{"id":58202,"date":"2025-01-09T19:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T08:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/maintenance.html\/?p=58202"},"modified":"2025-04-18T12:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T02:02:36","slug":"nine-important-facts-to-remember-as-we-grow-older","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58202","title":{"rendered":"Nine Important Facts To Remember As We Grow Older:"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_55962\" class=\"yiv7419008825MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56059\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56058\">#9 Death is the number 1 killer in the world.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24735\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56053\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56052\">#8 Life is sexually transmitted.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24739\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56047\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56046\">#7 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56064\" class=\"yiv7419008825MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56047\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56046\">at which one can die.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24743\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56083\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56082\">#6 Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky-panky, and they can&#8217;t tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24747\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56089\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56088\">#5 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won&#8217;t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years &#8211; unless you give them your email address.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24751\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56108\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56107\">#4 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24755\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56114\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56113\">#3 All of us could take a lesson from the weather.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56114\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56113\">It pays absolutely no attention to criticism.<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24759\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56138\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56137\">#2 In the 60&#8217;s, people took LSD to make the world weird.\u00a0 Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24763\" \/><\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56143\" style=\"color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-large;\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1511518787931_56142\">#1 Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers.\u00a0\u00a0 What you do today may be a burning issue tomorrow.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: black; font-size: x-large;\"><br id=\"yiv7419008825m_-7522693537860819956m_2200585369540381685m_-6011129116302961260m_-4373523877049233951m_-5596715082349394476aolmail_yiv9562585434m_6243649300322674841m_8089900156246720528m_9004540357800823399m_-763518066018735668m_9162702877574886766m_8447767308534053851ydpe9453ef6yiv8656519210m_-676859461809984293m_8612335245542248564yiv2829981395yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500038514050_24767\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#9 Death is the number 1 killer in the world. #8 Life is sexually transmitted. #7 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. #6 Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky-panky, and they can&#8217;t tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=58202\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nine Important Facts To Remember As We Grow Older:&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-humourhumor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59303,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58202\/revisions\/59303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}