GB Items Related to Tag - phone

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    Time Warp

    Every so often I'm gripped by the urge to rent a "classic" movie to see what the fuss was all about. In the past couple of years, this has led me to "Requiem for a Heavyweight" (splendid), "Rebel without a Cause" (a tad overdone) and "Cat on a Hot Tin...

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    Recycle your old/used cell phone and its batteries (save some animals)

    Talking to one of my best friends Jumbo today kicked up an old college memory of my Physics professor saying "go ahead and use cell phones and help the endangerment of monkeys in Africa" This was 9 years ago now. As you can imagine the whole class was...

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    Ring My Bell

    Remember when phones actually rang instead of playing a song or beeping? Check out these gems and find out what your old phone is worth.


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    The $20,000 dress

    There are plenty of phone calls you get from your kids over the years that count as "surprises." Some of them are good surprises, some of them are awful, and a few just rock you back on your heels and make you go "WOW!!!!" The phone call from my art...

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    The dreaded phone call

    Sometimes "growing bolder" means you have to stretch yourself in ways you hadn't thought imaginable just the day before. I got the phone call we all dread, a late-afternoon alert that my 85 year old wheel-chair bound mother had fallen and fractured her...

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    A Radio Interview

    With my first radio interview scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on October 25th, I spent much of the preceding afternoon pulling together notes and information about questions that I thought the interviewer might ask. Along with that I invested in a new...

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  • Mikey
    Embracing Forty: And So It Begins...

    I don’t feel 40. Not even close, actually. At least I didn’t until February 22, 2010. That is a date that will live in infamy for me. I did something that day that many would just shrug off. Some might even say, “I think you’re losing it, Mike.”...

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    GB Tech Minute: The Hype About Skype

    Skype is free software that you download to your computer or mobile phone. So, what's with all the hype? Suzy Boe explains how this power tool can make sharing life's important moments simple and fun.


  • Bill Shafer
    Get Connected!

    Cell Phones. How did we ever live without them? Isn’t it amazing how quickly they’ve become part of our lives? It just doesn’t feel right to leave the house without one. Like a wristwatch, we instinctively reach for it as part of the daily...

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    Cone of Silence

    I haven't been blogging, debating or communicating much lately because I can't focus. This is based on two things I can't control, high blood sugar, which interferes with my concentration, and stress (which interferes with my blood sugar). But I realized...

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    Is this from growing bolder? or growing older?

    On Saturday I headed for Newberry, SC to see Brenda Lee at the Newberry Opera House. I left home around 8:30 a.m. and about 30 miles down the road I was going over, in my head, the things I had packed. I don't know why I do this, but I do. Well, I...

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    I've never blogged before!!

    I have never blogged before and so you will have to tell me if I am totally off basehere. I read...

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    Tech Minute: Yelp!

    Have a favorite restaurant? Spread the word! Have bad service at a nearby store? Let your friends and family know. Yelp! lets you post your reviews online and on your phone. Suzy Boe breaks it down.


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    Ten Tips to Help You Live Drama Free at Midlife

    Ten Tips to Help You Live to be Drama Free at Midlife 10. Write a list of goals you'd like to achieve. Focus on what you know you can do well. Don’t try to be a “jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none. 9. Say “no” instead of “yes”....

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    Change of Plans!

    Although I hadn’t anticipated a change of plans last night, everything turned out just peachy. I had put the last coat of mascara on my eight eyelashes, blush on my cheek and a spritz of hair spray to secure my new ‘do,’ standing in front of...

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    Satisfaction Survey

    I have been ruminating about life and all her wonders, disappointments, fears, successes, failures, memories, happiness...oh and men. So, I have come up with some life questions for your own rumination (that word sounds like a debilitating disease,...

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    The Sunday Paper

    This is dedicated to all of us who are seniors, to all of you who know seniors, and to all of you...

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    Nike Says Just Do It and Tiger Did

    Yesterday I found myself threatening to check my husband's cell phone for any suspicious numbers all because of Tiger Woods. Now, don't get me wrong. I have absolutely NO reason to mistrust my husband but I did become somewhat concerned after calling him...

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  • Bernie - The Ultimate Florida Gators Fan!!!
    Office Phone Stress

    Not being a woman normally prone to violence, I shocked myself this morning when I shook my...

