Recent content by Manatee

Our first house cost $14,000 and it was waterfront. Not many of those still around. My wife taught school.

In 1987 we bought our first condo. I gave away the lawn mower and have not missed it yet.

We were in Brisbane Australia and our next stop was Sydney. We could have flown, but we chose to take a train. It was a very good choice, the folks on the train were friendly and we got to see the countryside. Flying would have been no different from flying over Florida. There were little...

Some years ago I bought a jumbo size universal remote, very hard to misplace it. Don't remember where I got it.

We had a side by side that would pee down your leg if you weren't careful. It stayed when we moved back to Florida. Now have a french door with the freezer in a bottom drawer, works very well.

When I was a teenager I didn't know anyone that owned an automatic transmission car. My daughter got her first car when she was in college. I taught her simple things, check the oil, change a tire, jump start, etc. She learned well and now she teaches me about computers and smart phones. I...

I shut AARP off about 30 years ago.

I had a Canadian Mounty doll that was a souvenir of a trip to Ottawa.

My car radio has not worked for about 3 years. I have a portable/weather radio that I never turn on. My phone gives me a weather report whenever I need it. In years gone by I had CB radios in my cars. Does anyone still use them?

Underground canals?

Get well Holly, we all miss you.

In the military I was taught to never point a gun at someone unless you were going to shoot him, then shoot him quick before he shoots you.

But I don't have a cat house.

It is decades since I last bought a newspaper. I sit in my comfy recliner and watch the TV. One channel is national news and another is local. I also watch YouTubes.

The figures that I read on the net said that 4.7 % of males will reach age 90. I am 91 now.