Gratitude-Attitude
b'Yesterday, my friend and next door neighbor Randy and I were discussing the fact that our kids are now driving cars, and we\'re riding our exercise bikes. Randy is a lot younger than I am, but we\'re both members of the Louie Louie Generation. So we started trying to figure out..."what is the subtle difference between growing older, and getting old"? So we checked out how Big Louie sees it in my book "Staying Happy Healthy And Hot." Getting old is when you sink your teeth into a steak, and they stay there. Your knees buckle, but your belt won\'t. You\'re sitting in your rocking chair, but you can\'t make it go. You get winded playing chess. That\'s getting old. \\n\\tBut getting older, can actually be a little fun. Big Louie says "Trickery and deceit usually defeats youth and skill. It\'s like the baseball pitcher who smiled as the batters ducked when he threw his 100 mile an hour fastball a little inside a few years ago. And now, even though the radar gun is showing only around 89, the smile is still there as he watches the batters screw themselves into the dirt swinging at his nice new slow slider."'