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INTERESTING STUFF – 14 July 2012

END OF MINITEL IN FRANCE In 1988, when I visited an American friend working in Paris for several months, she showed me the most amazing appliance – the Minitel. Long before there were personal computers, in France nearly everyone had... Read More...

Published Sat, Jul 14 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Woody Guthrie

This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

Published Sun, Jul 15 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

A Week in Manhattan: Part Two

My work at the Consumer Electronics Show for Senior Planet was done on Thursday and I moved from the hotel to stay with friends on the upper west side near 72nd Street. Barry and Wendl Kornfeld have what is considered... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 02 2014 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Small Miracles (from 2010)

EDITORIAL NOTE: Time Goes By Sunday Elder Music columnist, Peter Tibbles and his Assistant Musicologist are visiting from Melbourne for a few days. While they are here, in place of new posts are some vintage TGB stories that I kind... Read More...

Published Fri, May 04 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 December 2013

TWIN BOYS JUST BORN All it says at the YouTube page is that they don't realize yet they have been born – I'm guessing that means they don't know yet they're in a new environment. It is magical. (Thank you... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 14 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Would You Fix Social Security?

Separate from the determination of some members of Congress to cut Social Security across the board, is the program's shortfall. It is not serious but it is real and even though several do-able solutions have been discussed for years, the... Read...

Published Wed, Feb 09 2011 5:31 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Interesting Singers

This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

Published Sun, Dec 08 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Blog Housekeeping Notes

I'm taking a day off from blogging but here are a couple of housekeeping items. There is a new addition to the TGB feature, Where Elders Blog, from a woman who calls herself The Little Old Lady. Take a look.... Read More...

Published Tue, Aug 16 2011 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF: 8 December 2012

BRAND NEW BABY ELEPHANT It happened eight days ago right here at the Portland, Oregon zoo. After a 21-month pregnancy and five days of labor, Asian elephant Rose-Tu gave birth to a 300-pound daughter. This video was shot on 30... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 08 2012 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Appointment in Samarra [redux]

EDITORIAL NOTE: My brain always rebels more strongly than my body against hot weather and again, I'm feeling rather stupid while this heat wave goes on one more day. This, like yesterday's rerun, is from 2005. Due to the fable... Read More...

Published Wed, Jul 03 2013 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

News About Old People - 11 January 2017

Here are a few items I want to tell you about that do not quite fit Saturday's Interesting Stuff and are also not big enough or meaty enough for a post of their own. Even so, I think you might... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 11 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

How Trump Will Get Anything He Wants From Congress

I believe this is important enough to publish on what is usually an “off day” for Time Goes by. If you have been following the Republican/Democratic discussion over repealing Obamacare, it has become obvious that it is way too complex... Read More...

Published Thu, Jan 12 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 December 2016

THE NEW YEAR THAT IS UPON US Here we are today at the end of another year. This is the final Interesting Stuff and the final post overall for the year of 2016, which passes into history tonight. My first... Read More...

Published Sat, Dec 31 2016 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2016 - Part 1

This Sunday Elder Music column was launched in December of 2008. By May of the following year, one commenter, Peter Tibbles, had added so much knowledge and value to my poor attempts at musical presentations that I asked him to... Read More...

Published Sun, Jan 01 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

Watching Myself Grow Old

A couple of weeks ago, we had a long discussion about cosmetic surgery in old age. The comments score pro and con, if you don't count a few who confused cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, was about 50/50. It baffles me... Read More...

Published Wed, Jan 04 2017 5:30 AM by TIME GOES BY

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INTERESTING STUFF – 14 July 2012

ELDER MUSIC: Woody Guthrie

A Week in Manhattan: Part Two

Small Miracles (from 2010)

INTERESTING STUFF – 14 December 2013

How Would You Fix Social Security?

ELDER MUSIC: Interesting Singers

Blog Housekeeping Notes

INTERESTING STUFF: 8 December 2012

Appointment in Samarra [redux]

News About Old People - 11 January 2017

How Trump Will Get Anything He Wants From Congress

INTERESTING STUFF – 31 December 2016

ELDER MUSIC: Toes Up in 2016 - Part 1

Watching Myself Grow Old