Col. Richard Candelaria

YouTube has a series of interviews of world war two fighter pilots. Fascinating. But Col. Richard Candelarea is captivating.  The guy has to be100 years old, but has memory and a delivery that’s mind boggling.  

https://youtu.be/e1Fd_X51E60

A mannafestow

I’ve been running this blog on my iPad for the last six or seven months.  It’s been a bitch, but so was working off of  the Win 10 monstrosity. Last Week I  flat wiped my win 10 and reinstalled it from scratch.  It’s driving me nuts.  I refuse to use Edge, and that decision, like before, has done triggered  Microsoft’s death squad killer commandos. Fkm.  I will prevail.. eventually.  I’m just saying. Oh, the fact that my razor sharp memory has somewhat dulled doesn’t help matters.  

Forgot what I was saying, so I’m erasing this whole post.  Dammit.   

USA UAS USA

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This last came as a result of checking whether YouTube had scrubbed my site (I haven't used for ages), and they had not.  I found this last beauty from about 5 years ago.

Ramblings of an Old Mind

I found this timely, because today I was in a store that sells sunglasses, and only sunglasses. A young lady walks over to me and asks, "What brings you in today?" I looked at her, and said, "I'm interested in buying a refrigerator.”  She didn't quite know how to respond. Am I getting to be that age? I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So I'm wearing my garage door opener. I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it. I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age and calling it 'Pumping Rust.' When people see a cat's litter box they always say, “Oh, have you got a cat?” Just once I want to say, “No, it's for company!” Employment application blanks always ask who is to be called in case of an emergency.   I think you should write,‘An ambulance.'   The older you get the tougher it is to lose weight because by then your body and your fat have   gotten to be really good friends. The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement. Did you ever notice: The Roman Numerals for forty (40) are XL. The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he can tell when he's really in trouble.. Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words ' The'  and ' IRS ' together it spells   'Theirs...' Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. Some people try to turn back their "odometers." Not me. I want people to know 'why' I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved. You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks. Ah! Being young is beautiful but being old is comfortable. Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth. May you always have Love to Share, Cash to Spare, And Friends who Care. May all who are reading this have a Blessed 2017...!!!!

Benedicta tu in mulieribus ...

BWAYMUS DEEUS SENYOR In grade school I was an altar boy, and thus knew by rote the entire Mass, which was then said in Latin.  In high-school I took four years of Latin,  and was able to squeak by reading the latin text of  Gallic Wars Book 1 (with a "C-").  Now, 8 days into our 9 day bread & water/ Rosary election fast, I have a problem.  Here's the latin text for the Hail Mary. AVE MARIA, gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Benedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Iesus. Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae. For the past year I've been trying (weekly, if not daily) to re-memorize those 30 words ... and I can't. While I am more forgetful, my Dr. tells me that it's not unusual for my age (73). Still, it bugs the hell out of me, because, obvioulsy, the dreaded word Alzheimer comes to mind easier than does gratia plena. MoSup tells me that sugar is suspected to be a contributory cause, and I do love my pecan pie.  A good friend of ours is well into Alzheimer's, but still functions.  Talking with him is delightful, until he tells the same story the third time in one sitting. On the plus side, he has not a worry in the world. Always happy, and, so far, no rants about people trying steal his stuff. A life long Liberal Democrat, he doesn't give a rat's ass who wins this election.  Maybe he's the lucky one.

Wheelies

Dang thing needs new plugs!

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Give him a break.  A man's job is to butcher the  hogs, plant the corn and protect his propity

Senior pick-up line

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An elderly widower walks into an upscale cocktail lounge. A dapper gentleman in his mid-eighties, he’s very well-dressed, hair well-groomed, great looking suit, flower in his lapel, and scented lightly with an expensive cologne. Seated at the bar is a classy looking lady in her mid-seventies. The sharp old gent slips onto the bar stool beside her, orders a drink, and takes a sip.  He slowly turns to the lady and says: "So, tell me . . . do I come here often?" T Mann

Never caught cheating ...

MD(#Y*CH3f023,0!

