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I am a proud member of the Baby Boomer generation. I also have very little in common with Generation Z.

As an “ole-timer” I often think of the “good ole days.” When I recently read the following, it brought back a lot of memories… The rhythmic charm of rockabilly dazzles your brain and bones with excitement.

The average house payment in America today is $2,883 on a 30-year mortgage. The average payment on a fixed year rate mortgage is about $3,759. (January stats from businessfinder. com).The average car payment in America is $732 a month for new cars and $532 a month for used cars. (Nerdwallet.

Taking Care Of What You Have I was out mowing my front yard a few years back when my neighbor, the late Da - vid Jones, pulled his mower over to where I was. He did this sometimes when he wanted to talk. So, I pulled up and we be - gan to chat about this and that.

Not too long ago I had “one of those days.” I was feeling pressure from a writing deadline. I had company arriving in a couple days and the toilet was clogged. I went to the bank, and the trainee teller processing my deposit had to start over three times.

We Were Eclipsed A long time ago — well one week ago — the much heralded “North American Eclipse” came to Allen. Weather forecasters happily forecasted that we probably wouldn’t be able to see it anyway. Clouds they said. I watched all this with a sort of wishy-washy attitude.

THE EYE OF THE STORM Sunday morning at our house is a little like Dante’s Inferno. A great lament goes up among the children when they discover someone else has gone before them into the water chamber. In a few moments I will hear the hum of hair dryers and the shouts of, “Has anybody seen my brush?

A Battle of Words Back last October the Hamas launched a secret "Pearl Harbor Style" attack on Israel. The Israeli people had relaxed their vigil and were caught by surprise as the Hamas launched this surprise night-time attack along their border with Gaza. It was incredibly successful.

In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden referred to an American dilemma – the shrinking ing Snicker's bar. He pointed out that his Snicker's bar purchase had fewer and fewer Snickers. I'm not exactly sure what a Snickers is, nuts, chocolate, sug - ar, the content of the bar.

I know some of you are too young to even have heard these words (unless you heard your grandparents say them) but they are still fun to say, and for those of you who don’t know what some of these words or sayings mean ask your grandparents or a person older than 60!!