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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe

.....Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.
..........— Anthony Powell (1905 – 2000), English novelist. Temporary Kings (1973).

Thanks to all the health advisory warnings that get plastered around I have been known to suggest that "living is a health hazard". That little simile from Anthony Powell may mean that I should also add that "living is a crime".