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Everyone needs a little

"silly" in their lives! - Bill Schemmel


Ron Pipkin:
Illustration Artist


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Rhonda's Travel Advice and Article

Accessable Plantations of Jonesboro, Georgia

How about a trip into the rural areas surrounding Atlanta, Georgia?  Old plantation homes, antiques shops, fine dining, historical sites, and can it be done with a wheelchair, walker, or cane?  Visit the history of "Gone With the Wind," gardens, plantations, and more.. it is all in the article this month!  (Click above)

Travel Discount Links

Orbitz,  Expedia. FlightArrivals Mapquest RoadTripUSA. Hotels.com i.LuxuryLink.  Suddenly Senior Travel Page. Frommer's Budget Travel 50 Plus Expedition, bestfares.com, Travelocity

Looking for a place to compare prices?  Find best buys?  Travel information and ideas for seniors.


Liquids And Gels in Carry-On Baggage - Do You Know The Rules?


Carry On Baggage Guidelines

Cruise Lines End Fuel Surcharges

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Editor's Choice:  Bestfares.com

Bizrate.com; DealTime.com; Epinions.com; FatWallet.com;

MySimon.com; Nextag.com; Price.com; PriceGrabber.com; PriceScan.com; and StreetPrices.com.

Have Bestfares.com  keep tract of  destination air fares and notify you of low rates

Discount Hotels

Last Minute Deals (Have to act fast)

Latest Airlines and travel information

Car Rental Discounts

Cruise Facts on Cruises For Seniors
Cruises for Seniors

Discounts for Seniors Cruise Trips

Best Cruises for Seniors

Cheap Discount Airfares To Las Vegas Over 80 US Cities On Sale For $98 To $178 Roundtrip Thru June 24, 2009
Cheap Discount Airfares To Las Vegas Over 80 US Cities On Sale For $98 To $178 Roundtrip Thru June 24, 2009. This past week airfares to Las Vegas were not looking that promising. But just like the weather they are subject to change. Click for more

 

Cheap Discount Airfares To Paris With A Stopover In Dublin Travel June, July, August Airfares Start As Low As $739 Roundtrip All Taxes Included
Cheap Discount Airfares To Paris With A Stopover In Dublin Travel June, July, August Airfares Start As Low As $739 Roundtrip All Taxes Included, Savings Can Be Up To $900 Per Couple. Have we got a deal to Paris this Summer that will save you a bundle. Click for more

Everything Savings, Legal, and Investment Information for Seniors

Best Cash Cow  BestCashCow provides information on the best CD (certificates of deposit) rates, the best money market rates, the best savings rates, and more - as well as financial information that can help you make better decisions with your money. Bloomers, Life After 50

Mutual Fund Facts About Individual Stocks

The Money Alert

The Living Trust Network,

www.partnershipforcaring.org.

Long Term Disability Claim Information

Quicken

SmartMoney

iMoneyNet.com

Bankrate.com

www.sec.gov

Yahoo! Finance

Retirement Planning

Senior Ark

 

Everything Political

See what your Congressman takes in legal bribes: http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/

There’s an excellent “Money in Politics” database and MoneyLine sponsored by the Congressional Quarterly: http://www.tray.com/

See how your Congressman voted: http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/
POLITICAL SITES OF INTEREST TO SENIORS
Track Legislation Online: http://thomas.loc.gov/

Holding Power Accountable: http://www.commoncause.org/

National Taxpayers Union: http://www.ntu.org/main/

What you pay for Congress: http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/congbenefits.html

Find and e-mail your officials in both Federal and State governments http://capwiz.com/thehill/home/

The Progress Report: Perhaps the best place on the Internet to learn the truth about what’s going on, stuff you won’t see elsewhere. Subscribe!

Everything Seniors Finding Partners and

Senior Beauty, and More

SeniorMatch.com

Welcome to the best and most effective dating network for singles over 50! Many of our members are well-educated, successful, and fresh in mind.

Maybe just broken with a long-term partner or lost someone special forever. Maybe have been without someone special in your life for a long, dry period. Whatever the story is, when you finally get tired of single life, join us! SeniorMatch offers you a great platform to meet activity partners, travel companions and dream lover!

Gorgeous Grandma

GrandmaBetty

Everything Perscription, Medical, and Health Senior Information

DRUG ADVICE/ DRUG CARDS

DRUG ASSISTANCE PAGE.

