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THOMAS WOLFE STYLE WITH ASHEVILLE LAUNDRY

August 13, 2016 by

What is Thomas Wolfe Style? Keep reading. Here in Thomas Wolfe’s hometown, I mean Asheville, as much a home as he ever had since he liked to keep moving, I’m doing laundry at the Dixieland Laundry on a Friday afternoon. From the looks of things I’m probably the only washer headed back to Grove Park […]

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3 THINGS GUNS WON’T DO BUT YOU WILL

August 3, 2016 by

More than 3 things guns won’t do? Make a list. A gun won’t fix a flat tire. No matter how many times you threaten, guns won’t do it. There you are on I-5 north to Portland, cut over on 84 headed for the Glenn Jackson. You’re in a station wagon full of camping gear, kids, […]

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JB EXPLAINS ELECTION CHOICES

July 30, 2016 by

Baby Boomer Generation Knows Election Choices Putting a new tenant in the White House is always a roll of the dice, a gamble the entire world hopes goes their way. If you’re all about hope for better, then you seek ideas and writers who open doors, open windows, knock down walls of fear and doubt. […]

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TWO TABLES, ONE DINNER

July 14, 2016 by

Two tables are ready. Those are the magic words for a big dinner party. Unless it’s a big dinner at your house and you want one table instead of two tables. Then what? Crowd in. This is no restaurant, this is back deck dinner. Careful where you sit if you’re wearing white, it might not […]

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PRESSURE WASHER TIPS 101

July 14, 2016 by

Or how to find the right pressure washer the first time around. Kids love sprinklers. Then they love hoses with nozzles. They move up to squirt guns and super soakers. All the while a pressure washer lurks in their future. First it’s the electric job with a nice hum. No need to get all macho […]

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ADD YARD WORK TO ANY CRIME AND IT’S NOT A CRIME

July 11, 2016 by

The ‘get out of jail free’ card? Yard work. Rob a bank, steal a car, and do some yard work? Ok. Murder and pillage and do some yard work when I get back? Ok. It might sound easy, but adding yard work to your list of activities means doing yard work. If your yard needs […]

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HOW TO GET UP AND GO

June 21, 2016 by

When you feel down, get up and go. Make the call. The best way to beat a down day is to get up and go. It may not change anything, how you feel, where you are, but just knowing you can do it, that you can get up and go, changes things. Call it a […]

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MAKING NEW FRIENDS

June 10, 2016 by

Is it harder for aging baby boomers to make new friends? When the cycle of life leaves you lonely, it feels like everyone else is on the bicycle of life and you’ve got a flat. If that’s you, get moving. Walk it out. But to where? How do you make new friends? Where do you […]

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10 REASONS FOR BOOMER ISOLATION SHAME

May 23, 2016 by

More often than not, boomer isolation goes bad. Who of your friends would you vote for as Most Likely To Be A Hermit? Loosing touch with people doesn’t mean they’ve taken to boomer isolation. If you wonder, give them a call at the last number you have for them and see who answers. If they […]

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TIGARD POLICE EVENT AFTERMATH

May 6, 2016 by

From the bloodless Tigard Police event. I stopped in the local market for a few cold Beck’s Bombers. A Tigard police rig sat in the parking lot. Should I stop, or should I go. I stopped. I stopped in, bought a few Beck’s Bombers since my regular place had a few warm ones last time, […]

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