Archive for August, 2007
The television network for seniors, Retirement Living TV, has a great website that you should visit. Not only is RLTV a wonderful channel to watch, but the website provides a few resources that are very useful. (Plus, the site is easy to navigate!)
One unique part of the site is the “Questions & Answers” page called […]
August 14th, 2007 | Posted in Senior Citizen Resources, Senior Citizen Advice | No Comments
Senior Citizen health & fitness is an important issue, yet many seniors lose interest in keeping fit. Often, retirement is a time to relax - and some retirees think it means they can retire from physical activity as well! Other seniors think that certain physical fitness activities will hurt them or in some way put […]
August 13th, 2007 | Posted in Senior Health, Retirement Living | No Comments
You’re single. You’re old but you’ve got a young heart. You’re bored. You’re lonely. It’s been so long since you’ve been on a date that you wouldn’t know where to start even if you could. Sure there is always dinner and a movie, but what’s so special about that? Besides there is no reason to […]
August 10th, 2007 | Posted in Senior Dating, Retirement Living | No Comments
There are a number of shows and movies I enjoy as a retiree. Most of these are old shows from the 40s and 50s, as well as classic old movies. However I have found a few very well-made movies that seniors and retirees can relate to and enjoy.
I don’t enjoy much of the sci-fi […]
August 10th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
More retirement quotes and funny sayings!
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save. ~Will Rogers, Autobiography, 1949
When you retire, you switch bosses - from the one who hired you to the one who married you. ~Gene Perret
The […]
August 9th, 2007 | Posted in Retirement Jokes | No Comments
Did you know that one-third of fraud victims nationwide are senior citizens? Even worse, 60% of all health care fraud victims are seniors. Why are seniors the special targets of scammers and what can you do to avoid being a scam victim?
Why Seniors are Special Targets for Scammers
Finances. Many seniors have […]
August 6th, 2007 | Posted in Retirement Information, Retirement Living | No Comments
More retirement quotations and pity sayings. Some of these are pretty amusing and most of them are very true!
Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means […]
August 6th, 2007 | Posted in Retirement Jokes | No Comments
Here is a collection of quotes and sayings about retirement. Some of them are funny and some are just wise!
The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off. ~Abe Lemons
When a man retires and time is no longer a matter of urgent importance, his colleagues generally present him with […]
August 5th, 2007 | Posted in Retirement Jokes | No Comments
Senior citizen potheads? Well not quite. Grandma might not be a pothead, but some of the views that seniors hold regarding drugs (specifically marijuana) might surprise you.
Nearly three out of four older Americans support legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana, a poll conducted for the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has found. The poll, […]
August 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Senior Citizen Opinions | No Comments
If you’re like most people, you’re concerned about what you’ll be able to pass on to your children. You worry about what sort of inheritance you will leave for future generations.More and more seniors have good reason to worry. In 2001, seniors averaged more than $4,000 in credit card debt. That’s almost double the amount […]
August 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Retirement Plan, Retirement Income | No Comments