Dear Friends,
Hold on to your swimsuits, the
next wave of Boomers is hitting the shores, with vengeance! And, every effort is being made to make them appear fresh and attractive!
Most women's magazines dedicate over twenty pages of advertisement to encouraging the aging female population to look younger and feel healthier. Perhaps, someone should let the manufacturers know that in most cases, in Canada, old age comes with fixed income and/or dependent adult children!
Even the May/June issue of Scientific American Mind has decided to rationalize our ineptitude. Apparently, it’s not about inability to learn or to remember, but about the inability to unlearn or forget what we already know! That explains why I can remember my friend's twenty-year old phone number, but not her five year-old grandson's name. There is only so much room, up there!
Most women's magazines dedicate over twenty pages of advertisement to encouraging the aging female population to look younger and feel healthier. Perhaps, someone should let the manufacturers know that in most cases, in Canada, old age comes with fixed income and/or dependent adult children!
Even the May/June issue of Scientific American Mind has decided to rationalize our ineptitude. Apparently, it’s not about inability to learn or to remember, but about the inability to unlearn or forget what we already know! That explains why I can remember my friend's twenty-year old phone number, but not her five year-old grandson's name. There is only so much room, up there!
We probably owe all this attention to "aging" to our popular advisers Chopra, Oprah and Drs. Oz and Phil who, themselves, are skidding down the hill! Otherwise, politicians, economists and tech-wizards have little interest vested in pensionaries.
Thankfully, now I can stop feeling inadequate. The only reason why younger people are doing better than me, is because they have more room than me!
My brain is at full capacity! Accepted and filed! What have you accepted and filed today?
My brain is at full capacity! Accepted and filed! What have you accepted and filed today?
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