For those who are in there 60s, given your years of wisdom and experience, what were some great financial investment decisions you’ve made? What were some bad ones? And how would you have invested if you could start again

Those folks who stay dry-eyed whether by nature or nurture, but still have big feelings…being that way too, I could use tips on doing more than internalizing…

Apparently, it is practically geriatric to have an AOL email address. So, anytime I have to give my email address out. I’m letting people know that I’m over 40. Or even 50. Also, the use of ellipses In texts apparently it’s not used by the young… who knew?

I didn't realize that it didn't really become common until around the 1950s or so from what I saw on Google.

what are unique particular things you're grateful for?

Or has it got too expensive? My subscription rates have gone up 250% in five years. Ridiculous. I'm ready to bail.

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I don't remember any elections before 1992. ( Yes this is an American post) Basically the title, and why. The older the better.

For those who got to catch it on television or read about it in the papers.

How did you feel about the news? What thoughts raced in your head getting to live in the same era humanity left the cradle for the first time?

I work for a small cleaning company that (indirectly) discriminates against older people, and it breaks my heart.

My coworker, who works in HR, came to my office asking me to interview an older woman in her sixties, saying, “Can you interview her? She’s a senior, I won’t hire her anyway.”

We're nearing the 35th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's release from prison. Curious to know what the reaction of those who remember Mandela's release was. How did people around you react?

I was a kid when the USSR collapsed, so have no memory of when it was powerful. Were people in the West, of all ages, constantly terrified of it? I'd like to get answers from a wide range of countries, if possible.

The other day i was thinking, when was the last time I had salisbury steak, has to be the early 80s.

I'd have to say it was buying a toilet seat bidet ($39). Can't believe I lived over 60 years without a device to do what toilet paper can never do!

Paranormal/glitch in the matrix

Are there any hobbies/pastimes that were popular especially during your time? Specifically, are there any that you don't see younger people enjoying today? I am 21, but I noticed that fewer people go to movie theaters now compared to when I was a kid.

Seems like they have been around forever. Curious to know some from political venues of yesteryear. Or just current event related.

With February upon us, one of our neatest was going to see Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day. Absolutely not what we were expecting but super happy we did it for the experience.

I'm 36. I often wonder. In hindsight it seems like yesterday I was 18 finishing highschool heading to college. I know that during most of it it felt like a snails pace though.

For you how quickly did the time feel like it was passing by from it mid thirties?

Looking for your stories of hope and overcoming.

You tell me your story, I'll tell you mine.

Sports, entertainment, or other?