The other night, we decided to go to a restaurant in our local mall for dinner because they advertised a special on a dish we hadn’t had in a long time. The email I received also advertised a $7 martini. …
Are We Just Not Dining-Out People? Read more »
There was once a telephone service in Erie, Pennsylvania, that was subscription based, designed so that a sole interest could not direct the future of the company. Well, that was the plan.
Obviously, the girl should not have hit the guy. Conversely, the guy never learned that even if a woman hits a man first, he cannot hit her back.
Do you have a passcode on your cell phone? Even if you do, your child can still make an emergency call.
. . . what will happen during the “next” nine-eleven when all the cell phone circuits are jammed, and I can’t call out on a landline.
Thoughts of nursing homes rarely generate happy feelings. Those homes could be our own someday.
What was it like in Erie, Pennsylvania, during the 1918 pandemic (Spanish Flu, H1N1 virus, influenza)? Well, now that we can browse the Erie Daily Times online from the late 1800s to present, we can get a pretty good idea. Accessed through …
Focus on the 1918 Flu Pandemic in Erie, PA Read more »
“My advice for people trying to plan an event in the midst of a global pandemic is to commit early to a plan, and make it a very cautious plan.”
Social isolation because of the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough on all of us, but the elderly, and other vulnerable people, without computers, have suffered most. They need us more than ever. Months ago, I wrote a post about how …
Pandemic, Digital Divide Threaten the Elderly, Vulnerable Read more »
Now that I’ve been around the block, have a few years under my belt, have seen a lot, and other clichés, I’ve acquired valuable information about life that I wish I’d known a lot earlier. I narrowed them down to …
Words of Wisdom – Seven Things Read more »
