I too am in that stage of life. Why, even the other day I wondered "Do those 'bypass all authorization" buttons on the ICBM launch console (@ our hole in North

I too am in that stage of life. Why, even the other day I wondered "Do those 'bypass all authorization" buttons on the ICBM launch console (@ our hole in North Dakota) actually work?" To my surprise they do! Fortunately the "Shutdown engines" button also works! But it got me out of my funk. Well, got to do some cleaning: seems Minuteman-III silo vibrations cause bowel evacuations in most people.