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    Serious Media Exposure

    Thanks to the mailing I did to the top 50 biggest media outlets I was contacted by Mark Miller...

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    Fast Forwards -- Three Scenes - One Important Message

    People sure stay busy trying to cheat us, don't they? Here's three stories from real life making the rounds on the Internet today. A good lesson for us all about watching our credit cards


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    Day 98: Team Roz is on the Move

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....

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    Anita VanderMolen

    At the age of 41, she enlisted in the National Guard and found herself assigned to the same unit as her son! Now both are serving side-by-side in Iraq.


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    Pierre Khawand

    With so many high-tech cell phones on the market, Pierre Khawand, author of "The Smartphone Experiment," explains how to make a smart buy.


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    How do Alzheimer's people walk away from a facility?

    I guess I'm being bolder by asking nursing facilities. How can Alzheimer's patients walk out of...

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  • Bernie - The Ultimate Florida Gators Fan!!!
    Air Force Incident

    Girl Scout Troop 354 was on the move again! We were, as usual, loaded in our troop mother’s station wagon and, this time, we were headed to the local Air Force base for a tour. What a treat!! I was on my best behavior, except for the two dirty looks I...

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    Caregivers Need TLC, too.

    This week's "Reality Bytes: A Message that Resonates" video is Perfect! To paraphrase your video "blurb": Every caregiver out there knows it's not easy. But I didn't even know about the Community Education & Resource Affiliation of Central Florida,...

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    Experiencing Angels

    I have never seen angels but my husband did. He passed away five years ago. He was a Navajo Indian and I'm an anglo..belagonna in their language. I have lived on and around the Navajo reservation for years. My husband told me of his experience as...

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    Reconnecting With Co-Workers

    Sometimes the people we work with everyday become like family. That is very understandable since...

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    Dr. Hyla Cass

    Prescription drugs may help with illness, but Dr. Hyla Cass is here to tell us what our doctors won't say about the most commonly prescribed drugs.


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    To Smoke Or Not To Smoke

    Smoking is the one choice you can make that can save your life but for most of the 32 years I smoked, I liked to smoke and enjoyed it. When I started out smoking I was young. I wasn’t thinking about saving my life. I saw all the commercials, read the...

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    Bam! Don't Mess With Granny

    A 70-year-old grandmother is receiving a complete set of Chef Emeril Lagasse's signature cookware to replace the 5-quart saucepan she used to fight off home intruders.


  • Marc
    Get Your Widget On

    Guess who all the big brain technology gurus talked about at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas? You. This weekend, the CES hosted its first annual “Silvers Summit” to discuss how older Americans shop for and use consumer electronics.Several...

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  • Announcer/Voice Talent for Hire

    BRADLEY SCOTT ROENFELDT Dear Sir or Madam: I love broadcasting, and I am interested in employment opportunities in the Omaha/Lincoln, Nebraska, area. • I am an eager and reliable employee. • I routinely arrive early for work...

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    Day 47: Perfect Day

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner. After 11 years as a management consultant, she embarked on a new life of adventure by rowing 3,000 miles across the Atlantic. Her unlikely transformation...

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    It's Never Too Late

    Last weekend I was surprised with an early Birthday Party by my sisters and brother. They really...

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  • Bill Shafer
    The World's Oldest Musician!

    The world's oldest musician is closing in on 101, still Growing Bolder and still performing live! Bill Tapia, who is known as the Duke of Uke, played with Bing, Louis and Fats and still has the wit and skill to delight audiences all across America....

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    Please be aware of this scam

    Hi everyone. I decided that I had to let all of you know something that happened recently, so that you could be fully aware and forewarned of a scam that someone tried to perpetrate on me. I also have sent this to Snopes.com so that when you...

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    Bacon and Butter For Breakfast

    Apparently, that's what you have to eat to reach your goals ... at least, if your goals are to speed across Antarctica to the South Pole in record time! GB Radio Show guest Ray Zahab is getting international attention for his trek -- take a look at...

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    5 Questions With: Tina Finn

    Tina Finn has a lot of heroes -- and none stand out so much as kids with disabilities. Tina has devoted her passion to a new business, and each purchase makes a difference.


