Aging

A young girl was shopping in the supermarket with her grandfather. At the baked goods counter, grandfather selected several items, including a loaf of bread wrapped in plastic. Whereupon, the granddaughter removed the bread from the cart and carefully read the list of ingredients printed on the wrapping. “Put it back, grandpa,” she said, “too many preservatives.” But grandpa smiled wistfully and said, “Maybe we’d better keep it. At my age I need all the preservatives I can get.”