TechnoThrills

HTTPS; Eat Me I find myself at loggerheads with the behemoth Google empire, specifically Blogger and YouTube.  Evidently there's a new protocol called HTTPS that my KompoZer editor (which I've used for 25 years)  doesn't comply with. And never will, because KompoZer's defunct.  So far I've been able to work around it by choosing the "Dismiss" option every time I post something, but I'm on borrowed time.  If I choose the "Fix" option, everything is torn to shreads.  Gettingt rollovers to work takes all sort of finagling.  I know that there will be a dozen explanations and getarounds offered, but at this point in my life I'm done with jumping over pigs.  This is not a notice; only an explanation for my impending doom, at least with this blogger version ( which format Google havn't supported for years). For no particular reason,  the late Acidman's  post where he just went stark naked comes to mind.  I think I know how he felt.

More Geezer

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When I was a child I thought "Nap Time" was a punishment.  Now, as a grownup, it feels like a small vacation. The biggest lie I tell myself is, "I don't need to write that down,  I'll remember it." I don't have gray hair; I have "wisdom highlights." I'm just very wise.   Teach your daughter how to shoot, because a restraining order is just a piece of paper.  If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would've put them on my knees. Why do I have to press one for English when you're just gonna transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway? Of course I talk to myself; Sometimes I need expert advice.  At my age "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for. Diane Lyons Old age is coming at a really bad time.

The Senior Cuddle

WTF? She was too slow

SEENAGERS

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Seenagers I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 54 years later. I do not have to go to school or work. I get an allowance (pensions). I have my own pad. I do not have a curfew. I have a drivers license (so far) and my own car. I have ID that gets me into bars and the Liquor Stores. The ladies I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant and I don’t have acne. Life is great. MORE

Older People Are Smarter

Older people are smarter ...

Life is an education; if you're older, you're smarter. If you're in an argument with someone and they're older than you, listen to them. It doesn't mean they're right, but even if they're wrong their wrongness is rooted in more information than you have. A fifty-five year old garbage man is a million times smarter than a twenty-eight  year old with three PhDs; especially smarter than him because this guy has been thinking about just three things for 15 years. He's worthless. The garbage man is 55 and he has experience -- things happened to him. He went to Cape Cod one summer and saw a dead guy floating in a motel pool; he took a bus ride to Montreal; he saw the president of America weep like a baby on TV and then quit his job ....  (Louis CK Older People are Smarter - Oh My God).

Mahjong for the mind

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Luminosity is the best cognitive gymnasium I've run across, but our subscription ran out, and since it was a gift (free) I'm loathe to now pay for it.  I do cross word puzzles, and do MS Spades, Hearts. etc—but they really offer no challenge.  Mahjong on the other hand is interesting. I soon learned to master every level of Microsoft Mahjong, and then started doing the daily challenge.  This is where you get three (mostly timed) puzzles.  The lighting tiles are my greatest personal  challenge, because I have to control the fear factor as the clock ticks down and I've yet to uncover the detonator, so to speak.  For those who also play this challengee, the June 13 Lightning Tiles (Easy) and Match Attack (Expert) are driving me crazy.  You?  And there's this. A few weeks ago I was suddenly  unable to complete any of them.  WTF?  It turns out that while I thought I was okay, I was in fact coming down from my poison ivy steroids and my body was all fkd-up. That's what happens.  Plus, I couldn't hit a ball over the short right foreld wall!  So Mahjong acts as  an early warning sign.  That's what I wanted to say.  I recommend  it.  You're welcome. Now where was I?  Oh, right.  One cup of suger and two cups of  cake flour.

So this cop ...

My wife and I went into town and visited a shop. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket.. We went up to him and I said, "come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?" He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a bad Name. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn-out tires. So Shirley (my wife) called him a "Dumbbell" He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then he started writing more tickets. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. He finally finished, sneered at us and walked away. Just then our bus arrived, and we got on it and went home. We always look for cars with Obama 2012 stickers. We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It’s so important at our age!! cuzzin ricky

When Generations Collide

This could be a whole new meme

A cat, corpse, and a coven

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Pull My Thumb

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