Our 1940s trivia will test your knowledge of WW2. Once again, the world was engaged in war. We collected ration tokens, washed out and saved our tin cans, and way too many windows framed Gold Star flags. See how much you can recall. 1940s Trivia 1. In 1943 the world’s largest office building was completed….
Originally published May 11, 2003 in the Baltimore Sun CBS COMMENTATOR newspaper columnist Andy Rooney makes what I am sure is a pretty good living as an irascible old curmudgeon, but his trademark crankiness gets him into trouble, too. In 1990, he was suspended by CBS News for 32 days for inflammatory comments he made…
My wife, Carolyn, and I are three miles up, falling, tumbling, soaring through space at 174 feet per second – 120 mph or “terminal velocity” – and all I can think of is: “Wow! I’m flying. I should have worn a jacket.” The rushing winds press through us, cold, dizzying, exhilarating. Carolyn shouts to me,…
If we seniors had just one prescribed pill for every promise politicians have made proposing adequate Medicare-drug benefits, we’d each have a lifetime pile of pharmaceuticals. More bogus assurances belch forth from Washington daily. Unfortunately, all the drug company cards, LillyAnswers, Orange Card, Novartis CareCard, etc. have been canceled because “they are not needed with…
To the utter horror of our children, today’s seniors are pushing the sexual envelope in ways (e.g. a senior orgy), some say, contrary to all that’s right and holy. Used to be, by age 60, seniors were expected to hang it up, start acting their age, and prepare for the solemn business of departing this…
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