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When I was a kid, back in the other century when we had party telephone lines, watched the Honeymooners on a black and white 20-inch TV and played cowboys and Indians in a vacant field, the local newspaper would dispatch a reporter to interview somebody who had turned 90. It was a demographic milestone that made the front page, complete with photo. It’s still is a sought-after milestone, especially for somebody who is 89, worthy of celebration, but it is no longer news, front page or back page. Just about everybody knows of somebody who has lived to be 90, or longer. When the first wave of Canadian Baby Boomers was in maternity ward bassinets the anticipated life expectancy for males was 65 and 67 for females, a big improvement from their parents’ pre-WW 2 days when it was around 55. Today, the life expectancy is around 79.8 for males and 85 for females, and edging up. This is, of course, good news for the life insurance companies. Not so good news for pension plans and health-care budgets. Folks these days, at least the lucky ones, can collect a pension cheque for 30 years, sometimes for longer than they worked. The recent edition of the Glen-Stor-Dun Lodge in-house magazine - The Lodger - highlights the increasing number of folks who have reached 90 and qualify as nonagenarians. It notes that almost one-third of its 130 residents - 42 - are 90-plus. Two have passed the 100year mark and counting. Two others are knocking on the door of the century mark. Eleven are 95 and older.
Studies show that women continue to live longer than men. This is reflected in the Lodge 90-plus club: Only eight of the 42 are men. This living longer thing has raised the question of when does old age begin. Some say that 70 is the new 50. Comic Bob Hope offered this answer: “You know you are getting old when you get one candle on the cake. It is like, see if you can blow this out.” AROUND AND ABOUT Belleville has a new deputy police chief who, get this, believes in foot patrols to enhance the visibility of a police department. In fact, Ron Gignac believes it doesn’t hurt for the brass to get out and walk around. Gignac was police chief in Deep River and before that an Ontario Provincial Police detachment commander in Port Credit, Niagara Falls, Caledon, Queen’s Park and Upper Ottawa Valley. ... Last week the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) took a hit as oil plunged to a three-month low. Meanwhile, at the pumps it was business as usual for the big oil companies. Business as usual meaning hosing us by dropping the price by a penny. ... One morning’s worth of bizarre headlines from a New York City newspaper: “Dad throws baby off bridge amid custody battle”. ... “Boy, 12, wanted for murder in gangland shooting during drug deal”. ... “Parents force teen to live in woods for eating Pop-Tarts when told not to.”. ... “Dad holding toddler shot dead in street”. IN THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR When the police chief of the day lived in a modest abode among the regular folks and sometimes even walked to work. Allan Clarke resided in a little bungalow on Adolphus Street near Sixth. Earl Landry lived on Amelia Street between Fourth and Fifth. They were just a knock on the door away from
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