Back in the Day
Once in my freedom years, before marriage, I had a new girlfriend. We had been going out for a while. One day I was at a loss as to where to take her next. Then I came up with a plan that I would regret. I told her I would give her some choices as to what we might do. Maybe go bowling, or fishing or to the beach or we can do whatever tickles her fancy. Well maybe that was my big mistake, because she said well, I think we should break up! Looking back I don’t know if she didn’t have a fancy or if that just didn’t tickle it. I guess I will never know because that was the last I would see of her. But in retrospect I decided to never use that approach again. I just wrote that off as another of life’s many lessons. The days of the 50s and 60s were interesting time to live. One interesting thing that seemed to happen often in those days was the fact that it was a common thing that girls and women in general it was a big thing to wear miniskirts, short shorts and wigs quite often. I found this scenario to be common place…. I would be walking with a girlfriend and she would be wearing a wig. A friend would come up and say “Are you wearing a wig” she would say yes and then always came the same reply, “you can’t tell”. Those were interesting carefree days. Ok Enough from the past, and back to the present. I recall an incident not too long ago about a trip to the driver’s license bureau. I went to renew my driver’s license and as I was the only one waiting. There was a machine to take a number. Well as there was no one else there, I did not take a number, I did not think it would be necessary. A lady came out looked at me and asked if I needed something. I said “yes, I was there to renew my driver’s license.” She said, “Well did you take a number”. I said “no I did not think it would be necessary since I was the only one there”. My bad. “She said you have to take a number.” So I took a number and said “ok I have a number.” She then said “ok you have to wait until I call your number.” I realized at this point it was going to be a long day.
Another thing I have to get off of my chest and I am sure this has probably happened to you also. Ok, you go to the Doctor and they start the diagnosis with “This is normal for your age, but.” I never like that approach. I don’t want to be normal for my age. I run and walk almost every day, I eat my fruit and veggies, I stay fit physically and mentally, well for sure physically, one out of two is not bad. I want to be better than normal for my age! And one Doctor actually told me this after I questioned her about my PSA. I quote “I am not worried about a raise in you PSA, you will be more likely to die from something else before that becomes a problem” How comforting.
I will leave you with this as something I hope you never hear this when your surgeon or doctor are doing a procedure on you. “Ooops, nurse can you take care of that?”
Thought for the day: An expert is someone who has made all the mistakes that can be made in his field.
