Cheryl, you aren't kidding about how confusing medications can be. The few that I take are all just one each day... and even then I sometimes forget one, can't remember if I took something, etc. PillPack sounds like a really good alternative for a LOT of people; so many elderly people that live alone and really have a hard time taking their meds appropriately.

I've never heard of this before -- thanks for sharing and making us aware of it!

ShadyGreenThumb said:Years ago my DH and his best buddy who is 8yrs older were gabbing about our hairdresser, how she was good looking, how her boyfriend was crazy not to treat her right etc. The topic came up as I was heading for a haircut. "Tell Janie we've been talking about her". I told them both, "I don't think 23 year old Janie will be to excited to hear that two 55 year old men have been taking about her. " They were silent as they looked at me as if I had 2 heads. Yep! They were old and didn't know it!

Good info on PillPack

"You start out happy that you have no hips or boobs. All of a sudden you get them, and it feels sloppy. Then just when you start liking them, they start drooping."

— Cindy Crawford

Today's cryptogram answer. Gene

As someone who is over stuffed in the breast pockets ...
I can say I NEVER liked 'em.

All those cute flat chested dresses and such..summer cool... trim....
spare....

Who wants to look like Betty Boop when we can be as lithe as Olive Oil.

Guess I shoulda said Jessica Rabbit....

Old is when you're sitting next to your sister-in-law at church and after the service she asks if you're ready for all of the sweets that afternoon. I respond with what sweets? She responds with the desserts. I respond with what desserts? And she reminds me that we have my mother-in-law's birthday celebration with the whole family that afternoon at my other brother and sister-in-law's house All I could think of was darn - I wanted to work outside all afternoon on a beautiful day and plant the rest of my bulbs, etc. since I am leaving for Northern Kentucky this week to stay with my daughter's family and spoil my grandchildren Also knowing that once you get over there everyone would be INSIDE on a gorgeous day and no way to escape to the outside So I compromised - went home and quickly planted my remaining bulbs and then went to the celebration and sure enough - sat inside all afternoon I told my DH I gave one for the team

ShadyGreenThumb said: ... "I don't think 23 year old Janie will be to excited to hear that two 55 year old men have been taking about her. " They were silent as they looked at me as if I had 2 heads. Yep! They were old and didn't know it!

I began to have a clue when I started thinking that college co-eds were still in high school.

It's much more comfortable NOT to know that I'm not only attracted to women half my age, but also to women one THIRD my age!

I just got used to being told: "You DO know you're old enough to be her FATHER?!?"
Now I have to hear: "You DO know you're old enough to be her GRANDfather?!?"

To tell the truth - no I don't know that - until someone REMINDS me!

Way to go! Go out with a bang!!! Good on you, Rick!

Umm...so long as there are no young minors involved, mind you, and it's consensual, of course!

Oh wait...as long as neither one are married to someone else!!!!

Kadie, I have an even better method for keeping it polite.

Typically I admire women of all ages from some safe distance, like the other side of the room.

That way, no matter how guilty I FEEL, politeness, felonies, and brothers with shotguns remain uninvolved.

Personally, I am only attracted to the sharp brains and excellent memories of younger people! 20-year-old brain envy!

Linda is that so those 20 yr olds can remember things you can't so they can remind you when you forget
Rick you remind me of a friend of mine - they were at the state fair and he turned around to look at and admire another woman - his wife without even thinking had a water bottle and squirted him with it - shocked the crap out of him and he fell off the curb
I just say I might be old but I'm not dead - just because you look at the menu doesn't mean you have to order it

Squirted him with a water bottle!

I'm tired of people continually asking me when I'm going to retire Is that their way of telling me I look old to them and I've been around long enough or just thinking I've been at it so long I need a break I then have to explain to them I'm not 65 yet (well not till next year anyway ) and I like to work to keep my brain going - what I have left anyway

Legalily said: ... he turned around to look at and admire another woman - his wife without even thinking had a water bottle and squirted him with it - shocked the crap out of him and he fell off the curb ...

GUILTY AS CHARGED !!!

The old "cold shower" cure. That's about all you can do, since few of us voluntarily wear a leash.

It hasn't happened to me YET, but I fully expect to be trying to ogle someone discretely and politely, while walking into a concrete wall or pillar. Or, yes, off a curb.

I get that same question @Legalily Ginny. Our employer still works "by seniority". I have a lot of seniority being at the same place for 38/39 years come March; top 5%. When they ask me when I am going to retire, I know they only want to move up on the seniority list! I' think I';; stick around just to spite them!

ShadyGreenThumb said:Squirted him with a water bottle!

She has the best stories to tell - one year her DH was going on the roof to get the ice off the fireplace and she told him to be careful. The back of the roof had melted, but when he stepped over to the front it was icy and as she tells it, all of a sudden she heard a thump and a whoosh and looked out the front window and saw him fly off into the snowdrift. She said she went outside and kicked him lightly and told him to get up after she asked if he was hurt. She took him to the hospital to get him checked out and was laughing so hard when they asked what happened she couldn't tell the story. Every time she tells it she has us all rolling, except her DH of course!

Too funny Cheryl
Rick - discretely and politely of course!! Several years ago my boss drove into the neighbors yard when he was gawking at her sunbathing in a bikini, and then when they had Ragbrai going thru town (they bike across Iowa every summer) and he was watching the "biking shorts" go by he ran into a light pole Pretty sure men never grow up

Legalily said: ... he was watching the "biking shorts" go by he ran into a light pole Pretty sure men never grow up

I started thinking that I might never grow up after I reached 60 and was STILL waiting for it to happen.

My other theory was that I DID progress out of adolescence ... somewhere around age 35 or 40 ... but that I've regressed since then.

Legalily said:

She has the best stories to tell - one year her DH was going on the roof to get the ice off the fireplace and she told him to be careful. The back of the roof had melted, but when he stepped over to the front it was icy and as she tells it, all of a sudden she heard a thump and a whoosh and looked out the front window and saw him fly off into the snowdrift. She said she went outside and kicked him lightly and told him to get up after she asked if he was hurt. She took him to the hospital to get him checked out and was laughing so hard when they asked what happened she couldn't tell the story. Every time she tells it she has us all rolling, except her DH of course!

Oh boy -- that sort of thing must happen more often than one would think...

When DH and I were both still working (I worked at home, doing medical transcription), one winter day when he was off but I was working he went outside to try to knock an "ice dam" off the edge of our roof. I didn't think too much of it, until he came in looking a bit more disheveled than usual and said "I'm glad you didn't see that." Those are not reassuring words... when I asked if he had fallen off the ladder, it turned out it had twisted and collapsed, he basically ended up hanging off the rain gutter (fortunately we have a one-story house ) and then fell into a snow bank.

Ginny, Cheryl (and Rick)... I think you all should definitely keep working as long as possible -- someone has to keep paying in so us retired people can keep collecting .

20-year-old brain envy... definitely not. (body envy... an entirely different thing!). I would not want to be 20 again, on so many different levels... 35 or 40 maybe, but definitely not 20.