Harold sat at the picnic table at Coney Island looking over at the old Steeplechase ride. He flashed back to his youth when he would spend his summer days riding that roller coaster. But he had to face the fact that his youth was gone and, between his vertigo and his bad back, he could no longer enjoy rides like that anymore.
He noticed the Nathan’s sign and remembered those classic hot dogs and fries. Oh how he craved them. But not anymore. Not with his acid reflux.
It’s a shame, Harold thought, that youth is wasted on the young.
(100 words)
Written for Friday Fictioneers from Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Photo credit: Roger Bultot.
What a lovely reminiscence tale!
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Thanks, Mason.
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so nice
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Thanks, Larry.
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He could always get a hot dog at Coney Island even if he is too old for the rides.
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Awwe 😦 I feel so bad for Harold
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Oh that acid reflux, just to top things off 🙂
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Poor Harold, my wife has just discovered the dizziness of vertigo, we’re moving house, I’m hoping it’ll go after! Good tale, punchy ending.
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Thanks.
I’ve got vertigo and I know how disconcerting and even disabling it can be.
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It seems a nightmare, just came in overnight it seems. She’s taking tablets and I think it’s better but not a good thing to have
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I had a bit of that almost ten years ago, got over it about five years ago. I’m so glad. I found it depressing. One of the most disabling aspects is that I became very afraid of driving over certain bridges. Some still make me hyper-alert, but I’m way better. It amazed me when I told people about it and many said they had the same problem (people much younger than myself)! They took pills for it. I filled one prescription for it, but I wasn’t impressed. My spacial logic isn’t the same as it used to be (which bothers me), but I’m not outright dizzy.
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It really is wasted on them, they haven’t a clue. I wish I knew then what I know now.
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I’m sure each of has had that exact same thought at one time or another.
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I love Nathan’s! Great piece 🙂
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Thanks, Paula.
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Youth is no excuse. Old age even less. Great story!
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Thanks, Neil.
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This is a nice story
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Thanks.
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👍
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Ain’t it the truth 😦
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Yes! Its too bad we cant stay young forever! ❤
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Aging is not for the weak.
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