Typical conversation for middle aged people at family gatherings or parties with friends: “I can’t go to lunch on Thursday, I have a dentist appointment. I need a root canal.” “Oh just one? Good luck, I’ve had 5 root canals.” “Really? Well I’ve had 5 skin cancer spots removed, that’s no picnic either.” “I can’t even walk straight outside anymore I’ve had so many spots. I have to wear a sombrero and long sleeve shirts with full length jeans just to get the mail.” “You can wear

Remember growing up when our Moms put the fear in us, “You better wear a clean pair of underwear in case you get in an accident?” Was that a problem we presented to them enough to warrant such a warning? Did we not wear clean underwear back in the day? Do the doctors and nurses judge us and not help us if we show up with shoddy underwear? Maybe they were clean when I left the house, but I after I wrecked, they’re not so clean anymore, did you ever think of that? I think Moms

Part 3 of 3 in struggles my parents haven encountered with new technology: · Side mirrors on cars. My Dad said if you’re going to make a change to something, do it because you’re trying to make it better. Don’t just change a product for the sake of change. Case in point…side mirrors on cars. The old cars had a simple mirror you could look in to see the cars beside and behind you. Now cars make a distorted mirror, and put a disclaimer in fine print on it that says “objects may

Part 2 out of 3 from my parents after they moved into their new home with all new appliances and gadgets after realizing nothing has an “on” button anymore. · New gas stove. Nowhere does it say “On.” The old one had a nice knob to simply turn on, then turn the other way for off. On this new one, there’s a right pointed triangle that apparently you have to push to start the oven. Why a triangle? It didn’t say anywhere how hard to push it, so it took us weeks to figure out that

This is from my awesome parents (who were born in the 1930’s) after they moved into their new home with all new appliances and gadgets after realizing nothing has an “on” button anymore. · Alexa. Couldn’t find an “on” button. Apparently, you have to yell at her to get her to do anything. But don’t ask her to do anything until she stops spinning. Sounds a lot like me. · Atomic Clock. No “on” button again. We did figure out how to set it after several weeks with no idea what t

Don’t you wish the “Love Boat” TV series was a real thing? Are you single? Book the Love Boat, aka the original “The Bachelor” series, where you’re guaranteed a date by the end of the cruise. Marital problems? It’s a veritable “Dear Abby” come to life with Captain Stubing making your marriage stronger than ever. The Captain must have had his psychology license in addition to his cruise boat driver license, he was so clever. That was before he could take online psychology clas

My sister said a lot of tv shows and movies in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s had us all thinking that quick sand was a bigger threat than it actually turned out to be. It never lived up to the hype, thank God. I told her I do remember David Banner getting sucked into quick sand and having to rely on transforming into The Hulk to save himself. Every episode the Hulk would eventually run off all mad until he collapsed from exhaustion into a field and fall asleep among the daisies, wh

I was googling how long certain foods last in the fridge, and someone else’s stunning question popped up as they asked, “Can you eat meat in the fridge if it smells bad?” That can’t seriously be a question! Who in their right mind smells meat that’s gone bad and needs to legit ask if that’s a good idea or not to EAT IT?!? If the meat in your fridge is starting to smell like the fenced in petting zoo section at a local fair, or if it smells like it just ran home after robbing

Is there anybody out there who cooks as much food “from scratch” in abundance every day like our parents and grandparents did back in the day? That generation said if their kids brought home ten friends at dinner time, there was always plenty of food to go around. The grandmothers in their multi-purpose aprons who made seemingly endless large quantities of amazing food would say, “I hope you’re hungry! Help yourself!” There was always pies of all kinds too, with flavors from

Tall People Problems · If you hear “how’s the weather up there” or “how tall ARE you?” one more time, you might actually lose your mind · There’s no such thing as quick shopping because you spend the whole time reaching things on top shelves for all the other customers · High water pants are a way of life, not by choice · Shoes require special order, which limits variety and adds quite a bit of lag between needing shoes and getting them shipped in time. Choices often resemble