"Taking Advantage of Senior Discounts..!" 'Judith Whitehead' (Inspiration Monday)

"Guest-blogger Judith Whitehead lives in Amherst N.Y. and has worked in the ophthalmology field of medicine for over 30 years..." Judith speaks of the perks of growing old. Bus rides and coffee at fast food restaurants can be added to her list...  ;D) Enjoy...

Recently I have begun to really dive into the senior discount; now that I am in my later 50’s, I feel I deserve a little break since I am an AARP card carrying member. There is no end to the discounts you can gently ask for at places.

I start the morning with my senior coffee at Tim Hortons…yes they give a discount if you ask for it. I stop at kohls for their discount days and to my surprise they also have senior discount days on top of that.

I am doing a bit of travel during the month and am getting my AARP discount at the hotel and also that applies to rental cars.

A snack at Dennys’ will give a senior coffee price along with the meal discount for showing your AARP card. Unfortunately my weekday dinner hang out for a cheap meal, Perkins, closed up in Buffalo so there went my senior discount and bargain for my mid week reward.

Once you hit the 50’s…start asking wherever you go; you may be delightfully surprised. Can’t wait until I turn 65 and fly cheaper on Southwest airlines.

All those aches and pains that creep up in the morning don’t seem so bad with these little treasures offered.

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"Puppets..." 'Obama Da Dog'

Obama da Dog says quite a bit about
politics in very little space...! This blog appeared as
an opinion article in the 08-28-12 edition of
the Kauai Garden Island news, titled;
"Election Poetry..."
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-to-the-editor-for-tuesday-september/article_7ab8731e-f0fd-11e1-8ae2-0019bb2963f4.html

You see them block sidewalks displaying names of people they barely know.

I call these folks puppets and the politicians are the puppeteers pulling the strings of people they barely know.

If only the puppets knew their strings were being pulled.

http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-to-the-editor-for-tuesday-september/article_7ab8731e-f0fd-11e1-8ae2-0019bb2963f4.html

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"Why Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives... 'Chester "Unc" Lau' (Source)

Chester "Unc" Lau a retired Naturist, Cinematographer and
Master sergeant is back guest-blogging about man's best friend...

Why Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives:

 

1.  The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you.

 

 

 

2. Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name.

 

 

 

3. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor.

 

 

 

4. A dog's parents never visit.

 

 

 

5. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.

 

 

 

6. You never have to wait for a dog; they're ready to go 24 hours a day..

 

 

 

7. Dogs find you amusing when you're drunk.

 

 

 

8. Dogs like to go hunting and fishing.

 

 

 

9. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, 'If I died, would you get another dog?'

 

 

 

 

10. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away.

 

 

 

11. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert.

 

 

 

12. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don't get mad. They just think it's interesting.

 

 

 

13. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck.

 

 

 

Then, last, but not least:

 

 

14. If a dog leaves, it won't take half of your stuff

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"The Dark Behind My Eyes..." 'Michael A. Herr' (Aloha Friday)

Renowned author Michael Herr is back guest-blogging on this awesome 'Aloha Friday' talking about  the essence of life and our inner selves...  Make sure and check out Michael's website at; http://www.michaelherr.com/



ALOHA FRIDAY

August 3, 2012

　
It's Aloha Friday...

The Dark Behind My Eyes

Aloha folks,

I credit Terry Pratchett for the phrase, The Dark Behind My Eyes. I forget which book of his contained the phrase, but it got me thinking. That's where I live. That's where I have spent almost seventy years. In the dark behind my eyes. Looking out at the world.

I can see my hands. I can (on a good day and by holding in my stomach) see my feet. I can even see my back, in a mirror. And in that same mirror I can see my face, that mask I show to the world. But I can't see the "me" that resides inside me . . . inside my mind, in the darkness behind my eyes.

When I close my eyes I see memories, and I embrace dreams. And behind those closed eyes of mine, my mind goes on and on and on. In that darkness I plan . . . I remember . . . I hope . . . and I weep. But I can't see . . . at least not what I try to see. I always hope that someday I will see myself in that darkness. That I will finally come face to face, as it were, with my self. My inner self. The self that is the essence of me. The self that peers out from the darkness behind my eyes and tries to make sense of what it sees. And yet . . . do I really want to see myself? I'm not sure I really do want to see, fully, my inner self.

So I continue to peer out at the world, trying to make some sense of it all. And when it gets to be too much for me, I retreat.
I go back and take refuge in the darkness behind my eyes.
So, where do you live?

Okay folks, see you (hopefully) next week.

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"Unc Charity...." 'Chester "Unc"Lau'

Master Sgt. Chester Lau, aka Unc is a retired cinematographer 
living his naturist  twilight years on the island of Oahu.
"Unc" talks about A Billionaire developer in Shenzhen,China donates all to charity, leaving offspring nothing...

