Thursday, July 20, 2017

IN THE SAME BOAT......


                    I BELONG TO TWO BRIDGE CLUBS........AND HAVE FOR MANY YEARS......I CONFESS I DON'T REALLY LIKE BRIDGE BUT I CAN'T QUIT OR I WOULD NEVER SEE THESE OLD FRIENDS......AND AS I AGE.....SO DO THEY.......SO WE ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER.....OR NOT.....TO HANG IN THERE.   THEY LOVE CLASS REUNIONS......I DON 'T LIKE REUNIONS OF ANY KIND........MAYBE THAT GENE IS MISSING IN ME?
               WHEN YOU TURN UP AT A REUNION YOU FIND ALL WOMEN WITH MATCHING SET OF LUGGAGE.......YOURS WORE OUT AND YOU ARE DOWN TO A BATTERED BAG THE KIDS LEFT YOU........BUT.......AS TIME GOES BY YOU ALL FIND YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TO SLEEP IF THE ROOM IS TOO STUFFY, TO COLD OR NOT DARK ENOUGH.  YOU HAVE IN COMMON A STANDING NAIL AND HAIR APPOINTMENT......AN AIR CONDITIONED CAR AND A BRAND NAME HAND BAG........MOSTLY FAKE ! ALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE DROP-OUT BUDDHIST BISEXUAL VEGETARIAN MAOIST CHILD TO AGGRAVATE US.............OR DRUGGIE OR ALCOHOLIC OR WHATEVER!.
         OF COURSE THE CONVERSATION INCLUDES WHO KNOWS GENUINE JEWELRY AN AUTHENTIC IN ANTIQUES AND REAL FUR.......MY GENERATION WAS STEEPED IN THESE THINGS WHEN TODAY THE KIDS.......JUST ROLL THEIR EYES.
         WE WOULD RATHER TAKE A CAB THAN A BUS.......AND OUR LISTS OF WHO IS WHO INCLUDES OUR;......LAWYERS, GYNECOLOGISTS, ACCOUNTANTS, DERMATOLOGISTS, PODIATRISTS, UROLOGIST, INTERNIST, CARDIOLOGIST, INSURANCE AGENTS, TRAVEL AGENTS, BROKERS, OPHTHALMOLOGISTS AND A FEW OTHERS I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL.........BUT IT SEEMS WE HAVE ALL TURNED INTO THE SAME.......BUT DIFFERENT......AT OUR RIPE OLD AGE OF 80 ...... AND ON.


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