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200 Sure-Fire Ways to tell if “You Might be Getting Old” offers humorous look at quips that ring close to home…an ideal gift for someone in your life who is getting older, or a great early purchase for a ‘Stocking Christmas Stuffer”...or just some enjoyable easy reading

By Daniel Hines
Publisher
America's Seniors at TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com

Humor has a definite role to play in aging…it helps us laugh, chuckle or accept the fact of aging.

After all, most of us, given the option of having another Birthday will gladly accept that rather than the alternative, to be gone.  Also, humor also provides us a chance to say, ‘yeah, that’s me…but I’m not that bad’ with a smile.

But humor is hard.  One of the best has always been Frank Kaiser, publisher of www.SuddenlySenior.com .  But Frank has taken a Summer off to spend more time as a caregiver and loving husband of wife, Carolyn, who is making a courageous fight against a severe form of Cancer.

But nature and communications abhor a vacuum, and while Frank cannot be replaced, another senior has stepped into fill the void left by Frank’s Sabbatical from his site.  It’s Michael Garee, the founder of www.SeniorMomentsOnline.org , a web site he describes as a site for seniors and those who love him.  Now, Michael has entered into a new arena as the author of ‘200 Sure-Fire, Lead-Pipe Cinch No-Question-About-It Ways to Tell if…Your Might Be Getting Old!”

Michael and I go back years…and years…and years (Another way to suggest that we might be getting old…) having worked together in corporate communications.  Neither of us was actually best suited for the corporate world, although we both were able to stay the course and have relatively successful careers. 

But, both of us were free spirits and have been much happier in doing what we are doing now.  And, Michael’s book offers an easy-read, Jeff Foxworthy-type of quick hits to make us smile. 

Ironically, one of the guideposts was you might be getting old if you have ever watched a test pattern on TV.  Just last night, wife Brooks’ 48-year-old son was talking at the dinner table about watching TV test patterns.  I had to smile.  A Boomer growing old…just think about it.

The book also has an added bonus with Michael’s pithy observation about each of the sections—‘Your Sex Life’; ‘At Home’; ‘Entertainment’; ‘Out ‘n About’; ‘Technology’; ‘On the Job’; ‘Autos and other Moving Things’; ‘Your Health’; ‘Style and Fashion’.

This book is recommended reading, but don’t expect a scholarly approach.  Just some reminders that growing old might not be as bad as we think…particularly when we can take time to laugh at ourselves.