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• Thou Shalt Not Fall: The Senior’s Eleventh Commandment

  In addition to the other 10 things a Senior should not do, falling is strictly forbidden. Your immediate and most important objective at this stage in your... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Secrets Revealed: What We Seniors Talk About In the Retirement Home

  Seniors talk. A lot. In fact, you could say that this is our main occupation. Age has finally brought us to a point in life where we are able to bring our full... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Harry, Are You Alright? Please Wake Up!

  We had another one of those false alarms on Wednesday evening in the lounge. It was full of residents, all busy with their coffee, cake gossip and conversation. Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• You Mean There’s A Diet We Haven’t Used Yet?

  There’s a new diet going around the retirement homes in town – the “Over 70’s Special”, a diet guaranteed to keep you remembering what you did both yesterday an... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pop, How Many Birthday Parties Have You Had?

  One of the tough things about grandchildren is that you are stuck with them. This little guy has not only reminded me every time we met for the past year that m... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Here It Comes Again – 8 Days of Indigestion

  I cheated yesterday. It was in the interests of checking this old digestive system I use so perhaps it won’t count as a black mark against me. Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Oh Blessed Sleep, Where Art Thou?

  For seniors, sleep is a whole discussion on its own. It is a love and hate subject and we can talk about it for hours. Here is a short analysis: Sleep is divide... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Have I Reached The Stupid Age?

  The older I get, the less I understand. Most of problems come from grandchildren and their electronic toys and gadgets. Communications passed me some years ago... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Am I Too Old To Have A Phone?

  I don’t think of myself as old and I’m sure that no matter what your age, you never consider yourself old. But now and then one gets a real lesson in “number... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Young Blogger Introduces New Writing Aid

  Operating a blog is no easy task. First you have to have a good topic to write about. It has to make sense; it has to be topical and be about something that... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Could I Catch a Dose of Old Age in the Retirement Home?

  Sitting here in the lobby of the retirement home doing battle with the diabolical crossword in the morning paper, I am so deeply engrossed in the impossible... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• In Praise of Idleness

  It was the mathematician and philosopher Bertrand Russell who wrote the above title for one of his essays. He was pushing a theory that everyone should work... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Time-Wasting For Retirees

  The major change that took place in my off-blog period was that I got fired. The boss probably got a list of employees for bonus purposes around Rosh Hashanah... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• There’s No Escaping the Curse – The Blog Is Back

  This is my note of surrender. After slowing down my blog-writing some months ago to the point where I felt people weren’t expecting a piece every day and then... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Who Says You Can’t Drive Over 90?

  Here in the retirement home I’ve noticed an exclusive clique that meets regularly. They gather in the far corner of the coffee lounge and shut their mouths the... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• So Which Back Pain Have You Got?

  If you are old, walk funny or with a cane or walker, or lean forwards, backwards, to one side or onto your caregiver; if you wear a permanent expression of agon... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Like Pizza; Why Doesn’t It Like Me?

  I have been a faithful fan of pizza since I first discovered it on a trip to Italy way back in 1966. At that time the doorman of the hotel promised me: “You wil... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Send Only $48 To Save Yourself From Alzheimer’s…

  If you surf the internet you’ve seen this dozens of times. The title reads something like “If you have a computer you can make $1000’s every month just sitting... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Seniors: You Just Have To Get This Latest App!

  Time marches on and technology races along – trying to keep up is a Senior’s nightmare. I sometimes wonder if the “Middle-Agers” are managing to keep up with... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• My New Credit Card Has All the Answers

  My credit card came up for renewal this week. After being pestered by the bank with SMS messages for a few days, I finally got myself together and drove into... Read more

  Posted on 26 July 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION