With Contributions by
John L. Sandberg
Attorney-At-Law
ENJOY YOURSELF -- IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK!
"Everything
is farther than it used to be. It's twice as far from my house to the bus line now, and they've added a hill I just
noticed. Buses don't stop for as long either, but I've given up running for them because they get away faster than they
used to.
"Seems they're making stairs steeper than they used to or something --maybe that's because it's so much further
from the first floor to the second floor, and it's becoming difficult to make two steps at a time.
"Have you noticed the small type they're using today? One has to squint to make out the news.
Now, it's ridiculous to suggest that a person my age needs glasses, but it's the only way I can find out what's happening
without someone reading to me, and that isn't much help because everyone seems to speak in such a low voice I can scarcely
hear them.
"Even the weather is changing. The winters are getting colder; the summers, hotter. Even the rain
is much wetter and one has to wear boots. And the windows, the way they make them today the drafts are more severe.
"People are changing, too. For one thing, they're younger than they used to be when I was their age.
On the other hand, people my age are so much older than I am. I realize that my friends are in middle age, but there's
no reason for them to totter into old age!
"I ran into a friend the other night at a party, and she had changed so much that she didn't know me. "Put
on some weight," she said. "It's all this modern
food," I said.
"You know, I got to thinking about her this morning and I looked at my reflection in the mirror, and
you know what? It seems they don't use the same kind of glass in the mirrors anymore."
--quoted from Dr. Phillip M. Randall, 1989
holds Ph.D in Industrial Gerontology
