How Grandma Sees the Remote
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grandma, grandmas, grandmothers, remote, remote control, remote controls, technology, technological device, newfangled, newfangled technology, newfangled technologies, luddite, luddites, confused, confusion, fear, fears, fearful, old people, old age, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens"Beuford was too old for a sexual frenzy."
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frenzy, frenzied, die, dies, dying, funeral, funerals, wake, wakes, die too young, dying too young, dead too young, fantasy, lament, laments, lamenting, mourn, mourns, mourning, mourner, mourners, too old, die too old, dying too old, elderly, elder, elders, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens"Call this an iceberg? When I was a kid we wouldn't have called this an iceburg!"
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dad, dads, grandpa, grandpas, father, fathers, grandfather, grandfathers, senior, seniors, growing up, growing old, growing older, when i was a boy, cliche, cliches, war story, war stories, parent, parents, grandparent, grandparents, curmudgeon, curmudgeons, codger, codgers, penguin, penguins, iceberg, icebergs, complain, complaints, complainer, complaining, good old daysFull Moon
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old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, senile, senility, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, midlife crisis, mid-life crisis, tattoo, tattoos, getting a tattoo, full moon, full moons, insanity, crazy, strange, idea, ideas, sudden, impulse, impulsive"What will it take to put one of you two into a brand-new Eterna-5000 today?"
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death, planning for death, coffin, coffins, casket, caskets, casket store, casket stores, coffin store, coffin stores, funeral, funerals, funeral planning, end-of-life planning, after death planning, salesman, salesmen, making the sale, sale, sales, selling, shopping, customer service, old age, getting old, getting older, growing old, growing older, middle-age, middle-aged, old people, elderly, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, ageing, aging, customer, customers, shopper, shoppers, consumerism, black humor, black humour, dark humor, dark humour"Perhaps, given time, but not too much time, you could learn to love me."
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date, dates, dating, boyfriend, boyfriends, girlfriends, sugar baby, sugar babies, gold digger, gold diggers, love, relationship, relationships, couple, couples, old age, old man, old men, old people, age, ageing, aging, retire, retired, retirement, dying, elderly, elder, elders, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens'Retirement Training Program'"Very good, Larry! Just one more step and you'll have the entire aisle blocked!"
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supermarket, supermarkets, grocery store, grocery stores, food store, food stores, grocery, groceries, shop, store, food, aisle, aisles, block the aisles, blocking the aisles, blocking, block, blocked, employer, grocery cart, grocery carts, shopping cart, shopping carts, cart, carts, shopping, shopper, shoppers, grocery shopping, retire, retirement, old age, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, elderly, old people, old man, old men, stereotypes, stereotype, annoying, incompetent, pet peeve, pet peeves, training, trainer, trainers, trainee, trainees"Think of it as one less thing to worry about."
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death, grim reaper, grim reapers, reaper, reapers, embodiment of death, death personified, spectre of death, thanatos, angel of death, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, worry, worries, anxiety, anxious, stress, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, widow, widows, saying goodbye, black humor, black humour, dark humor, dark humour"I'm just as ambivalent about her as the day we met, fifty years ago."
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, romance, romantic, love, first meeting, first date, first dates, anniversary, anniversaries, wedding anniversary, 50, fifty, mixed, ambivalent, undecided, unsure, feeling, feelings, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged"But I take it a canoe trip along the lower Amazon does not appeal."
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travel agent, travel agents, travel agency, travel agencies, traveller, travellers, travelling, traveler, travelers, traveling, tourism, tourist, tourists, canoe, canoes, canoeing, amazon river, amazon, old age, elderly, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, fitness, health, bad idea, retirement, retiree, retirees"Must you use those three-by-five cards every time we have a discussion?"
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, argument, arguments, arguing, fight, fights, fighting, conflict, conflicts, discussion, discussions, discussing, card, cards, prompt cards, speech cards, prompts, talking points, speaking points, presentation, presentations, prepared, presenter, presenters, speech, speeches, prepare speech, prepared speeches, memory, bad memory, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, politician, politicians"There's lots of things in my life I absolutely needed to put in, and now there's lots of things in my life I absolutely need to get out."
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messy, mess, messes, junk, items, things, trash, rubbish, garbage, stuff, cleaning, cleaning out, spring cleaning, purging, hoard, hoards, hoarder, hoarders, hoarding, collector, collectors, collection, collections, collecting, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, materialism, life, put in, get out"Attention, shoppers. We have a lost boomer at the information desk."
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department store, department stores, store, stores, shop, shops, shopping, shopper, shoppers, mall, malls, shopping mall, shopping malls, shopping center, shopping centers, shopping centre, shopping centres, information, lost & found, lost and found, lost, missing, boomer, boomers, baby boomer, baby boomers, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, senile, senility, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, announcement, announcements, attention, man, men"Elsie is still waiting for postmenopausal zest to kick in."
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menopause, menopausal, depression, depressed, depressing, lust for life, zest, seize the day, wait, waits, waiting, unrealistic, unlikely, long wait, long waits, lonely, loneliness, post-menopause, grow old, growing old, old woman, old women, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, mental health34th Honeymoon
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relationship, relationships, love, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, honeymoons, wedding anniversary, wedding anniversaries, celebrating, celebration, celebrations, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, midlife crisis, mid-life crisis, diner, diners, drink, drinks, drinking, drinking alcohol, alcohol, alcoholic, beer, beers, nickname, nicknames, slang, young at heart, wild"Look after Foster, will you, Kendall? He's the new kid on the block."
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executive, executives, businessmen, businessman, new kid on the block, men, man, club, clubs, gentlemen, gentlemen's club, gentlemen's clubs, middle age, middle aged, old age, old people, old men, elderly, elder, elders, senior, seniors, senior citizens, senior citizen, rich people, rich, wealthy, wealth, wealthy people"I'm not worrying. I've got most of my money in handbaskets."
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going to hell in a handbasket, going to hell in a handcart, going to hell in a bucket, going to hell in a handbag, allegory, allegories, locution, locutions, idiom, idioms, figure of speech, figures of speech, saying, sayings, expression, expressions, old age, old people, old person, age, ageing, aging, retirement, retire, retired, death, die, died, dying, elderly, elder, elders, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, money, wealth, wealthy, rich, rich people, wealthy people"Scientists have extended the life of the fruit fly."
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old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, old age, aging, ageing, nurse, nursing home, nursing homes, retirement home, retirement homes, old age home, old age homes, fruit fly, fruit flies, science, scientist, scientists, extended, lifespan, lifespans, medical, medicine, news, newspaper, newspapersA women flinging grapes into a teacup using a spoon as a catapult.
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food, playing with food, grape, grapes, bored, boredom, spoon, spoons, catapult, catapults, sport, sports, hobby, hobbies, leisure, creative, game, games, fun, self-entertainment, bad shot, bad aim, target practice, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age"There goes Daddy to the park again! And do you know what he does in the park? He sits! That's what he does. He sits! He goes to the park and just sits!"
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relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, father, fathers, fatherhood, dad, dads, family, families, escape, escapes, escaping, silience, relaxation, relaxing, park, parks, sitting, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, peace and quiet, calm, calming, taking a break, break, breaks, getting awayA man sits in an armchair admiring his little pickers and trophies of litter he has picked up which are displayed on the wall.
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litter, trash, rubbish, garbage, taxidermy, hunter, hunters, collector, collectors, collection, trophy, trophies, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly, environmental issues, pollution, litter picker, litter pickers, hobby, hobbies, retirement, retiree, retirees, old, elderly, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens