94-Year-Old Wistfully Recalls Those Care-free Days of His Mid-Eighties

KNOXVILLE, TN (AbP) - A 94-year-old man living in Knoxville, TN, told friends and family Thursday that, as he embarks further on the challenging journey of life, he has taken to wistfully recalling the care-free days of his mid-eighties. George French, born in Savannah, GA, in 1921, insisted that times were simpler between the ages of 83 and 86 because he still possessed most of his faculties. “Sweet Jesus, those were the days,” he said. “I was young and full of joy and I didn’t need anyone’s help getting to the bathroom. You never forget days like that. Things get harder with age.” Remarking that his mid-eighties represented a more socially vibrant period in his life, French concluded by saying he would “give anything to shoot poker with Annie and Ken again. It’s sad how you lose touch with friends as the years go by; particularly when those friends die of old age.”

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