Recent content by Manatee

In 3 weeks I will be 92. I feel every day of it.

Virginia is too far north.

71F and cloudy.

They are going to miss it.

I wouldn't even visit New Yawk city.

Here in the independent living facility, only the help have dark hair.

Remember, Medicare stops at the border.

When I was a kid, I used to have to shovel coal into the furnace. That is long gone, now I just adjust the thermostat.

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.