[Magdalen] Magdalen] gas prices?

[Jay Weigel]

My mother had the sense to give up driving when she saw that she wasn't
driving well. My father, stubborn character that he was (to the end,
dementia and all!), kept right on driving until the day he drove to the
neighborhood bookstore and couldn't remember how he got there. That was the
evening I got the call (in Richmond) from the police that they were on
their way to the ER with him because they thought he'd had a stroke. I was
able to assure them that no, he had dementia, and we hadn't been able to
get his car keys away from him. That set the wheels in motion, slowly at
first, for help to arrive. It took a LONG time to get everything together
because he was so resistant, assuring everyone that he was just fine, thank
you, and no, he didn't need anything. My mother would have been glad of the
assistance long before they got it.

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 5:50 PM, ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
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> Perhaps she didn't like driving.  My first wife's mother had a licence
> from before you needed to pass a test.  She was taken out to try driving a
> few times but was too nervous so that was that.  As for the photos - one of
> the mysteries of life.
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> Roger
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> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 10:47 PM
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> When I  came to believe that my mom's driving made her a danger "to self
> and/or  others," I called her ophthalmologist and told him what I'd  seen.
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> I had no such problem with my mother, since I never, ever, saw her  drive
> a car.  She had obviously driven a car at some point in her life, but  not
> after
> she married in 1934 at the age of 32.  She always kept active her  driver's
> license, "just in case".  Others - my father, my siblings and I,  friends,
> and eventually my Aunt Helen, who was much younger, did the driving.
> She not only never explained why she didn't drive.  She didn't even
> tolerate
> the subject being brought up.
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> Another mystery was my mother's wedding pictures.  She did have a  large
> family wedding, and her maid of honor, my Aunt Gladys, was aware that
> there were formal pictures taken.  No one has seen them since 1934,  and
> it was another subject that she didn't tolerate being brought up.  I
> thought when
> she died at 98 we'd find them tucked away somewhere.  Not so.   They did
> not turn up.
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> Ah....the mysteries of life!
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> David Strang.
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