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"After you, young man." Said to me upon leaving the elevator. Yeah, I'm 79 and 27 3Hotdogs Feb 2022 Apr 2022 16 3119
"Senior" flu shot 14 lillypaddle Oct 2019 Oct 2019 2 1935
"stimulus check" and tax return-UPDATED 18 lillypaddle Mar 2020 Mar 2020 3 2141
"Sweet old ladies and sweet old men" 2 lillypaddle Sep 2020 Sep 2020 6 875
"They Were Expendable" Are we the current 'expendables'? 6 trof May 2020 Jul 2020 9 1884
"This Is My Life Now" -- An Interview with a Nursing Home Resident 2 left-of-center2012 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 7 1543
"What a revoltin' development THIS is!" 15 trof Mar 2020 Mar 2020 1 2047
"YOU WERE IN MY CLASS!" 4 babylonsister Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 2269
$220,000 medical expenses after retirement? 9 question everything Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 3079
"Dallas" series premiere Wed., June 13, 9 p.m. ET on TNT...... 1 Little Star May 2012 May 2012 1 2578
"Strip Poker" Centrum Silver 0 Crewleader Jun 2014 Jun 2014 3 2010
'Bed By The Window' - James King 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 4 1309
'Don't You Work With Old People?': Many Elder- Care Workers Still Refuse Covid-19 Vaccine 3 appalachiablue Jul 2021 Jul 2021 6 2277
'Just Unbearable.' Booming Job Market Can't Fill the Retirement Shortfall 3 question everything Dec 2018 Dec 2018 2 2334
'Remedies' to encourage word retrieval? 12 elleng Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 1656
'Silent strokes' linked to memory loss in elderly 3 Little Star Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 3468
'Silent' or 'Boomer'? 14 trof Nov 2019 Nov 2019 1 2164
'We Thought Within a Year, She Would Be Gone.' When Mom's Care Costs Over $1 Million. 2 question everything Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 3586
*Social Security Works - Fighting Privatization of Medicare ('Medicare Disadvantage') 8 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 2346
1. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHO TO MARRY? (Written by kids) 12 CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2022 Dec 2022 42 2978
10 Strange Stories About Frank Sinatra 1 Crewleader Jun 2014 Nov 2014 3 3941
10 Ways to Add Protein without Breaking the Bank 6 elleng Feb 26 Mar 1 18 1474
100 Year Old Woman Trumps Elaborate Phone Scam 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2012 Dec 2012 0 1945
1959 Dinah Shore Show opening. Amazing collection of performers. 6 trof Jan 2012 Apr 2012 3 3092
25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP 7 babylonsister May 2013 Mar 2014 7 2773
8 Superfoods to Eat After 50 9 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 17 1869
81-year-old facing eviction from cabin he's lived in for 27 years due to trespassing claim 12 peppertree Aug 2021 Aug 2021 13 2374
81-year-old nursing assistant honored for perfect attendance record amid the COVID-19 pandemic 1 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 2 1394
90-year-old knits hats during pandemic, supports nursing home with some of the proceeds 0 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 6 1316
93-Year-Old Woman Spends 2 Nights In Jail After Eviction From Senior Housing 1 appleannie1943 Dec 2017 Dec 2017 10 1981

Seniors Continued...

