An acquaintance who has been particularly down in the dumps recently about having passed the age of sixty was in happier than normal mood yesterday. When I inquired about the turnaround he laughingly thrust a copy of a local newspaper into my hand saying: turn to page eighteen, now I know I'm not alone.
On page eighteen I found an article about an incensed sixty-five year old man. It seems the gentleman, well known in the area, had been identified in a previous newspaper article telling how he had suffered a "senior moment", run a red light, and caused considerable damage.
Thinking I was going to read about how the guy was angry about having his public reputation tarnished my a rather lengthy write-up of his accident, I was surprised to find such was not the case.
The article is absolutely accurate, the man at fault acknowledged. But they referred to me as a senior citizen and that pisses me off.
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