Senior Citizens

Like pushing the car to make it start, helping do laundry in tubs, wearing second hand clothes, ect...! PLEASE no NEGATIVE responses, we all had them but lets bury them or keep them to ourselves. This is not the place to vent about horrible things that happened in your past.

2007-07-30 01:16:00 · 12 answers · asked by ndnquah 6

Who had the most influence in who you turned how to be? Encouraged you, gave you good advise, believed in you, etc. Who was a role model, someone you admired and wanted to emulate? What did they teach you?

For me it was my aunt and uncle. Any unconditional love in my life I got from them. My aunt was a lobbyist and a farmers wife, and it was the two of them who made me realize there was a big world out there, and women could do more than be a wife and mother -

I remember running to my uncle one day and telling him there were fairies living down in the ravine. I was about 2 or 3 I guess, and I can still see him taking his cap of and rubbing his head and say "Well for gosh sakes I didnt know that?, My aunt came outside and he called her and said "Mildred did you know we have fairies living down by the creek? I think we had better go down there and have a look. I dont recall that I ever saw a fairy before but I sure wouldnt mind meeting them"

They were so good with children -

2007-07-29 19:30:31 · 29 answers · asked by isotope2007 6

Trade places with someone you love, who is ill, so that you might better understand him/her and what he/she is going through? I would.

2007-07-29 08:05:53 · 10 answers · asked by kayboff 7

Have any of you who have had dealings with Alzheimers/Dementia had any experience dealing with your loved one's hallucinations? Do you just play along or try to reason with the person?

2007-07-29 07:59:04 · 10 answers · asked by kayboff 7

The average life expectancy now is 78, and by 2008, the first baby boomers will begin to retire. Do you think the Bush Administration is playing on our fears to get his SS proposal accepted? I think it includes cut benefits, delayed retirement, and revised wages and price indexes, along with tax credits. In other words, does SS really need fixing or is this propaganda?

2007-07-29 07:51:07 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

1. What 60s group sang the hit song Nashville Cats?
2. Who was vice president to Ike Eisenhower?
3. What year did the first frozen TV dinner appear on the market?
4. What was a memorable event for you in 1957?

I know some will have "senior" moments but do your best!

2007-07-29 05:49:48 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am at my wits end with all these parents who say that their " Little Johnny's" are either ADD or AHADor ADHD, what ever! Every child in America is a "Special Needs" child. The lack of parenting skills is unbelievable. My Little Johnny can't set still in class, what a load!! My Little Johnny can't concentrate. My Father had a fix for that one too. POW, can yeah concentrate now? When I came up a parent would have been embarrased to admit that their child was less than perfect. Now the parents all line up so that there child can ride the"Little Yella Bus" Am I crazy here? Do you agree that the parents just don't want to face up to their responsibilitys and would rather medicate the child? AArrgghhhh, I'm losing my mind here. Tell me, am I wrong in my thinking? I realize that some child are "special needs", and God bless them. But the doctors are lined up with their prescription pads and the Moms are standing line while the children run rampant. What is going to happen when these kids

2007-07-29 04:40:36 · 26 answers · asked by Cheryl 6

She said that we loved the stuff.

2007-07-29 03:53:28 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-29 03:12:21 · 9 answers · asked by ndnquah 6

without getting the "look". Divorces were whispered about, got back-handed in church for giggling and running in the store (if you got to go). If you got biffed in public people looked at your folks with a sign of approval (no calling welfare), a shame to be on welfare and take commidities. Had to bring your date home for approval (no honking and you running out) came straight in when the porch light flashed! Child predators were taken care of by the men and never talked about. We burned our trash because we didn't know about the ozone but we took good care of it and didn't know it Picked blackberries with 3 layers of clothes on in the heat and bathed in clorox! We didn't even think about talking back or calling our parents if we got caught doing wrong (tried to hide it)?

2007-07-29 02:22:42 · 14 answers · asked by ndnquah 6

My family doesn't know what to do with my grandma: 2 days ago, she wandered off looking for my cat who had been gone for a couple of days (she thought he had disappeared for good, and was worried sick, even though the cat was fine), and no one could find her. She had ended up a block away from my house, at a neighbor's house, but she had no ID on her.
So what can we do to make sure that if she gets lost again (for example at the grocery store), people who find her will know who to contact? we were thinking dogtags, but she could take those off; or a pretty bracelet with phone numbers, but she might take that off too.

Any suggestions? because it's bound to get worse.

2007-07-28 18:34:10 · 24 answers · asked by emma 4

2007-07-28 14:58:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

I do. My grandmother used to eat them. I snuck one when I was about 6 or seven, they didn't taste to good

2007-07-28 14:41:40 · 17 answers · asked by Cheryl 6

And, when your shoes got old you took them to the repair shop or wore your sisters hand-me-downs?

