Re: Karikuri lottery

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

Although I still do have a pair of Birkenstocks (that I used for work), I
was happily surprised that my Teva sandals are not only not bad for my
feet but are the kind recommended for my kind of feet.  That was a big
relief.

Re: bodies falling apart as they get older.  There is no doubt in my mind
that my father would have died much earlier if there had not been modern
procedures and medications available.  He was in terrible shape.

Related: Fidelity gave me automated retirement recommendations and it
thinks that I may live longer than the 87 years old that I projected for
myself.  It is more optimistic than me and thinks my retirement will be
more than fine.  I can't shake the feeling that my retirement is going to
be worse than it says.

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:33:34 -0700
 >
 > And as if that weren't bad enough, he also says that Birkenstocks work
 > better for young people than old people, and recommends that I switch to
 > Oofos Ooahh or Hoka Ora sandals, which have more arch and side support.
 > It's funny; he's well aware of the religious fervor with
 > which we Birk fans talk about them, and says he liked them too as a young
 > person.  (Back in the day, the sales people at the Birk stores used to
 > warn people that they'd feel weird at first and to give them a chance
 > before you reject them, but the moment I put my feet in a pair, it was
 > clear that these were My Shoes.  I've never willingly worn anything else
 > since, except during East Coast winters, when I grudgingly wore Earth
 > Shoes.)
 > 
 > But the big long-term thing he says is that everyone's body starts falling
 > apart when they get old, and you just have to put up with it and not let
 > it overwhelm you.  This is hard advice for me to take because I start each
 > day already overwhelmed even before I start counting aches.  But,
 > especially considering that I'm diabetic, I've really been quite lucky.  I
 > had a cancer that was caught in time and removed in one step, I'm not
 > blind or paralyzed or anything like that, and it's only recently that I've
 > turned down opportunities to travel because of not feeling up to it.
 > 
 > Sigh.