With money a major issue for any traveler, it is even more of a concern for retirees. There are as many tips to travel cheaply as there are ears to listen. I came across some travel tips on the www.cnbc.com web site.

Discounts are available so do not be hesitant to ask for them. Also do not hesitate to disclose your true age. Senior discounts are something that should never be turned down.  

The Pennsylvania Primary is six days from today. Much has been said and written regarding Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and their respective chances of winning the State Primary.

What is under the radar is the influence on the outcome of this primary that the older boomer generation has with the casting of their votes.

Those Boomers that are 50 and up theoretically will vote for Hillary Clinton. Not so fast, many in this group, both men and women, are looking to Barack Obama for a necessary change in direction of our country.

It will be the boomers who hold the key to victory for Hillary Clinton. Hillary does not have a "lock" on any boomers vote..................

Those that would have you believe that the Boomer generation is slowly, inexorably slipping towards retirement are very wrong.

Boomers are more interwoven into the workings of our society than ever before. The older boomers, those that were born prior to 1950, have become some of the movers & shakers in American culture, society and politics. Example, George W. Bush, Bill & Hillary Clinton etc. etc.

It is reasonable to conclude that the boomer generation will remain an important catalyst for the next 20 to 30 years, especially in the area of venture capital, finance and politics.

The A.A.RP. (American Association of Retired People) really needs to have a two tier membership. Boomers 50-65 years old and their parents 80 years and up. Between the World War ll generation in the A.A.R.P and the boomers , the overall influence of this group will be profound as time moves forward.

Boomers are more technology challenged than anyone at first thought. A recent survey by the A.A.R.P (American Association of Retired People) presented the fact that older boomers, 60 years and up, cannot deal with their I-Pod, but have the expertise to deal with complicated processes such as manual arithmetic computations.

The younger boomers, those born in the 1960's are just the opposite. The younger boomers are, for the most part, up to date with technology, but lack the skills necessary to perform calculations without a computer. I suppose it is all about the evolution of the teaching/learning process over the past 60 years.