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Baby Boomers Blog Carnival One Hundred-sixteenth Edition

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 04:36 AM PDT

Welcome to the November 2, 2011 edition of the Baby Boomers Blog Carnival. There are some really well thought out and insightful Boomer articles for you to peruse this week.

So, grab a cup of coffee (or tea), sit back in your most comfortable chair, put up your feet and Enjoy.

This one’s for you!

Family

Marie@familymoneyvalues.com presents Will Baby Boomers Be ‘Elders’? posted at FamilyMoneyValues, saying, “James Hughes feels that elders are the keepers of the tribe’s stories and rituals, that they are the ones the tribe looks to for decisions about roles and relationships between members of the tribe. He also thinks that the Baby Boomer generation is NOT taking steps to fill the Elder role. Here is why I disagree…”

General

Betty presents Free money. No strings attached. posted at Control Your Cash: Making Money Make Sense, saying, “There's this amazing scam going on in our society, perpetrated by private industry, no less. And get this – it's backfiring.”

Health

Consumer Boomer presents Choosing Cheap Eye Glasses For Boomers posted at Consumer Boomer, saying, “There are several ways that baby boomers can save money on their prescription eye glasses. Here is a look at some of the options you may want to consider.”

Randy Powell presents Healthy Water! posted at High Alkaline Foods Diet.

asithi presents A Comfortable Hospital Stay posted at Small Steps to Health, saying, “A post discussing how to make an extended hospital stay more comfortable.”

Emilia Klapp presents What Are Vitamins and Which Ones to Take? posted at The Diabetes Club, saying, “Vitamins are at the heart of every function your body performs. Without them you could not breathe, eat an apple, fight a cold, or think. However, when at the drugstore, looking at the many choices of supplements available to you, which one should you buy?”

Lisa Belkin presents 10 Inhumane Experiments That Wound Up Helping Society posted at Medical Billing and Coding Certification, saying, “Take a look at the positive impact some of this research has had, and thank your lucky stars you haven't been sacrificed in the name of science — yet.”

Humor

Nesher presents Well-planned Retirement Benefits for Bristol Zoo Parking Lot Attendant posted at Best Hoaxes and Pranks.

Retirement

Super Saver presents Retirement versus Un-Retirement posted at My Wealth Builder, saying, “I’ve tried retirement and I’ve tried un-retirement and I like retirement better.”

Work

Adrienne Smith presents Attention All Baby Boomers…It Is Never Too Late posted at AdrienneSmith.net, saying, “Just because you have reached a certain age doesn’t mean you can’t start over. Read this post and you’ll see why.”

Charles Chua C K presents Do You Want to Ask For a Raise? posted at All About Living with Life.

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