Hrothgar: "Karking?" That's a new one to me... is that like "Checking Out," or "kicking the bucket?"

A few years ago, I went to visit my Aunt and Uncle who were living in the same residence my Mother now lives in. While we were sitting in the social room, a woman came wheeling down the hallway at a break-neck clip, and pulled into the room (right over my Uncle's foot.) She no sooner had interrupted our visit than she dozed off. She'd doze off for a minute or two and then wake up and start talking. My Aunt knew the woman and asked her to tell us how old she was, because she'd just had her birthday. The woman said, "A man asked me how old I was, the other day and I told him I'm 106. He said, you don't look a day over 100!" Vanity never dies. And good for her. And the guy who complimented her. She clearly was feeling good about only looking 100 years old. :-)

Jerry