Today Is Your Day Boomer

Today is your day Boomer! We've all heard, and maybe experienced, driverless cars...but what about eVTOLs? Hmmmm....no? Well, think of the Jetsons cartoon(see picture) and imagine yourself in a flying taxi! Missing all that traffic below, getting there quicker, with a great view! eVTOL stands for "electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle: it lifts off the ground like a helicopter before flying at speeds up to 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour) with a range of about 100 miles (161 kilometers). And these craft do it without filling the air with excessive noise caused by fuel-powered helicopters and small airplanes."(Associated Press) However...“It’s a tricky business to develop a whole new class of vehicles,” said Alan Lim, director of Alton Aviation Consultancy, a firm tracking the industry’s evolution. “It is going to be like a crawl, walk, run situation. Right now, I think we are still crawling. We are not going to have the Jetsons-type reality where ev...

Today is your day Boomer! A big smile on my face and ready to go! That's me, three months after hip replacement surgery and finishing physiotherapy, I venture out today....for the first time...to the wacky world of pickleball! Thumbs up from my surgeon and physiotherapist allow me to do this, with one provision: work into any sport slowly. So, I raise my racquet today and step forth into "all-level social" p-ball with mostly Boomers and seniors lining up against me. I will step trepidately on the court with mixed feelings: happy to be back, but somewhat worried about my new hip. It is perfect, I am pain free, I feel great, but....there is always the "mental" aspect of returning from injury or surgery. Will I get hurt again, will I have to return for re-constructive surgery, can I still play? All valid questions...to be answered today. But I have done it before, coming back from valve surgery, broken ribs, a torn hamstring, a partiially-torn achilles, fro...

Today is your day Boomer! Boomers, more news about the fastest-growing sport in North America....pickleball! I play regularly, when not injured or recovering from hip surgery, and I am one of about 14,000 members of Pickleball B.C., the provincial organization that regulates and promotes play in our province. And women outnumber men in our sport: "The average age of our members is 61.45 years. The gender breakdown is 55% female, 44% male, and 1% other." (The Kitchen) So, women Boomers dominate this sport! And who is ready for more competition? "The Nanaimo Pickleball Club will coordinate resources and work with the 55+ BC Games Society and the local Host Committee to organize what they hope will be the best ever 55+ BC Games Pickleball event. They expect up to 350 players to take part, out of a total of 3,000 participants in the Games across all 25 sports." Boomers, make plans? Nanaimo, in early September! Cheers Pickleheads!!

Today is your day Boomer ! He is hard to recognize because he is 83 and we mostly remember his youth...but he is Paul Simon(the guy on the left in this picture) and he has been in the news for two reasons recently: Simon performed on the big SNL anniversary show and he revealed a last concert tour with dates in Vancouver and Toronto this summer! Boomers...we know Simon, perhaps more than Art Garfunkel, his pop-singing buddy from the 1960s. Simon had a great solo career after their breakup in 1970 with singles like Kodachrome and Love Me Like A Rock. But what about Garfunkel? I did some research....and, actually, he has done okay too. According to Wikipedia, Art has "one top 10 hit, three top 20 hits, six top 40 hits, 14 Adult Contemporary top 30 singles, five Adult Contemporary number ones, two UK number ones and a People's Choice Award. Through his solo and collaborative work, Garfunkel has earned eight Grammy Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award. In 1990, he and ...

Today is your day Boomer! She is a Boomer and she is selling her Tesla! 63-year-old singer Sheryl Crow says enough is enough: "My parents always said… you are who you hang out with. There comes a time when you have to decide who you are willing to align with." Great story and, of course, a slap in the face to Elon Musk, the automaker who is seeing his Tesla car sales plummet in North America. Why? Because he is the face of massive government wokforce cuts in America and a defender of extreme-right political movements(ie. Germany). But this next protest story is even better. Quebecer Alain Roy is selling his two Teslas and is cancelling his cybertruck order! On top of that, he has dumped his two U.S. television stream services: Amazon Prime and Netflix and has cancelled his Costco membership...another American company. Boomers...this guy is serious about sending a BIG message to both Musk and Trump. What are you doing!?

Today is your day Boomer! "Let's fly our flag with pride. Let's show the world that we are proud of our history and proud of our country!" A big, influencing statement from five of our former prime ministers-Joe Clark, Kim Campbell, Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Stephen Harper-as they say we should celebrate and show our true nationalism today....Flag Day in Canada, as we honour the 60th anniversary of our maple leaf, red and white design. What else do the PM's say: "We've had our share of battles in the past. But we all agree on one thing: Canada, the true north, strong and free, the best country in the world, is worth celebrating and fighting for." This, of course, flies in the face of President Trump who has stated numerous times...seriously...that Canada should join the United States. No...we say...emphatically, no, no, no, NO!!! So, show your sense of pride today Boomers, and fly any-size Canadian flag! In your face Donald!