h/t John Wilder
"The light that burns twice as bright lasts only half as long." - Dr. Eldon Tyrell, Blade Runner
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"I like a good story, well told. That is the reason I am sometimes forced to tell them myself." - Mark Twain
h/t John Wilder
"The light that burns twice as bright lasts only half as long." - Dr. Eldon Tyrell, Blade Runner
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but back in the 1980's Huba Huba!
Tom Cruise obviously did not share the unicorn blood with Kelly. What a shame, she was thermonuclear hot in Top Gun and Witness.
Wow, same person?
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Good on her for not giving a shit.
Wow. Years have not been kind to her.
Well, she is in her mid-60s and past the gifted anomalies, very few women I've seen are still "stunning" at that age without the benefit of a very intensive, and expensive, physical fitness program, botox and the services of an excellent plastic surgeon.
I think if you're not continually hauling in the bux with acting gigs to spend on that, well.......
65 going on 75.... not a healthy pre-mature aging look either.
Within certain limits we choose our weight and appearance as we grow older. Audrey Hepburn decided, choose at an early age to not allow her weight to exceed 103 pounds. Imagine if this woman had made such a decision at age 18. Instead she chose sloth and likely gained and lost weight many times in her life. Gaining weight and then losing it leaves it's mark with excess skin, wrinkles and sags and bundles. Once that excess weight is on your body your skin has expanded to accommodate it and doesn't easily or ever fully recede back to pre-obese levels. There are many elegant looking women of older age who consciously choose to never get "fat", and who chose to wear nice clothes that show off or enhance their figure. It's a choice either made consciously or by default. I am 80 YO and live in a 55+ retirement community with 800 units and I see a lot of older men and women who made one choice or the other in their lives.
She lives about 25 miles from my bunker, AND she's a hardcore lesbian. Don't know how old she was when she "found herself".
Bridget Fonda chose the same path. Big gal.
At 71 I hate to admit it but I am 20 over my ideal weight. The knees are not what they used to be or I would get back into running my preferred maintenance approach.
Anon@7:30 -- I found that past 55 is was a bit tougher to keep the weight down. Not consuming any more calories, the body just not burn as hot as before in my case.
She wasn't too bad in the Monkeys Mask down in Oz in 2000 either. She had gone Gay then but wasn't bad looking.
@Blue Collar Catholic,
And you're being an idiot, and I've no history of your opinions prior to now to base any respect (or lack of it) upon. The point isn't to say "Kelly McGillis is fat. Neener neener." It's that time and gravity are cruel to everyone, particularly women. Maybe you figure that physical realities would otherwise have passed McGillis by "if only", like they do no one else in recorded world history, and can explain to us all how that serendipity would have occurred, in your imaginary world.
I'm sorry something so bog-obvious sailed right over your head without any impact, but again, I don't know you enough to say whether that's just this time, or all the time. But you go on white-knighting in opposition to obvious reality, as if that matters to anyone or anything, and tell yourself how marvelous you are, if that's what makes you feel better about yourself.
Or maybe now, since it escaped your notice rather obviously, take the time to follow the h/t link, and see the topic under discussion there, and see if a cluebat somehow strikes your pate some glancing blow. Or not.
Best wishes with your chosen path in life. And stay classy.
Time -and mileage - are kind to no one. Yet, I've found that some repairs are possible that have allowed me to maintain mobility. Some recent discipline in eating has seen me shed 20-some pounds in 3-ish months, which in conjunction with a great trainer and a strong masseuse has resulted in being able to move briskly for the first time in a few years. It does take time- and money - and discipline. Nobody's gonna take my photo, indeed nobody cares except my family and friends; it's not for vanity, it's for those family and friends -and perhaps to enhance my utility for what is likely to come.
Boat Guy
Ow! My eyes! Why'd you do tbat?
Age is tough, but She ain't even trying.
I read somewhere, maybe it was you; that said "women age like milk not like wine". Whoever said it, it is a classic truth in my mind. There are exceptions, as in all things - Audrey Hepburn, as said earlier - but the "milk and wine" thing is a safe bet. I do remember my dad saying "if you want a glimpse of a woman as she ages, look at her mother". That one rings true as well, seen it in real life, as they say.
I may have repeated it, but it's been around before I wrote it.
The truth is undeniable, which was the whole point.
As for the actress; she was far more believable -and attractive - in "Witness"
Boat Guy
As a nurse you become all too aware of the effects of time and health on the human body. I have no unrealistic expectations of any woman my age (66).
Well meme'd.
None of us can defeat the effects of time but it is possible to fight the effects of gravity.
My wife is 67.....and can still wear a size 8. She's willing to do the work to keep her figure. The problem is most people aren't.
As I pondered this, it comes down to four factors: genetics, the unexpected, age, and effort. The first two - genetics and the unexpected - we cannot control. We get the genetics we get and manage as best we can. The unexpected - the unwanted diagnosis, the accident that came from nowhere - are also outside of our control. Age, too, just happens.
Which leaves effort. And yes, effort does not overcome the other three necessarily, but it can make a difference.
An example: With my larger family unit I have two examples who were both diagnosed with diabetes between 45 and 55 years of age. One chose to do nothing until absolutely forced to and has suffered all the ravages of the disease, up to an including amputations and dialysis. The other changed lifestyles and lost 20 lbs through diet and exercise and largely kept it off. While not escaping the need for insulin, they never went on injections and kept their mobility and their lifestyle almost up to their death.
I am not responsible for the first three items as they are out of my control. I am responsible for how I respond to them. Some things I may not be able to change or overcome, but there are still actions I can take. I have seen the difference such actions can make.
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