July 22, 2008 - Olive's Last Message - Goodbye Sophia - Seniors Test and Other Stuff
In case you missed it - Olive Riley, the world's oldest blogger has posted her last message - Olive passed away peacefully last week at the age of 108.
Don't tell me you're too old to learn basic computer skills and the ways of the internet - Olive caught the techie bug as she approached her 100th birthday - posted more than 70 Blogs from her nursing home in Woy Woy Australia - the last one talking about the joy she found in "singing a happy song" every day.
The day I was scanning the net and came across the news story about Olive, I also uncovered this quote from Fulton J. Sheen that serves as the perfect Olive follow-up
"Each of us makes his own weather, determines the color of the skies in the emotional universe which he inhabits."
By the way, Olive's great-grandson, Darren Stone, noted that blogging and exchanging message with people around the world kept Olive active and alert - "She enjoyed the notoriety - the experience kept her mind fresh"
OK, starting a creative retirement job on the internet at the age of 108 might be a tad too much to ask - but not so when you're in your 60's, 70's and 80's
I bring this up because of a conversation I had, while participating in a game of Blackjack at the local casino - it was what I call a "happy table" - the dealer was a jovial young lady, quick with a quip - the players were all enjoying themselves plus we all knew how to play the game -we were not handicapped by a newbie hitting on a 14 when the dealer was showing a six - so the laughs were frequent and no one was getting hurt all that much - as far as I could tell.
The gentleman sitting beside me started the conversation by asking me if I was retired - which was nice of him - I look retired - after all I'm older than dirt - he confirmed he was also retired.
"How long have you been retired" he asked. "About 15 years" "I'm in my fifth year - feels like twenty" Why's that" "Bored out of my mind - if it wasn't for the once-a-week visit's to the tables they would tie my arms behind my back and toss me into a padded room" "Ya, you have to have something to pop you out of the bed every morning." (If you have ever cruised the host website you will note I use that line a lot.)
To cut a long story short, when he asked me how I kept retirement active, I told him about my websites and other internet oriented retirement jobs - he wasn't impressed - "Na, I'm too old to learn that gobbledygook"
Then I told him about making some extra retirement cash - that caught his interest - "how?" - I told him about Google AdSense, Affiliate relationships and on occasion, Selling hard goods (sometimes my own but mostly someone else's)
However, I lost him - he had doubled up and was dealt a blackjack - retirement was not so boring to him - at least for the next ten minutes - that's when I left the table - I had doubled up - was dealt a 15 - the dealer had a 4 showing and she turned a six - sometimes the gambling gods have this thing against seniors.
But all that aside - you can work a creative retirement job to earn extra bucks by - selling your knowledge.
In a minute I'm going to link you to a FREE E-book that will guide you, step-by-step - but first, I want to introduce you to Doug Green, a fellow SBIer - knows everything there is to know about gardening - and over time, he now has a library of 14 e-books and seven websites that he uses to market them. Talk about a $GREEN$ thumb - check out one of Doug's sites - Opens new window)here are some super advantages publishing an electronic book - (or other e-goods) that you can sell online
Online-immediate-delivery (no shipping to deal with)
Easy to update at any time
Transaction and fulfillment takes place automatically
Very low manufacturing cost (how about zero cost?)
An easy way to make extra retirement income - selling what you know.
Now, back a few years ago, I had to pay for this manual that started me on my internet journey - now, this costs you nothing - nada - zip, so take a minute to downloads and read Make Your Knowledge Sell! Opens a new window - It includes…
Her real name was Estelle Scher who was born in New York - we know her best as Estelle Getty, who played the part of one of my all time favourite TV characters - the smartly sarcastic octogenarian Sophia, on the TV classic The Golden Girls.
Estelle, who suffered from advanced dementia, passed away this day at the age of 84.
As her son said this morning - "She was loved throughout the world in six continents, and if they loved sitcoms in Antarctica she would have been loved on seven continents - she was one of the most talented comedic actresses who ever lived."
When she auditioned for The Golden Girls, Estelle was appearing on stage in Hollywood as the carping Jewish mother in Harvey Fierstein's play "Torch Song Trilogy." In her early 60s, she flunked her "Golden Girls" test twice because it was believed she didn't look old enough to play 80.
But she came prepared for the third audition, however, wearing dowdy clothes and telling an NBC makeup artist, "To you this is just a job. To me it's my entire career down the toilet unless you make me look 80." The artist did, Getty got the job and won two Emmys.
Once a stand up comic - Estelle could hurl a zinger like no other - remember when McClanahan's libidinous character Blanche once complained that her life was an open book, Sophia shot back, "Your life's an open blouse."
Take another break - and enjoy - goodbye Sophia - but you will always be with us thank God thanks to video and the internet.
Now we turn the mail bag - Thanks to retired buddy Dan Dombroski for the following Test for Old Kids
I was picky who I sent this to. It had to be those who might actually remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for us 'old kids'! The answers are printed below, but don't cheat. And don't come back with that 'this was before my time' either, even though some may be borderline.
After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don't know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?_________.
When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The _____________ Show.
'Get your kicks, _________________.'
'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ______________.'
'In the jungle! the mighty jungle, ________________.'
After the Twist, The Mashed Potato! , and the Watusi, we 'danced' under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the '__________.
'N_E_S_T_L_E_S', Nestle's makes the very best . . . . _____________.'
Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? ____________.
Red Skelton 's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and _________'.
Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their_____________.
The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW What other names did it go by?___________ or______________
In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to _________________.
We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50's and 60's was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the _______________.
ANSWERS:
The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
The Ed Sullivan Show
On Route 66
To protect the innocent.
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
The limbo
Chocolate
Louis Armstrong
The Timex watch
Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
Beetle or Bug
Buddy Holly
Sputnik
Hula-hoop
Send this to your 'old' fri ends, better known as Seniors. It will drive them crazy! And keep them busy and let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes
Thanks to daughter-in-law Julie for sending in this news photo - You can hear them saying - "no officer - we were just out fishing."
2,000 HP Outboard Inflatable .. Here's the latest drug runner toy from Europe ...
This thing belts across the English channel 3 times per week and was just a blur on the radar of the British Coast Guard.
They were so astonished by the speed of the unknown craft, they brought in a special high speed helicopter to chase it.
Drugs were found on board - of course, you'd have to be on drugs to put the throttle down on this rig.
Grab a cuppa, sit back and watch the following video - my thanks to retired buddy Norma Lampheir for sending in this story of a 12 year British Girl appearing on the BBC programme - Britains Got Talent.
Retired buddy Jim Hill sent in this story:
Back before he became an instantly recognized celebrity, when Albert Einstein was first making the rounds of the speaker's circuit, he usually found himself eagerly longing to get back to his laboratory work. One night as they were driving to yet another dinner, Einstein mentioned to his chauffeur that he was tired of speechmaking.
"I have an idea, boss," his chauffeur said. "I've heard you give this speech so many times. I'll bet I could give it for you."
Einstein laughed loudly and said, "Why not? Let's do it!"
When they arrived at the dinner, Einstein donned the chauffeur's cap and jacket and sat in the back of the room. The chauffeur gave a beautiful rendition of Einstein's speech and even answered a few questions expertly.
Then a supremely pompous professor asked an extremely esoteric question about anti-matter formation, digressing here and there to let everyone in the audience know that he was nobody's fool.
Without missing a beat, the chauffeur fixed the professor with a steely stare and said, "Sir, the answer to that question is so simple that I will let my chauffeur, who is sitting in the back, answer it for me."
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