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My friend Charles Biggs of the Tulsa Beacon wrote the following. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.What Kind of Last Comments did Atheists Make at Death?

It will be Halloween in a few days, and we found some interesting items about this annual event . . .

A couple of weeks ago I shared an article that those of us 74 and over are now considered “old.” That was the bad news. However, there is a newer article out from Japan that now says that those of us under 75 qualify as “pre-old”. I now feel so much younger. The article read as follows . . .

Here’s a warning all the way from the Big Lake region in Reagan County (West) TX from publisher Randy Mankin who ran into any number of frustrations while shopping for a new vehicle.My solution to the problem is simple. Don’t buy a new (or used) car.

Texas has a lot going for it. One of the things -- there is a lot of wealth and pride residing south of the Red River and the growth of North Texas continues unchecked. I remember back in the 1950s when I lived in a Dallas suburb and worked for a company called Chance Vaught, building jet airplanes.

Many years ago, Dayna and I would enjoy going out for supper and then going to a movie. After a few years we just went out for supper because we didn’t want to stay up late enough to see a movie.

I have been associated with a variety of newspapers in one category or another for the past 70 years.

You know, after a man retires he has more time to think. To think and perchance to dream. So said the old Bard. I saw in the Daily Oklahoman this past week that experts who do the “Farmers Old Almanac” are, again, predicting a harsh winter for Oklahoma and Texas. Sort of like last year, I wondered.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.comEver got a case of the guilts for taking a few minutes to do absolutely nothing that contributes to your finances, your job, or your family – simply doing what you want because you like it?

Covid perils are still holding forth. But just not so bad now as perhaps a week or two ago. And will it reload and again assert itself as the big news story of our time and be the killer it has been. I hope not. This Covid has terrorized the world long enough. Well, long enough for me.