When you get to our age, things and words take on different meanings. One of my lady friends got a new hearing aid recently. She was proudly lamenting on how she could now hear things that she hadn’t heard for a very long time. I said, “That’s great! What kind is it?" She said, “About ten minutes till ten . . .”

[This message has been edited by Bob Hendershot (edited 09-08-2010).]