In Massachusetts, it was called RomneyCare. It’s a compromise between single-payer, and letting the insurance companies cherry-pick who they cover. My buddy had a spinal disorder and could never get insurance, even through his job that offered insurance. ACA changed that. It’s not perfect, but it’s a big improvement over what we had. If it were up to me, we’d have universal coverage from birth through 15 years old. We already have free public schools, so I don’t think this is much of a stretch. Once you’re 15, you can get a job and pay for your own damned healthcare! lol.

Ah Gee. Just when I thought I could sell you a Himalayan Salt Lamp.

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Too late! My daughter already bought me one as a gift!

But not for any of those bogus reasons. We both just think it looks cool!

Another veteran actor, Paul Sorvino. 83 years old.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/25/entertainment/paul-sorvino-obit/index.html

…you walk into a room equipped with motion sensors and the lights don’t turn on.

Tony Dow passed away. I guess that comes from being too hard on the Beav.

He was 77. This action is going to start happening with more frequency. The baby boomers are all on the downhill run now.

Here are some pics of celebrities who are older than 70. We grew up with these people.

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls002204062/

Robert De Niro is 78

Sally Fields is 75

William Hurt died March 2022. He was 71.

Anybody want to place bets on who is next

Jack Nicholson is 85

LTG : )

Gene Hackman is 92.

That phrase, "dropping like flies" keeps going through my head

I'll be 70 in a couple of weeks. I don't feel like I have one foot in the grave. No sir!

But I'll take liberties and claim, that at 70, I have earned the privilege to speak of death and dying in all irreverent ways possible No matter how distasteful some may find it

So, who is going first? Jack or Gene? How would odds be assigned for this? 7 to 1 for Hackman that Nicholson goes first? Or no odds for Hackman checking out first?

Too macabre..thoughts should be focused on hottie of July

Gee dad my best friend passed away..makes me sad RIP Tony

You never know at your age. Best get your affairs in order and start chasing younger women immediately.

LTG : )

Clint Eastwood is 92

The immortal Keith Richards is 78

LTG : )

I posted some 90+ actors/actresses recently. God love her, but as far as I could find, Joyce Randolph is leading the pack.
R.I.P. Tony Dow. Too young really.

Well, check that. Recent reports say he has not died, but it seems imminent.

Mick turned 79 today.

Well, Willie Nelson is 89! Still playing concerts

Believe it or not, same as Biden.

I think Mick is a lot more with it, despite his past abuses.

Not an actor but a TV powerhouse for sure.

Norman Lear is 100.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lear

Since we are mentioning actors who are doing so well. I am AMAZED with William Shatner (91) with Josh gates, "SharkTrek episode." If you haven't seen it yet, it's a must. The guy is just so unbelievable it what he is doing at his age. That was a scary funny as hell episode for Bill.

On my xfinity it was the back 1/2 of season 10 ep 11 "Egypt's City Of The Dead" of (Exhibition Unknown). on others it was Just SharkTrek.

Star Trek

Nichelle Nichols, trailblazing 'Star Trek' actress, dies at 89

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/31/entertainment/nichelle-nichols-star-trek-dies/index.html

Check out her Blaxploitation performance from the 70's.

Damn !

I like to view 1950 to 1970s Americana Small town historic videos/pictures on my tablet. My current search is 1950-1960 Kansas.

Search: Udall Kansas 1955 tornado wipes out the town.

Search: Wichita River Festival. Click on images.

Search: Beaumont Kansas. Click on images.

Search: Wichita Kansas aviation. Click on images.

I think Shatner, Koenig and Takei are the only ones still alive and it's weird that after all the books written about Shatner he might be the one to outlive them all. Always has to have the last line.

He's got some good genes because he most certainly has not been a health nut through the years.

Grumpy old men had a great line! NOT QUOTING EXACTY! “I eat bacon every morning and I have outlived all those flat bellied quacks! “

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you don't get many of the memes in here:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/funny-captions-thread

...you watch the weather Channel on days the hottest looking meteorologist
Jessie Uppal for me

I'm a Jen Carfagno guy. She's just cuuuuute!
Don't know if she's still with them. I don't watch it anymore. I just CAN'T STAND STEPHANIE ABRAMS!

I was out in California for training several years ago, and there was a local weather babe there who had them all beat. Her name is Evelyn Taft. Hoochie Mama!!!