2007-07-28 10:45:47 · 12 answers · asked by ndnquah 6

I remember when they came out. She was my idle and copied her looks and could because I'm Native American, had long hair and her age. When she had the bump taken out of her nose I thought it took from her looks, because, I think she's beautiful and certainly represents us to the highest level. What do you think!

2007-07-28 09:33:22 · 16 answers · asked by ndnquah 6

I am living with and caring for my Dad. He was diagnosed with Dementia 3 years ago.

2007-07-28 07:18:37 · 11 answers · asked by kayboff 7

at what age are you considered a senior citizen

2007-07-28 06:09:58 · 13 answers · asked by ken s 6

Patrol boys would help the kids cross the street safely.

2007-07-28 03:39:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Dear Sirs And Are Miss
How many of you growing up can remember working on a farm out in the country ? And eatting what you made ? The reason I am asking this is I want to know how many of you can remember the mule and plow ? The Push mower that had no motor No fast food at all ok I can remember this ok children brought up right are spanking mouths washed out and put on your knees nose to the wall no child abuse are child endangerment you needed you bottom spanked you got it asap and ps to all mothers and grand mothers spank better ok one because your mother was with you from birth to age 5
I just would like to see the olden days of answers from the1920s to 83 Only from these golden ages please so sorry I need to set up a time limit ok If you was not born then place do not answer I am not trying to be crude rude heart less hurt full are any thing to any one on yahoo answers ok this is just something that I would like to know ok
Take Care

2007-07-28 02:02:48 · 12 answers · asked by ? 7

curb feelers---sock hops---nickle candy bars---Bosco---malts/malted milk---Spade Cooley---Crusader Rabbit---Mad Man Munce---Flav O Straws---the Legion Stadium---the Aragon Ballroom---Norelco record players---Star Chiefs and Del Rays---dime burgers---Minute Steaks---truant officers---ground straps---Sea Hunt and Sugarfoot----------?

2007-07-27 19:25:20 · 25 answers · asked by gone 2

My really small Virginia town seems to be filled with people over 50 and retired, in fact when I worked the food service jobs the majority of people I worked with were middle aged and/or retired senior citizens. Not the usual teen or college students you might see in other places. Anyway, my question is, if you are a 20 or 30 something who lives in a town with a lot of senior citizens on one hand and school aged kids on another and practically nothing in between; do you sometimes feel like you don't get any respect or you are seen as someone who has all your life to do something or just seen as a young dumb***? Kind of like if you aren't 40 or older you pretty much are inexperienced.

2007-07-27 16:48:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is your advice for Newly-weds??:)

2007-07-27 13:43:18 · 10 answers · asked by HollywoodHousewife♥ 3

that the things your children do, say or dont do doesnt hurt you anymore, or at least not as much?

Is it a sign of emotional immaturity to still be so hurt by them when you are 55 years old?

What are "normal" expectations of a mother - child relationship if you were very close when they were children, when the child becomes an adult? With a son? A daughter?

2007-07-27 12:59:11 · 12 answers · asked by isotope2007 6

I was a kid in the 60s and like watching My Three Sons and Beverly Hillbillies.

2007-07-27 12:56:25 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

and experience? I was an introvert and later on in College I became an extrovert.

2007-07-27 12:52:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Would you have a relationship with a younger man, say less than 45 ? Not an illicit affair or a one night stand but a legit relationship that might end up an intimate relationship? Why or why not ?

2007-07-27 11:56:10 · 14 answers · asked by wherehaveallthehippiesgone 3

Whats your preference? Romance, adventure, mystery, historical novels, non-fiction?

I have been reading for escapism lately, Sue Grafton books, Kinsey Millhone is my "grown up" Nancy Drew.

Also reading a lot of books about women's relationships set on islands or on the ocean for some reason, like "Up Island" Anne River Siddons, I seem to need to delve into the lives of other women facing challenges and change.

I have Wilbur Smith waiting for when I feel like a trip to Africa again. I really love his books.

And Joseph Wambaugh, Andrew Greeley and John Grisholm also waiting ..

Books I have read several times, The Source and The Covenant, James Michener

http://www.amazon.com/Source-James-Michener/dp/0449211479

2007-07-27 10:16:02 · 24 answers · asked by isotope2007 6

Do you buy to last, and make every scrap of food count.

I cringe when I see good food thrown away, this happens on TV a lot, or perfectly good furniture dumped on a whim.

I don't think it's just an age thing, I know a few over 60's who are 'throwaways'.

Has the way you were brought up had any influence on the way you are now or is it circumstances, or part of your character.

2007-07-26 23:03:44 · 43 answers · asked by Florence-Anna 5

One of those simple, everyday things that brings a smile to your face.

One of mine is clean sheets.

2007-07-26 15:49:40 · 38 answers · asked by gldnsilnc 6

Photoplay, Silver Screen, True Story, or ( gasp!) Confidential? And did you ever hide "Romance" comic books from your parents?

2007-07-26 13:19:24 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous