CONVERSATION REVEALS AGE & MORE MUSINGS
By OLIVENE GODFREY
Nowadays,nobody knows how old anybody is just by looking. And, only nine-year-old boys, 9O year old men and 38-year-old grandmothers talk about their ages. (I don't mind telling my age as I am so proud that despite my ailments I have lived 81 years.)
Now, if you've lived all of your life in one town it's a lost cause to try to hide your true age. Some smart Aleck will be continually reminding you of when you graduated from high school, got married, etc.... You may be able to conceal your age in a new town--if you develop amnesia or keep quiet. Someone once said a liar needs a good memory. But when lying about one's age, a good memory can be a liability.
There's a foolproof way to pinpoint the age of someone you suspect is subtracting years he or she should be hiding. Cosmetics are deceptive but the ear is perceptive. And the way to figure out someone's age is not through the eyes but through the ears. To find out the age of such a person, don't ask,just steer the conversation carefully, and you'll be able to figure it out.
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Thinking of the years of our youth, were they really the good old days? I think it's more the way Herman Fay, Jr. defined nostalgia as, "The realization that things weren't as unbearable as they seemed at the time," or, as James Shaker said about the same subject, "Longing for the place you wouldn't move back to." We all have a tendency to remember the pleasant parts of our past, especially our youth, and we forget the agonies of adolescence and that is a blessing.
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For "quotation collectors."-- "They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable. But, couldn't something be worked out, such as being moderately rich and just moody?"
Augusta (Kans.) Gazette.
From Earl Wilson's column,"The really small town is one where there's no place to go that you shouldn't." and, "Middle age is that time of life when you figure that in another day or two you'll feel as good as new".
"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--try to please everybody." Herbert Bayard Swope.
See you next time.
By OLIVENE GODFREY
Nowadays,nobody knows how old anybody is just by looking. And, only nine-year-old boys, 9O year old men and 38-year-old grandmothers talk about their ages. (I don't mind telling my age as I am so proud that despite my ailments I have lived 81 years.)
Now, if you've lived all of your life in one town it's a lost cause to try to hide your true age. Some smart Aleck will be continually reminding you of when you graduated from high school, got married, etc.... You may be able to conceal your age in a new town--if you develop amnesia or keep quiet. Someone once said a liar needs a good memory. But when lying about one's age, a good memory can be a liability.
There's a foolproof way to pinpoint the age of someone you suspect is subtracting years he or she should be hiding. Cosmetics are deceptive but the ear is perceptive. And the way to figure out someone's age is not through the eyes but through the ears. To find out the age of such a person, don't ask,just steer the conversation carefully, and you'll be able to figure it out.
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Thinking of the years of our youth, were they really the good old days? I think it's more the way Herman Fay, Jr. defined nostalgia as, "The realization that things weren't as unbearable as they seemed at the time," or, as James Shaker said about the same subject, "Longing for the place you wouldn't move back to." We all have a tendency to remember the pleasant parts of our past, especially our youth, and we forget the agonies of adolescence and that is a blessing.
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For "quotation collectors."-- "They say it is better to be poor and happy than rich and miserable. But, couldn't something be worked out, such as being moderately rich and just moody?"
Augusta (Kans.) Gazette.
From Earl Wilson's column,"The really small town is one where there's no place to go that you shouldn't." and, "Middle age is that time of life when you figure that in another day or two you'll feel as good as new".
"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure--try to please everybody." Herbert Bayard Swope.
See you next time.
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