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For Younger TGB Readers: Obamacare Enrollment Begins

If you are 64 or younger, today's post is for you. At last. Whether Senator Ted Cruz likes it or not, on 1 January 2014, Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act or ACA) goes into effect. So that eligible people can... Read More...

Published Thu, Sep 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

No Room at the Inn for a Cat

Although the Maine house closing is not until 17 May, the moving company will be loading Crabby's household goods on 12 May so that they will be delivered to Lake Oswego within a few days of her arrival on 18... Read More...

Published Tue, Apr 13 2010 2:35 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 13 February 2016

WHAT JOHN KASICH TOLD ELDERS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE The Ohio governor is not the mild-mannered moderate the media has been promoting since his surge into a second-place win in New Hampshire last Tuesday. Clare Malone, writing at fivethirtyeight.com is representative...

Published Sat, Feb 13 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Pets and Elders

Those two kinds of living creatures go together well. Many studies show that sharing life with a dog or cat or other kind of pet increases health and well-being of elders, even lowers blood pressure. Our pets are our boon... Read More...

Published Thu, Aug 22 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Non-Existent Elder Fashion

[Editorial Note: I last wrote about this subject five years ago. Due to that post, on Friday I was contacted for advice by a young fashion designer who wants to specialize in fashion for elder women. That gives me a... Read More...

Published Mon, Aug 26 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

The Gift of Life - Elder Organ Donation

Did you know that old people can be organ donors? I didn't. Until recently. I had just assumed that after a certain age (I never put any thought to what the cutoff would be), one's heart, lungs, pancreas, kidneys, corneas,... Read More...

Published Mon, Feb 29 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 29 April 2017

AGEING TO THE BEAT OF THEIR OWN DRUM From one to 100. Let me quote Aeon page: ”An extraordinarily simple premise deftly executed, this video arranges a diverse group of 100 people in ascending order from age one to 100.... Read More...

Published Sat, Apr 29 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 19 October 2013

AGEIST OR JUST CHEEKY? Nobody doesn't like 91-year-old comedian/actress Betty White. Her TV Land series, Hot in Cleveland, is going into its fifth season and she's widely sought after as a spokesperson. In this new commercial video, White represents...

Published Sat, Oct 19 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 27 May 2017

BEFORE WE GET STARTED TODAY Yesterday, I posted instructions for John Oliver's direct link to the FCC comment page on the agency's net neutrality changes. In case you missed it, here it is again: To get to the page, go... Read More...

Published Sat, May 27 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 3 June 2017

Believe me, this is not what you were expecting today. Not your normal Saturday Interesting Stuff column. And it is something I never imagined dealing with on TGB. But there you are – shit happens in life. No one ever... Read More...

Published Sat, Jun 03 2017 6:00 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 20 May 2017

PORTRAITS OF A CENTURY As Senior Planet explains it, Czech Republic photographer, Jan Langer ”...has spent some time comparing images of people when they were young with their 100-year-old selves. His meditation on age is the basis for a thoughtful,....

Published Sat, May 20 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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