Well you can move back to your native GA where we are still waiting on
our first freeze and you won't have to make such a nefarious
choice......

On Dec 21, 5:27 pm, [email protected] wrote:
> ENTS,
>
> Back when I was younger, before my hair turned gray and starting falling out, 
> I imagined how I might recognize the onset of decline into old age with its 
> attendant feelings of powerlessness and the eventual oblivion?
>
> This morning I think I discovered the metric needed, while waiting for my car 
> to be serviced at the local Buick dealer. It was a little too raw to go 
> outside and wander around looking at trees, so I stuck it out in the waiting 
> room, which meant I was exposed to the T.V. set. Game shows. Horror of 
> horrors. Two little old ladies had copped the set were glued to the wins and 
> losses. They discouraged any thoughts of channel changing with piercing 
> looks. I audibly mumbled my displeasure, but wasn't about to chance getting 
> swatted by an old lady's purse. I sullenly set through the hoopla.
>
> Game shows. What better measure of mental decline than a tally of the number 
> of hours spent watching giddy contestants alternately scream and bawl and 
> confirm our addiction to materialism. Where do we cast our ballots for 
> euthanasia?
>
> Bob

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