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my share of dumb gray-headed men.
• A woman, however, has an altogether different philosophy when it comes to time. As a man with gray hair, I do not fully understand their philosophy.
• I suppose there are some men who would like to be 25 again. Most men, however, are happy to be as old as they are. Women are different. They live upon the concept of ageless beauty. Who am I, as a man, to counter that philosophy?
• I discovered this many years ago. A woman casually asked me how old I thought she was. I have long since discovered that this is no casual question and she is not looking for exact information. I, at the time, took it as a challenge and tried to guess her age.
• Wrong!
• I have since learned that the correct response to this question is, "Why, you don't look a day over 25." I do not know exactly what that means, but I have often gotten smiles from this response. No matter how old the woman is, in her mind she is still 25.
• The man has a different idea.
• "I'm 60," he will boast to whoever will listen, "and I can still do a whole day's work." Then he will go out and throw his back out just to prove it.
• Time has a different effect upon a man as it does upon a woman.
• There is nothing wrong with trying to look younger. I suppose it is an easier task to do if you are a woman than if you are a man.
• Every morning before I leave the house I try to make myself as non-scary to the

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