If you are over forty, and have not realized that your mind is leaving you, perhaps the circumstances or situations have not been favorable to cause you to notice this phenomena.
For me, a ride on a barren interstate, car set in cruise and the radio playing oldies music provides the perfect setting for a mind-losing experience.
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I first discovered that my mind was disassociating from the rest of my body about a decade ago while traveling with my dad and son. The two of them and I (in body only), were on our way to Columbus on I 70, well into the state of Ohio. My mind however was well behind, still on the PA Turnpike, somewhere around Somerset, I’m guessing.
I had no idea that I had lost my mind until we stopped at a McDonald’s restaurant along the way. The breakfast crowd was at its peak and you could see that the workers looked a little frazzled and anxious. With no deadline to make in Columbus, I was my usual impatient, in a hurry, let’s get moving, self. But….
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If you are growing older, you no doubt are also growing weary of the number of times you are asked to fill out various forms. You don’t have to be a baby boomer to know what I am referring to. The longer we are around, the older we get, the greater the number of forms we have to fill out. I am getting tired of it.
It takes more time filling out medical forms than it does to have the examination. And it takes longer to fill out your IRS tax return than it does to spend the money you earned in that calendar year.
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When Laugh-In became a big hit for NBC, the producers of CBS decided they needed something similar. At the time, there were a wide variety of country themed shows running on the network, including Gunsmoke, Mayberry RFD and The Beverly Hillbillies. Since these shows were popular, the idea of a show similar to Laugh-In, only with a country theme was conceived. Out of that conception, Hee Haw was born. It had plenty of hay and straw stacks, denim overalls, dancing pigs, sketch comedy and hilarious jokes, along with gags and corn patch scenes.
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Why does so much luggage get lost at airports? And how can you prevent it?
Since the beginning of time, man has been dreaming of flying. On December 17, 1903, Orville Wright turned that dream into a reality when he flew a plane 120 feet in 12 seconds. Today, with jets cruising at speeds of Mach 0.8 (Mach 1 is the speed of sound), man sits in airport terminal buildings — “canceled” and “delayed” — still dreaming of flying. Why is that?
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WHICH ONE IS MORE PAINFUL: CALLING TECH SUPPORT OR ROOT CANAL?
Calling tech support can be a lot like going to the dentist with a toothache, whereupon the dentist pulls out one tooth at a time and keeps asking if it still hurts. He finally gets to the last tooth and says, “Ah, that’s the one.”
Tech support people fall into three major categories: those who know what they’re talking about, those who have no idea what they’re talking about but think they do, and those who know they don’t know what they’re talking about but want to convince you they do. It’s this last one you really have to worry about. They’ll keep you on the phone for as long as it takes to convince you that the problem is in your head and that your CD drive is SUPPOSED to sound like a washing machine during an earthquake.
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Question #1: If commercially prepared sour cream is cream that has soured, why does it have an expiration date?
Answer: Even though sour cream is the product of cream that has already gone sour, bacteria acts upon it and mold begins to form.
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