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May 21Liked by Aging Gratefully by CK Steefel

Well we all do it, but certainly not in public like some people I know! I’d like to offer this particular person, an adult btw, a tissue. Is that ok? We honestly don’t think they even realize they’re doing it, because it’s ALL THE TIME! Input?

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May 10Liked by Aging Gratefully by CK Steefel

You are hilarious! I laughed throughout the post. I never told you but I used to hide my picks in your fluffy hair! Haha!

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May 10Liked by Aging Gratefully by CK Steefel

Jeez, can you find any MORE uncomfortable, disgusting topics (you're looking over your list of future ideas, aren't you)? If you go online you'll find the former Italian PM Berlusconi caught in that very exact unfortunate "gotcha"- and more. When I was a kid, like Wendy Parciak, I littered my wall and bedframe with the "dirt" (I cannot stand the words boogers and farts, and you insist on writing about them both- a lot!). Then I tried to scrape the off with a nail clipper file (I was 8 or 10), ruining the paint AND the bed frame. These awful moments are seared into my memory forever, and thanks to YOU, I'm FORCED to expose them and be humiliated for entertainment purposes!

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May 10Liked by Aging Gratefully by CK Steefel

Okay, this essay made me laugh uncomfortably! When I was a kid and supposedly falling asleep at night, I would plaster the pickings to the wall above my bed, where they were disguised by the flowered wallpaper. At least I outgrew that particular habit!

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May 10Liked by Aging Gratefully by CK Steefel

As an allergy sufferer, the struggle is real. But, I make the extraction with a tissued digit. Not that there isn't break-through sometimes. I swear, what I create could be used for mortar. xo

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May 10Liked by Aging Gratefully by CK Steefel

Of course I pick my nose. I can’t believe that 10% of the population doesn’t...how can they breathe? Is there some sort of other method of booger removal. I actually worry that one of my offspring doesn’t pick. Or at least had hidden it very well from the age of nothing. And since he can’t hid anything I’m guessing he is of this imaginary 10%. I am not into this news. I think the “non-pickers” might have just forgotten!

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