Motley:  I know this comment is to some degree (I don't know how much of a degree) tongue in cheek.  However, many folks my age (73) are struggling to survive financially.  Many of their adult children are not in a position to provide much help to them.  I've seen seriors write checks to the pharmacy for several hundred dollars for medications which Midicare doesn't cover.  We've had elderly tenants who can barely pay their rent.  We've had tenants whose rent we didn't raise for ten or more years, knowing that they simply couldn't afford the increase.  

Please don't consider this "whining" (personally we're "holding our own") but, for many seniors, being both elderly and really poor is not much fun.  

I enjoy your comments and the many exchanges we've had over time.  However, I feel the issue of poverty among seniors is "no laughing matter."  thanks, Gary