I got home this evening and headed north for a whirlwind one day trip to the Great White North. When I got there around 9 PM, I realized I needed a cat-5 cable to jack in to the broadband router at my destination. I’ve just upgraded laptops, and I didn’t have the right cables to get to the router.

So, even though it is in the middle of the wilderness, there happens to be a Wallmart a couple miles away. Off I went to get the cable. (Funny but no matter how well I plan, I end up having to run over to that Wallmart every time I go for a visit to the Great White North.)

My credit card has the signature block completely warn off, and no establishment ever has a problem with this except the Wallmart out in the vast wilderness of the Great White North. Every time I shop there, they want to see my driver’s license because the signature block is worn off. Tonight was no exception, and the young checkout lady asked for my license.

Now a little background on my license. The picture on it is a couple years old now. I had it taken just a few days before the spring shearing. For running purposes, I let my hair grow in the winter, and cut it short all spring and summer. I’m just now starting to let it grow out for the cold weather again. So there is quite a contrast between my current haircut and photo on my driver’s license.

The young lady at the Wallmart checkout counter in the Great White North looked at my picture and she told me, “You look much better with your hair short. It makes you look much younger.”

With my hair cut short, I bet she doesn’t think I look a day over 70.