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Gorillas We Almost Missed
Story & Photo By Fyllis Hockman Mature Life Features BWINDI NATIONAL PARK, Uganda —- The eight of us huddled together, staying close and quiet as we were warned. A soft cough escaped from one...
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Cruising for Bargains
By Cecil Scaglione A recent conversation with a travel agent revealed cruise packages can be had for as little as $75 a day. But hold on before you pounce on the phone or crouch by your computer to...
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No Baloney in Bologna
Fountain of Neptune anchors Bologna’s Piazza Maggiore. Story & Photo By Cecil Scaglione BOLOGNA —- Bologna’s location is one of its major attractions, said Na’ama, the young Israeli economist who...
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My Family Doctor Told Me At Our Last Meeting . . .
. . .that my health issues and ailments are pretty well age-related. When I asked what I can do about that, he said I should just lie about my age. — Cecil Scaglione
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We made it …
… barely. Had we scheduled our return trip home ending our three-week R & R (relatives and reminiscing) hiatus a day later, we might still be in Toronto. Our Air Canada flight home lifted off at...
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Saw a Lot of Old Farts Yesterday . . .
Saw a Lot of Old Farts Yesterday . . . and they looked just like us. Bev and I took our first tour together of a senior-living facility. We’ll be going back … but more on that later. We’d made a 10...
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Cars Should be Banned Because . . .
… we’ve been told tobacco is bad for us and it’s now illegal to smoke in public buildings and most stores/saloons/restaurants/etc., the World Health Organization proclaimed recently that processed...
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It’s a Falsehood That …
. . . all things come to he who waits. All he gets are the leftovers. — Cecil Scaglione
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Whadda Week ! ! !
It began innocuously enough with my Meals on Wheels circuit Monday a.m. I emptied Rosie in the afternoon to make room for stuff that would be taken out of the house during the termite tenting Wdnesday...
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Getouttadaway!!!
If you truly wish to promote peace and goodwill among your friends and fellow men and women, GET THE HELL OUT OF THE WAY! When someone is tailgating you on the freeway trying to get past, move into the...
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Not Everyone Knows …
… that I turned 81 early this month. When those who find out ask how it feels to have lived this long, I tell them they’re in the presence of living proof that the good die young. — Cecil Scaglione
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The Way Politicians …
. . . (think Clinton) and politicians-to-be (think Trump) talk these days, it’s a bit surprising to see so many of them still alive — and not even walking with a limp. — Cecil Scaglione
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Hell Hath No Mealymouthed Fury . . .
. . . to match that of a Journalist who flails without interruption whenever he feels his feelings have been wounded and his opinions were not taken into account. — Cecil Scaglione
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At My Age …
. . . it’s easy to tell when I’m awake: I’m either hungry or have to go to the bathroom.
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Natural Selection no Longer Applies . . .
. . . to the human race because rapid and extensive advances in the medical and scientific fields have created an intellectual imbalance by keeping so many idiots alive.
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Getting Trapped in an Elevator . . .
. . . is pretty low on the list of things most people would like to do. It’s high on the list of nightmares for anyone with phobias related to loss of control and tight places. But that’s what happened...
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We Were Crawling Through a White-Out . . .
. . . between Detroit and Chicago on our way to our new home in San Diego when we heard about the massive Sylmar earthquake 45 years ago. We’d been on the road a couple of hours so it was about 9 a.m....
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Jim Thorpe’s Legacy Buried in Pennsylvania Coal Town
By Cecil Scaglione Mature Life Features JIM THORPE, Penn. — Rolling along the country roads stitched through this northeastern pocket of the Keystone State...
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