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\"There's<\/a>This post from 2012 made me smile when I stumbled across it. Because Iowans need as much to smile about as possible in January, I’m passing it along to you on this Fantastic Friday though it reminds all of us that we’re 4 years older and even more ancient in 2016. <\/em><\/p>\n

Not Just Old. But Ancient.<\/h2>\n

Yesterday morning, my first thought was not, \u201cToday, I\u2019m gonna feel old.\u201d But thanks to the Girl Scouts \u2013 yes, those cute little cookie peddlers who sell sugar highs in a box \u2013 for the first time ever, I am feeling a wee bit ancient.<\/p>\n

Not just old. Ancient.<\/p>\n

The realization was gradual, increasing the longer I listened to Talk of Iowa<\/a> on the radio. The topic was the 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts, and the host interviewed some Girl Scout leaders and a couple honest-to-goodness present day Girl Scouts. The girls were about the same age I was during my short career as cookie salesgirl and sash wearer.<\/p>\n

And they made me feel not just old. But ancient.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t their fault. But, while they talked, I thought about how 1912 was a century ago for the little girls. Just like 1865 was a hundred years ago when I attended Girl Scout meetings after school in 1965. So if and when they watch a show like Downton Abbey<\/em>, the events portrayed there are as long ago and far away to them as the events chronicled in Gone With the Wind<\/em> were to me.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s when I started feeling not just old. But ancient.<\/p>\n

Not because the Civil War seemed like a long time ago when I was a Girl Scout. And not because 1912 is a long time ago to the girls in the radio interview. And not because 1912 didn\u2019t seem like such a long time ago in my GS days. But because the Civil War probably didn\u2019t seem like such a long time ago to fifty-five-year-old adults in my GS days, but I thought those people were old.<\/p>\n

But they didn\u2019t seem just old. They seemed ancient.<\/p>\n

Which is how today\u2019s Girl Scouts view everybody old enough to tuck an AARP membership card next to the packet of Metamucil in their wallets, old enough to wear sensible shoes, sport age spots, and wear pants with elastic waistbands.<\/p>\n

They view us as not just old. But ancient.<\/p>\n

Oh my, the depression is coming on thick and fast. I think there\u2019s only one way to fight this thing. I\u2019m gonna find a Girl Scout, buy a box of Thin Mints, and snarf down the whole box. After all, my mom says old people like me have earned the right to eat whatever they want. And she ought to know.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cause she\u2019s not just old. She\u2019s ancient.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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