How many other TBN members have you personally met?

[jinman]

My Grandmother is 99, and wants to got to Las Vegas for her 100th...

Why not? If she hits the big jackpot, she can retire in style.:laughing:

 

[JDgreen227]

Good for her; hope she makes it to Vegas. No one in my family ever lives to be that old. In fact, I have one aunt who is now 89 and she's the only living relative I have who is older than I.

Bird, not griping here, but the oldest family member I had passed away at 72, the majority of them never got to 70...not sure what it is, but our family tree is not known for long life, period. Prostate cancer gets us guys, strokes seem to afflict the women. Which is one of the reasons I took early retirement at age 51.

 

[RoyJackson]

Actually Roy, weren't the 78 rpm records made out of bakelite not vinyl?

James K0UA

I think those pressed in the later years (or 78 RPM) were vinyl. My parents had some...mostly WW II vintage.
I've never seen one made of bakelite...but, of then my parents' record, can't say I've ever seen other 78's.

 

[Bird]

Bird, not griping here, but the oldest family member I had passed away at 72, the majority of them never got to 70...not sure what it is, but our family tree is not known for long life, period. Prostate cancer gets us guys, strokes seem to afflict the women. Which is one of the reasons I took early retirement at age 51.

And I took early retirement at 49 and will be 72 a week from today.:laughing: I had read an article about police officers who retired at age 50 averaged dying at 53, so I told my wife maybe I'd better not wait until I was 50.:laughing:

 

[Bird]

I think those pressed in the later years (or 78 RPM) were vinyl. My parents had some...mostly WW II vintage.
I've never seen one made of bakelite...but, of then my parents' record, can't say I've ever seen other 78's.

We used to have some 78s, but I don't know what they were made of.

 

[EddieWalker]

And I took early retirement at 49 and will be 72 a week from today.:laughing: I had read an article about police officers who retired at age 50 averaged dying at 53, so I told my wife maybe I'd better not wait until I was 50.:laughing:

Part of how the Teamsters figure out how much to pay in pension benifits is knowing that most people only live three years after retiring. Once you don't have a purpose in life, and your activity levels goes from working full time to sitting around, doing nothing, most people just die. It's sad, but true.

Eddie

 

[RobertN]

Depends if she can get time off of work. 6 months out of the year, she works a couple days a week selling veggies at local Farmers market... Her leg broke a couple years ago from old weak bones; she went from a cane/walker to wheelchair. She still gets out there sell those veggies though.

She continues to work as a polling place worker too; done that since 1945; been voting since it was legal for her too.

Busy lady

Why not? If she hits the big jackpot, she can retire in style.:laughing:

 

[Bird]

Part of how the Teamsters figure out how much to pay in pension benifits is knowing that most people only live three years after retiring. Once you don't have a purpose in life, and your activity levels goes from working full time to sitting around, doing nothing, most people just die. It's sad, but true.

Eddie

Yep, I've seen that, Eddie. As you said, if they retire and don't have a purpose in life, they don't live long. Of course, when I "retired", we had something we wanted to do for a year or two, and then I did work at some other jobs that didn't pay much, but they were things I enjoyed doing and picked up a few dollars, too.

 

[Alan L.]

I'm not sure how many I've met or how many pictures I could find. We first had a group get together at wroughtn_harv's place, then one at txdon's, one in Denton 2 years ago for my 70th birthday, and the below picture was in April, 2005, for a fish fry at jinman's place.

I was at 3 of those get togethers so however many that is, is how many I have met. Great folks!

 

[CompactTractorFan]

I'm not sure CompactTractorFan would even know what a 33 1/3rd RPM Record is!!

(CTF: a 33 1/3rd record is a vinyl album. Many years ago (1940s and before, I guess...before my time) were played at 78 RPM...record players had 3 speeds back then. The 3rd speed was 45 RPM).

You're showing your age, David!!

Yeah, did not know about that...

Guys, CTF may not know what an 8-track or cassette tape is, much less what a record player is.

Hey now, I'm not that young! I remember using a pencil to rewind cassette tapes that became unwound...

...and few years ago we got a "modern" record player...