On Dec. 27, 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed, was replaced by Babrak Karmal.
And it went so well for the next decade....
Somehow, I feel like I am becoming a geezer. After my bike accident, I have used a cane. I feel like poking a young whipersnapper...
Monday, December 27, 2004
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Get rid of cars!
"We're having too many fatalities. The streets are too wide," said Stanton, District 6. "We need to let pedestrians know that they are welcome on our streets."
Monday, December 20, 2004
Some geezers are not too bright....
Robbery note has thief's address on back
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Call it the case of the perfect clue. A man handed a note demanding money to a teller at the Wells Fargo Bank Thursday, took the money and fled.
Left behind was the note — written on the back of a paper from the state probation and parole department, complete with the man's name on it, Deputy Police Chief Brian O'Keefe said Friday.
The 60-year-old man was soon in custody. He was on parole for bank robbery.
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Call it the case of the perfect clue. A man handed a note demanding money to a teller at the Wells Fargo Bank Thursday, took the money and fled.
Left behind was the note — written on the back of a paper from the state probation and parole department, complete with the man's name on it, Deputy Police Chief Brian O'Keefe said Friday.
The 60-year-old man was soon in custody. He was on parole for bank robbery.
Friday, December 17, 2004
Bah, Humbug
Maybe we should write a different letter to Santa?
Santa at Mich. middle school cited for pot possession
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — A man who visited a middle school dressed as Santa Claus on Thursday left with a citation for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
The 40-year-old Detroit man faces up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine after a small plastic bag of marijuana was found in the pocket of his street coat, which he left in a school restroom, Wayne County Sheriff's Department officials said.
A deputy who works at the school found the marijuana while searching the coat for identification after a teacher found it in the bathroom. The man dressed as Santa approached the deputy a short time later and identified the coat.
The man denied the pot was his. His wife, who was at the school to take pictures of Santa with the students, apparently did not know the marijuana was in her husband's coat, officials said.
"She was not happy," Lt. Paul Jones said. "It's going to be a long ride back to the North Pole."
Santa at Mich. middle school cited for pot possession
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — A man who visited a middle school dressed as Santa Claus on Thursday left with a citation for misdemeanor marijuana possession.
The 40-year-old Detroit man faces up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine after a small plastic bag of marijuana was found in the pocket of his street coat, which he left in a school restroom, Wayne County Sheriff's Department officials said.
A deputy who works at the school found the marijuana while searching the coat for identification after a teacher found it in the bathroom. The man dressed as Santa approached the deputy a short time later and identified the coat.
The man denied the pot was his. His wife, who was at the school to take pictures of Santa with the students, apparently did not know the marijuana was in her husband's coat, officials said.
"She was not happy," Lt. Paul Jones said. "It's going to be a long ride back to the North Pole."
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Baseball and drugs
What would a geezer say about the drug news from sports? Geezer Bush says they will do something if baseball does not. I wonder if that includes cocaine testing for members of the White House staff and family?
Geezer McCain says the senate will do something if baseball does not. Of course, it was ok for his wife to cut a deal with the government when she was caught with her hand in the percodet jar. The rest of us would have gone to jail for stealing drugs from kids. She went through rehab. The pictures I have seen of her lately mnake you wonder....He will never run for President. The press would have too much fun....
Drugs have been in sports since day one. One time, people thought smokes improved performance. There are great pictures of tour de france riders smoking while they were riding. Hmmm, that test did not work well.
Steroids were first available during Babe Ruth's time. Don't you think the Babe would try them if they were availab.e Booze probably relaxed him too.
Steroids are the latest fad. Who didn't know that players were juiced. All you had to do was look at them. Does anyone care? NOOOOO
Is it a bad example to kids? Of course, but people are willing to take the risks for the rewards. Always will be, always has been. Get real, acknowledge it. Talk about risks and side affects. Get on with life.
We love our pro wrestlers. Don't tell me they are not juiced. We don't want to look at normal people playing. We like the sex of big muscles.
There are more important things to think about. Like deaths in Iraq and a hopless policy against terrorism....
Get real....
Geezer McCain says the senate will do something if baseball does not. Of course, it was ok for his wife to cut a deal with the government when she was caught with her hand in the percodet jar. The rest of us would have gone to jail for stealing drugs from kids. She went through rehab. The pictures I have seen of her lately mnake you wonder....He will never run for President. The press would have too much fun....
Drugs have been in sports since day one. One time, people thought smokes improved performance. There are great pictures of tour de france riders smoking while they were riding. Hmmm, that test did not work well.
Steroids were first available during Babe Ruth's time. Don't you think the Babe would try them if they were availab.e Booze probably relaxed him too.
Steroids are the latest fad. Who didn't know that players were juiced. All you had to do was look at them. Does anyone care? NOOOOO
Is it a bad example to kids? Of course, but people are willing to take the risks for the rewards. Always will be, always has been. Get real, acknowledge it. Talk about risks and side affects. Get on with life.
We love our pro wrestlers. Don't tell me they are not juiced. We don't want to look at normal people playing. We like the sex of big muscles.
There are more important things to think about. Like deaths in Iraq and a hopless policy against terrorism....
Get real....
Sunday, December 05, 2004
geezers are us
By The Helena IR - 12/05/04
As is often pointed out, it's difficult to make predictions — especially about the future. But there's one fact about the future that is inescapable. It will have a lot of old people in it.
A story in the business section of today's newspaper reports on a presentation made in Helena last week by Bob Morton, a consultant from Washington state who urges business people to take advantage of the quickly growing market of aging customers. Today, he said, about 14 percent of the U.S. population is 65 or older. In just 20 more years, that figure will jump to 25 percent. For businesses, it will be a different world.
But it isn't just corporations that will feel the change. Look around. Those older people are going to be us.
It is striking to realize that for 99 percent of human history, only 2 to 3 percent of any society on any continent ever reached the age of 65. In fact, two out of three humans who have ever existed and lived to reach 65 just happen to be alive today.
Credit better health care, coupled with smarter life styles, for the ballooning numbers of elderly people. Back when Social Security was invented in 1935 — a time when life expectancy was just 55 years — nobody was worried about cholesterol, and you weren't cool if you didn't smoke.
Another factor involves a declining percentage of young people. For decades in the United States and most other developed nations, the fertility rate has been below the "replacement rate" of 2.1 live births per woman of reproductive age. That means the geezer percentage will loom even larger.
Changes brought about by the graying of America will ripple throughout society. Some of them, such as the impact on Social Security and Medicare, are easy to foresee. Others are certain to surprise us.
But we can be pretty sure that one other truism will remain: Getting old is never going to be for sissies. But hey, we'll sure have a lot of company.
As is often pointed out, it's difficult to make predictions — especially about the future. But there's one fact about the future that is inescapable. It will have a lot of old people in it.
A story in the business section of today's newspaper reports on a presentation made in Helena last week by Bob Morton, a consultant from Washington state who urges business people to take advantage of the quickly growing market of aging customers. Today, he said, about 14 percent of the U.S. population is 65 or older. In just 20 more years, that figure will jump to 25 percent. For businesses, it will be a different world.
But it isn't just corporations that will feel the change. Look around. Those older people are going to be us.
It is striking to realize that for 99 percent of human history, only 2 to 3 percent of any society on any continent ever reached the age of 65. In fact, two out of three humans who have ever existed and lived to reach 65 just happen to be alive today.
Credit better health care, coupled with smarter life styles, for the ballooning numbers of elderly people. Back when Social Security was invented in 1935 — a time when life expectancy was just 55 years — nobody was worried about cholesterol, and you weren't cool if you didn't smoke.
Another factor involves a declining percentage of young people. For decades in the United States and most other developed nations, the fertility rate has been below the "replacement rate" of 2.1 live births per woman of reproductive age. That means the geezer percentage will loom even larger.
Changes brought about by the graying of America will ripple throughout society. Some of them, such as the impact on Social Security and Medicare, are easy to foresee. Others are certain to surprise us.
But we can be pretty sure that one other truism will remain: Getting old is never going to be for sissies. But hey, we'll sure have a lot of company.
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