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Default You know yer getting old when.....

"Jean B." > wrote in
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> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Thu 25 Jun 2009 08:46:51p, notbob told us...
>>
>>> .....you start liking fruit cake!
>>>
>>> I do.
>>>
>>> nb
>>>

>>
>> I always did like fruitcake, and remember how good my grandmother's was
>> as a child.
>>
>> I knew I was getting older when I stopped caring whether the table was
>> set properly for our weeknight dinners, and began serving far more
>> casual meals to guests.
>>

> I knew I was getting old when I started wanting "more bang for the
> buck"



LOL!! That's become a favourite saying of a lot of our friends when they
are looking at holidays. They're choosing places that offer "more bang for
your buck".

Which is why our next one looks like being Vietnam.



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"As viscous as motor oil swirled in a swamp, redolent of burnt bell
peppers nested in by incontinent mice and a finish reminiscent of the
dregs of a stale can of Coca-Cola that someone has been using as an
ashtray. Not a bad drink, though."
Excerpt from "The Moose Turd Wine Tasting" by T. A. Nonymous