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Well, I finally did it. picked up my hearing aids today.

The latest, digital, behind the ear models. Cost more than my first new car!!

Now when I wake up I add a partial denture, glasses and hearing aids.

I feel like a walking junkyard of replacement human parts.

Sure, I can hear and see and chew my food, but maintenance costs are esculating!!

My wife may decide I'm too costly to maintain and trade me in for a newer model.

Kind of makes us feel like Bionic Men after a while, huh? But when you think about it, we are so much luckier than our ancestors even just 100 years ago. They didn't have all this technology to keep them alive and active.

My Dad had open heart surgery in 1956 at the Mayo Clinic, and they didn't know what the heck they were doing back then, this heart stuff was in it's infancy. Now, just 50 years later they can take out hearts, put a new one in, open up clogged arteries, swap out kidneys, and do all sorts of things with a high rate of success.

I can't wait for them to cure some of the other stuff we have, like Cancer, Diabetes, AIDS, and the rest. It is only a matter of time.

Just think, you could have been born earlier and had wooden teeth, a megaphone stuck to your ear, and been blind as a bat.

Don

I had an ear infection (both ears) last year and after struggling with it and thru two doctors, I was referred to a specialist. By that time, the infection was gone, but I had ringing in both ears. Doctor told me that they couldn't do anything for the ringing (I knew that going in) and since my hearing loss was only slight I didn't need hearing aides yet unless I wanted them. I thought about for a minute or so, and told him no thank you.

If I had gotten the hearing aides my excuse for not answering people I wish to ignore would have gone away. Sometimes being hard of hearing (or pretending to be), is the right course of action.

Been in the hospital three times in my life.

When I was born (1929)

When I had my appendix out (Christmas day 1958)

When I had 5 way heart by pass surgery (Sept 19, 2005)

Like you said, things have changed and I, for one, am glad of it!

But I still feel a little like a walking parts store!!

Mike posted this on his site. Seems to fit here too.

The year is 1907.
One hundred years ago.
Here are some statistics for the Year 1907
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The average life expectancy was 47 years.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower !

The average wage in 1907 was 22 cents per hour.

The average worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year.

A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION !

Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

Five leading causes of death were ...
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.

The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was only 30 ! ! !

Crossword puzzles, canned beer and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write.

Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."

Eighteen percent of households had at least
one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were only about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE ! U.S.A. !

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years
IT STAGGERS THE MIND, EH ?

.................and nobody locked their doors at night. Some things improve some get worse.

Don

I know everybody has to die of something, but please Lord, don't let me die from diarreha!

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Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

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shi+ yourself to death .. what a way to go .

Geezer2
Better watch out at the car shows, they might try to steal you instead of the car for all those highend parts!
Do they make lojaks for people?