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    How Do You Know When It's Time to Go?

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 9:06AM

    By Pat MacEnulty


    Topics: old age, death, dying, memoir

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    • 41 Ratings
    • 2117 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    My Frisky Nonagenarian Soulmate, Who Lives On a Ship

    AUGUST 6, 2011 11:27AM

    By Lea Lane


    Topics: travel, relationships, cruising, meeting new people, old age, aging, egon, true story

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    • 16 Ratings
    • 820 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    The Poll Worker

    MAY 13, 2011 9:44AM

    By Gerald Andersen


    Topics: old age, republican, democrat, elections, humor, comedy

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    • 28 Ratings
    • 2940 Views
    • 48 Comments
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    Who Cares For The Caregiver?

    FEBRUARY 17, 2011 11:53PM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: health, family, aging parents, old parents, parents, sandwich generation, nursing home, old age, caregivers, caregving

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    • 18 Ratings
    • 1889 Views
    • 62 Comments
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    Nice Gals Finish Last -- Financially

    NOVEMBER 17, 2010 8:53AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: feminism, business, retirement, family savings, old age, caregiving, women

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    • 20 Ratings
    • 4663 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Abused and Abandoned: India's Forgotten Widows

    JULY 19, 2010 9:16AM

    By Leah Prestamo


    Topics: india, human rights, widow, old age, marriage, feminism, misogyny

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    • 33 Ratings
    • 1746 Views
    • 52 Comments
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    A Geezer Manifesto

    FEBRUARY 25, 2010 12:30AM

    By Jeff Brawer


    Topics: humor, health, codgers, thunderbird, beard, whiskers, thermostat, whale pants, turn siganls, eyebrows, boogers, deference, memory, cataracts, wrinkles, entitlement, dotage, stanley cup, bruins, grim reaper, old age, aging, geezer

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    • 23 Ratings
    • 2899 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    .....to nip, tuck, botox or not, that is the question

    DECEMBER 17, 2009 4:56AM

    By Foolish Monkey


    Topics: to nip and tuck, plastic surgery, an ode to aging, botox is botulism, old age, aging, when did that happen?, is that me in the mirror?, being a senior, on growing older, i grow old i grow old i shall wear my trousers rolled do i dare to eat a peach? damn right i dare, open call

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    • 15 Ratings
    • 1451 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Live Blogging From Tucson Int'l Airport

    DECEMBER 6, 2009 5:39PM

    By trilogy


    Topics: old age, alcoholics, mothers, dysfunction, family

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    • 1 Ratings
    • 781 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    Geriatrics Society prefers addictive prescriptions

    MAY 7, 2009 1:08PM

    By Alicia PhD


    Topics: opiods, nsaids, pain therapy, old age, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 13 Ratings
    • 1948 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Texting for old farts

    JANUARY 5, 2009 2:41PM

    By Laurel, not Lauren


    Topics: open call, old age, texting, comedy, incontinence

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 859 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Personal Signs of Impending Old Age

    NOVEMBER 19, 2008 3:18PM

    By Jim Crescitelli


    Topics: old age, aging, senior citizens, health, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 599 Views
    • 7 Comments
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    He Was Going Bald - part 1 of 2

    OCTOBER 7, 2008 5:02PM

    By The Peanut & The Pea


    Topics: animals, dogs, pets, diabetes, cushing's disease, old age, balding, love

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    • 4 Ratings
    • 403 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Light at the End of the Tunnel

    AUGUST 26, 2008 1:18AM

    By runnaway-xmas-tree


    Topics: family, mother, mental health, old age

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