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Commentary: A 14-point plan to be a good old man

This aging thing stops right here, right now.

I'm turning 60.

I know, I know. By my generally dyspeptic attitude and hectoring tone you thought I was much older already.

But nope. Just 60. And by stopping the process I don't mean cosmetically, sartorially or even, necessarily, physically. The body wears down. That's nature's way. I'm not going to become one of those spry seniors who competes in triathlons, takes fistfuls of vitamins, dresses like a 25-year-old and hires

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