Reader's Digest - USA (2019-07)

Whoever said that the definition of

insanity is doing the same thing over

and over again and expecting different

results has obviously never had to

reboot a computer.

—William Petersen Lake Forest, California

condition was espe-

cially annoying to a

musician, she shook

her head.

“Not really,” she said

cheerfully. “The ring-

ing sound is in the key

of B flat, so I use it to

tune my cello half a

tone lower.”

—Kathleen Cahill,

in Reader’s Digest Asia

My paramedic team

was called to an

emergency. Before

we took the patient to

the hospital, I had a

question for his wife.

“Does your husband

have any cardiac

problems?” I asked.

A musician friend is al-

ways upbeat. But when

she developed ringing

in one ear, I was con-

cerned it might over-

whelm even her. When

I asked whether her

“By the way, I’m taking off the first two weeks of August.”

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