Archive for October, 2008
Boomerater: Online Answers for Baby Boomers
Today is the public beta launch, according to the Washington Post, of Boomerater, a question and answer service that caters specifically to baby boomers, which is a fancy term to describe people aged somewhere between 44 and 62. The website is basically Yahoo Answers for baby boomers. It does exactly what you’d expect it to [...]
Adventures in Nest Swapping
Maybe you would never trade your children — assuming their teen years are past! — but how would you like to trade the empty nest they left you with? Veronica James and her husband David figured out how to give it away, and get it back, with a fling in between. They call it, Adventures [...]
More Popular Cars Among Baby Boomers
You might take this story with a grain of salt, but Forbes reports that baby boomers prefer bigger cars. Big cars have advantages like a comfortable ride and roomy interior. But their long hoods and large trunks can be difficult to see over. Experts recommend careful consideration when choosing the ideal vehicle to drive into [...]
Boomers Feeling Pain of Staying Active, and That’s OK
The last thing Manuela Canada, 56, wanted to hear from her doctor was that knee problems would mean the end of tennis. Fortunately, “don’t do it if it hurts” is last on the list of advice sports-medicine physician John Kearney would give to the Phoenix woman. Nor would he give it to Mike Riggs, 49, [...]
15 Hot Jobs in a (Gulp!) Depression
Even as the economic downturn worsens, many baby boomers are still working, and many are still looking for jobs. Most economists do not expect the U.S. economy will go through a depression related to the credit-crisis-mortgage-meltdown-bailout bonanza. Most Americans, however, do. A recent CNN poll finds that nearly 60 percent of Americans believe we’re very [...]
Walking the Walk
Okay, we’re proud of our generation, proud of ourselves for being young, being active. But can we be honest here? Our bodies ain’t necessarily what they used to be. Leigh Anne-Jasheway-Bryant is doing something about it. She’s Walking the Walk! I recently won pedometer as a door prize. Needless to say, I was thrilled. The [...]
Shrinking 401k: Steps Boomers Can Take
The economic downturn has been punishing, especially to baby boomers. The Chicago Tribune has some tips. With retirement near, it’s no laughing matter that many a Baby Boomer’s 401(k) has turned into a 201(k). The stock market has dropped sharply this year, taking retirement dreams along with it. And because of the credit crisis and Wall [...]
Roy Orbison, 20 Years Later
It’s hard to believe Orbison died nearly 20 years ago. Roy Orbison was the personification of a Baby Boomer’s epitome of rock and roll. Not one of the bad boys, and probably not a saint, but definitely the voice of rock and roll from pre-Elvis to post-you-name-it. The 1950s were the breakout years for rock [...]
Despite Wealth, Boomers Unprepared for Retirement
More bad economic news for baby boomers, reported this time by Examiner.com in Washington, D.C. – On the one hand, Baby Boomers accumulated a lot of wealth as a group over the years. The hippies of the Sixties who became the yuppies of the Eighties and helicopter parents of the Nineties have had lots of [...]
