She's always looked that way Gordon.
It's just amazing what make-up and special effects can do in movies.

And here I was thinking you were 21 Sophia. 

Couple of whacks with a shovel and she'll be back in shape in no time.

A whack from above and she'll be pear shaped again.

I turned 44 over a month ago. It shocked me that even though I have doubled my age, my attitude had not changed in all those years.

Gordon wrote on Apr 20^th, 2023 at 3:17pm:


You know… I hate to break it to you Gordon… you being a young man…but getting older does have its health issues that creep up and sometimes unexpectedly.
It’s just the sort of stuff that goes hand in hand with aging. But we do the best to deal with it and stay positive.
We were talking about it this afternoon… hubby says how we at our age, make a conscious effort to live clean….no smoking, a drink or two only at special events… drink rain water, we live a quiet life and enjoy outdoors and nature.
It pays to have interests and hobbies too.
Agility and balance, vision/hearing…. all get effected as we age.
I never had to wear reading glasses until I was over 60 years of age.
I think that’s pretty good considering so many folk younger than that have to wear glasses, and some full time. I can see distance very clearly and read road signs etc without glasses.
And… I still have all my own teeth! 
Just that bit of RA is annoying and I’m trying to work out what causes it and how to slow it down.
Strange thing is… I do lots of arty stuff and sewing and played musical instruments forever… but I still got a bit of RA in a couple of fingers of my left hand.
I’m so annoyed. I look at them and ask…. Why?! Why you do this to me?!
Doctors have said … your cholesterol is up a bit…
Yeah well I like butter 
I sure as heck won’t take statins for it… we need cholesterol … our brains are made of it.
Once I had some sinus infection and all I could ingest was fruit.
A blood test showed my cholesterol dropped right down but triglycerides went right up!
Go figure! The body does what it wants!

freediver wrote on Apr 21^st, 2023 at 6:40am:


Most likely.
I’ve observed in my lengthy lifetime…. how weighty issues are similar to smoking issues with certain people. Some can be overweight and live to their 80s same as some smoke and live to their 90s even!
Yet others are taken from life earlier from either obesity or smoking.
In fact, one such person I know in his early 80s now, up until his 60s smoked 3 packs cigarettes per day and he has quite a large girth.
He gave up smoking. But I honestly thought he’d be gone by now…
Yet my brother, not overweight at all, but smoked…is gone from life 3 years ago age 61.
My mother had the highest cholesterol yet she was the skinniest person and never ate takeaway,always cooked healthy meals, lived to over 90.
It seems some can survive better than others with health or weight issues whist others don’t.
Something to do with a strong constitution?
I’ve noticed the males on my mum’s side of family that smoke… have bad emphysema and it takes them by their 60s and the ones that don’t smoke were living longer.
Yet a neighbour across the road smoked till she was in her 90s and quite honestly, one won’t know if the body can handle it until it’s too late.
Best not to smoke rather than risk shortening life.
That neighbour’s husband lived past 100 and he never smoked.

As for weight issues, some may be fitter than their trimmer friends.
For instance, trimmer folk that smoke, and not exercise, may have less energy/lung capacity than another overweight person that doesn’t smoke and is very active.

People are very different that we can’t really pigeon hole them on their weight only.