Saturday, 17 October 2026

Thought for the Day

"Old age is no place for sissies" - Bette Davis.

"All the boys think she's a spy, she's got Bette Davis eyes" - Kim Carnes.

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    1. "But I was ever so much younger then
      Now, at least I know, I know him well..."

      Jx

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  2. And commercial jingles from the ’60s. The story of my life... even before my age began to be the excuse.

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    1. "So you try to stop,
      Try to get back up,
      And then you realise you're telling the Story of the Blues."


      Jx

      PS I'm certain that your commercial jingles would be very different to the ones I remember from my childhood.

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  3. I couldn't remember how old I was the other day. However, I think that was down to disbelief/denial rather than old age.

    "Just one psychological drama after another..."

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    1. "We are guilty (Guilty, guilty!)
      And how we ever entered into this life"


      Jx

      PS You'll forever be younger than me, dear...

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  4. I have been lost in the mists of forgetfulness for years. One time, IN MY TWENTIES, I had to look on my birth certificate to see how to spell my middle name (I was adrift between "Neil" and "Neal").

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    1. "Don't, don't, don't, don't
      Don't you forget about me"


      Jx

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  5. I do that all the time. I walk into a room and simply stand there. I know there is a reason for being in the room - I might have even climbed the stairs for that reason. I stand there totally baffled and not quite sure what to do next.
    Sometimes I pick up my iPad, open it and then stare at the screen, and I've forgotten what I was about to look up.
    Sx

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    1. "Memory
      All alone in the moonlight..."


      Jx

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  6. I've been sitting here all day, thinking...

    You're not alone Scarlet, it has something to do with walking under lintels its called the doorway effect makes you temporary forget things.

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    1. "Don't know what they're doing but they laugh a lot
      Behind the green door"


      Jx

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  7. We're so wonderfully, wonderfully
    Wonderfully, wonderfully pretty
    Oh, you know that I'd do anything for you
    We should have each other to dinner
    We should have each other with cream

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    1. It's the grooviest thing
      It's the perfect dream


      Jx

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