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What colour is the box in a commercial aeroplane? Answers 116 years: 1337 – 1453 Ecuador Sheep and Horses November Squirrel fur Dogs Albert Crimson New Zealand Orange SENIOR MOMENTS EXPLAINED Bridie Stevenson has passed on this amusing piece about the occasional absent-minded episodes we all experience. ‘Brains of older people are slow because they know so much. People do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe. Much [as] a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full, so too do humans take longer to access information when their brains are full. Researchers say this slowing down process is not the same as cognitive decline. The human brain works slower in old age, said Dr. Michael Ramscar, but only because we have stored more information over time. The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary, they simply know more. Also, older people often go to another room to get something and when they get there, they stand there wondering what they came for. It is NOT a memory problem; it is nature's way of making older people do more exercise.’ Recipients are asked to forward this to friends, if they can remember their names. PICTURE GALLERY GONE WEST Willie and Myra Dyer spent Christmas in Western Canada, and saw these impressive lights at Calgary Zoo. Willie explains that, although there seems to be nobody there, it was in fact very well attended. The use of a slow shutter speed for night shots causes moving people to disappear. Willie was unable to resist the two old Chevys pictured below. One for the petrol-heads, he reckons. EVENTS DAY DATE EVENT CONTACT Thursday 29th January Art Appreciation Group outing to Kelvingrove Linda Davidson, #### ### #### email Wednesday 18th February Monthly Meeting at St John’s Church Hall, Barrhead Dr Maureen Park – Art Treasures in Kelvingrove Bridie Stevenson, #### ### #### email
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