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Older White Men Take Big Hit From Recession
posted over 2 years ago, updated 2 minutes later by Newser | 0 comments
Typically it’s the young who lose their jobs in a recession, but not in the current slowdown. Aging white workers at the theoretical peak of their earning power are losing their jobs this time around—and they can’t find new ones, USA Today reports...
Just Continuing My Life As "Normal"
posted over 2 years ago by Damefalke | 1 comment
It has been five months since I wrote last so decided to continue my saga. It is raining but warm here in Athens, Ga. My life has changed some due to the fact that I am totally in love with Alan (aka Algernon101 here on Eons). The irony is we stil...
Questions About Buying in a Retirement Community
posted over 2 years ago by bill55places | 0 comments
Moving to an active retirement community is an exciting time for most older adults. It means picking up from living in a neighborhood you know and love and moving to an new, unknown community. Ideally, the move should be smooth and easy. Before yo...
Luxury living beyond these gates
posted over 3 years ago, updated about 1 month later by EonsReadingRoom | 0 comments
by Linda Hersey, Eons contributor
Peti and Stu Ehlin, retired school teachers from New York, are up bright and early at Valencia Shores, a new luxury community in South Florida for adults 55 and older.
But their lives are anything but retiring.
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Peti and Stu Ehlin, retired school teachers from New York, are up bright and early at Valencia Shores, a new luxury community in South Florida for adults 55 and older.
But their lives are anything but retiring.
...
Thoughts on turning 55
posted over 4 years ago, updated 13 days later by GkayS | 0 comments
There is a lot of emphasis on the "zero" birthdays, 30, 40 and 50, but honestly the "five" birthdays seem to bother me! Fifty-five means that I am officially a "senior". All the signs say "Seniors 55 and over!" Oh my! Well, let me just tell you th...
SMOKING ALERT
posted over 4 years ago, updated 9 minutes later by Yoli | 1 comment
DEAR FELLOW BOOMERS.
Happy New Year to all.
I'm so sorry I have been away from my blog for so long but my husband and I have been battling a little monster, one that insidiously creeps upon humans and that quietly, very quietly, feeds away at thei...
Happy New Year to all.
I'm so sorry I have been away from my blog for so long but my husband and I have been battling a little monster, one that insidiously creeps upon humans and that quietly, very quietly, feeds away at thei...
Age and Disability Discrimination Alive and Well
posted over 5 years ago by rayj89108 | 4 comments
It is amazing. Yesterday I applied to a major airline for a postiion as a part-time Customer Service Agent at the local airport. I have Parkinson's and am over 55. It is just amazing to me that I did not get an offer for that position.
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My first posting
posted over 5 years ago by paint | 1 comment
Hi - Merry Christmas. I never chated with anyone on line. Today is sunny and kind of warm for Boston,MA. I'm looking for snow, just a little. I'm babbling...a little lonely. I did have my glory days. Remember them filled with loads of things to do...
Who am I?
posted over 5 years ago, updated 2 minutes later by lizzy55 | 2 comments
Well, here goes. My first blog--not just on Eons, but anywhere. Fifty -five years old and this is my first blog? Yes. Am I a world traveler, far too busy to post my musings? Am I hopelessly computer-illiterate? No to the first query. Yes, but...
