Author Archives: john graham

“Pots and Kettles”

Posted on August 28, 2015 by john graham

It is not often that I read the Financial Times, nor do I expect the pink pages to express concerns about older people, but the 20th August edition had two headlines that attracted my interest:- “Square Mile fears reputation damage … Continue reading →

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“Cloud Surfing – Obama’s old age”

Posted on August 23, 2015 by john graham

So far I have only found a few interesting sites about remarkable older people, although there are a lot of older bloggers, mainly in America who have interesting stories to tell.  It has taken hours of relatively aimless surfing to … Continue reading →

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“Cloud Surfing – Millie Garfield”

Posted on August 16, 2015 by john graham

Continuing to surf around in my quest for interesting blogs by older people, I eventually found a piece of treasure. A blog by Millie Garfield – a 91-year-old young lady who lives in Boston, USA. Millie has been blogging since … Continue reading →

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“Cloud Surfing 2”

Posted on August 9, 2015 by john graham

I am continuing on my summer surfing holiday exploring the internet for interesting and positive sites about older people. Like the early explorers searching for “the new world”, you’re not sure where you are going, nor exactly what you are … Continue reading →

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“Cloud Surfing 1”

Posted on August 2, 2015 by john graham

This follows on from my last blog where I am looking for positive images of older people.  If you start off by surfing the net and type in “Old People” into Google, what you tend to find is adverts for … Continue reading →

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“Cloud Surfing”

Posted on July 26, 2015 by john graham

In the five years that I have been writing this blog, I have routinely scanned the news media and the internet for information about ageing and older people issues.  There is a torrent of information out there, but when you … Continue reading →

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“Smile Post”

Posted on July 19, 2015 by john graham

It was 2011 when I first started grumbling about the postal service.  I wrote lots of blogs about it in 2011 and 2012.  You can see them by clicking on “GrumbleSmiles Post” in the TAG CLOUD. I commented on a … Continue reading →

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“Pelican Crossings are too fast for the elderly”

Posted on July 12, 2015 by john graham

The Government will shortly be introducing athletics training for old people in the run-up to the next Olympic Games.  It is not that they expect many people to compete in Rio de Janeiro  in 2016 – the Department of Transport … Continue reading →

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“Same Old, Same Old – Death’s Door”

Posted on July 5, 2015 by john graham

Before I had even concluded my last blog on the recurring headlines about assisted suicide, a host of new headlines on the same subject appear:- “Dying without dignity” – Daily Mail – 20th May 2015 “The dam is about to … Continue reading →

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“Same Old, Same Old – Hastened Departure”

Posted on June 28, 2015 by john graham

This is another blog about recurring headlines that are ageist and continue to build the image of old people as a burden on society.  It is on the subject of assisted suicide which rather ominously I have written about 13 … Continue reading →

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