I had a brush with my own old age that made me laugh. I was recently arranging a SCUBA dive while on a trip in the Caribbean.

I realized that I had left my PADI certification card at home on accident. The dive master said, no problem, I will just look it up on the Internet. I gave him my name, DOB, and to my surprise, no record showed up.

Being a little concerned, I called PADI directly and asked them why my records weren't on-line. After a few minutes on the phone with the PADI rep trying different variations of my last name to no avail, she asked what year I had gotten certified. I told her 1981.

She said "Oh my. I have to go back to the microfilm records to find a certification that old. I will have to call you back."

About an hour later we got the call verifying my status.