PhRMA has sites at http://www.ayudandopacientes.org and http://www.helpingpatients.org

Costco / Physician.com

VA Health Benefits & Services  Veteran's Information

RxList

Drug Interactions with Herbs

Hearing Loss

HEALTH GENERAL

Welcome to Aging in the Know: Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources on the Web. Created by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA), Aging in the Know offers up-to-date information for consumers on health and aging.
Overseen by a team of experts on caring for older adults, Aging in the Know content is based on resources that the American Geriatrics Society has developed for its professional members

HealthCentral.com

Healthoopedia

Health-Beauty-Wellness.com

   Health Care and Social Security

Dr. David Williams

Hospice; Preparing for Death  Hospice Foundation of America , US Living Will Registry; Cornell Medical College Div. of Medical Ethics;

Hospital Compare

International Council on Active Aging

Life Begins at 80

www.agingwithdignity.org.

Medical Emergency Card

Medicare -- The Official US Government Site

Medicare Rights Center

Medicaid: The Basics

Med IDs    Free medical ID cards, etc.

Memory Zine

Mobility-Advisor.com:

Nursing Home Comparisons

Public Citizen

Retirement Homes

Senior Link

Seniors Aging Well, Wisely and Successfully

Today‘s Senior Magazine

Vitamin and Nutrition Center

World Health Network - Longevity, Life Expectancy

Worst Pills

Find Local Nursing Homes Free assistance finding the right Skilled Nursing Facility. www.aplaceformom.com

Seniors and AIDS

How Dangerous is Medication Noncompliance to Seniors

Everything Goverment

FirstGov for Seniors

Official information and services from the U.S. government

Caregivers' Resources
Help providing care, benefits, long-distance caregiving, legal matters, support for caregivers...

Consumer Protection for Seniors
Consumer fraud, elder rights, advocates for nursing home residents...

Education, Jobs, and Volunteerism for Seniors
Adult education, AARP working options, Senior Corps...

End-of-Life Issues
Advance directives, estate planning, hospice...

Federal and State Agencies for Seniors
Administration on Aging, Social Security Administration, Veterans' Health Administration...

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Benefits and assistance, health and safety, state resources...

Health for Seniors
Disease, health care facilities, medicare, nutrition...

Housing for Seniors
Reverse mortgages, eldercare, nursing home comparison...

Laws and Regulations Concerning Seniors
Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Medicare Modernization Act, Social Security Act...

Money and Taxes for Seniors
Investing, tax counseling, estate planning...

Retirement
Pension plans, benefits calculator, retirement ages...

Travel and Recreation for Seniors
Amtrak senior discount, older drivers, travel tips

Everything General Senior Information

The Gutsy Generation - Because it takes guts to get old

Senior Chat Little Brown Jug Senior Forum, Overfifties, Over The Hill ,

 

Seniors Jokes

Illustrated by Ron Pipkin

Feel free to submit your jokes to:  rhonda@photoandtravel.com


     Walking can Add minutes to Your Life!

 

 

 

 

Importance of Walking (sent in by some nurses who smoke and don’t exercise) 

  

Walking can add minutes to your life.  This enables you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month.

 

My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60.  Now he's 97 years old

and we don't know where he is.

     

I like long walks especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

 

The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.

     

I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing… I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks.  I haven't lost a pound.  Apparently you have to go there.

    

Every time I hear the dirty word 'exercise' - I wash my mouth out with chocolate.

                                                        

 

I do have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.

 

The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they'll say, 'Well, she looks good doesn't she.'

     

If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.

     

I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years.....just getting over the hill.

  

We all get heavier as we get older, because there's a lot more information in our heads.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

     

Like all the health magazines suggest - You could run this over to your friends, but I’d just e-mail it to them!

 

 

Milton sends these in:

 

A man told his friend, “The doctor told me I’d be dead in a week if I didn’t stop chasing women.”

 

“Why would he say that?”

 

“Well…his wife was one of the women I was chasing!”

 

 

 

A man tried to board a city bus with a Saint Bernard.  The driver refused to allow him entry. 

 

The man said, “Buddy, do you know what you can do with your bus?”

 

The driver said, “If you can do the same thing with your Saint Bernard, you can get on!”

 

Keep on walking – feel the burn!  Happy Traveling