Off to the Long Beach Show

"Harv" wrote in message
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"Jud" wrote in message
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Latest issue of the AARP magazine (yes, I am old enough to be a member)

If you are 50, you can join the AARP. They have some mystical magical way of
finding out when people turn 50 and sending them an invitation letter to
join. I got such a letter shortly after I turned 50. Where they get the
names and addresses I have no idea. For ten bucks a year for the membership,
I think that's what it is, the membership can get you some pretty decent
discounts here and there for this and that. Then again, so can an AAA
membership card, but those cost way more than ten bucks a year. Then again,
I don't think the AARP will come out and change a tire or bring you a can of
gasoline if you're stupid enough to run dry.

Harv


I joined AARP when I turned 50, a pre-baby boomer who worried about falling
through the demographic cracks. At $5.00 per year, I figured how could I go
wrong. Those motel discounts alone would offset the $5 in no time. But all I
seemed to get were ads for insurance and other old people mail offers. As for
those 10% AARP motel discounts, I found you could get the same discount for just
about any reason if you only asked-- even just being over 50. The AARP
newsletter was full of ads and typical common sense stuff that anyone around for
50 years and who occasionally reads the newspaper should already know. Then the
annual subscription kept going up, so I eventually bailed out after the novelty
of being a "senior" wore off. Today, just about anything we need to know can be
found in an internet search.

Bruce

Harv wrote:
"Jud" wrote in message
oups.com...

Latest issue of the AARP magazine (yes, I am old enough to be a member)

If you are 50, you can join the AARP. They have some mystical magical way of
finding out when people turn 50 and sending them an invitation letter to
join. I got such a letter shortly after I turned 50. Where they get the
names and addresses I have no idea. For ten bucks a year for the membership,
I think that's what it is, the membership can get you some pretty decent
discounts here and there for this and that. Then again, so can an AAA
membership card, but those cost way more than ten bucks a year. Then again,
I don't think the AARP will come out and change a tire or bring you a can of
gasoline if you're stupid enough to run dry.

Harv

I'm a mere 45, but I have been getting the ocasional invitation to join
AARP since I was in my early 30's. And I always thought I looked young
for my age.

On Tue, 30 May 2006 13:57:16 GMT, "Wes Chormicle"
wrote:

Leaving for the LB show early Wednesday am. I can never remember our table
number. Look me up if you are there!

Wes Chormicle
Allgood Coins
St George, UT


Kinda Hard. as you will be 3000 miles away.......

Eagerly awaiting a show report!

Gary

in (e) proclaimed in
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ditto. they don't pay for those expensive tv ads by giving
up anything good. aaa is a must in the deseer. wprks at
hotels and returants.
aarp is a scm.


Did you mention that you were in the Mojave? I was just up on the West
side Mojave last weekend. My wife wanted to do some hiking up by Devil's
Punchbowl.

I certainly wouldn't be driving around there without a cell phone and an
AAA card.

BA