Mongaup Valley

To the editor:

Yes, as difficult as it is to admit it, I am a senior citizen and have been for some time now. As I grow older I find difficulty in accomplishing certain daily tasks or some that I cannot accomplish at all. I have no objection to paying someone to help, but no one wants to. This is not “self-pity”. OK. When the “low tire pressure” lights in my car, it is hard for me to squat, hold the air hose tightly and fill up with enough air “before my 4 quarters run out”. I have offered clerks in “not so” convenient stores five or ten dollars to help or do it for me. Either they don’t know how or no takers. I even tried auto parts stores. This push button world we live in is not always so “push button”. I know I will wind up with one of those $100, rechargeable, digital air devices. Question is: in this day and age, why are service station air machines and weed wackers so difficult to operate? Just saying.