Can We Please Re-name Senior Discounts?

May 9, 2012

Apparently my grocery store has realized that I have “reached a certain age.” It seems that, simply by virtue of the fact that I didn’t die young and leave a good-looking corpse, I now qualify for the “Senior Discount.” They couldn’t just tell me that — no. They print it right there on the receipt [...]

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Ask A Silly Question, Get A Silly Answer

September 10, 2008

“Your hair color is so BEAUTIFUL,” the twenty-something receptionist at the beauty parlor gushed. “Is that your REAL hair?” Now, I ask y’all: what was I supposed to do with a question like that? I’m a “woman of a certain age,” I had just come out of a beauty shop, my hair was sopping wet, [...]

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Take An Elder Friend To Lunch

March 26, 2008

While preparing a meal for my Sweet Spousal Unit and myself, I started pondering the cost of our repast. It included fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, and real meat (not bacon!). I almost had a heart attack at the price of those vegetables! The meat price was through the roof! I realized we almost could have [...]

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An Insidious “ism”: Ageism

February 18, 2008

Yesterday, I said the only controversy bubbling at my house was over chili with beans or chili without (go vote, if you haven’t). I lied. Well, I didn’t actually lie, but I did a little blog hopping to some of my favorite places and found some more controversy to consider. I read this post by [...]

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Rock On!

January 5, 2008

Y’all have probably already seen this, because it said in my AARP Bulletin from August (I’m finally getting around to reading it) that they are a cult hit on YouTube. This is The Zimmers, who are a group of 40 “Old Age Pensioners.” This British group certainly challenges any pre-conceived notions about old age! Alf, [...]

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