IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A 100 YEARS OLD " D0N'T ACT YOUR AGE".

While sitting at the hospital waiting to see if I am dead or alive, I decided to pick up a People Magazine That wasn't quite my cup of tea, but was intrigued with the Wit and Wisdom of Dick Van Dyke, who is turning 100 years old. His simple, but sound secret was "Don't act your age!" I was so lured in to reading about his advice, so I had to read further. He and his first wife were married in 1948, and when he came home to their small apartment, he found his belongings were out on the highway. Dick then called his buddy Ted Danson, and Carl Reiner hooked him up with Mary Tyler Moore in 1961 and their show was a hit and went on to star with Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins in 1964; Chitty Bang Bang in 1968 and his success continued. He then married his second wife and had four kids, but that wife died of Cancer, so his charms picked up his forever wife-Arlene Silver, who was 46 years younger. When they were asked how that matched up, she called her husband of 13 years "the best human being I've ever met". And Dick says "she is responsible for keeping me in the moment". Dick also says that his many years could be related to his positive attitude "I've always thought that anger is one thing that eats up a person's insides-and hate-and I have never was able to work up a feeling of hate." He also said his good humor may have started in high school, when he got elected to be the junior class president, and "I wasn't even on the ballot. I was the class clown, so made people laugh". So that is the total good parts I found in this magazine, but will credit two photos of Mr. Van Dyke who also said "Emotionally I'm about 13, and she(Arlene) is responsible for keeping me in the moment and alive every day. Thank God for that."

Now if one was to ask Hal Harris Jones of Nephi, Utah, how he was planning to continue to celebrate his 80th BD of last week, it was at the Rodeo Finals in Vegas, and itching to get home and ride his Harley. I told him instead of buying more Harley Shirts and caps, how about some motorcycle chains for those tires. He said "Nope, I got roll bars that push me right back up straight". If one can live to be an old geezer and still have the fun of being young, then you have it made.