Disguising old age.

"None of us wants to acknowledge old age," Susan remarks (and we all agree), "so why don't we do something about it? Suppose we add a single letter to the beginning of OLD and a single letter to the beginning of AGE so that the 2 words again make a sensible phrase: BOLD WAGE, COLD RAGE, FOLD PAGE, GOLD CAGE, HOLD PAGE, SOLD GAGE (another name for a greengage), TOLD SAGE." Thanks, Susan, but I'm afraid the clock will be still ticking till sticking.

DAVID MORICE

Iowa City, Iowa