At first glance, it appears the powers-that-be have made a mistake.

So, I was talking with Arduino today, on his new fandangle of a cellular phone, and said something that garnered a response of the likes, “….careful, you’re dating yourself.” Right over my head as I continued the conversation talking about when we had a rotary phone ....… with a party line. I even remembered the number. Silence on his end.

Then, I went to the post office, hair all askew (didn’t care), and the postal clerk who followed me outside thought she was being helpful by mentioning “… did you want to mail this without a return?” (and yes, that‘s right, she used the M word to address me.)

After that, I drove over to Safeway, and on my way there, I got lost….well, not lost exactly, just turned around. This wouldn’t be such a big deal except that in a town with only four stop lights, how does one get lost? Fiddle-li-dee. And, once inside the Safeway? An old man, mind you, an old man asked if I needed help. I suppose I looked a bit confused (?) Well, forgive me if I like to look around. And then there’s all those darn 'throw-away' envelopes from AARP ….. Excuse me but does someone have me confused with someone else?! Or is something more sinister at play here?

Mannaggia la vecchiaia, as Nonno would say!

Although, I must mention that the spousal unit told me when he went to a fast food drive-through recently, the total charge shown on the ‘order window’ was regular price, but when he drove around to the ’pay window’, the young whipper-snapper took one look at the dude, and gave him the senior citizen discount!

Rollin’ with the punches!!!

 And lovin’ it.

“For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned, it is the season of harvest.”

Hasidic saying