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I've learned a few life lessons...

...as I attempt to age with grace.  What is spam? My mom used to make us (me and my 3 younger, squirrelly brothers, and our Dad) fried  spam (canned ham) squished up in a can, for dinner. I don't think I've ever purchased a can of spam since I moved out of my parents' house. And I sure haven't tasted it in decades. But I do question my son and daughter when something that doesn't seem quite right electronically, shows up in my email. I feel like an idiot doing that, but I'd feel much worse if I didn't do that.  These days, there is no shortage of folks trying to hack into other folk's emails.  This week, I got an email confirming that I had purchased an iphone for $600. WHAT? And my son told me to look @ the sender's email address, which is in clear view. It turns out it wasn't from a company but from some hacker, probably located out of the country. These days, most any iPhone is much more expensive than $600. I think that I think too much abou