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Luxuries? What luxuries?

Posted on January 27, 2022 by geetwo

            One of the tasks involved in retirement, especially after 20 years of everyday being a Saturday, is to pay attention to the luxury items that you hung on to when your income acquired the title of ‘fixed’. As time … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Taco Salad.

Posted on October 17, 2021 by geetwo

Prior to the Covid Pandemic of 2020, various renditions of the Taco salad were a mainstay in my diet and had been for several years. How many years? I don’t know. Back when I had a lot of time on … Continue reading →

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best laid plans……. #21

Posted on March 17, 2015 by geetwo

A few days ago, I realized that we no longer have a microwave bacon cooker. I have no idea where it went and being old, I can’t say with any certainty that we even got to Florida last November with … Continue reading →

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One man’s knick-knack is another man’s Bric-a-brac,

Posted on February 27, 2015 by geetwo

Last week I sat down to write my weekly column about a visit to a thrift store and wondered if describing it as ‘an upscale thrift store’ would be considered oxymoronic. I never came to any conclusion but decided to … Continue reading →

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Surprise. Surprise.

Posted on February 11, 2014 by geetwo

The medical community has recently discovered that differences between sexes are more pervasive than previously thought. This difference was discovered after much research. I could have saved these people a lot of time and money. All they would have had … Continue reading →

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Go figure.

Posted on January 18, 2014 by geetwo

Thumbing through a ‘what to do’ weekend insert in the Fort Myers newspaper, I came across an ad that caught my attention. It was for a country club in Naples, Florida that was featuring an ‘open to the public’ invitation … Continue reading →

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New Year’s past.

Posted on January 13, 2014 by geetwo

Now that my New Year’s Column has been published, I guess its safe to put it on here. Sorry you don’t get to read it until after the paying customers but that’s the way the world works. My column for … Continue reading →

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An attempt at a Christmas letter.

Posted on December 25, 2013 by geetwo

Again this year, Susie asked me to send Holiday greetings to our friends with E-mail accounts. As with last year, I still hesitate to do this, figuring our friends are at least worth the price of a Christmas Card and … Continue reading →

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Bad breath blues.

Posted on December 7, 2013 by geetwo

On Thanksgiving day, I was on my way to my hometown and mulling over a subject for my weekly newspaper column. I was also worried about my breath since Susie had told me it smelled horribly. Of course, she has … Continue reading →

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Yearly Tradition #31.

Posted on December 7, 2013 by geetwo

I just had my first whiskey and eggnog of the season. Somewhere during the last year we lost our bottle of whiskey and so I had to buy a new one. I used Early Times for the whiskey because it … Continue reading →

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