I grew up in the 70s as well. It was an interesting time of jumping boards on bicycles and big wheels (a la Evel Knievel). I need to remember to come back to this. I share your connection to Alzheimers as well. My grandmother was diagnosed when no one knew what it was. Actually, she was diagnosed with dementia before they knew it was Alzheimers. In the late 70s she started to slip away from us. It's tough. I hope we one day find a cure.
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Oh yeah! Evel Knievel! I almost forgot about him. I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother, @coldsteem. It's one of the most horrific diseases I can imagine. It still often goes undiagnosed because the family attributes it to "normal" age-related cognitive decline.
True. My grandmother was physically very healthy. She lived for a decade with the disease. She passed in 1988. It was, in many ways, a relief.