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Translation For Boomer Exercise, pt 1

October 19, 2013 by

From The UK, (not the picture.) Exercise changes with each border. It’s a cultural deal. What doesn’t change is the effect on the human body. A Zoomba class in the picture shows proof. What follows uses UK ideas applied to America. Then applied to baby boomers. That’s what boomerpdx does. It’s a cultural deal. Get ready to […]

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Average American Man = Fat?

October 11, 2013 by

This is what it looks like my boomers. Average American from The Atlantic. The artist compares Average American, named Todd, to other countries. Do you agree with this interpretation, or is there something missing?

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No One Joins For The Death Benefit

October 10, 2013 by

Army, Navy, Marine, Air Force. All Carry The Death Benefit. Modern war doesn’t draft troops. Young men and women talk to recruiters and sign up. They sign up on the trust of the recruiter and their own research. It’s a deal that says if you fulfill your end, we’ll do the same. What’s the deal?

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Baby Boomers Used To Know That

October 4, 2013 by

Boomers took the first slap from the Do It Yourself movement. Old timers had a saying: “If it was build by a man, it can be fixed by a man.” They usually said it before they reconditioned a scrapped tractor with bubble gum and bailing wire. Those were the garage wizards building cars before the […]

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Learning From The Shrill Baby Boomer

September 30, 2013 by

Is It Talk Or Squawk? Have you asked a question and the person answering jumps into the middle of something you’ve never heard? “How’s it going?” “Oh, you know, it’s like, it never stops, if you know what I mean, rolling along like nothing matters and then it does and you’re stuck.” All you did […]

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How To Baby Boomer

September 24, 2013 by

Boomers come in two varieties. In the sixties the legendary demarcation line was LSD. You were either on the bus for the trip, or not. The differences were obvious.

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How To Attend A Baby Boomer High School Reunion

September 16, 2013 by

Lessons From The Front Whether you’re a city boomer or country boomer, big school or small, these rules apply. If you were home schooled, tag along with friends from the local high school. If your Mom wants to go, you make that call.

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American Baby Boomer History, pt.1

September 2, 2013 by

  Little Baby Boomers launched into the world between 1946-1964, the year after WWII ended and LBJ’s first elected Presidential year. Imagine the tension, the residual stress, from a global upheaval that included carpet bombing and comfort women. They did what they had to do to save the world from Nazis and crazed Japanese militants and it […]

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Baby Boomer Marketing: Peace And Release

August 24, 2013 by

Do You Know A Boomer?   Portland baby boomers, like all boomers, are not a rare breed. They’re not like NFL players or Olympians. Do you know one of them? Boomers live next door, stand in line, drive their own car. But how do you reach them? Check their history.

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Middle Child, Middle Boomer, Middle You

August 15, 2013 by

  A friend has two family members, one older and one younger, with birthdays so close they have their own little birthday club. The friend cried about it so much every year that he started getting presents on their birthdays to shut him up. He kept secret score as the middle child in the line-up. What else did Middle Child […]

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