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94-year-old comes 300 miles with family to cast her vote in-person in Detroit 3 sandensea Oct 2020 Oct 2020 19 1619
A 'Jeopardy!' for the Forgetful - Jeff Greenfield 4 question everything Feb 26 Feb 26 2 843
A Better Kind of Nursing Home 18 elleng Dec 2017 Dec 2017 16 3452
A Better Place 6 babylonsister Aug 2021 Sep 2021 14 1812
A fabulous video: Senior Olympic Synchronized Swimming 4 Mira Feb 2012 Mar 2012 0 4529
A few things you may not have known: [View all] 75 CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2021 Apr 2022 177 11669
A friend of mine, a senior like me, sent me this. I thought it was a hoot and I hope you do too! 15 CaliforniaPeggy 18 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 48 1213
A funny for my fellow seniors! 10 ShazzieB Mar 12 Mar 13 41 1342
A geriatric-care manager 0 keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 Dec 2020 1 1222
A German nursing home tries a novel form of dementia therapy. 3 marybourg Dec 2017 Mar 2018 10 1768
A good friend of mine sent me these Senior Words of Wisdom: 31 CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2023 Nov 2023 82 4056
A little 'senior' 'celebration,' 4 elleng Mar 14 Mar 14 9 369
A mew scam? Medicare 2023 card? 6 question everything Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1574
A new phone scam 7 question everything Nov 2016 Nov 2016 0 2670
A Parent's Love ~ I Cried After Watching This... 2 In_The_Wind Sep 2014 Sep 2014 7 1996
A question about Medicare and secondary coverage. I have Medicare. Not Advantage. 24 Lint Head May 2014 May 2014 1 3503
A question for geezer guys born in the 40s and 50s. 16 trof May 2021 Jun 2021 1 5101
A Quiet ‘Sea Change’ in Medicare 0 elleng Mar 2014 Mar 2014 6 1461
a revelation about being retired. 20 ellenrr Sep 2018 Oct 2018 37 4912
A Righteous Rant: 8 trof Apr 2021 Apr 2021 14 2539
A Well-Planned Retirement from The London Times: 11 CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2020 Aug 2020 31 2229
AARP Renewal - read the small print 24 stopbush Jan 2021 Jan 2021 4 2285
AARP: Does Blood Type Play a Role in COVID-19 Risk? 1 NurseJackie Dec 2020 Dec 2020 14 1440
AARP: Unusual Symptoms of COVID-19 You Need to Know About 2 NurseJackie Nov 2020 Nov 2020 22 1877
About loneliness among seniors 7 question everything Dec 2018 Dec 2018 5 1482
About ready to give up. One thing after another. Being a Senior is not fun. 7 Paper Roses Oct 2015 Nov 2015 14 3070
Absent Progressive Uproar, Social Security and Medicare Face Axe 0 ellenrr Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1397
ADULT TRUTHS 7 trof Jan 2015 Feb 2015 22 3523
Affordable housing for seniors. 9 REACTIVATED IN CT Jan 2012 Jan 2012 3 3001
After cataract surgery do you go back to being able 30 marybourg Jul 2020 Jul 2021 4 4570

Seniors Continued...

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After months of studying the different plans I finally signed up for Medicare supplement and Part D. 14 redstatebluegirl Feb 2020 Feb 2020 8 1789
Ageism and COVID-19 3 steve2470 May 2020 May 2020 7 1272
Ageism In Health Care, More Common Than You Think. Bias, Discrimination Harm People: NPR 14 appalachiablue Mar 7 Mar 8 17 797
Ageism in the Self-checkout Lane 30 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Apr 2022 18 2652
Aging Delays the Perception of Falling 5 question everything Oct 2017 Oct 2017 6 2578
aging love. 18 mopinko Jun 2022 Jun 2022 10 1548
Alzheimer's risk lowered by any type of physical activity 1 LongTomH Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2017
Amazon Echo for Seniors 8 NurseJackie Mar 2020 Apr 2020 15 1378
An attorney friend in California posted this California Statutory Will, and I thought I'd share. 2 elleng Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 1999
An email "announced": temporary SSN suspension. Of course a scam 4 question everything Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1063
Ancient aliens ! 1 left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 Aug 2019 7 1225
and btw 8 dweller Jun 2020 Jun 2020 0 1838
And now I'm 78. Jeez. I didn't think I'd live this long. [View all] 82 trof Aug 2019 Sep 2019 120 9832
Another scam the worse: This is not a sale call, but a "reply" 8 question everything Dec 2018 Dec 2018 6 1737
Another year has passed...... 2 Little Star Jan 2015 Jan 2015 2 2103
Any advice on a cell phone and plan? 9 Dyedinthewoolliberal Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2696
Any former Boy Scouts here? 7 trof Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 1576
Any get their flu shot yet? 32 LiberalArkie Oct 2020 Oct 2020 4 1800
any ideas re a basic phone? 11 ellenrr Dec 2015 Dec 2015 0 2853
Any of yall notice, when you've had an operation/procedure, shortly after you develop another problem or minor illness? 6 raccoon Feb 14 Feb 24 2 765
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