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Old People Driving (nails into their face)

Yes, I know I've complained about old people driving and how they should have their licenses yanked.

And so, when I saw an 80-year-old drove off an embankment here in San Diego the other day, I wasn't surprised. I was just glad they died without going thru a building and killing anyone else.

But the AP had a story the other day that also seems to happen with older people, although a lot less frequently. I see these stories maybe once every five years or so.

In Colorado, a guy named Prax was at the doctor having an MRI done. The 72-year-old was startled when they stopped it to tell him there was something metallic in his face.

As they pulled him out, he coughed up a nail that was about an inch long.

Now, had I been the doctor I would've just assumed he was putting me on and had the thing in his mouth. And, just like the old people that drive and don't know how they ended up on the wrong side of the freeway, Pax said he didn't recall any nail mishaps in the past, and he can't remember ever using a nail like the one found in his face.

The doctors say it could've been embedded for as long as 30 years, and that the MRI's magnetic force probably dislodged the nail.

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Yes, I know I've complained about old people driving and how they should have their licenses yanked.

And so, when I saw an 80-year-old drove off an embankment here in San Diego the other day, I wasn't surprised. I was just glad they died without going thru a building and killing anyone else.

But the AP had a story the other day that also seems to happen with older people, although a lot less frequently. I see these stories maybe once every five years or so.

In Colorado, a guy named Prax was at the doctor having an MRI done. The 72-year-old was startled when they stopped it to tell him there was something metallic in his face.

As they pulled him out, he coughed up a nail that was about an inch long.

Now, had I been the doctor I would've just assumed he was putting me on and had the thing in his mouth. And, just like the old people that drive and don't know how they ended up on the wrong side of the freeway, Pax said he didn't recall any nail mishaps in the past, and he can't remember ever using a nail like the one found in his face.

The doctors say it could've been embedded for as long as 30 years, and that the MRI's magnetic force probably dislodged the nail.

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