Someone had to remind me, so I'm reminding you, too. Don't laugh .. it is all true ..

Perks of reaching 50 or being over 60 and heading towards 70!

1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
    
    
   
2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first.
    
    
   
3. No one expects you to run -- anywhere.
    
    
   
4. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
    
    
   
5. Things you buy now won't wear out.
    
    
   
6. You can live without sex but not your glasses.
    
    
   
7. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
    
    
   
8. You quit trying to hold your stomach in -- no matter who walks into the room.
    
    
   
9. You sing along with elevator music.
    
    
   
10. Your eyes won't get much worse.
     
     
    
11. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
     
     
    
12. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.
     
     
    
13. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
     
     
    
14. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable size.
     
     
    
15. You can't remember where you read this list.
     
     
    
16. And:
     
    Notice these are all in Big Print for your convenience

A person ordered a sub-marine sandwich.
When she received it she asked
that it be cut into ¼-th's.
The kid said, "I can't.
I already cut it in half."

Brunette, by the way!!

Dispatcher: 'Rush him in to emergency right now!'

Grasping for Dignity in the Era of the American Police State
[July 15, 2013; By John W. Whitehead]

"click!" on the link to read the complete text.

The conclusions pertaining to "personal dignity" are the most interesting part as far as I'm concerned. To deprive people of their dignity, by demeaning them at will and (obviously) for no comprehensible reason, is the worst thing you can do to any human being.