Are there advantages to aging?

There was recently an extensive study on the beneficial effects of getting older. Here are some of their findings:

• Friends don't call after 9 p.m.
• In a hostage situation, you are likely to be released first.
• No one expects you to run into a burning building.
• People call at 9 p.m. and ask, "Did I wake you?"
• People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
• People stop asking you to help them move.
• Plaid becomes "in" again.
• There's nothing left to learn the hard way.
• Things you buy now won't wear out.
• You buy a compass for the dash of your car.
• You can eat dinner at 4:00
• You can finally find the entertainment value in "Matlock".
• You can spoil your new grandkids in ways you'd never have considered spoiling your own rotten kids.
• You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.
• You can't remember who sent you this.
• You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.
• You constantly talk about the price of gasoline.
• You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.
• You get into a heated argument about pension plans.
• You got cable for the weather channel.
• You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.
• You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
• You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.
• You send money to PBS.
• You sing along with the elevator music.
• You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn.
• Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.
• Your back goes out more than you do.
• Your ears are hairier than your head.
• Your eyes won't get much worse.
• Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
• Your joints are more accurate meteorologically than the National Weather Service.
• Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
• Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.

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