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<\/a>God’s Waiting Room<\/p><\/div>\n
\u2018God\u2019s Waiting Room\u2019<\/strong> is the euphemistic phrase for where people 65 and over used to go to live while they were waiting to die. But the \u2018Baby Boomers\u2019<\/strong> have done it again! They\u2019ve changed everything. They\u2019ve emptied the waiting room. \u00a0 Now 65 year olds are summiting mountains, jumping out of airplanes<\/strong> and running marathons<\/strong>. From the time the 78 million \u2018Boomers\u2019 were born (1946 -1964) they\u2019ve had it their way. They were the first generation to be raised in the presence of television, which gave marketers easy access to millions of people who were now no longer just compared to the people around them, they were exposed and compared, to the entire world. So what did the Boomers do? They raised their game, they wanted it all, they demanded the best. They couldn\u2019t always afford the best, so, unlike their parents who always saved before they purchased an expensive item, they popularized the credit card. Now, as the first of the \u2018Boomers\u2019 turned 70 last year, they are changing the \u2018Golden Years\u2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Previous generations looked forward to finishing their 30-year career with the same company, retiring at 65 with a gold watch and living maybe another 8-10 years before cashing in their chips. Today at 65, we find Boomers starting their own companies, buying their own Apple watch<\/strong> and heading to the cashier\u2019s window to buy more chips. They have literally changed the way to do almost everything; certainly they\u2019ve changed how we think about aging.<\/p>\n Boomers are ‘all in’<\/p><\/div>\n But to be fair, and just to help keep the Boomers humble, there have been some pretty successful \u2018senior citizens\u2019<\/strong> throughout history. The following accomplishments are true, the parenthetical comments that follow are mine and subject to not being true.<\/p>\n Makes you want to quit reading this and get out of that easy chair and go do something, doesn’t it? \u00a0(But don’t have a baby!)<\/p>\n Still not Wastin’ Away<\/p><\/div>\n There have clearly been some outstanding accomplishments by those supposedly \u2018past their prime\u2019, but with Jimmy Buffett<\/strong>, who turned 70 last December, as their Pied Piper, I\u2019m certain the Boomers will continue to show us a whole new way to \u2018play the back nine’.<\/p>\n Post Script: If you find errors in this post, please blame it on my sister’s arthritis remedy – who knew gin was health food?!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow \u2018God\u2019s Waiting Room\u2019 is the euphemistic phrase for where people 65 and over used to go to live while they were waiting to die. But the \u2018Baby Boomers\u2019 have done it again! They\u2019ve changed everything. They\u2019ve emptied … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/chips.jpeg\")
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