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Dear Ballard High School Class of 1966,

As we March forward towards warmer days, please take time to reflect back on the memories of our classmates who are no longer with us. There is a list on the Memoriam page right here on this website. Those happy memories of days gone by will help us down the road as we continue to travel on with our lives.

Proven benefits of thinking positively include:

·         better quality of life

·         higher energy levels

·         better psychological and physical health

·         faster recovery from injury or illness

·         fewer colds

·         lower rates of depression

·         better stress management and coping skills

·         longer life span

 

As we all move into our 76th year on this earth I was reminded of the song "Seventy-Six Trombones” a show tune and the signature song from the 1957 musical The Music Man, by Meredith Willson, a film of the same name in 1962 and a made for TV movie in 2003. The piece is commonly played by marching bands, military bands, and orchestras. Truly a musical piece to be celebrated by those of us who have reached our 76th year. Congratulations!

 

Laugh lines, sometimes called smile lines, are wrinkles or creases in the skin of a person’s face that appear around the outer corners of the mouth and eyes. Some people wish to have these wrinkles removed but to me it shows a very happy facial expression of someone who happens to live a very happy life.

 

See if any of these jokes add to your wrinkles.

 

 1. Why did the old man fall into the well? Because he couldn’t see that well.

 

2. Why are seniors great at math? Because they’ve been counting their blessings for years.

 

3. Why do seniors never answer the phone? Because they’re too busy trying to find it.

 

4. Why did the senior cross the road? Because they forgot where they parked their car.

 

5. What is a senior’s favorite board game? Sorry, I forgot.

 

6. Why do seniors carry their driver’s license with them? In case they forget who they are.

 

7. Why did the old woman put wheels on her rocking chair? She wanted to Rock n Roll!

 


8. Why don’t seniors get mad? They always forget what they were angry about.

 

9. Why do seniors go to bed early? So they can dream about the good old days.

 

10. How do seniors get their exercise? Getting up and going to the bathroom.

 

11. Why don’t seniors enjoy roller coasters? They’ve already had enough ups and downs in their life.

 

12. Why don’t seniors need to go to the gym? They get plenty of exercise from walking down memory lane.

 

13. What’s similar between a grandma and a website? You can’t deny the cookies.

 

14. Why do seniors nap after lunch? To get some well-needed rest after the day’s biggest event.

 

15. Why was the senior speeding? To get where he was going before he forgot where he was going.

 

16. How do you make a senior angry? You forget to give them their medication.

 

17. Why don’t old people like to travel? Because they’re already where they want to be.

 

18. What did the old man say to the woman at the bar? “Tell me something, do I come here often?”

 

19. You know what they say about getting older? Yeah, I don’t remember either.

 

20. The best way to prevent aging is lying about your age.

 

21. You know you’ve reached old age when your back goes out more than you do.

 

22. A sure sign of aging: Your train of thought often leaves the station without you.

 

23. Age doesn’t matter unless you’re a cheese.

 

24. I’ve reached an age where my brain goes from “You probably shouldn’t say that” to “What the heck, let’s see what happens”.

 

25. Be proud of your age whatever you decide it to be!

 

26. Growing old is inevitable. Growing up is optional.

 

27. The older I get, the older “old” becomes.

 

28. I’m not over the hill, I’m just taking a different route.

 

29. We’ll be friends till we’re old and senile. Then, we’ll be new friends.

 

30. You’re only as old as you remember you are.

 

31. A tip for getting older: Never wear your hearing-aids. If you do, people will expect you to listen.

 

32. Eventually, you will reach a point where you stop complaining about your age and start bragging about it.

 

33. If you don’t learn to laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you’re old.

 

34. You know you’re getting old when you’re laughing at obituaries instead of comics.

 

35. I will start worrying about how old I look when I stop looking so darn good.

 

 

36. Grandchildren are the reward you get for not killing your own kids.

 

37. Shoutout to my grandparents, because that’s the only way they can hear me.

 

38. My grandmother was a tough woman. She buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.

 

39. I told grandpa to change his hearing aid. He didn’t listen.

 

40. Grandma got grandpa to stop chewing on his nails. She hid his teeth!

 

41. I asked grandpa about the good old days. He said before I was good, and before I was old.

 

42. When I die, I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandmother. Not screaming like all the passengers in her car.

