On Jun 15, 6:23*pm, Gary > wrote:


> > One good thing about getting old
> > though. The older you are, the greater your chance that whatever you
> > buy is going to last a life time.



> LOL! *Good point! *;-D



Not gonna lie, it was not an impromptu remark, it's one I thought
of a few years ago. I've heard similar ones told by standup comics.
I like mine more. But one I heard from a standup comic who was up
there in years was something about not being afraid to buy ripe
bananas as buying green ones might be a waste of money if he doesn't
make it through the week alive. Something like that, can't remember.
But I like the sentiment, it's sort of true. But watch out, you know
Murphy's law. Just when you think you only have a few years left and
plan things around your estimated time of departure - you find out
you're healthier than you thought and you might have to keep buying
things and fixing things into your 80s or beyond.

I saw something funny on Mad Men two weeks ago. A british guy at
the ad firm got fired and was very stressed about it. Next time we
see him it's in a parking garage below ground. We see his car as the
camera pans in to find a hose coming from the exhaust pipe through a
small crack in the driver's window.

Now the camera is on him in the front seat. He slugs down a
bottle of booze and takes a deep breath. He says to himself, this is
it, as he takes off his glasses and snaps the frames in half. "What
the hell, I won't be needed these." Then he goes to start the car.
It's a push button type. It shows his finger on the button. The car
cranks but it won't start. He tries it about 4 times.

The next scene we see the guy outside his car bending over near
the rear end trying to check out the exhaust pipe, to see where the
problem's coming from. He's crouched low, bending in to examine it
with a single frame from his broken glasses held up to one eye looking
in real close like Sherlock Holmes using a magnifying glass. The
first thing this guy broke figuring he'd never need it again were his
glasses, and they were the first thing he turned to when his suicide
bid failed. Funny stuff.

TJ