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“You look great,” someone said to me last week. “Have you lost weight?” Which is always nice to hear, but it got me thinking.
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An elderly gentleman had been having serious hearing problems for a number of years. Finally, he went to an audiologist to see what could be done to help. Once he was fitted with a set of hearing aids, the man’s hearing improved 100%.
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Have you ever asked yourself what the odds of you being you, are? The answer will bring you down some very geeky roads with large numbers, obviously. Using something tangible helps with wrapping our heads around some of the answers. Keep in mind, it is commonly believed that something has zero probability of occurring (or is “mathematically impossible”) at 1 in 1×1050 (that’s 1 with 50 zeros behind it).
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Brains of older people are slow because they know so much. People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full; so, too, do humans take longer to access information when their brains are full.
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First of all, my favorite story of the week . . .
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The Thanksgiving feast—an American tradition that dates back to the 16th century when Spanish settlers held a feast of gratitude for God’s providence as they successfully arrived in what is now Florida. Then in 1620, a large group of Puritans, who fled the religious persecution of early 17th century England, to then eventually end up on our shores. We’re all familiar with this story, as we have learned about the Pilgrims from our earliest school days.
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For this New Jersey farmer, it’s years of patience, endless pruning, and a little bit of crazy.
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