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Hi all...!! :o)

Hi all..... Well, it had to happen, no getting away from it..........I am now.......FIFTY!! And do I care - no I certainly do not! I think in this day and age, unlike previous generations, hitting fifty is no big deal - and so it shouldn't be!! We have the experience, the knowledge and the wisdom that these youngsters just don't have! Although saying that, I may be fifty, but nobody has told my brain that yet.....!! I have been quite lucky in one way - I am the same weight now as I was thirty years ago. It runs in the family - one of those annoying people who eats like a horse but stays the same weight! I don't really drink which helps (though I have my moments), the only bane of my life is smoking. I use e-cigarettes, but I don't believe that they are much better for you, just the lesser of two evils. But going to wean myself of them and read the (in)famous Allan Carr book on how to stop smoking. I used it before and gave up, but....well, you know.... :o) Anyway, I am looking at career choices for fifty-plus peeps like myself and found this site through Google. It looked interesting so thought I would sign up - so here I am!!


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