# My parent's generation are beginning to drop like flies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2007, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-generation-are-beginning-to-drop-like-flies/428735 "2007-12-04T01:54:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-generation-are-beginning-to-drop-like-flies/428735/21 "2007-12-05T20:10:32Z")
[QUOTE=KlondikeGeoff] The really depressing part is I have lost almost all of my contemporary friends, … [/QUOTE] And, one hopes, almost all of your enemies as well. 😉 > [@jackelope](#): > > Out of curiosity, how old are you? 50 - as others have mentioned, it’s that time of life. Thanks, all, for the sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-generation-are-beginning-to-drop-like-flies/428735/22 "2007-12-05T22:05:13Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] And, one hopes, almost all of your enemies as well. 😉 [/QUOTE] Now that’s an interesting thought that really cheers me up! ---
**Author:** ![Omegaman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e480ec/32.png) [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2007, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-generation-are-beginning-to-drop-like-flies/428735/23 "2007-12-05T22:30:25Z")
It comes. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2007, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-generation-are-beginning-to-drop-like-flies/428735/24 "2007-12-06T01:04:45Z")
My parents are getting on…but still in good shape…my uncle is 89, and despite a lifetime of smoking and boozing, is in remarkably good shape. Still, we are not immortals, and the day will come. I think about it, and it really hits home when younger people pass on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-parents-generation-are-beginning-to-drop-like-flies/428735.md?page=1)