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Carol H Tucker
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Today is the 2nd day of the 37th week, the 12th day of the 9th month, the 256th day of 2016, and:
- I'm on Top of It Day
- International Day for South-South Cooperation
- National Boss/Employee Exchange Day
- National Chocolate Milkshake Day
- National Day of Encouragement
- National Police Woman Day
- National Programmers Day
- National Video Games Day
- World Maritime Day
On this day in 490 BC the conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon when the Athenians and their Plataean allies, defeated the first Persian invasion force of Greece. In 1609 Henry Hudson began his exploration of the Hudson River while aboard the Halve Maen. In 1910, the premiere performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Munich (with a chorus of 852 singers and an orchestra of 171 players). In 1940 the cave paintings were discovered in Lascaux, France. In 1958 Jack Kilby demonstrated the first integrated circuit. In 1966 Gemini 11 launched [it is and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions)].
Hillary Clinton stumbles and suddenly the pundits are proclaiming she is too sick, too old, to be running for President. Now you all know that I am not a fan – and I am not going to go into the whys and wherefores of that – but it is her health and age that has become an issue. Interestingly? Her opponent is actually older than she is, so I don’t understand why this is an issue for her and not for him. Although they are pretty old, they both have a reasonable life-expectancy ahead, especially since they are in the 1% and can afford the best of care.
But the reason the incident kinda sticks with me? I have had episodes now and then where my balance suddenly shifts and I stumble. Sometimes I have just done something too quickly, forgetting that this body doesn’t quite respond as quickly as it used to. Sometimes I might be running a low grade fever, fighting off a cold or infection. Sometimes it is my ears filling up because it is allergy season, or the tinnitus is particularly loud. It happens – and because I am not in the relentless glare of the spotlight like Hillary, I don’t have a chorus of folks immediately telling me that I have insufficient stamina, or am incapable of dealing with pressure. I’m really glad that I don’t have to put up with a lot of nay-saying because these incidents always makes me feel old and getting “dobbly” as Grandmom Riley used to say.
After all, if I am going to live to be 100, I have 34 years to go, and will probably be working for another decade – can’t be getting all weak and feeble at this stage of the game!
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