Eighty is the new fifty, or so I'm told. But my back wasn't this dodgy when I was fifty, and my knees lasted longer than a circuit of the park with the dog before seizing up. And I wasn't caught short so often that I needed to memorise the location of the nearest public toilet for emergency pit stops!
The New Fifty is a short story from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.
Read the story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/the-new-fifty
Robert's dog posts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyDogPosts
Robert's dog posts on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mydogposts/
Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com
Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads
Buy Robert's short story collections online:
• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM
• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead
Podcast Theme and Sound Effects
Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.
Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:
• Dog wagging/thumping tail: https://freesound.org/people/tallandtrue/sounds/657779/
• Dog panting: https://freesound.org/people/AGFX/sounds/221497/
• Whistle: https://freesound.org/people/strongbot/sounds/568995/
• Kids laughing: https://freesound.org/people/kikorurelas/sounds/642516/
• Kettle boiling: https://freesound.org/people/cupido-1/sounds/433538/
Production Notes
Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.
Episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.
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