I am old enough to remember learning to tell time in school with one of these
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I had a doctor’s appointment yesterday to get clearance for knee replacement surgery at the end of the month. I saw the sheaf of papers with blank clock faces and thought of this discussion.
Then the doctor grabbed one and I thought - oh on, I’m getting the clock test, am I that old? It turned out the office was having issues with its internet and he was using the paper to take notes as he couldn’t update my electronic records.
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Well, the good reminder was I’m getting a blepharoplasty, the bad reminder is I didn’t ask for it. Bad enough that my regular ophthalmologist sent me to a medical plastic surgeon who is doing it under Medicare as my lids are impeding my vision. Still won’t do cataracts for a while, which is what I wanted done.
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I went to two funerals in two weeks and have started buying sympathy cards in bulk.
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I print greeting/sympathy cards on our home printer. It’s easy and close to “on demand,” so we don’t have to store so many.
We print birthday & thank you cards too. When I have sturdier paper available, I try to print on that or cardstock. It turns off fine.
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There is a coffee shop next to my yoga studio which apparently sells a special pastry one Sunday a month. As I was going into yoga this morning, I looked at all of the 20 and 30 somethings in the really, really long line and thought “ no way would I wait in line for that.”
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What’s the special pastry???
There’s a BBQ place here where people line up hours before it opens. Ds2 and friends in HS sometimes would take chairs and camp out there. I’d give them money to bring some home to us, because I would not wait that long for much of anything. Maybe you could pay a 20something to buy you one! lol
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I have no idea. Something a lot of younger people like.
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Do they really like the pastry? Or do they like posting about it on social media?
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Again, no idea. I did not notice anyone in line taking pictures so maybe it’s just good.
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I have a place nearby that sells cold matcha and coffee drinks. They also sell mochi donuts and on some weekends brioche donuts. I’ve seen the line 50 plus deep with some having lawn chairs and lining up before opening. They also don’t take cash. Their drinks and donuts are delicious but no way I’d wait an hour in line. I’ve never had one of the brioche ones as those always sell out. It’s extremely popular with the nearby university students. I’ll sometimes stop if it’s later in the day after the donuts sell out or in summer when school is not in session.
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Reminds me of the long lines each Friday at fish retailers as a Catholic growing up in a heavily Catholic area.
(Sometimes the lines were so long, that when one reached the store, it was Saturday & they were serving pizza again.)
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Pizza with anchovies?
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Today’s reminder that I am old: I am glued to PBS watching “Carole King and James Taylor live at the Troubador”, and even though I know the words to every song, we have closed caption always running on the tv. I wonder when this was recorded….
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I went to two Shakespeare in the park events in the last month. For the first one, I just brought a blanket - I am too old to sit on a blanket in the park for a whole play. For the second one, I sat in a low chair - I am too old to sit in a low chair in the park for a whole play.
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There is a great concert not too far away on the beach. No chairs or umbrellas allowed! I am too old to sit on a towel in the sand for hours on end, no matter who is playing. Makes me envious of the younger folks that get to enjoy the show!
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Once I got down onto that towel I’d have to stay until everyone was gone because my way of getting up would be super awkward looking. I only get down on the floor/ground at home or in my exercise class with mostly other 60+ year olds where we’re all too focused on getting ourselves upright to care how anyone else looks.
Well, getting up from being seated cross legged on the floor IS supposed to be a skill that is a measure of future longevity and health in old age. It may be something worth considering.
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