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• The Magic Chair Circle in the Retirement Home Is Finally Revealed

  It’s been a mystery since we moved in here almost a year ago. We fell in with a small group of people who tend to congregate in the coffee lounge at more or les... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• On The Joys of Growing Older

  Have you noticed that stairs are getting steeper? Groceries are heavier. And everything is farther away. Yesterday I walked to the corner and I was dumbfounded... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• “I’m Fine Thank You!”

  There is nothing the matter with meI’m as healthy as I can beI have arthritis in both my kneesAnd when I talk I talk with a wheeze. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hey Pop, Got Any New Apps?

  

  Does the question stop you in your tracks or do you calmly look down you nose and reply, “Sure do! Downloaded another 6 yesterday! Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Retirement Homes In Danger of Flooding

  This evening I watched an ‘episode’ of “60 Minutes”, the BBC program that covers many fascinating subjects. This one was about the rapid development of... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Let’s See How Much You Learned On the Way to the Retirement Home

  Senior’s qualifying Exam; you only need correct answers to 4 out of 10 questions to be allowed into the retirement home as a resident.1) How long did the Hundre... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hi-Tech In the Retirement Home? Yeah Right!

  After 11 months of residence in the retirement and fielding hundreds of complaints from my wife, I agreed to try and put a message on our phone. I have tried... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Roger Federer Is Joining the Retirement Home Tennis Team

  

  Roger Federer is an amazing tennis player. The man is unbeatable. He zips around the court like an 18 year old, sending back impossible shots, fielding balls wa... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Election Fever Hits the Retirement Home

  Today is an election day which the government has turned into a sort of unofficial public holiday. In the retirement home we are rejoicing – we really need an... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Retirement Home No-Cholesterol Payback Diet

  Oh how we used to eat, to gorge ourselves on all those wonderful tasting foods in fancy restaurants. Remember the huge steaks and fries that followed an order o... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Mozart, You Would Have Lived To 100 In A Retirement Home!

  

  Every morning I drop into the chair in front of the computer and with a click of the mouse I turn on Radio Mozart, a radio station that I found on the internet. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Speechless at the Retirement Home

  This place is about one third men and two thirds women so men don’t often feature in day-to-day events. This morning was different. Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Habit Rules in the Retirement Home

  Man is a creature of habit. That’s nothing new; it’s been like that forever. And it follows that the older you are the more ingrained the habits. Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• No Hooting: Patience Required: Retirement Home Ahead

  As an offshoot of Retirement Home activities we will be offering courses in patience here this summer. The first session will be a test of your patience before... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• WARNING: Choose Your Retirement Home Yourself

  We went to see the movie ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’ last evening. The movie follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Say Hello to My New Driver

  The temperature outside this morning was freezing so the coffee lounge here at the retirement home was overcrowded. I stood in line at the counter and then... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• At What Age Does Old Age Start?

  

  When do Golden Agers move into Old Agers? I’ve been here in the retirement home for 10 months and so far I have met very few proper old people. It is true that... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Almost Naked In the Retirement Home

  We are having our 50-year storm this week. We could have had it on any day in the past or future 50 years but it arrived this week. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• Death and Taxes

  It was Benjamin Franklin who, in a letter to a friend wrote: “Nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.” After my miserable dealings with the... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION

• And Then I Don’t Feel So Bad

  To commemorate her birthday, actress and vocalist Julie Andrews, made a special appearance at Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP.... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 COMMUNITY, HUMOR, SELF EXPRESSION