A Man for All Seasons at 100

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As his father turns 100, gerardbaker finds that the secret to a long and happy life lies in old-fashioned virtues

With septuagenarians dominating the race to be president, I hope you’ll indulge me a little this weekend as I celebrate the life of a man who had already reached adulthood before any of them were born.

My father got a birthday card from Queen Elizabeth II this week. He doesn’t normally receive greetings from such well-placed sources. It’s a privilege bestowed on British citizens when they reach their 100th birthday. In an age of rapidly increasing longevity, the queen’s hand has been busy. There are more than 13,000 centenarians...

 

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GerardBaker Beautiful kind eyes, what you give out, you'll get back in return....

GerardBaker Inspiring! Pierced Love!

GerardBaker Looks just like my grandpa

GerardBaker Yeah, well America is all about the rights for all LBGTXYZ trans people of color to have taxpayer funded abortions and gender reassignment surgery so deal with it old man.

GerardBaker Happy Birthday to your dad

GerardBaker Lovely. Happy birthday toyour dad!!

GerardBaker My 87 year old father brought over cat litter and food for our cats today .....out of the blue too..... So cool..... 🤟

GerardBaker So old people are transphobic is what you’re saying?

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