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Three old-person things I did before 9:30 am

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1) Shook my finger — like a pendulum, back and forth — at a car trying to turn through a just-red light. I actually “tsked” as I stopped the car by walking in front of it, and gave it a “where do you think you’re going, sonny” look. (The driver was an old Chinese lady.) […]

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random personal my dad, old people

Kid, you’ve got it easy.

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40 doesn’t feel old to me like I always thought it would. Except for a few things: This year’s bumper crop of gray hairs. The cracking joints – occurring during any and all movements, where they used to be limited to things like deep squats. I sound like bubble wrap. My husband calls me “Creaks.” […]

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memories, nostalgia 1970s, 1980s, aging, gen-x, memories, nostalgia, old people, tech, technology

Leggo my sample-o.

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Fact: Old ladies love free food samples. Actually, it doesn’t have to be food. They’ll take anything that’s free, including those stinky soap samples they hand out outside Sabon. You can always use more soap!  But they like food the best. Is it a fixed income thing? A scarcity mentality left over from the Great […]

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self-loathing conflicts, eating, food, old people, samples

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