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My sister lived for many years in a rent controlled apartment in Manhattan. The landlord got fed up with dealing with the city rules and told the tenants "the building is becoming a condominium, buy your apartment or get out. The timing was perfect. She retired and bought a home near her...

No, part of it is a suburb of Phila and Pennsylvania.

I was a boy in 1940. My father took us along on a business trip to Canada. Canada had entered WW2, but the US had not. In Canada there were soldiers everywhere. What astounded this boy from Long Island was that many of them were wearing KILTS as part of their army uniforms. I had never seen...

A destitute snake hasn't got a pit to hiss in.

Since retirement we went many places, mostly with a small travel trailer. It took us from Nova Scotia to down the Baja. We had a directory that gave us information about campgrounds. The National Parks are great. We worked in a few cruises some in the Caribbean and one to Alaska. My wife of...

From my Navy days I have a tattoo of a sea horse, but he is not a geek. No plans to get any additional tattoos.

They could make her a Bikini.

I had a TV to watch when I had a stationary bike.

We lived in Aridzona for a time. It was extremely dry, 7% humidity was very common. In the summer it was 100+every day. It was a good base for RV travel, many national parks, and we could go up to Canada and down into Mexico.

I have enjoyed many trips to Canada, but they have too much winter for me to live there.

I lost my wife of 63 years a couple of years ago. I am too decrepit for another mate at age 91. My daughter lives not too far away and checks on me at least once a week.

My wife was den mother to some Cub Scouts. They watched a moon landing on TV. Someone complained because the TV was black & white.

We were on a sunset boat ride in Cabo San Lucas. It was overcast, so no sunset. A couple of whales came along and put on a show for us. On a different occasion we were enjoying libations in a beach side location and we were treated to a sunset with a bright green flash.

My sister lived in a rent controlled apartment in NYC. The landlord got fed up with the politicians dictating to him and announced to the tenants "This building is becoming a condo, Buy your apartment or get out." The timing worked well for my sister. She retired and moved to Florida.

My parents bought a brand new fridge in 1940. It would make ice cubes in a tray, but ice cream would melt. We didn't have frozen food back then. There were 6 houses on our block, 3 had phones and 3 had cars. We were the only house that had both. I was 19 when we got our first B&W TV in 1953...