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Search: Kansas Turnpike 1956

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kansas+turnpike+1956&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ebayimg.com%2Fimages%2Fg%2F~VEAAOSwFlxcmrmw%2Fs-l400.jpg

Search: Boeing Wichita 1950s

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=boeing+wichita+1950s&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images

Search: Cessna Wichita 1950s

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=cessna+wichita+1950s&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images

Search: Beech Wichita 1950s

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=beech++wichita+1950s&t=osx&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

Search: Kansas Wheat 1950s

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kansas+wheat+1950s&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images

Search: Kansas highways 1950s

https://duckduckgo.com/?
q=kansas+highways+1950s&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fmediad.publicbroadcasting.net%2Fp%2Fshared%2Fnpr%2Fstyles%2Fx_large%2Fnprshared%2F201905%2F726090252.jpg
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kansas+wheat+1950s&t=osx&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

Search: Kansas drive in theaters 1950s

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kansas+drive+in+theaters+1950s&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kansas+drive+in+theaters+54+drive+in&t=osx&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

I lived behind the 54 Drive in in the 60s. I got to watch a lot of "free" shows. There was a 50 foot strip of "no mans land" between a long block of peoples' backyards and the drive in's chain link fence. Someone unraveled a piece of the chain link and we kids would sit behind the fence to watch the movies and then "trepass" in and spend money at the hamburger stand. The theatre management just looked the other way as nothing ( other than the fence) was being vandalized. This is where I saw The Beatles in their movie Help!

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And there is this: not the 50s or 60s but the largest ball of twine is a small town tourist attraction .

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kansas+largest+ball+of+twine&t=osx&ia=web

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If you like her, you would probably appreciate Tasmin Mahfuz of WDVM-TV in Hagerstown MD!

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Monday i spent 5 hours replacing the bearings in my Whirlpool Platinum Cabrio washing machine (for the 2nd time in 7 years), and i felt like i got run over by a truck by the time i was done. It still hurts.

Now that's a job! I'm about to do one of my front bearings on a CR-V and not looking forward to it. At least I don't have to completely disassemble a washing machine to get to the bearing

Awesome..thx Cotton!
Old Bob Hope Christmas specials visiting troops overseas is also a favorite. Anyone here stationed overseas during Christmas?

When...
Your age now can reflects the age of the best years of muscle cars. (IMO)

Memories:

At 64 I did own a 1964 chevy impala ss 4 speed (blue) used
At 65 I did own a 1965 Meyers-Manx dune buggy (yellow) no muscle car that year.
At 66 I did own a 1966 Pontiac Lemans 6cy ohc that I blew up the Motor and stuck a 326 in it and left the badging of the ohc 6 (fun)
Turning 67 now.. I did own a 1967 Chevy Chevelle ss loved having that key high on the dash.

Soon: (hopefully)

At 68 I did own a 1968 Pontiac GTO and a !968 Camero RS (wish it was the ss)
At 69....missed that year..bummer...good stuff out there. My girl cousin bought a 1969 orange GTO Judge though !!
At 70 I did own my favorite...1970 Pontiac GTO Bermuda Blue Poly
71/72/73/74/75 Missed...(was into Motorcycles those years, and beyond for that matter)
At 76 Last of the muscle cars (for me) (1974 for most muscle car buffs) was a 1976 Pontiac Trans Am ..wish I had that again..fun car.
After that..Muscle cars kinda faded in the sunset....and I never cared for any cars after that.

I have one more for you. It is not by years. It is by tornados.

Kansas tornados.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kansas+tornados&t=osx&iax=images&ia=images

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I used to have a nice collection of these as a "ute".
ebay.com link: itm

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You remember playing the Bigfoot pinball in Hadley, MA sometime between 1981- 1983 and everyone on pinside shits on you because I don't have any physical proof.

Pictures... Names of operators... I was 10-12 years old??!

That said, I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981 too. I don't have my ticket stub... Guess I have no proof I saw it

40 years... Ugh

What's a ute?

I confess!
I watch the weather Channel because the meteorologist is a stone cold fox
Edit: should be in the getting old thread , I already mentioned this.

Darn .. just realized I posted this in the wrong thread
..meant for confession thread!

I rewatched Star Trek Wrath of Khan and one of the plot lines is Kirk feels like he is too old to be Captain anymore and needs to step down.

He's turning 50 in the movie.

A member of a western American Indian tribe.
Ute are the Indigenous people of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin. They had lived in sovereignty in the regions of present-day Utah and Colorado in the Southwestern United States for many centuries until European settlers colonized their lands.

Just a question: Have you watched that movie with Joe Pesci called "My cousin Vinny"?

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It is a great movie. Make a chance to watch it.