For the second day running I peed my pants while on a walk through the park.
This confirms my suspicion that I have to ignore the money-saving tip that tells me that Rxs are efficacious beyond their expiration dates...and start taking meds that have not yet expired.

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@ivalaine
Increasingly, my perspective seems to be:
outside, looking in...

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@richard

Whippersnapper!

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On my return from the grocery store I was able to ascend the hill whose descent had been blocked earlier this morning.
(Finding the previous post representing this situation is left as an exercise for the scroller.)

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Out on my first walk outside in days, I am thwarted in my normal path through the park and must seek a path less taken.

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I seem to have been spending a lot of time, over the last few weeks, trying to make sure that I remain on friendly terms with my mortality.
It's not that I feel my death is imminent.
It's just that the fact that my end is always closer has been figuring more centrally in the way I conduct of my daily life, for some reason.

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Morning walk south, through Fort Tryon Park. I usually ascend the steep hill on the west side of the park, for the great views of the Hudson River, but today I chose to give my knees a rest and stick to the eastern edge, which hugs Broadway.

#UpperManhattan
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It occurs to me that,
contrary to the old song,
I don't "got a lot of living to do".

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I'm OMW downtown to discuss with my gastroenterologist what last year's endoscopy and my recent SIBO breath test tell us about the state of my gut biome.

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@themarkup

I was freaked out when, decades ago, I first read **1984**.
But now that,
in my twilight years,
the powers-that-be have figured out how to roll out Big Brother in gradual, easily digestible doses...
well, this is fine.
It's not so bad.
It's not like I did much with my privacy when I had it.
It's not like they're targeting *me* personally.

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#SeizeTheMeansOfCommunity

We employed a one-person SWAT team (me) to neutralize the stink bug...or at least banish it from our borders.
The *weapon* was an especially sturdy fly-swatter with a sturdy swatting surface.
The *tactic* was to insert it behind the window and manage to get it high enough to pry the bug from the screen, then to lift the screen and dump the bug into the alley below...

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For Older Americans, the Pandemic Is Not Over

Seniors are increasingly left to protect themselves as the rest of the country abandons precautions: “Americans do not agree about the duty to protect others.”

“I don’t think people understand how Covid affects older Americans. In 2020, there was this all-in-this-together vibe, and it’s been annihilated."

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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/health/covid-pandemic-seniors.html