I am a pensioner

Are men a separate race?
That explains a lot...

I love whiskers on kittens and brown paper packages but I don't think they are superior!

I think men are the far superior race !!¬! love them

Which reminds me of something I read today which propounded the theory that the most successful black athletes are descended from slaves, because they have such strong genes.

I once read someone's theory that when men were hunters the best ones could concentrate on the track of a beast without deviating until they caught it. The women were gathering nuts and berries and so on, so the most successful were the ones whose attention was all around them and they noticed all the ones that were nearly ripe and could go back to them later. The best hunters and best gatherers ate better, mated with each other, and had more healthy children. Survival of the fittest.

They may not all work though

No. We think of LOTS of ways to solve a problem while men will only think of one!

Yes, I agree (although I have to admit, sometimes if there's a practical problem, male thinking can usually solve it better than mine!)

An ex boyfriend of mine (many years ago) tried to explain the difference between male and female thinking.
He decided that males start with an idea, that then goes a-b-c-d etc.
Women start with an idea, that will then explode out radially with lots of radials emanating from the centre, unlike male "logical" progression.
I call male thinking stodgy and unimaginative on the whole!

Nowt wrong with my mind !!!

Nonu !

Nothing wrong with your mind, jeni - threads meander! It's all part of life's rich tapestry.

I have to say although I am getting on a bit [not in my mind , you understand } I certainly don"t feel I have one foot in the grave and if that are your thoughts you should dimiss them pronto , girly x

But that's better than a wyrde mind!

ohhhhh !

My thought trail went from 'one foot in the grave ' to Dunbar!
Ok! I've got a weird mind!

It's GRANSNET so why does it have to have anything to do with the thread?

Em , excuse me , what has this to do with naming pensioners , or seniors , hello [laugh}

Agreed! and Dunbar took that phrase and built this wonderful poem around it!

But it actually comes from the Catholic Office of the Dead -
"Sinning daily, and not repenting, the fear of death disturbs me. Because there is no redemption in Hell, have mercy on me, O God, and save me."

William Dunbar medieval poet. Lament for the makers. I've always loved it!

What me?

Are you having a small laugh ?

In medicine the most practianis
Leechis surriganis and physicianis
The self from death may nocht suplee

Timor mortis conturbit me

Got me there JENI does anyone else know what that means or is it my latin ? ? a bit rusty who knows