text: i know. we are human. i really have a love of learning  and it took awhile, but realized if i shut out people or whatever, for really no reason - i was missing out on a lot. and it's become just the last few years that i am home more and gotten to know some of our more recent neighbors - mostly 20 somethings and younger and it's a blast. mostly because i catch them totally off guard. not the attitude they expect.  i will surely say hey, how are you and i mean it. 
    . my husband did roll his eyes last time we were downtown parking - there was a guy leaning against the building we parked in front of, i turned to the guy and just asked hey, do you know how long these meters are for? he had been hunkered over a piece of chicken, looked at me and started to wipe his mouth when i noticed he had been eating. "OH! sorry didn't mean to interrupt you - didn't see you were eating" he looked at me strangely, a little grin, nodded ok and went back to eating.  then i asked him for $5 -not really ;D