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In Case You Missed Out…Enjoy These Recent Suddenly Senior Columns. We know you’ll enjoy our extensive list of senior articles and stories.

A FRESH AND FUNNY LOOK AT SENIORDOM

“I think my sexpiration date has expired!”

SENIOR SEX Gramps Doing It!

SENIOR NOSTALGIA Remember? Dating in the ‘50s and other lies

SENIOR TRIVIA Are you “older than dirt?” Take these quizzes


SENIOR SEX ARTICLES…

Have Sex Like You Did 50 Years Ago!

The real pièce de résistance, though, was that first line of defense no mother would let her daughter out without the dreaded girdle.

Are You Ever Too Old For an Orgy?

Not if today’s seniors have anything to say about it. We may embarrass our kids and shock the neighbors, but wrinkly Romeos and sagging seductresses are just carrying on a time-honored tradition.

Sex After Death? Heaven Forbid!

As we slip and slide toward the inevitable, is there a senior among us who hasn’t pondered the possibility of hot sex beyond those pearly gates? Eternity is a long time to go without a good roll in the hay.

In Praise of Older Women

An older, single woman usually has had her fill of “meaningful relationships” and “commitment.” Can’t relate? Can’t commit? She could care less. The last thing she needs in her life is another dopey, clingy, whiny, dependent lover!Acute Angina Comic

Sex After 60

(Probably a very short column)Of course, many of the younger generation, including our sons and daughters, find it disgusting that Granny and Gramps could still be doing it. “More than you think,” says Frank. “Much more!”

The Key to Great Senior Sex

What really catches my eye is the dazzling red type across from the photo saying, “Your Penis Shrinks 19.8% as you get older due to deficiency of testosterone!”

Burt Reynolds at 70: Former Sex-Magnet

One minute you’re a male sex object, the next, you’re a lecherous old fart with bad breath, bad teeth, and probably badly in need of Viagra.

Looking for Mr. Oldbar

Dozens of sightings of senior citizens engaged in outdoor sexual activities leads to an investigation of “Looking for Love” classified ads for the senior set.

Taking It All Off for GeezerCam

With WebCams for everything else, it’s time for GeezerCam. The camera could follow my every movement from the times I get up in the middle of the night to pee right through my exciting day until my wife and I shake hands at bedtime. Eye-popping? You bet!

“Hey, Cutie Pie. I’ve Got Viagra!” A Look at Today’s Senior Dating.

Dating, the second time around, has its pitfalls. Senior men seem to believe mature women want nothing more than a warm body who doesn’t miss the toilet too often. Senior women claim they’re lucky to find a man who can remember where he left his teeth. Learn the ugly truth here.


NOSTALGIA…

Lessons I Should Have Learned From My Mother

I”As is the mother, so is her daughter.” — Ezekiel 16:44

When Drugstores were Drugstores

If you grew up when neighborhood drugstores sold little but medicine and sodas, when prescriptions cost 67 cents, and when Lime Rickeys, Green River, Lydia Pinkhams and Hadacol were “the mostest,” this column’s for you.

The Last Oldsmobile

Many of us lost a dear friend on April 29, 2004, as the final Oldsmobile rolled off the assembly line. The oldest automotive brand name in US history died at age 106. What are your Olds memories? I share some of mine.

A Geezer’s B-17 Flight into History

A story of heroics exactly 60 years ago. Meet pilot, John McLaughlin, then fly the restored WWII B-17 bomber Fuddy Duddy. Climb aboard. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.

My Love Affair with the Hepburn Women

Here’s why I think Katharine and Audrey were the two standout artists of the 20th Century. It certainly wasn’t just their good looks and charm.

Heavy Groping at the StarLite Drive-in

Were drive-in movies of the ‘40s and ‘50s the sexually unrestrained “passion pits” of yore? Or is all that our inner teenager’s imagination?

A Tip of the Hat To a Proud American Tradition

Wearing that 1957 hat made me feel like an adult for the first time in my life. It told the world that I was now a man of substance, someone not to be trifled with.

Where Did All Our Front Porches Go?

Every evening you’d find my extended family out there recalling their days, catching up on the news, greeting and often sharing the evening’s dessert of rhubarb pie with passing neighbors.

My Father’s Brief Affair

It was Jezebel, beautiful, sensuous, and forbidden, a wanton mistress that threatened the very stability and sanctity of marriage.1959 Cadillac Convertible

The Green Bomb

It wasn’t much on looks. It had more miles on it than God. The clutch slipped, the rear shocks didn’t work, and inside it smelled like someone died. But that ’39 Studebaker was my first car, my first true love.


BATTLES WE WAGE…

Japan’s Other Disaster: Seniors

The suicide rate among seniors in Japan was extraordinarily high for many, many years until the Japanese government undertook several social programs to provide proper care for the elderly 20-25 years ago.

Fired, at 63!

Frank’s wife, Carolyn, just got canned. Why? Who knows? Her manager yelled, “Get your ass the hell out of here!” Read what it’s like, what we can do about it when it happens.

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