Lots of questions, but at least I'm combining! (WAS Anyone Up For A Good )

[Cindy C.]

Elle wrote:

> Age/Sex:  44, female 

And Linda wrote:

>Age/Sex: 41 next week/female



Oooh, two new members of the "Over 40" club!  

<pulls up two more rocking chairs>  

And a doctor -- we future octogenarians will need one of those around!
 ;-)

Elle wrote:

> I am an ophthalmologist.


Hey, here's a question for you, Elle.  There was a woman who worked at
the courthouse who became disabled due to some weird condition I had
never heard of.  She slowly lost the ability to keep her eyes open! 
Which made her blind.  Have you ever heard of that?  Can they do
anything for that?

Hey, maybe I could have stomached being an opthalmologist.  Eyeballs
don't bleed when you cut them, right?

Elle:

>Felt unworthy to post as I had not read the first ?3000?
>posts...silly me.  


<blinks>

You've been around since way back then?  

<trembles in the presence of Senior List Member>


Elle:

>I enjoy HPfGUs alot (a bit *too* much, according to my husband, who
>wants me off the computer *now*!)

Same here!  Maybe we should form a support group for "HPfGU Widowers." ;-)


Linlou wrote:

>Incidently, she does like Harry Potter- at least she tried to eat one
>of my copies of GOF.

And Elle reports that her dog dined on OoP!

Well, I'll see your book-eating dogs and raise you one *porch* eating
dog.  

We used to have an Australian Shepherd, and they are high energy,
medium-sized (gorgeous!) dogs.  We put Corey in the back yard for the
day because we were going to an amusement park.  I carefully gathered
everything in the yard that he might chew and put it on the screened
porch for safekeeping.  He outsmarted me by simply chewing through the
screened porch and then chewing everything *on* the screened porch. 
This was about 5 years ago, and the holes in the screen are still there.

Richelle:

>I'd move someplace, not sure where exactly, but my life's goal (one
>of!) is to teach in an all boys school.

Interesting!  Why a boy's school?  Aren't boys kinda, you know,
*icky?*  :-D

Finally, Sergeant Major and Sandy wrote about their experiences in the
military.  I gotta tell ya, I had no idea that women of my generation
were being admitted to the military.  Were there reasonable
opportunities for advancement when you guys were in?

Cindy -- who is sure she'd never be allowed near a gun, and who is a
military brat her own self