Are there many, some, a few of us over 50??

[Nanci]

MIdway4-8692. Do we ever forget our first phone number??

[Surlygirl]

I turned 46 in May. We grew up on bikes, rode on the sidewalks, through the woods, fields, streams, all on stingray bikes my dad pulled out of the dump and fixed. He even spray painted them to make them look new. Got my first new bike at 10, a green Schwinn 3 speed. My next new bike hubby bought me when I was 23 and then last year he bought me my beautiful purple Orbea. I've come a long way since the dump bikes.

I also loved Bobby Sherman better than David Cassidy and Donny Osmond, and the "Hey Hey for the Monkeys" were my favorite.

[Denise223]

TW(twinbrook)3-2728 !!! That was our telephone number in the early 70's. Some things are permanently etched in our brains...

I have a pretty good long term memory....but sometimes, I can't remember what I did even hours before ...... I guess that's common at my age .
I've purchased Gingko Biloba a few times in the past several years, only I can't remember to take it!!!

Have a nice evening!

Denise

[Bike Goddess]

Well, so far I'm the elder of the group- 65. What can I say for all these years I've lived on this planet-

40's- No freeways, no TV, no Cell phones, and if you were lucky, you had a private telephone line. Otherwise, it was a 2 or 4 party line. We always managed to have our own private line. The phones were black, only desk phones. Must have have weighed about 10 lbs.

When TV came along in the 50's I couldn't stand it because of the high frequency ringing which bothered my ears. As a consequence I never got hooked on TV and to this day don't watch it. Missed all the programs and a whole generation of TV stars. Instead, when I was growing up we listened to the radio every night- the lone ranger, fibber mcgee and molly, etc. Those were the fun times as we had to imagine the scenes!

In the 70s I was part of the alternative culture. Lived in a collective- we published a magazine called Vocations for Social Change. We advocated women's rights and environmentally sound businesses, alternative lifestyles, etc. It was an interesting time. I still keep in contact with two of the members of that group. I also did some drugs on an experimental basis- shant name them here!

During this time I was part of the Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley, and SF State as well. After getting my Masters Degree in 1974 I became a teacher and entered the "straight" world. (That's what we called it then)

Started running in 1974 and ran marathons and other events until I couldn't due to arthritis in my knees which brought me to cycling in 2003. Since that time I've cycled over 12,000 miles including the Seattle to Portland ride for 2 yrs (am doing it for a 3rd time this year) and the SF/LA AIDS ride last year. This year I set a goal of 2 metric centuries a week, which I have followed regularly (the weather sometimes kept me down to 1 a week!) My overall goal this year is 7500 miles. I'm at 3200 something so I have a ways to go and some more centuries to do!

So there you have it. Never let age get you down.