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Mabel, Down the Road
February 6, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Mabel is the mother of a close friend of ours. Our friend, Bill, her son, died 18 months ago. Mabel was born in 1915, which, for those of you who are mathematically challenged and can’t work the little adding machine on your computers, means that Mabel is 97 years old. She lives in a big […]
Komen Foundation: Race for the Consumer
February 3, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
For those of you who believe that Komen’s decision to pull breast cancer screening from Planned Parenthood goes against what Komen is supposed to stand for, read the following words from Ed of ginandtacos.com: I have been of two minds about how to approach this. One option is to be thorough, do some research, and make […]
Downton Abbey: Open for Monkey Business
February 2, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Downton Abbey, now in its second season, is the latest crazy-popular PBS fare. Set in Edwardian England, it was created to bring Americans to the realization that we are a nation of slovenly, ill-speaking, processed food-eating, and reality TV-viewing dunderheads. But it’s important to get some things straight right off the bat. No matter how […]
How to Be An 80-Year-Old Pole Dancer
February 1, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
For those Boomers who are contemplating spending their retirement years as monthly Diamond Plus cruisers, take note: You might soon be the only people onboard the cruise ship. In a survey of 1500 middle class Americans, Harris Interactive found that 25% say they will “need to work until at least age 80” to live comfortably […]
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Dating After 50: Revealing Secrets. Or not.
February 9, 2012 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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An overwhelming number of people who choose to enter the dating world after age 50 have already lived at least 50 years. And, if they are like most people over 50 (and many people under,) some of their early choices in life, while not resulting in life in a maximum security prison, may have still […]