You've got it wrong

Maybe men shrink but nobody picks on them like they do women.  I didn't shrink intentionally.  It just happened and I'm still not sure its stopped.  On the bad side, our daughters like to stand next to us, put their chin on top of our head and pretend to hug us while they try to hide their giggling snickers.  On the good side, we get to ride in the front seat so we can see out the window.   In the grocery store, taller women offer to reach for us.  Men.  Well that's another matter.  If they can be found, they are more than willing, but they have to be asked.  Their light bulb, although bright, takes a tad longer to pop on, bless em................marge

At the risk of repeating myself, is it music or noise?

Do any of you younger ones have any idea who these people are, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Bing Crosby, the Velvet Frog, Anne Murray, Rosemary Clooney, Dinah Shore and many many more?  They were beautiful music makers, or more correctly, singers.  Now, when I turn on the 'singing contest shows', I am astounded.  I'm sorry but all I seem to see and hear are these people suffering in pain.  I'm convinced the male singers are passing kidney stones and the female singers in the last stages of childbirth.  I kid you not!  If there's something called 'Anguish Singers' they are it!  lordy lordy......................marge

I don't like you!

Such charm.  Such a warm lean forward smile.  You get me almost every time but only for a short while.  I'm learning, even at my later age.  Getting sucked in is hard to resist but resist everyone must!  For a split second, I'm the most wonderful, beautiful and especially likeable person in this world (room).   Ah.  How nice.  Cloud nine.  But wait!  I just saw you greeting someone else.  Oh dear.  Now THEY are the most wonderful, beautiful and especially likeable person in the world (room).  Alright.  Maybe its worth a few moments of self basking.  We'll  see.....................marge 

The dreams and the lots don't match

I, having come from a blue collar town growing up, now live in an 'affluent' smaller city in SE Mi.  New home construction is a good thing.  Where these homes are being built, deeply concerns me.  My area is not the 'affluent' one but the way things are changing it is becoming that.  The lots are about 50' wide or less.  Half million $ and up homes are being build on these lots.  Not all are bad, but I pity some of the families living next to some of them.  If you happen to be on the wrong side, your property, perhaps worth less now,  could well be blocked from a beautiful sunrise, sunset, or just plane sunshine a good  portion of the day.   A three story house next to a 1 1/2 story one borders on the ridiculous.  If one needs to cut corners, perhaps one isn't ready to build their dream home.  As to the smaller home, I hope they don't have larger vehicles that need to be put into their garages.  I've seen some pretty tight squeezes...............marge

Beware of statistics!

A while back I attended a public meeting.  A gentleman, to prove his point stood up and said,  "I circulated a petition in my neighborhood and the majority of homeowners agreed with me".  I needed more information so I stood and asked, "to how many homes  did you go"?   His reply, "four"...................marge

Stay home!

Don't be used by money hungry stores on this upcoming Thanksgiving Day.  I know its fun to go shopping on your day off, but not this one.  There are 363 or so other days to shop.  Let the employees have the day off too.  What you 'desperately' need can wait.  Honestly.  You will survive staying out of stores on this day.  All the 'Super Sales' will NOT disappear if you stay home!  They will get even bigger and better.  Then go shopping................marge

Draining Medicare?

I'm not sure who may be abusing Medicare.  Is it various companies TV ads who comes up with  gadgets/gismos that promise Seniors they will get/feel better if they use their products?  Is it the Dr. who writes a prescription for their Senior patient?  Or finally, is it the patients who convince their Dr. they really could use these products.  Somewhere, somehow, I strongly feel that once again, Medicare is being scammed, at the expense of our government agency and all seniors..............marge