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In the New Yorker...
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 17, 2020, 10:43:17 am ---I used my AARP discount once. ;D But anyway, a Medicare Advantage Plan (something I need to start studying up on :( ) includes a gym membership called "Silver Sneakers." :P
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I have a "Silver Sneakers" card, and I use it to go to the free-climbing sessions on Wednesday evenings at the Rec Center. It saves me $6 to get in to the climbing wall area. I think you can also use it to get in to the weight room and gym for free and can get discounts on classes. It's a good deal.
I would like a little more clarification on the point about John McPhee being 89. Are you surprised because he is still writing for TNY at age 89?
Front-Ranger:
So, I hear Betty White is 98 today!
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 17, 2020, 11:50:52 am ---I would like a little more clarification on the point about John McPhee being 89. Are you surprised because he is still writing for TNY at age 89?
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What's to be clarified? I'm surprised to learn that the man is 89 years old, period. I did not know he was that old. I was never that interested in him to look him up, but from the nature-y topics I remember him writing about, I assumed he was my generation--possibly even younger--so that it came as a surprise to me to learn that he is of my father's generation.
Front-Ranger:
Okay, thank you for clarifying that.
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on January 17, 2020, 10:43:17 am ---I've enjoyed his nature-y stuff in TNY, but I've never read his books. I have a vague memory of some article that had to do with the growth of the Rockies or the wearing down of the Appalachians, or something like that.
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My brother would like something like that. I can imagine it being interesting and compellingly written, just not my highest priority when there's already so much else to read.
--- Quote ---I used my AARP discount once. ;D But anyway, a Medicare Advantage Plan (something I need to start studying up on :( ) includes a gym membership called "Silver Sneakers." :P
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Yeah, I've heard about those. I once wrote a story on a gym specifically designed for oldies. It had pretty cool equipment and people of all ages from 40 up, but it was in a wealthy neighborhood and costly.
--- Quote ---Me, too. It's been said that "old people vote," but I guess we'll have to wait and see. Maybe it would make a difference if we Boomers get over our reluctance to admit our Boomer-ishness and stick together as a voting block.
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It's tricky to embrace "boomer" when it's being used as an insult. But I've castigated people on social media when they've said saying something that they wouldn't say if they substituted the name of any other demographic group.
But voting bloc wise, our numbers are shrinking. Donald Trump, the official oldest boomer in my mind because he was born 10 months after the end of the war, is still pretty active. Unfortunately. There are now more millennials than boomers and the youngest millennials are of voting age.
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