Browsing All posts tagged under »Elderly«

It’s Press The Elderly Into Small Quarters and Pensions

June 13, 2012

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Look to the Island kingdom of Britain for a taste of the future. Because of its size and location, it has to pay attention to recycling, land conservation and other issues such as immigration way in advance of larger land states. Last winter saw a proposal that the Elderly give up their large homes and […]

Proposal in Britain to Force Elderly to Smaller Quarters to Relieve Housing Shortage.

October 19, 2011

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Just today I received the following tired joke in an e-mail: To save the economy, on October 10th, 2011, Obama will announce that he is ordering the immigration department to start deporting old people (instead of illegal’s) in order to lower Social Security and Medicare costs. Old people are easier to catch, and will not […]

Post Tsunami Japan Sees Some Surprisingly Hostile Treatment of Elderly

March 19, 2011

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As the waters receded, it became clear that a high portion of Japan’s elderly contributed to the nations’ death toll.  With one of the world’s largest  aging populations prior to the disaster, post-tsunami and earth quake, some surprising attitudes and actions against this vulnerable group were laid bare. The aging of Japan’s population is proving […]

The Compleate Elder Blogger

September 25, 2010

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It is almost 1:00 AM.  I have a raisin stuck in my keyboard and a mosquito as large as a drone pinging my monitor.  WordPress has just recovered from a crash.  I love this. I had a bad fall this summer and my only concern as I hit the pavement: “Will my hands be OK”?  […]

SamHenry on Finding No “Me” at meez.com

August 2, 2010

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See her?  I can’t do anything with her.  I sent her here to be a kind of babe for the blog off to the side bar and down about 5 – to have just for fun.  At my age, I can’t go to meez.com and get an elder babe. I call her Gerry ’cause she […]

SamHenry’s “New World Order”- Scenario #1

July 26, 2010

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Three things a young person does not want to hear: 1. Grandma is coming to live with us. 2. Someone else’s grandma is coming to live with us (we need the money) 3. You will be going to live with someone else’s grandma. This evening, I went grocery shopping with a young man from Korea […]

Everyone’s Having a Good Time this Memorial Day Weekend, Right?

May 30, 2010

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Maybe.  As usual it depends on how old you are, how hooked up you are and how financially solvent you are if you can’t imagine a good time without spending  lots of money.  Mainly, it depends on your point of view: What IS a good time? I have friends of all ages – lesson one […]

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