This blog is for those of you who, like me, are over the half century mark and still kicking.I was at my local store the other day and the young cashier suggested that I should bring my own shopping bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.I apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my early days."The cashier responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations. You didn'

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead."How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You

If you were born in the 50s or 60s then you have a lot to be thankful for.First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and drank while they carried us. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints. We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention the risks we took hitc

The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how things used to be. Here are some interesting facts about the1500s:Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.Baths consisted of a

In the great Australian outback a Gecko (small lizard) was scampering through the lucious bushland when he heard these strange noises coming form one of the gum trees above. He stopped in his tracks and looked up to see a Koala (like a small cuddly bear but it's not a bear and they have very long sharp claws and spend all day eating gum leaves) smoking a joint.The Gecko, amazed at this sight, says hey man what ya doin'? The half stoned Koala looks down with bleary eyes and says, in a