years young" expresses less of a can do attitude than fear of aging and the inevitable approach of death more than anything else. Waiters and waitresses who fawningly insist to the octogenarian at his or her birthday dinner that "You're not 80 years old you're 80 years YOUNG" in a screechy voice and a fawning voice are insulting and condescending. They are not amusing.

In other cultures and in times past age was a badge of honor. Now it is a badge of horror. It is sad.

Yooper 2 Loc: Ironwood, MI

I'm 67. Feel like 47. I still work full time in the family business, maintain 5 huge flower gardens and do all my own work around the house. I took up photography 3 years ago and am learning Photoshop. I and my husband, (same age), camp, hike, fish, and travel. He's retired but got so bored he took 2 part time jobs. I have an insatiable need to learn new things. No aches and pains. My mother lived to 92 and walked 3 miles a day until she was 91. Could be hereditary. Hope I'm as spry as she was in her old age. I did beat cancer 16 years old so I feel truly blessed with the condition I'm in.