One thing that is kind of a side effect of the boomer generation is that as we all have gotten older, we have demanded better and more innovative medical care, which will benefit all the generations that follow. Total knee replacements. Better diabetes control. High tech changes to treat hearing loss. There have been so many changes for the better as a result of this huge mass of people needing help
If I had an evil stepmother that must make me Cinderella! But at least she’s dead now.
Benign example: I went 2000+ miles across the country to see my father, who I hadn’t seen in three years, for one week. She told him she expected me to get a job while I was there. I had a job and was taking a vacation. ONE WEEK
Planet of the Apes
The passage of time allows you to take crummy things and make them in to funny, wry, self-deprecating stories
Go back to your hotel for all of your emergency contact info you had in a safe place: your bank, your consulate etc. call and report all of your credit cards and ID stolen. Call your family so they can wire you emergency funds. Go to the consulate and report your passport stolen. Contact your travel insurance to get them moving to help you. Because of course you are a smart traveler and have done all this ahead of time
Liquid Gold furniture polish would work wonders
“Save Money! Do your own appendectomy with a spoon and a can opener!”
Pick out cards that are in good condition, with subjects you might think are rare or desirable. Do a screenshot individually, then run those through Google Lens. If same or similar cards show up, you may be able to get a god idea of values. eBay asking prices can get outrageous so check for sold prices. As you may know, most people collect by subject. You can also search for a dealer in French cities cards who may want to buy your inventory
Why are all the questions so miserable here? You can’t do some things so you pick up and enjoy others. To a great many of us our world is not smaller and darker. And I am a crabby pessimist who is not religious, so I’m not all sunshine and unicorns, but with so many people - theoretically the young people asking questions here - seem to think getting older is like being sentenced to physical and mental prison. It isn’t. There is still a lot of life that is fun
“911, fire, police, or medical?” = chaotic good
“Dance that weight off along to the wonderful music of the Chuck E. Cheese choir!”
“I swear to Christ that if that idiot asks me who’s a good boy one more time I’m gonna shove that tennis ball right up his … “
“Unless you can provide me with a 1909 SVDB, a piece of the True Cross, sing the entire song ‘El Paso’, give me a mint condition 1959 Bubble Head Barbie, and fix my four speed dual quad Positraction 409, then don’t bother to contact me”
Sing: Ebony and Iivvvooorreeeee …
“The truth? Donkey, you can’t handle the truth”
It allows you the fabulous inexpensive pizza with a pricey dessert to show off and save a little $$$
Vanilla, which turned in to patchouli later
A Pyrex bowl in the refrigerator with orange Jello and shredded carrots
Those were cute commercials! With Schwarzenegger and Hayek
Escape From New York pizza on 23rd, then splurge and go to Papa Hayden’s for dessert
Marjorie Taylor Greene
What is an example of "the loudest voice in the room is usually the dumbest"?
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