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Older Not Smarter

My foot is asleep. Left it up too long with a heavy dictionary on it. Could hobble into the house. Not yet! Okay. In two minutes? My body is screaming NOOOOOOO! I do not listen. Let’s make it three minutes, I suggest. Knowing better in every fiber of my being. But not caring. I am getting older, not smarter. Stand up. Collapse. Break the other hip. Dhramn!

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Panagiota Romios

Date: 7/24/2019 5:52:00 PM

Keep moving as much as you can. You were joking about having a broken hip, right? Rather a broken hip than cancer, All is relative. Big mouth Panagiota

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/25/2019 4:20:00 AM

There is an old joke in my family "If you break a hip, it is just a matter of time, for you are as good as dead". I have not broken a hip, and if I do I will not tell any of the relatives for they will begin planning.

Arturo Michael

Date: 7/24/2019 8:32:00 AM

Don't even mention hip breaking...but older not smarter... that where for many the ending is....

Caren Krutsinger
Date: 7/25/2019 4:20:00 AM

That is true. You also have been warned I see. Maybe we are related.