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Connard Estep 53
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 Posted - 03/16/2007 : 08:32:52
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| Thanks Marilyn, I liked it also. That Quip was actually sent to my Mother some years ago by a Cousin of mine that lives in no other than wv...... |
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Rita Curd Bender 64
USA
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Posted - 03/16/2007 : 09:02:12
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You know you are getting old when you carry a brain game book in your purse wherever you go. It promises to boost memory power, sharpen reasoning skills and more.
An example of problem solving and analysis:
What will be the next letter in this logical progression?
O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ___
Sad to say but my ten-year-old granddaughter got it before I did.
Check back later for the answer. |
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Connard Estep 53
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2007 : 16:11:36
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I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. S o, I'm wearing my garage door opener.
You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.
I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!!!
I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is "when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it."
I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, & call it "Pumping Rust."
I know when people see a cat's litter box, they always say, "Oh, have you got a cat ?" Just once I want to say, "No, it's for company" !!!
Employment application blanks always ask "who is to be notified in case of an emergency." I think you should write, "a good doctor & attorney !!"
Why do they put pictures of criminals up in the Post Office ? What are we supposed to do - write to these men ? Why don't they just put their pictures on the postage stamps so the mailmen could look for them while they deliver the mail ? Or better yet, arrest them while they are taking their pictures !!!
I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older. Then, it dawned on me, they were cramming for their finals. As for me, I'm just hoping God grades on the curve.
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Norma Walker Zopp 45
USA
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Posted - 03/17/2007 : 22:52:57
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This topic wouldn't be complete without ...
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
But maybe I ought to practise a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple. |
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ML2006
USA
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Posted - 03/18/2007 : 00:15:52
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| Norma: That is a beautiful poem. It IS cute and provides a funny mental image but is also beautiful. |
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Thoughts on Growing Old
