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happybird

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13. Oh, I'm there lol

Reply to spooky3 (Reply #3)

Tue Apr 23, 2024, 04:08 PM

Apr 2024

Have a bad habit of stepping on them after they've fallen off the bed, so am down to my last pair.

Which also brought me to one of life's big conundrums:
How in the hell are you supposed to see to tighten that tiny screw on the arm of your reading glasses if all other pairs have been misplaced, broken, or "borrowed?"

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Checked off another box on the "Dammit, I'm old now" list [View all] happybird Apr 2024 OP

i wore perscription glasses untill the beginning of covid . had cataracts removed and have implants. AllaN01Bear Apr 2024 #1

I lost my prescription, so it had to be refilled... LakeVermilion Apr 2024 #2

LOL When looking for something, I start with the dishwasher, then go to the fridge Attilatheblond Apr 2024 #6

Peanut butter in the fridge. Milk in the cupboard. keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #28

Oh, you're still a youngster if you haven't started spooky3 Apr 2024 #3

Oh, I'm there lol happybird Apr 2024 #13

:-) spooky3 Apr 2024 #16

When I find something I misplaced, I keep on searching for a while. GreenWave Apr 2024 #4

I have done that for decades; its not an old now thing. peacebuzzard Apr 2024 #5

Oh, dear, how humbling. 3catwoman3 Apr 2024 #7

Where had you left your head? rurallib Apr 2024 #8

Wait atreides1 Apr 2024 #9

I have done the same while holding the glasses, and I did it in middle age too! Chainfire Apr 2024 #10

At least they weren't in the fridge. n/t Harker Apr 2024 #11

Well, this ought to make you feel better. cloudbase Apr 2024 #12

Welcome to the club! 10 Turtle Day Apr 2024 #14

My son, the tech guru, just sent me a slick 'senior' GPS thingy Brother Buzz Apr 2024 #15

Be like me. I hang mine around my neck Trailrider1951 Apr 2024 #17

I've tried that with an albatross and a millstone, and it didn't work out well. n/t Harker Apr 2024 #23

Just did similar with a dish towel.... yorkster Apr 2024 #18

I hate that XanaDUer2 Apr 2024 #19

Did It ProfessorGAC Apr 2024 #20

My eye doc laughed at me happybird Apr 2024 #21

The possessor of a great treasure goes about as a pauper looking for that which s/he already possesses sanatanadharma Apr 2024 #22

I helped my step-daughter move out of her third floor apartment last Sunday. Aristus Apr 2024 #24

I was going to reply to you, but... LudwigPastorius Apr 2024 #25

How come I can never remember where I put my phone when I am looking for it? Red Raider 85 Apr 2024 #26

Several years ago, Bayard Apr 2024 #27

Think of something I want. Go downstairs to get something. Go back upstairs. Go back downstairs for correct 'something'. keithbvadu2 Apr 2024 #29