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...nostalgia for "The Home Front" (Tashlin, November 43). SNAFU is shivering in an outpost where "It's so cold, it would freeze the nuts off a Jeep," thinking enviously of the folks who have it easy back in the States - except that his girl friend has joined the WACs, grandpa is shooting rivets onto a battleship and mom is farming harder than Renee Zellweger in "Cold Mountain." And a couple of SNAFUs, including "Private SNAFU vs. Malaria Mike" (Jones, March 44), revived Geisel's Flit villain, the mosquito, to advise soldiers in the South Pacific to keep their beds netted...
Topping the list of reasons the younger man is pushing Grandpa aside: energy, refreshing optimism and sexual stamina. "I have dated older men, and they're ready to sit down and watch TV," says Bobbie Dubois, 58, a Dearborn, Mich., public-safety officer who's seeking younger men on Match.com "There's a lot I want to see, do and experience, and I think younger people are more receptive to that." Plus, says Richert, it's a relief that "you're not going to find Viagra or pills for backaches in their medicine cabinet...
Lease agreements were arranged with oil producers, wells were dug, and pumping began in 1939. But family members say Grandpa Bruno never knew how much oil and gas were being taken out of his land or how much money he was due from their sale. All his royalty payments went into a trust fund managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). If Bruno needed to buy something, he had to appeal to the local BIA agent, and he was rarely given cash. When he wanted to buy a cow, the price was deducted from his account and given directly...
...their 10-year-old granddaughter in California. That wasn't always possible before wi-fi. It used to be that they would wait for cheap evening rates on their mobile phone and then dial online through a cellular modem. Now the messages zip freely back and forth. "She writes 'Grandpa?', and I write back, 'Hi, Peanut.' I love that," says...
We’re still waiting for Grandpa Al Lewis to throw his hat into the ring...