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On 9/22/2026 6:41 PM, marika wrote:

Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> wrote:

On 8/26/2026 1:10 PM, frying air wrote:

On Wed, 26 Aug 2026 11:08:25 -0400
Ed P <esp@snet.n> wrote:

I laugh when people refer to us as "old man", I can only imagine
there goal is not to get there.

true.

"live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse..."

etc.

Old is not an age. It's a combination of attitude and genetics. My
late father-in-law carried a full bag of golf clubs on an 18 hole
course, drove a car and lived independently until he was about 90.
Weather permitting, he played about 5 days/wk. Then he compromised by
getting a golf cart but still walked the full course until he was about
95. He said he got depressed when he had to be around a lot of "old
people". By comparison, my late parents decided in their late 60s that
they were old and behaved accordingly thereafter. I'm >80 but don't
feel at all old and haven't had to limit my physical activity. This
past weekend I walked to a favorite restaurant and then walked back
after a full meal. Total distance was more than 4 miles. My normal
pace is about 3 1/2 - 4 MPH. I live on the 6th floor of a high rise and
routinely take the stairs briskly, both up and down to get the mail. The
next AM, no aches, pains, cramps, etc. So, what's really "old age"?

"I'm not old, just getting older" - George Burns when he was in his
mid-90s and still working.

My mom was pretty good, even with abundant illnesses, til about mid
eighties.

Her late eighties were spent in rehabs. They always stole her clothes.

We constantly had to bring her "new" clothes

I think she wanted "slipper socks", and we tried to get my sister to knit some, but she never did.

In any case, there were no other clothes there other than what we brought
for her routinely

Maybe no one stoke them, maybe she had invisible clothes.

As far as non-underwear items, many people her age become forgetful, and
start leaving jackets, sweaters, gloves, scarves etc. behind when they
leave a room. They are too embarrassed to admit that they might have
lost them and make the excuse that someone stole them. Not saying that
your mother engaged in that behavior, but many others do. My
grandmother used to blame her apartment's superintendent for using his
master key to come in and steal her possessions that went missing.
Amazing that none of the other 18 residents of that building complained
of mysterious disappearances of personal possessions from their
apartments.
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Retirednoguilt wrote in article <1190k5g$1ov2b$1@dont-email.me>:

As far as non-underwear items, many people her age become forgetful, and start leaving jackets, sweaters, gloves, scarves etc. behind when they
leave a room. They are too embarrassed to admit that they might have
lost them and make the excuse that someone stole them. Not saying that
your mother engaged in that behavior, but many others do

Yep, that was my first thought as well. She was simply losing the
items.

Most of us humor our aging elders on such issues, but there's no
need to hold it against the facility. It's probably fine.
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On 9/23/26 10:02, The True Melissa wrote:

Retirednoguilt wrote in article <1190k5g$1ov2b$1@dont-email.me>:

As far as non-underwear items, many people her age become forgetful, and
start leaving jackets, sweaters, gloves, scarves etc. behind when they
leave a room. They are too embarrassed to admit that they might have
lost them and make the excuse that someone stole them. Not saying that
your mother engaged in that behavior, but many others do

Yep, that was my first thought as well. She was simply losing the
items.

Most of us humor our aging elders on such issues, but there's no
need to hold it against the facility. It's probably fine.

A priest visits his cousin, who is also a priest.

The two priests, both in their forties, sit down to dinner.

The visiting priest says, "Cousin, I couldn't help noticing that your housekeeper is quite a young and attractive woman. I take it relations
between the two of you are not always completely platonic?"

"How dare you! I am a man of the cloth, as are you! I assure you, there
is nothing inappropriate going on between us!"

After the visiting priest leaves, the housekeeper says to the priest,
"Father, I don't know how to say this, but our silver gravy ladle is
missing, and it's been missing since your cousin's visit. I don't know
what to do! I'm sure I didn't misplace it!"

The priest tells the housekeeper that he'll handle it. He writes his cousin:

"Dear cousin. A matter of some delicacy has arisen. Our silver gravy
ladle is missing. Now I'm not saying you stole it, and I'm not saying
you didn't, but the fact is that it's missing. If you have anything to
tell me about this, please do so."

The answer:

"Dear cousin. Regarding your letter, I'm not saying you're sleeping with
your housekeeper, and I'm not saying you're not, but if you were
sleeping in your own bed, you would've found your silver gravy ladle."

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