How coincidental. I was just looking for my reading glasses & I was just about to give up when I found them on the lowest tier of my desk.
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And that enabled you to read the posts here.How coincidental. I was just looking for my reading glasses & I was just about to give up when I found them on the lowest tier of my desk.
Some joke, your eyesight and your memory start going at the same time and you have trouble finding your glasses.Along these lines ~ for my 47th trip around the sun, I went out and bought myself 2 pair of 'readers' because I couldn't tip my head back any farther when looking at print. Always has perfect eyesight, until that business started around age 43. Bah, now I'm so old I can't remember where I put either of em
Sidenote: one of em was tort
I don't need them for my computer screens, since that is adjustable. I was trying to read the numbers off a SIM card.
You know your not that old, you know what a SIM card is...
Yea, labels on things and smaller print .. like CD booklets are tough. Good thing I never stopped collecting LPs
Next month I'm going to visit a gal that I used to 'date' 25+ years ago. Something tells me I'm going to spend more time actually sleeping in her bed, than anything else 
Naw. Noodling is what I do on the bass after supper.
Damn, I learned something today. Guess I am not too old to learn a new trick.
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Official leathers tester and crash dummy
Properly marinated, aged to perfection, then spiced. Hmmm... Could be toxic to all pathogens, too. It's the key to immortality.
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I saw that on PBS. Didn't one of those guys lose a finger doing that. I think he reached under a rock and encountered a giant snapping turtle.
They, (and by they, I mean them,) can appropriate all the Pastafarian language and rituals they care to, but never shall we (and by we, I mean I,) give in to those who blaspheme the name of... oh, never mind.
Didn't see it on PBS. There was a reality show about it several years ago. I thought it should have been on the comedy channel.
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You know you're too old when you can't remember the last time you walked up stairs without pain or contemplated how severe the pain you're about to experience climbing the steps will be. Also, when you have to consider whether alcohol or pain pills will be chosen as part of your pre-dance(pain) ritual because using both will destroy your internal organs quicker than nature intended. 
