You are never too old to learn

Well it is here, another birthday month. On the 14th I will have reached the age of 69. What is the saying; if I had known I would lived this long I would have taken better care of myself! Now with pins and rods holding my back together and a new knee inatalled with one once replacement coming in July I am continuing into a new year, with a new attitude toward life. I have hope for the first time in a long time. I have a special lady in my heart and new hope. 

With new hope comes new dreams and a possibility of new problems. I do so want the dreams much more than the problems!

As I chat with people here on the cage every once in a while, someone will say something that makes me feel really good. A lot of people say things that make me feel good, but only a few are able to say things that make me feel real good. One of those occasions happened yesterday. I’m very happy about it and I have to say that struck my heart. I really appreciate and wish to think the person that lifted me up so, So thank you very much and know that I appreciate you. I appreciate the words you say.

No matter what the role be it Master/slave, Dominant/submissive, Daddy/little or Just friends and family, I feel it must cherish the ones we have, Because we never know how long we will have them. We have no idea whether we will continue to be together as partners whether we still be close to our loved ones or even if death will in a relationship, Friendship or family, Break apart, the unions and the friendships that develop over the years. I feel that because of this, you must live every moment for the moment, You must love every love to the fullest. You must hold onto your loved ones while you have them. Separation could happen at any time it’s a matter of how you handle it. It’s a matter of your friends and your family comforting you it’s a matter of your mental state of mind. Will this tear you up? Will drive you down we just put you into a deep depression. You never know until it happens, but you can prepare for it. You can prepare for it by loving every minute for every minute, loving every hour for every hour and remembering to tell the ones you dearly love how much you dearly love them tell them over and over again 

For they can be gone in an instant!

I am reminded that the effects of aging seemed to be worse when you were having an upcoming birthday I don’t know why that is, but it seems to be that way. Now I think about my birthday and this year I do believe will be a better one than I’ve had in a long, long time. I’m hoping that between that and having my knees get fixed, I will be in less pain and be a happier individual.

For the people on here that are aging and can relate. The only advice I can give is work through the pain, I attempt to do that every day I attempt to keep a positive attitude, It isn’t always possible, but I try to.

When life gives you cherries, make a cherry pie and share it with a friend. Sometimes friends are hard to find sometimes they’re just around the corner. All you have to do is look be nice and smile. A smile was a long way towards making a new friend. And who knows sometimes a new friend may turn into a best friend, A girlfriend, And maybe even lover.

So open up, be respectful and don’t be afraid to talk to people. Take the time to get to know them then maybe the conversation can turn to something besides just normal vanilla and sometimes the other partner actually brings it up.

Since December 24, 2003 I have not worked more than a day or two because of my back. I was in Antarctica at the time working as heavy truck and equipment mechanic, I had to work in the back of a track fire truck. Because of the position and the work that had to be done, I blew out a disc after about a month fighting this fighting through the pain trying to work off and on they decided to go ahead and send me home. I flew from Antarctica back to Colorado. The first flight was from McMurdo Station Ross Sea To Christchurch, New Zealand. Spent the night there then the next day I boarded the first flight headed back to the states. The flight from Christchurch, New Zealand to Auckland New Zealand was fairly good. Then came an unexpected flight delay in Auckland NZ, the plane had troubles and an 8 hour period of waiting, then the long flight to LA USA. Then another delay and finely the flight to Denver CO USA. 

Then came 6 years of 4 back surgeries. Now I put up with pain, but the trick is to stay positive and stay focused. I am better at this, but a lot of work remains. 

Now finally to the point; whenever you find yourself facing a challenge, no matter what it may be. Try to stay positive, work your way through the problem, come out on the other side a batter person, don’t let the problem define you, You take control!

On March 9 of 2026 I finally got a replacement body part. It took 15 years, but VA finally approved and arranged. Replaced the moment of my left knee. Sure which shelf was easy. I was sleeping the whole time. My look leg look like somebody had been hitting it with a hammer when they finished however, I was black and blue from my ankle,all the way to my upper thigh. I spent the night in the hospital And that day, I also started walking on it. Released the next day to home I will not say it did not hurt it did, but it was only a couple of days till I realized it hurt less than it did with the old knee even with the surgery.

I am now recovering my second knee will be replaced somewhere around 20 July 2026 and then I get to start the whole process over again Thus the title Of replacement parts now if I could just go in and get both shoulders done both hips done my head lifted off on a new one put in place then my head lifted off on a body put underneath it. I’d be in pretty good shape. By the way, I want a body about 6’4’ and weighs about 0200 pounds without it being able to gain weight. 

There are places to research on the Internet that I never had growing up. We had encyclopedia Britannica that was where we look things up at or dictionary. Now just type in a few words and An AI program takes over and finds what you’re looking for. It is an easier way to learn, but is it better? Using a library to research things, I had learned a Dewey decimal system so that I could look things up in the card index in that way I learned I learned where to find the books who would teach what I wanted to know then I would check the books out and take them home and read them and then return them so the next person could find something and learn something .