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Post by Turk on May 10, 2018 18:03:44 GMT -5
Why don't I have anything to say on anything? Perhaps my brain cell count has dropped below that necessary to have actual ideas. Time to roll me out to the porch on my wheelchair and I can stare into space and drool all over myself. That's a pretty visual. Maybe dead is better
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Post by jdredd on May 10, 2018 22:37:40 GMT -5
I have to go back on the computer now because Mrs. Dredd hates it when I mimic a vegatable.
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Post by jdredd on May 26, 2018 21:20:12 GMT -5
I changed the name of this thread because I always looking for zestier (?) titles for threads. But I do feel sorry for young people, for many reasons.
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Post by jdredd on May 28, 2018 1:33:03 GMT -5
www.nytimes.com/2018/05/25/health/elderly-guns-suicide-dementia.html?module=WatchingPortal®ion=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=7&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2018%2F05%2F25%2Fhealth%2Felderly-guns-suicide-dementia.html&eventName=Watching-article-click" The attachment to guns often dies hard for older people. Even after dementia develops, relinquishing them can feel “almost like an amputation,” said Dr. Michael Victoroff, a family medicine specialist at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (and a certified firearms instructor). One of his patients, a retired police officer, had long slept with his .38 service revolver by his bed. But as he neared age 80 and his dementia deepened, “he would wake up at night and not recognize his wife, see her as a stranger in his house,” Dr. Victoroff said. Once Dr. Victoroff learned that the man had pointed the loaded .38 at his wife, the situation grew urgent. They turned to the man’s former partner on the police force, someone he trusted, to persuade him to give up his weapon. Frightening stories like these — and of older adults, particularly white men, committing suicide with guns — may become more common in coming years. About a third of Americans over age 65 own a gun, and an additional 12 percent of them live with someone who does, the Pew Research Center reported last year." Well, guns are all fun and games when you are 40, but maybe not so much when you are 80.
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Post by jdredd on Jul 27, 2018 3:15:31 GMT -5
So Trumpty and his minions are trying to weaken the Endangered Species Act. At one time I would have been angry, but now I don't give a hoot. I won't be around much longer, and young people don't seem to care about endangered species. So screw 'em.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 14, 2022 1:22:43 GMT -5
I’m repurposing this thread to keep the thread count down, because I want to talk about the challenges of getting old. And there are many.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 22, 2022 23:01:57 GMT -5
One of the reasons old politicians cling to power (like Pelosi) long past their expiration date is that they are desperate not to feel irrelevant. But it is inevitable.
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Post by jdredd on Oct 12, 2023 10:40:55 GMT -5
In the past I’ve had no problem jumping into a rant, but now I’m slowing down. And my brevity level seems to be increasing. Soon I will disappear completely.
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Post by jdredd on Nov 19, 2023 17:17:41 GMT -5
One of the challenges of old age: Giving a crap.
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Post by jdredd on Nov 23, 2023 2:48:29 GMT -5
Another challenge of old age: Not becoming a hater. Seems when you get to my advanced age, it becomes so easy to hate so much. Of course there are things that should be hated, but I try for the middle ground. Is this post banal? Probably, but I can’t care. It is what it is.
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