Sense and Sensibility

At the University of the Third Age, men and women of a certain Type and Maturity gather to discuss poetry, art, history and literature: to walk and visit places of cultural significance; to reflect upon life and its experiences. What they should be learning is how to remember where they have just put their car keys.(Where are you? in town? they're in the front pocket of your bag.At my house? on the mantlepiece.) The Members of Ancient Civilization Class could gather in the multi-storey car park in town- that's assuming they could position the car near enough to the ticket barrier to be able to execute entry- and i guarantee there would not be a Degree in Operating the Parking Machine among them. Lifts are not frightening, as soon as you accept that movement between floors is dependent on Accurate Button Choice and Depression, have this Instruction Pamphlet, I've had it translated into Latin, to soothe you. Video Recorders are extinct now, you need no longer fear their Trickery- though it is Still True that you can record from the aerial and watch something on a DVD player- no, i don't suppose it is something that Odysseus grappled with to any extent. Anyway, i-player need Not Worry You, if you can't remember your Facebook Password (the first line of your own address), you should really give it a miss. Now, Ladies, Gentlemen, sit down, here's a map of Mesopotamia you might enjoy labelling. i've put dinner in the microwave: press M, then turn the dial for the Power rating, then Start, then- no no, don't cry, i'll stay and do it for you. Whilst reading aloud from The Wasteland? Sigh. If i must.