Dear Friends & Enemies:

Be advised that my new pen name is changed to :Unc Charity.  copy righted. Penalty for infringement is mandatory watching & listening 2012 political campaign on TV 24/7 until November 6th,2012 !!!Subject:  Chinese Billionaire donates all to charity, leaving offspring nothing This is another positive effect from Bill Gates and Warren Buffet's call for the "Giving Pledge" campaign that they started in June, this year? Give back to the world for the good of human kind ..,

Newspaper Report: Billionaire developer in Shenzhen,China donates all to charity, leaving offspring nothing

“If my children are competent, they don’t need my money. If they’re not, leaving them a lot of money is only doing them harm.”

Yu Pengnian, China's biggest philanthropist sits in the restaurant atop the hotel he built, where he lives & eats most of his meals.     
Yang Junpo for The Globe & Mail

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/chinese-philanthropist-donates-it-all/article1650447/ENJOY WHILE YOU (STILL) CAN!  - Confucius     551BC-479BC


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"Jane Fonda and Me...and You..." 'Bettejo Dux' (Classic Wednesday)

Guest-blogger Bettejo Dux is one of Kauai's most colorful people, she has lived on the cosmic island of Kaua'i for over 40 years... She is an animal lover, people lover and enjoys life to the fullest. Today we learn of Bettejo's  Encounter with Jane Fonda...



On the cover of last week’s Parade was a picture of the very glamorous Jane Fonda at 73.  Very few of us looked that good at 27, let alone 73, but-trust me here-we can all do as Jane did, age gracefully and graciously. Her secret? She started young, she was born beautiful, but that’s not the point. The point is, she took care of herself, and taking care of yourself can’t begin too young.

The main and most important quality of aging gracefully is good health. That’s where it starts and that’s where it ends. There is nothing more  appealing than good health, at whatever age. And YOU and YOU alone are responsible for that. You must decide today, you can’t start any younger, that’s what you want from life. Work towards that end and-trust me-baring some serious misadventure over which you have no control, it will pay off.  Money, jewels, clothes, big cars, rich mates, fame, mean nothing if you’re not healthy.

So how does one attain that goal?  First of all, don’t get fat. This is not to say that if you’re born big-boned, with a tendency to plumpness, that’s not attractive.  Big girls grow up to be big women and, if that’s you, that’s you, but don’t contribute to it. Not all of us can be as slim, long and lanky as Jane, but we needn’t end up looking like a circus tent, either. Whatever healthy pounds you carry will depend on your natural build. Consider it, keep it, and love it. If you’re into the ‘man thing’-or the ‘woman thing’-lots of  others love it, too. Don’t you dare let anyone tell you that because you’re big you’re unattractive. Carry yourself proudly, carry yourself well, we can’t all look like Twiggy's. Anyhow, that’s just the style today. It can change tomorrow.

Find out who you are, how you like yourself, love yourself, and stay put. Be happy
there, because happiness with yourself counts, too.

Before I dig deep into how we do this, I’d like to share an experience with Jane.
I met her first in Honolulu at the home of a Quaker family in Manoa into whose home Jane and the others in the musical production FREE THE ARMY SHOW were invited after the performance; which was packed, by the way. I felt so much older than she. So much more burdened. I had a kid in that war. She seemed free, young, and doing something important. What she considered-me, too-the most important thing in her life at that time: protesting the war in Vietnam.  She made mistakes, plenty of them, but she did what she had to do. And, you know what? That’s part of the aging process, too.

I won’t go into the political end of it. In tomorrow’s column, I’ll discuss some important tips and clues as to where to begin right now.

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I love Earnest Hemingway quotes.....

Editor's note, Dakinetalk guest bloggers do not necessarily represent the opinions of dakinetalk. Guest bloggers are given space to express their beliefs and or opinions. We feel there are many roads and like to give people space to express their thoughts,after-all that's what dakine is...Aloha, James "Kimo" Rosen, Publisher.

"Hawai'i wardrobe does nothing for a good body...‏ 'James "Kimo" Rosen

 This blog appeared as an opinion article
in the 09-01-12 edition of the Kaua'i
Garden Island News, titled,"It's
easy to hide extra weight."
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-saturday-september/article_1f1456ac-f3e3-11e1-8247-0019bb2963f4.html

The Hawai'i wardrobe
is very simple, nobody
notices if you lose or gain weight.


Nobody notices when you lose or gain weight in Hawai'i  because so many people dress like me. We wear our elastic band shorts with a t-shirt on size too big along with Hawaiian slippahs that would fit half the population.
Wearing an outfit like this makes it easy to gain weight without even noticing, since you have about a 30 lb  variance in either direction.

I have been dieting and recently lost about 15 lbs and nobody seemed to notice, I am still wearing the same clothes, elastic band shorts, t-shirt, head-band and slippahs.

I guess the beauty of  Hawai'i is the style of clothes we wear, you can weigh 160 or 200 and still wear the same clothes. The Hawai'i wardrobe does nothing  for a good body, but can sure hide alot of imperfections.

 Why do you think they call it Paradise! Welcome to Paradise!
  This blog appeared as an opinion article
in the 09-01-12 edition of the Kaua'i
Garden Island News, titled,"It's
easy to hide extra weight."
http://thegardenisland.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letters-for-saturday-september/article_1f1456ac-f3e3-11e1-8247-0019bb2963f4.html

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