A woman decides to have a facelift for her 50th birthday.
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>>  She spends $15,000 and feels pretty good about the results.
>>  On her way home,=2 0she stops at a newsstand to buy a
>>  Newspaper. Before leaving, she says to the clerk, 'I hope you
>>  Don't mind my asking, but how old do you think I am?'
>>
>>  'About 32,' is the reply.'
>>
>>  'Nope! I'm exactly 50,' the woman says happily.
>>
>>  A little while later she goes into McDonald's and asks
>>  The counter girl the very same question.
>>  The girl replies, 'I'd guess about 29.'
>>
>>  The woman replies with a big smile, 'Nope, I'm 50.'
>>
>>  Now she's feeling really good about herself. She stops
>>  In a drug store on her way down the street. She goes up to
>>  The counter to ge t some mints and asks the clerk this
>>  Burning question.
>>  The clerk responds, 'Oh, I'd say 30.'
>>
>>  Again she proudly responds, 'I'm 50, but thank you!'
>>
>>  While waiting f or the bus to go home, she asks an old
>>  Man waiting next to her the same question.
>>
>>  He replies, 'Lady, I'm 78 and my eyesight is going. Although,
>>  When I was young there was a sure-fire way to tell how
>>  Old a woman was. It sounds very forward, but it requires you
>>  To let me put my hands under your bra. Then, and only then can
>>  I tell you EXACTLY how old you are.'
>>  They wait in silence on the empty street until her curiosity
>>  gets
>>  The best of her. She finally blurts out, 'What the hell, go
>>  ahead.'
>>
>>  He slips both of his h ands under her blouse and begins to feel
>>  Around very slowly and carefully.. He bounces and weighs each
>>  Breast and he gently pinches each nipple. He pushes her breasts
>>  together
>>  And rubs them against each other.
>>  After a couple of minutes of this, she says, 'Okay, okay....
>>  How old am I?'
>>  He completes one last squeeze of her breasts, removes
>>  His hands, and says, 'Madam, y ou are 50.'
>>
>>  Stunned and amazed, the woman says, 'That was
>>  Incredible, how could you tell?'
>>  The old man says, 'Promise you won't get mad?'
>>
>>  'I promise I won't' she says.
>>
>>  'I was behind you at McDonald's'

the sadness in those eyes, the intelligence in that face. the fraility in those arms, the love nobody could erase. seeing the tears struggle, trying to hide the pain. it was like watching a lone bird, trying to stop the rain.