  • MissDazey Is Online
    Up, up and Away

    Another repeat of post on Seniors Online Supporters. By the way, I also write a blog about my...

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    Arrival Plans for TODAY!

    Roz Savage is a British ocean rower, author, motivational speaker and environmental campaigner....

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    Sensationalist headlines: They're calling it the Twitter Rape case?

    Meanwhile in what passes for the news media... I'm sorry, I wish I could complain about this...

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    Letter Sent To A Bank By 86 Year Old Lady

    86-year Old Lady's Letter to Bank Shown below, is an actual letter that was sent to a...

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  • Steve Sigler
    Let's Play Hardball!

    There's a sacred bond between a man and baseball. It's something that a softball would just never understand.


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    ...and then my dog died.

    I don't leave home much. I rarely travel, in fact, I rarely go out except to shop. That may seem...

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  • Lou
    Traveling the Continent by Motorcycle

    Each year I go on a motorcycle adventure to somewhere on the North American Continent. I don't travel the main roads, but opt for the back roads and even dirt roads that criss-cross throughout our great country. This year my destination was Eastern...

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  • sheryl kurland
    The Gumball Fix

    Over the course of any marriage, your spouse does or says things that make you think “How could he do this to me?” or “If he really loved me, he wouldn’t have said that” or “This is so hurtful, I can’t even believe this is the man I...

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  • Bill Shafer
    Bird Lady of Altamonte Headed For Heaven

    Ann Young died. And if you listen very close you can tell. Songbirds aren't singing quite as sweet. She was the best friend wild birds ever had. Thousands owe her their lives. Thousands more won't survive now that she's gone. She was known...

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    Massive Earthquake Devastates Haiti

    Officials say tens of thousands of people died when a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook Haiti, one of the poorest nations in the world. Meet a woman who's dedicated the past decade to the Haitian people, and find out how you can help.


  • Bill Shafer
    TV, Broadway Star Shines Again!

    Do you know how every once in a while you meet someone who's life force shines so bright you just want to be around them? You MUST meet Shelly Burch. Oh, sure... You might remember...

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    Incredible View of World Record

    Few thought it possible, even more thought it irresponsible when teenager Mike Perham set out to sea to become the youngest to sail solo around the world. Watch one of his video blogs from the journey.


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    September Ponderings

    On Cooking. Well...I never learned a lot about it. I got made fun of in high school because I...

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    Afterschool activities are the key to strong kids

    Reaching kids in time- How powerful afterschool activities build young leaders By: C. Dwight Bain, Nationally Certified Counselor & Certified Life Coach There is a lot of talk these days about cutting back on budgets and eliminating...

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    The Eyes Have It

    Are you squinting a bit more than you used to? Find out how you can get a free eye exam and treatment this month. It just might save your vision!


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    What does KUTGW mean?

    Call me old fashioned… or call me an anal English major… that thinks the world is severely...

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    Superstitious? ME?

    Hey ya'll! If you look at your calendar or your cell phone or the sign outside the bank as you travel around your environs today, you'll see that last Friday was Friday the 13th! To quote SCTV character, Count Floyd: "Very Scary, Kids! Ow-Ooooo!" Or is...

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    Know-How Saves Your Healthcare Dollars

    As a society we currently are questioning everything we know about healthcare. We wonder if we...

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  • Dwight Bain Life Coaching tips
    Warning Signs of Cheating Partners

    Warning Signs of Cheating Partners These are the most common signs of a partner who has detached from you because they are attached to someone else. Check off any of these traits you have seen in your relationship over the last 6 – 12 months. Be...

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    Step It Up

    Next week, I'll be participating in a Walk-n-Roll-a-Thon to benefit Step It Up Recovery at...

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    Geezer on a Unicycle?

    And the guy is fantastic! Watch this video and be AMAZED at what this guy can do, and find out how the 53 year old piano tuner became one of the most accomplished riders in the world!


  • Marc
    Growing Bolder With Roz Savage

    It was the Growing Bolder Radio Show interview with Roz Savage that got me thinking. In 2005, Roz was leading a successful, but unremarkable life as a management consultant when she had an early-mid-life crisis. She couldn’t shake the feeling there...

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