What’s with boomerang kids? Then, now and still?

We've all read about the 30-year-old man whose parents took legal action to evict their large so-called adult child from the family home once and for all. A few years ago we met a couple who resorted to selling their home and moving into a small condo in a last-ditch effort to ditch their immature, dependent son. It worked. Oh, that it should come to this. While most baby boomers can't imagine living with our parents a day longer than absolutely necessary, it seems we're the generation that launched the…

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Have Baby Boomers gone to ground?

There was a time when I simply couldn't understand why my parents' generation didn't like to drive after dark, or why they preferred to stay home and sleep in their own beds. Look at all they were missing—nights on the town, travel and weekends away with friends. Then, I totally got the driving after dark thing a few years ago when I found my eyesight was just not as sharp as it used to be when I went out at night. The solution was to plan our nights out carefully…

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A tip of the toque to our good ol’ CBC

Our very own CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for my non-Canadian readers) has finally come up with some excellent television programs that I've been recommending to friends. Is it because the government has cut their funding and they're becoming more resourceful or did we just get lucky? Whatever the cause, we're the beneficiaries. I've been sending friends weekly reminders to watch three shows in particular that I love and thought Boomerbroadcast readers might enjoy them too.  I've always been a big fan of our particular brand of Canadian humour. It's smarter…

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