You Know You Are Old When

[ultrarunner]

I asked my doctor about it, and she said it was proven to be a scam.

I know grandchildren that bought it for an aging grandparent… all you can do is say thank you sweetheart…

 

[MossRoad]

My mother in-law would lay out her late husband's pills every day, he'd lick his finger, stick a pill to it, put it in his mouth, repeat. When he'd get to the prevagen, he'd say I don't know why I even take this stuff, I can't remember ****.

 

[sixdogs]

I hope you know that Prevagen is a scam and a hoax.

According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which charged Quincy Bioscience with false and deceptive advertising last January, the company study found that Prevagen was no more effective than a placebo at improving any of the nine cognitive skills, including memory, that the company measured.

So how can the company claim otherwise?

Because Quincy Bioscience went back and sliced and diced the results, performing more than 30 additional analyses of the data, and came up with three results that were statistically significant (and more than 27 results that weren’t).

It’s these three positive results that Quincy Bioscience touts as evidence that Prevagen is a “breakthrough” for helping with “mild memory problems associated with aging.”


Their one "conclusive" test indicated "improvement" in normal and slightly impaired subjects.

I've seen studies showing that eating a big bowl of blueberries every day improves memory and cognitive function. That's why it's called a superfood. I'll stick to the blueberries.

 

[Sigarms]

I'm old because when I read these "news stories" online, I get confused and can't figure out who is married to who, and sometimes even what their sex is about the person making the news!!

Apparently the suspect is a "switch hitter" is what I can make of it... (married to a man, then a woman?).

Perhaps part of my issue is the leading image of the couple, the guy on the left is actually a woman? I don't know, I've given up

Wife of slain California fire captain nabbed in Mexico after months on the run

Yolanda Marodi, 53, was arrested Saturday in the murder of her wife, CAL Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, after a months-long manhunt, authorities said.

www.yahoo.com

Please note, I'm not trying to make ANY political statement. All I'm saying is I get confused easier when I can't figure out who is who

 

[sixdogs]

I'm old because when I read these "news stories" online, I get confused and can't figure out who is married to who, and sometimes even what their sex is about the person making the news!!

Apparently the suspect is a "switch hitter" is what I can make of it... (married to a man, then a woman?).

Perhaps part of my issue is the leading image of the couple, the guy on the left is actually a woman? I don't know, I've given up

Wife of slain California fire captain nabbed in Mexico after months on the run

Yolanda Marodi, 53, was arrested Saturday in the murder of her wife, CAL Fire Captain Rebecca Marodi, after a months-long manhunt, authorities said.

www.yahoo.com

Please note, I'm not trying to make ANY political statement. All I'm saying is I get confused easier when I can't figure out who is who

The thing I can't figure out are obits. You get multiple marriages on both sides, kids from multiple fathers, overlapping siblings and multiple grandparents. The obit is usually poorly written so it's difficult to figure out where everyone belongs.

Plus, people are no longer husbands and wives but life partners and other things that are too much for an obit.

 

[Sigarms]

The thing I can't figure out are obits. You get multiple marriages on both sides, kids from multiple fathers, overlapping siblings and multiple grandparents. The obit is usually poorly written so it's difficult to figure out where everyone belongs.

Plus, people are no longer husbands and wives but life partners and other things that are too much for an obit.

When my dad passed, we only had his obit in his local paper up in Pennsylvania where most of his friends knew him and where we had his service. That obit in a rinky dink newspaper cost me over $500.

If we would have done my dads obit local here in NC, with the Winston newspaper, it would have been over 1K to print it.

Reality is they charge by the word (I forget the price locally, but I almost fell over dead when I saw the number) and if you want the obit in a newspaper, the sad reality is most people can't afford it.

 

[MossRoad]

It used to be that most people were only expected to have their name in the paper 3 times in their lives...

When they are hatched, matched, and dispatched.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

When my dad passed, we only had his obit in his local paper up in Pennsylvania where most of his friends knew him and where we had his service. That obit in a rinky dink newspaper cost me over $500.

If we would have done my dads obit local here in NC, with the Winston newspaper, it would have been over 1K to print it.

Reality is they charge by the word (I forget the price locally, but I almost fell over dead when I saw the number) and if you want the obit in a newspaper, the sad reality is most people can't afford it.

I agree. I just renewed Mom's paper...crazy because it's expensive and few pages of mostly liberal drivel. Obituaries used to be and should be free. At least that's newsworthy.
Now I search that local paper obituaries and three local funeral homes to see who passed.

 

[garry1p]

We have 2 funeral homes.
Every morning before I get out of bed I check their web site on my phone.

If I don't see my name I figure it's going to be a good day and get up.

 

[sixdogs]

When my dad passed, we only had his obit in his local paper up in Pennsylvania where most of his friends knew him and where we had his service. That obit in a rinky dink newspaper cost me over $500.

If we would have done my dads obit local here in NC, with the Winston newspaper, it would have been over 1K to print it.

Reality is they charge by the word (I forget the price locally, but I almost fell over dead when I saw the number) and if you want the obit in a newspaper, the sad reality is most people can't afford it.

What I have seen is a one line obit in the newspaper with the name of the funeral home and the obit the home publishes. That one is free. The newspaper obviously won't publish a link so the reader has to type in the name of the funeral home on their own.

You would think newspapers would want to broaden readership.