SO YOU RE 50!
Copyright © Mike Haskins and Clive Whichelow 2007
All rights reserved.
Illustrations by Andy Hammond
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ISBN: 1-84024-563-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-84024-563-9
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INTRODUCTION
So you ve done it! You ve reached another of
life s milestones. You ve reached the age you
never thought you d reach.
And it isn t even the first age you never thought
you d reach that you ve reached. It s probably
something like the third or fourth of the things.
You have reached more ages that you never
thought you d reach than you ever thought
you d reach.
And here it is. The big one: 50. You are in your
50s! It s a wonder the shock of it hasn t killed
you. Especially at your age.
More to the point, how are you going to cope
with the fact that from now on every time you
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tell someone your age, they start whistling the
theme tune from Hawaii Five-O?
If, that is, they re old enough to remember it.
And you can t argue with people who call
you middle-aged any more. Oh yes, you tried
to deny it throughout your decade as a giddy
young 40-something. But in your 50s, you
have no defence. You are definitely middle-
aged. And that s if you plan living to 100.
Thankfully, though, there s this little volume to
help you adjust to life in your sixth decade.
Sit awhile, relax and ponder on the many rich
mysteries with which life has presented you.
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Such as why, when you have spent the past
twenty years spending every last hard-earned
penny raising and educating your kids and
when at every opportunity you have imparted
your worldly wisdom and insights on life to
them, have they grown up into people with
whom you now have absolutely nothing in
common whatsoever?
Well, we can ponder these things, but there
probably aren t any answers.
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