There are things they never tell you about getting older. I am not certain who was supposed to tell us, but it seems like someone could have without giving away top secrets.

These days, when there are categories for everything and everyone, 65-74 is considered “early elderly.” Seventy-five and up?“Elderly.” Seventeen percent of the U.S. population is over the age of 70. With all those old people around, there could be more trickle-down information about aging before we actually get there, don’t you think?

Even simple stuff like body temperature. I have been someone who sweats profusely all my life. When I was a strapping teen splitting wood, playing basketball, or just sitting in Math class, I was wet three-quarters of the year.

Now, I know what being chilled feels like. I think it is the straffing of my shaved head........

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