 

43. “Everything’s starting to click for me!” says my grandfather. “My knees, my elbows, my neck…”

 

44. My granddaughter walked in while I was getting ready. “What are you doing?” she says. “Putting on my wrinkle cream,” I answered. “Oh,” she said. “I thought they were natural.”

 

45. I asked my grandpa how he was feeling. He said, “With my hands.”

 

46. There are three signs of old age. The first is memory loss. I forgot the other two.

 

47. I believe my house is haunted. Every time I look in the mirror, I see a crazy old lady staring at me!

 

48. I finally got my head together and my body fell apart.

 

49. I may not be Wonder Woman but I can do things that will make you wonder.

 

50. I may be retired, but I still work as a professional napper.

 

51. I’m rich! Silver in the hair, gold in the teeth, crystals in the kidney, and sugar in the blood.

 

52. I may be a senior, but I still have a lot of life left in me. It’s just that now I need a nap after every activity.

 

53. Wouldn’t it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer and come out wrinkle free?

 

54. I always knew I would grow old. How fast it happened was a surprise.

 

55. My social life has really picked up lately, with all these health clinic visits.

 

56. I once caught Peeping Tom watching me undress. I was going to call the cops, but I figured he suffered enough.

 

57. The only instant messaging I do is with my middle finger.

 

58. I thought about cleaning the house. Then I thought, “What’s the house done for me lately?”

 

59. I don’t mean to brag or make anyone jealous, but I can still fit the earrings I wore in high-school.

 

60. God grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

 

61. When you’re 20 and you drop something you pick it up. When you’re 80 and you drop something, you decide you don’t need it anymore.

 

62. My face in the mirror isn’t wrinkled or drawn. My house isn’t dirty. The cobwebs are gone. My garden is lovely and so is my lawn. I think I might never put my glasses back on.

 

63. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But by the time I got my leotards on, the class was already over.

 

64. What do I do for a living? I breathe in and I breathe out.

 

65. You know you’re getting old when you have more pills than friends.

 

66. My husband and I have agreed to never go to bed angry with each other. So far, we’ve been up for three days. 

 

67. I asked my wife if she ever fantasizes about me. She said yes. She fantasized about me taking out the trash, mowing the lawn, and doing the dishes.

 

68. If you want to change the world, do it while you’re single. Once you’re married you can’t even change the television channel.

 

69. Ever since I needed a wheelchair, my husband has been so rude. He’s been pushing me around and talking behind my back.

 

70. The best way to get your husband to do something is to suggest he’s too old to do it.

 

71. Wife: I think I’m losing my mind. Husband: That’s because you’ve been giving me a piece of it every day.

 

72. A frustrated wife told me her definition of retirement: Twice as much husband with half as much pay.

 

73. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised.

 

74. Seeing her friend Sally wearing a new locket, Meg asks if there is a memento of some sort inside. “Yes,” says Sally, “a lock of my husband’s hair.” “But Larry’s still alive?” “I know, but his hair is gone.”

 

75. My wife asked me to take her to one of those restaurants where they cook the food in front of you. So, I took her to Subway and that’s how the fight started.

 

My wife, at bedtime, ceremoniously moves the claw clip from her hair to the bag of chips, signifying the end of the day.

 

Actually, the real monster is the person who goes out of their way to correct you that Frankenstein was the doctor’s name.

 

Back in our days, you could go into a store with $1.00 and come out with two bags of chips, one carton of milk and three boxes of chocolate.  Now they have cameras.

 

The things that we experience when we’re sitting at a table with people that we love are the things that keep us alive.

 

Have an awesome day and know that someone has thought about you today.

 

Look for a single moment of joy each day.

Pray for tomorrow.

Cherish your blessings.

And visit with your precious memories often. 

 

Thank you for visiting.

 

Your Ballard High School Class of 1966 Reunion Committee.