I am apparently increasingly surrounded by cranky aging people. Pick up the baby from my parents and my mom commented on how she was didn't know and was disappointed that she did not have the middle girl today because she had planned to plant sunflowers with her. I offer Friday and get "no I am busy getting ready for my colonoscopy Tuesday and Wednesday next week. What a retired person has to do to get ready for something four days later is beyond me but whatever.
Then I go to MrsWx's grandparents to pick up the middle girl and there are people mowing/blowing the yard next to them using one of those insanely loud gas powered backpack blowers. The kids are plugging their ears and I just say "Yeah I know there is a reason why more cities are banning those". Then I got to hear from her grandpa on how we are just wimps. You are right we are wimps there is no chance that it is the fact that it is at least 50 feet away we are two feet from each other and can't hear what we are saying.