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Retirednoguilt 8 hours ago

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>>>> I laugh when people refer to us as "old man", I can only imagine
>>>> there goal is not to get there.
>>>
>>> true.
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>>> "live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse..."
>>>
>>> etc.
>>
>> Old is not an age. It's a combination of attitude and genetics. My
>> late father-in-law carried a full bag of golf clubs on an 18 hole
>> course, drove a car and lived independently until he was about 90.
>> Weather permitting, he played about 5 days/wk. Then he compromised by
>> getting a golf cart but still walked the full course until he was about
>> 95. He said he got depressed when he had to be around a lot of "old
>> people". By comparison, my late parents decided in their late 60s that
>> they were old and behaved accordingly thereafter. I'm >80 but don't
>> feel at all old and haven't had to limit my physical activity. This
>> past weekend I walked to a favorite restaurant and then walked back
>> after a full meal. Total distance was more than 4 miles. My normal
>> pace is about 3 1/2 - 4 MPH. I live on the 6th floor of a high rise and
>> routinely take the stairs briskly, both up and down to get the mail. The
>> next AM, no aches, pains, cramps, etc. So, what's really "old age"? >>
>> "I'm not old, just getting older" - George Burns when he was in his
>> mid-90s and still working.
>>
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> My mom was pretty good, even with abundant illnesses, til about mid > eighties.
>
> Her late eighties were spent in rehabs. They always stole her clothes. >
> We constantly had to bring her "new" clothes
>
> I think she wanted "slipper socks", and we tried to get my sister to knit
> some, but she never did.
>
> In any case, there were no other clothes there other than what we brought
> for her routinely
>
> Maybe no one stoke them, maybe she had invisible clothes.

As far as non-underwear items, many people her age become forgetful, and start leaving jackets, sweaters, gloves, scarves etc. behind when they leave a room. They are too embarrassed to admit that they might have lost them and make the excuse that someone stole them. Not saying that your mother engaged in that behavior, but many others do. My grandmother used to blame her apartment's superintendent for using his master key to come in and steal her possessions that went missing. Amazing that none of the other 18 residents of that building complained of mysterious disappearances of personal possessions from their apartments.

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The True Melissa 8 hours ago

Retirednoguilt wrote in article <1190k5g$1ov2b$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

Yep, that was my first thought as well. She was simply losing the items.

Most of us humor our aging elders on such issues, but there's no need to hold it against the facility. It's probably fine.

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Black Republican 6 hours ago

A priest visits his cousin, who is also a priest.

The two priests, both in their forties, sit down to dinner.

The visiting priest says, "Cousin, I couldn't help noticing that your housekeeper is quite a young and attractive woman. I take it relations between the two of you are not always completely platonic?"

"How dare you! I am a man of the cloth, as are you! I assure you, there is nothing inappropriate going on between us!"

After the visiting priest leaves, the housekeeper says to the priest, "Father, I don't know how to say this, but our silver gravy ladle is missing, and it's been missing since your cousin's visit. I don't know what to do! I'm sure I didn't misplace it!"

The priest tells the housekeeper that he'll handle it. He writes his cousin:

"Dear cousin. A matter of some delicacy has arisen. Our silver gravy ladle is missing. Now I'm not saying you stole it, and I'm not saying you didn't, but the fact is that it's missing. If you have anything to tell me about this, please do so."

The answer:

"Dear cousin. Regarding your letter, I'm not saying you're sleeping with your housekeeper, and I'm not saying you're not, but if you were sleeping in your own bed, you would've found your silver gravy ladle."

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