Pickles by Brian Crane for September 01, 2020

darn senior moments

It isn’t funny when you get old and you can’t see as well as you used to. Handy sometimes though – you can’t see all the dust.

We have† a Corian countertop and sink. The sink is a pastel color. When the sun’s just so, if I open the cabinet below the sink, it’s well lit by the light through the sink, which I now think is kinda nice, once I figured out what the heck was going on.

† The Corian came with the house. It’s really not what we prefer (it’s very easy to scratch, hard to keep it clean and looking nice) but replacing it isn’t in the budget any time soon.

I relate. I have Macular Degeneration and I often try to pick up spots of sunshine on my carpet. It’s not senior moments, it’s old age.

She needs to do more of a light scrubbing!

Is there now a dent in her counter top from scrubbing too hard?

Earl gets the points for a Gotcha moment ;-)

poor Opal…done in by the sun!

I used to get frustrated with my bathtub. I scrubbed at a ring which wasn’t even there (we never draw baths) until I realized it was the contour of the tub casting a shadow.

That was a 3 Stooges bit from Sing a Song of Six Pants, made in 1947. Pickles – you’re stealing Intellectual Property. :)

Those occur on floors, clothes and walls too.. it’s like they’re multiplying! :-)

Oy

No , Roscoe or Muffin today , sad , sad maybe tomorrow they will be in the strip .

Time for a THICKER PRESCRIPTION..???

I’ve done that!

Proof Opal doesn’t like little rays of sunshine.

Maybe she “rubbed it the wrong way”.

Been there.

I misplaced my partial dentures. Still haven’t found them, and I live alone! No one else to blame.

That has been me!

Whattaya know, Brian Crane made the woman the butt of the joke for once.

I have known of a couple of people to do that. One dealt with sunlight mixed with wood grain. The other tried to scrape off sunlight and layered linoleum. Those little spots and dots can be very deceptive especially when looking through artificial lenses.

Taking the cat’s job, chasing light beams.

Many years ago when my hubby was in boot camp, he spent a day sweeping the sunlight off the sidewalk……..

Earl, shut up quickly. Oh, too late. Dinner wont taste good today. It will bother her all day.

My sister-in-law did that with a shadow on the carpet and even yelled at her kids about it. Went right to the top of family lore.

Physics in Everyday Life! (which is the title of a course taught at my former university, from which I retired four years ago).

heck I have tried to wash the tan off my arm in the shower before, didn’t realize I got that much sun

Scrub for another hour or so.

I see that all the time on my recliner. Drives me nuts!

Moonfleck!

Ah yes…the old Three Stooges gag.

It could take all day to scrub it off