The Advantages of reaching 50

                      or being over 60 and heading towards 70!

1. Kidnappers are not very interested in you.
2. In a hostage situation you are likely to be released first. 
3. No one expects you to run ––– anywhere.
4. People call at 9pm and ask, "...Did I wake you...?"
5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
7. Things you buy now won't wear out.
8. You can eat supper at 4pm. 
9. You can live without sex but not your glasses.

10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
12. You quit trying to hold your stomach in no matter who walks into the room. 
13. You sing along with supermarket piped music.
14. Your eyes won't get much worse.
15. Your insurance investments are finally beginning to pay off.
16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather service.
17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them either.
18. Your supply of brain cells is finally down to manageable

size. 


Most importantly, never, ever, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.