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About Olderscout66

Honored Social Butterfly

Tell us about yourself:

Rang doorbells for Goldwater, voted for Nixon, and gave up on the GOP when Reagan exposed the true nature of the neoRepublican Cause

Area of knowledge and what I know well:

Learned how to do research in Grad School, and have been playing with computers since COBAL was the wave of the future

Bio

I am a Red Cross Water Safety Instructor who dabbles with computers. I enjoy current events and have a background in MS and Econ.

Certificates/Awards

Bachlors in Economics, Masters in Management Science

07/1970

Actual ATTABOY from coworkers - 1,000 more, and I get to be revered as a leader of men and all round expert (NOTE" 1 AWSHUCKS" and you go back to zero and have to start again)

Red Cross Water Safety Instructor

07/1962

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Old guy exercise

Getting reasonable exercise with as many worn out parts as I have is not an easy task, so I rely on our Personal Trainer - Fritzie the dog. Getting past 75 has been a lot less troublesome with a couple daily dog walks. Dogs are perpetual 3-year-old c...

Olderscout66 01-25-2021 07:19 AM

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Re: A New Game For A New Year, Everyone Can Play

I Am So Old... I remember when "child-proffing" your home meant telling the kids NO!"

Olderscout66 01-07-2021 06:16 AM

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Things to do while staying sane in the Time of Covid

Was talking with our son about how they're getting along working from home and having few alternatives for entertainment and got a rave review for Hamilton on Disney+. So we signed up for a month $6.99 and had a delightful evening to celebrate the 4t...

Olderscout66 07-06-2020 03:12 PM

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Re: MORNING ROLL CALL! ! ! MAY - JUNE 2020

Frozennoem wrtoe IP There comes a day when your body says crawling on oak is not conducive to good health. Know the feeling - wife and I decided last week that our flower beds had gotten too unruly and set about "thinning the herd". Got the first par...

Olderscout66 07-06-2020 03:01 PM

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