Boomer Randomness

Daddy Jagger, predicting technology, predicting one’s own death, limits and filters in aging. Explore these four random topics in this episode.

Boomers who put their youthful passions on the back burner as they grow families and careers might finally find time in retirement to pursue those passions.  This episode is a conversation with one such retiree who is writing and recording songs.

Listen to eight Boomers share memories of watching the first human steps on the moon live on TV. Also hear about some planned future flights to the moon and beyond. It's hard to believe the Apollo 11 mission was 54 years ago this week.

TV viewing trends then and now, as well as TV coverage of the Kennedy Assassination, the Shuttle disaster and 9-11, are part of part 2 of a chat about TV in the Boomer era.

Remember phrases like “Goodnight, Johnboy”? “Book ‘em, Danno”? TV theme songs like Gilligan’s Island and M*A*S*H? Jump into our TV Time Machine for part 1 of a chat about TV in the Boomer era.

College, Sunday drives, newspapers, grab bars, wine, integrity, buying music. Getting’ random with ya in this episode.

The rest of my chat with younger Boomer Lesley Lawrence.  We’ll get her perspective on the space race of the 60s and 70s, bucket lists and relocating in retirement.

What do Boomers at the younger end of the Boomer age range think about? Their music tastes, attitudes about retirement and perspective on aging might be different than those of us on the older end.  We talk with a younger Boomer in the this episode.

Did visitors from advanced civilizations on other planets bring us the technology that enabled enduring structures in ancient times to be built or the more modern yet still primitive computer technology that got us to the moon 54 years ago? Was the Star Trek creator from outer space?

Planning for retirement, living in retirement, travel, bucket lists, advice for retirement.

If you’re retired, do you miss work?  Did you plan well? What do you do all day?  If you’re not retired, are you thinking about it?  Are you ready for it? 

What does it take to live to 100? Do you want to live that long? Do you want to make it on the Smucker’s jar on the Today show saluting centenarians?

What do these Boomer era songs have in common? “Behind Closed Doors” by Charlie Rich, “Money” by Pink Floyd, “Long Train Runnin’” by the Doobie Brothers, “Tie A Yellow Ribbon”. You might be surprised.

Do you have a Bucket list? What’s on it? How does it compare with other Boomer bucket lists? 

If you’re not retired yet, are you ready for it? Do you dream about it? Do you plan for it? Do you practice?

Do you listen to music on vinyl, CDs, or your phone? Do you read a newspaper by turning pages or scrolling on an iPad? How do you adjust to changes in technology?

What kind of stuff do you keep?  Pictures, souvenirs, old love letters?  Will your kids want any of this stuff when you’re gone? Do you really want any of it now?

We're sooo busy, but we know there's always time to catch up, right?  And then time runs out.

How do you react when you hear the words “OK Boomer”. I react by saying, “Yep, that’s me.” What is a Boomer? Who am I?

Are we there yet, are we there yet, are we there yet? Is that something your kids ask incessantly on a family road trip?  Or is it something to ponder on the journey of life? Do you live for today?  Do you plan for the future?  Do you do a little of both? 

Music is a powerful thing. Notes, chords and lyrics tap into our emotions. The 1st few notes of a song can be a time machine, transporting us back to some earlier part of our lives.