On Apr 25, 2008, at 10:22 AM, Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
Why, shucks, I remember when I was 55, I . . .
The story is told of one of the British statesmen who was still in
office at
the age of 100. ... "Ah .. to be
seventy again!"
A similar thing is reported on this side of the pond:
At:
www.lawandeverythingelse.com/id55.htm
"...I've read a number of biographies of Justice Holmes and four or
five volumes of his letters. It was never a secret that he liked
burlesque, pretty women, and racy French novels. When he was eighty
and spotted a pretty woman, he said, "Ah, to be seventy again!" ... "
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