Thumbs up Grace and Frankie

Anyone watch season five of "Grace and Frankie" yet? How about "The Kominsky Method"?

Both Netflix shows feature older adults faced with aging issues and situations. Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Martin Sheen, and Sam Waterston (Grace and Frankie), and Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin (The Kominsky Method) are all brilliant actors. Plus I know who they are! Moreover, the story lines blend real-life senior issues with comic flair.

Grace and Frankie's kids try to suffocate their independence, Frankie gets the city to add more seconds to a walk light at a very wide and busy cross walk, and they embrace living by their own rules.

"The Kominsky Method" - well let's just leave it that I binged watched the entire season. Yep, it's that good. Can't wait for season two!

Are there any other "age-appropriate" shows worth watching?



By: PAFC

Self-checkouts are such fun

I’ve never done this before,” I said to the fellow standing next to me at the self-check out. I was hoping maybe he’d have a suggestion to get me started. I would not have ventured out to shop so early if I’d known that King Soopers’ manned checkout counters aren’t open in the early hours. So, it wasn’t like I had a choice.

If it hadn’t been for the lady assigned to help newcomers, I would not have made it out of there with my purchases.  The fellow told me to scan my King Soopers card to get started, and that’s all he had to offer. A voice keeps telling you where you must put your items. I managed to obey and scanned away, one item at a time, until I had only a red lettuce and a celery stalk remaining in my cart. No codes attached to them.  Now what?

I learned that if there’s no bar code, you must weigh an item, identify it, look up its code on a rotating bar and insert it. With help, I got that done. After I had inserted my credit card three times, only then did it allow me to swipe rather than chip, and I was done. I looked around until I found a receipt emerging from another machine. I moved my things into my own bags and got out of there—quick.

On the way, I thanked the nice lady for her help and told her the whole experience had made me feel like an idiot. “Come back and try another time,” she said.

Maybe I will.

Submitted by Libby James

By: Partnership for Age-Friendly Communities