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It’s not just a song by the Beatles. You remember them. That was the group Paul McCartney was in before Wings. Paul McCartney? Sigh. He’s that old geezer who sang with Kanye West.<\/p>\nIt’s not just a song by the Beatles. You remember them. That was the group Paul McCartney was in before Wings. Paul McCartney? Sigh. He’s that old geezer who sang with Kanye West.<\/p>\n
Oh, where was I? Ah yes, Yesterday. It was my birthday. I thank all the people over on Facebook who wished me well — it was appreciated on a crazy day concluded with a Temple Board Meeting and Calendaring meeting. In honor of the day and the new number, a little song (slightly modified):<\/p>\n
So when you find it in your mailbox for the first time my friend
\nYou can tell that you getting older, you\u2019re turning grey
\nIt\u2019s a first sign of decline, it\u2019s a start of the end
\nWhen your wrinkles out number your hairs
\nthen it\u2019s headed your way<\/p>\n
When Mick Jagger has his breakfast of yogurt and bran I\u2019ve looked through its pages and what I see there You can buy polyester pants for nineteen ninety-five MODERN MATURITY<\/em> (Tom Paxton) I mention this song because of an article I saw today: “Bob Dylan appears on the cover of AARP magazine<\/a>“. Yup. Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan can go into Denny’s and get that senior discount, and their concerts (just like the recent episode of Mom) are filled with walker parking areas. Why is Dylan in AARP Magazine? Because he’s announcing an album of Frank Sinatra covers (which targets an even older group of AARP readers, although I’m finding I appreciate Sinatra more and more).<\/p>\n Now, excuse me while I chase some children off my artificial lawn. And that music they listen today, it’s … oh, nevermind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It’s not just a song by the Beatles. You remember them. That was the group Paul McCartney was in before Wings. Paul McCartney? Sigh. He’s that old geezer who sang with Kanye West. Oh, where was I? Ah yes, Yesterday. It was my birthday. I thank all the people over on Facebook who wished me Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthdays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9898"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9899,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9898\/revisions\/9899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Modern Maturity<\/del> AARP Mag’zine<\/span>, means you\u2019re getting old<\/em>
\n When you get the magazine<\/em>
\n that you hide from your friends<\/em>
\n Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill<\/em>
\n Now Modern Maturity<\/del> AARP\u00a0Mag’zine <\/span>means over the hill<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDoes he read of prescriptions by mail or of self-rising chairs
\nYou can keep on rockin\u2019 and rollin\u2019 as long as you can
\nBut then you sit in your little seat and you ride up the stairs<\/p>\nModern Maturity<\/del> AARP Mag’zine<\/span>, means you\u2019re getting old<\/em>
\n When you get the magazine<\/em>
\n that you hide from your friends<\/em>
\n Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill<\/em>
\n Now Modern Maturity<\/del> AARP\u00a0Mag’zine <\/span>means over the hill<\/em><\/p>\n
\nIs that everyone looks about twenty-five with white hair<\/p>\n
\nYou can get your grandchildren\u2019s picture on your coffee cup
\nAnd if you\u2019re tired of walking
\nthere\u2019s a scooter that you can drive
\nOr a button to push if you\u2019ve fallen
\nand you can\u2019t get up<\/p>\nModern Maturity<\/del> AARP <\/span>Mag’zine, means you\u2019re getting old<\/em>
\n When you get the magazine<\/em>
\n that you hide from your friends<\/em>
\n Once it was Rolling Stone, it was thrill after thrill<\/em>
\n Now\u00a0 Modern Maturity<\/del> AARP Mag’zine <\/span> means over the hill<\/em><\/p>\n
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