[recycled sixtie]

The only time of being close to dead was being knocked out by a large dude coming up in a truck in a narrow lane and found me sleeping in the back of a VW bug(I had next to no money). He could not get by me in his truck so decided to punch me in the cheek. The lights went out and came to when I hit the ground.

Not really afraid of dying as being close to 70 yo as the body gets older it is not as efficient. I cannot climb mountain passes like I used when I was 60. Eventually the body like a ripe fruit will fall off the tree. By the time I am 80 I will be less efficient and will be that much more prepared for death. Thinking of both my grandmothers dying at 72 and they certainly did not have great quality of life prior to dying. 70's now is pretty young. I find life very satisfying now. Best time of my life was around 19-20 years old though working on a farm and driving my 58 VW bug across Canada and the US.

Very happy that those of you that were really dead came back! Hence the expression came back from the dead.