Thank you, today I'm sensitive, I'm not thrilled about being 57.
This is an old git writing here, my apologies.
Well, I would say that you should be thrilled !
Think about our late forum colleague, Simon Chapman, who never made that age. And the 300 servicemen, most in their 20s, who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting a war which is not supported by half of the UK and perhaps even less of the locals there, yet they still went and did their best against an enemy who fights with IUDs and shoot and run techniques.
You have managed to survive so far to within 10 years of retirement age, whilst many others also do that, think of it as a positive achievement.
Aother advantage of getting older is that you become outnumbered by women as they live longer than men!
A couple of years ago, I did a boiler repair for an old fellow who had been a machine gunner in the "D" Day Landing in Normandy. He got through the war without any injuries and was still in very good health. I expect he is still alive and I look forward to repairing his boiler again sometime.
Later this week, I am going to a 92 y.o. lady to see to her ball valve!
Tony