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Richard S. Beam

193   A New Year - Getting Older #1

12/31/2020

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A new year!  Somehow, that always reminds me that “I ain’t as young as I used to was!”  Now, I’m more than willing to accept that that IS a perfectly normal state of affairs and, considering the alternative, is actually to be desired, at least as long as I’m having a good time, which I am, at least most of the time.  
 
Sure, I have my aches and pains and I can’t do all the stuff I used to when I was younger, although, thinking back on some of the things I DID when I was younger, I’m not sure that that must be viewed as a truly bad thing.  I still manage to enjoy myself most of the time and, if I discover I’m NOT enjoying myself, I can always take a nap (the height of pleasure).  After all, that’s the ONE thing one can ALWAYS enjoy!  But not until retirement, of course!
 
Anyway, I have a sub-folder in my “Waiting for a Blog Post” computer folder which is entitled “Getting Older” where I’ve filed interesting/amusing stuff touching on the subject (obviously) of getting older.  Here are some examples of a few of the things which I had stashed in that file.  There’s a lot more than I could possibly use in a single post, however, so I may do this again some time.
 
One of the things I’ve noticed about getting older is that some things have changed a good deal and there are now young folks” who simply can’t conceive of things we “olders” remember with ease.  As a case in point, I suspect that one has to be of a “certain age” to even know what this is a picture of, although anyone can probably figure it out.
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​Being a “city” boy, I didn’t have a lot of familiarity with the above on a regular basis, but I CAN certainly remember when highway rest stops weren’t much more than this!
 
Still, it’s not JUST such things which demonstrate the difference between an “older” and a “younger,” as I realized when I encountered this Thatababy cartoon in the paper not long ago.
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Oh, the “wonders" of modern technology!
 
In a similar fashion, when I saw THIS the other day, I had to stop and think about the idea that maybe, just maybe, there IS some virtue is being “older,” at least some of the time.  After all, unless one has really worked at it, age DOES tend to provide one with a background of knowledge and experience which can still be useful.
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Xmas having recently passed, makes me wonder how many remember when THIS was the height of Xmas fashion?  (Since I wrote this, Bonnie informed me that such things had been available this year, so they MAY be “coming back!”)  I confess that my only thought was WHY?
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I doubt that there are too many people under the age of 50 (60?) who remember the “Dick and Jane” early readers which my generation read (as I remember it) in early elementary school, probably First Grade.  But, when I saw this Shoe cartoon a while back, I found it wryly amusing.
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I know that we “older people” can be the source of amusement to the “youngers” who surround us.  I’ll even go so far as to admit that there, eventually, comes a time when it’s wise for us to accept the fact that we can’t do everything which we used to do, and probably shouldn’t try to do them anyway.  The recent situation with hospitals trying to get retired medical personnel to come back to work seems like it could have been a reasonable way to deal with a very dangerous situation, but it does, potentially, have some concerns related to it.
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On the other hand, it MIGHT be wise for “youngers” to consider this!
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One COULD even go so far as to point out to those who wish to put us “olders” on a shelf and let us rot, that it just MIGHT not be too wise to say that too loudly.  It just MIGHT be a better policy to remember:  ​
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It even MIGHT be true that, sometimes, we “older people” just MAY be capable of doing more than many folks, even other “olders” think we can do, as Earl told Edna in this Pickles cartoon.
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​You can just never really be sure about us “olders!”
 
On the other hand, New Year’s partying is something which Bonnie and I have never gotten into in a big way, although I have to agree that Blondie and Dagwood have a nice system worked out.  Of course, it means one has to set the alarm
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As the ARNOLD has said, “I’ll be back!”
 
LLAP,
 
Dr. B
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