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i was in the las vegas airport yesterday...
there was an old man wandering about. he had hearing aides in both ears. he was wandering around, clutching a wad of dollar bills. he was mumbling, "starbucks?" ..he would go into a t-shirt store and ask," is this starbucks?" i watched folks walk around him giving him a wide berth. he was obviously "having a moment". the guys at some cheesesteak shop didnt help him at all. i went to him and pointed down the hall at the Starbucks sign..he looked at me like i was speaking chinese. so i offered him my elbow and walked the geezer down there.
the incident made me fear old age. what do you think happened to him? he looked healthy, and was talkative. some barista sold him coffee and walked him back to his gate. she was cool. then back in the bay area, another old guy was trying to take BART to concord. i overheard him and told him i was going to the same place, and to simply follow me. he was wearing a gold rolex, and looked like an easy target in the oakland airport bart stop. this guy wouldnt stop chatting. he offered to take me to dinner..hahah. i declined. i just wanted to get home. old age, looks scary.
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Poor Tabby - did he move out of Mother's place?
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Hey, if you think it looks bad from your vantage point, just wait till you get there. I know a great lady who is 96 and sharp as a tack. She's booking a raft trip down some river in Texas. At an advanced age though it must be on your mind that you only have a short time left.
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that's just it..i dont want to "get there".
well, i dont mind. i just want to be sharp minded, and strong bodied. time marches on.
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Thank you Son. That was darn fine coffee.
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I know I'll be fine, since I will never be able to retire, work will keep my mind sharp.
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You did the right thing Cliff! There need to be more people like that. "doing the right thing" Hats off to you man.
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ya did a good thing vash. hopefully you paid it forward.
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Lucky for that old gentleman you happened along, sounds like a stroke or TIA.
Lay off the bacon and butter and you ought to be fine
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Why worry about something you can't control?
You can eat right, not smoke, not drink and you will still get old a frail. Yes you may be able to squeak out a few more years than someone who drinks and/or smokes but in the end we all end up in the same place. I hope that doesn't sound depressing. If anything it helps give meaning to our lives. It's not everlasting so you need to get a move along and do some stuff that matters. Helping that old man was the right thing to do. Somehow a large percentage of the population are always too busy to do the right thing.
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Dam those do gooders cause they just don't realize its the fiver thats wanted and not their help....I just felt like telling Vash....get away from me kid your cutting into my money making....but I felt pity and let him feel like he was helping out an old geezer...
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We have several people in the office who wear oxygen bottles and push a walker to thier desk everyday. Just got to think how did tey get to the point where they STILL have to work past 80 something yrs old.
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Good job Vash.... mom always taught me to never discount the fact that a person in such a position could be an angel... looking to see what good was left in the world around him/her... you're one of the good guys Cliff... glad to know you even if it is in a cyber kind of way.....
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Read an article in the Newspaper back in 06 about a guy who was 102 years old that remembered the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. The upshot was that he WAS STILL WORKING i a grocery store...I guess Frisco is one expensive place to live, if you still have to be working at 102 to live there..
Or there is the guy in Ohio that was over 100 and had just bought himself a 425 HP Camaro to tool around town in...
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i would have slapped the old man if he had ordered a carmel machiatto, double whip, soy, triple hot, extra shot, double cupped..latte.
he was cool. he got coffee flavored coffee..a small.
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