Close to Home by John McPherson for July 12, 2009

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    Joe_Minotaur  over 15 years ago

    I feel the same way. I turned 49 this year.

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    margueritem  over 15 years ago

    Joe, you’re a mere babe.

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    carmy  over 15 years ago

    Barb, you’re freaking out your children.

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    AddADadaAdDad  over 15 years ago

    I wasn’t quite so violent with my first AARP card, I just laughed & shredded it. & every one since.

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    carpetinwater9  over 15 years ago

    One thing about it ,they coming in the mail like virus.

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    Jolly1995  over 15 years ago

    Boy!!! You can say that again! I have been shredding their *%#@ blankety blank mail for more years! These people are the most obnoxious over-priced insurance company on earth!! I tear up their stuff and place it in the postage paid envelope that they send and they still send more!!

    If they were the last insurance company on earth, i would have nothing to do with them!!!

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    Digital Frog  over 15 years ago

    Just take a trip to California and leave them behind:

    ♪♫..I left my AARP, in San Francisco…♪♫

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    Yukoneric  over 15 years ago

    Hey older is better. I’m recently semi-retired; not by choice. Budget cuts. Wouldn’t want to go back full time now. Senior discounts are a nice perq.

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    JonD17  over 15 years ago

    Hey, I initially reacted the same way, but I’ve been saving over $700/yr on my insurance for ten yrs now. Can you imagine the sweet vacation I be taking with that money?

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    bald  over 15 years ago

    my wife passed away 9 years ago and they are still sending her applications

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    Chuck2009  over 15 years ago

    After she died some 12 years back at the age of 89 she still gets there mailings so we just – state DECEASED on their junk, stuff all it back into their Pre-paid then return the whole package to them – this has gone on now for the past 12 years plus 4 years before she pasted away!!! Maybe some day they will have a REAL person open one of these and see that they can REMOVE her from their mailing list - DUH!!!!!! Don’t Hold Your Breath?

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    blitz666  over 15 years ago

    Joe / Margueritem: It could be worse, I have been receiving them now for the past three years. I just turned 24.

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    Nighthawks Premium Member over 15 years ago

    jolly1995— come on , quit being so subtle, how do you REALLY feel about aarp?

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    Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 15 years ago

    I resisted for a couple years, didn’t want to admit I was of age to enroll, but finely did. The membership itself is cheap and there are discounts for hotels, meals, some puchases, etc. And a good magazine with lots of good stories, etc. Don’t really know about the insurance end of it.

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    Anniquem  over 15 years ago

    I lived in Va for 21/2 years, but never received an AARP card. I am now living in Canada again and with the help of your comments I think I now understand this comic.

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    Smiley Rmom  over 15 years ago

    Got my first AARP card recently (turning 50 this month) but it went into the shredder. Their discounts, insurance, etc. might be nice, but I have a real problem with supporting the socialist lobbying they do.

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    rmleon  over 15 years ago

    How much did AARP pay to have its name featured in this comic strip?

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    James Lindley Premium Member over 15 years ago

    Getting the AARP card wasn’t traumatic. What’s traumatic is now I keep getting ads for hoverounds.

    I’m a member because I save more than my membership dues each year on lodging when we go on vacation. I’m only 53 and won’t be able to retire for a long time, but I still like the discounts. I don’t buy the insurance though. The ads for it are good for lighting the fireplace.

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    Keith Messamer  over 15 years ago

    For her 50th birthday, Mom got a card with a black and white picture of a wizened old man on the front. The inside said, “Don’t worry, 50 isn’t as old as it used to be.”

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    raycity  over 15 years ago

    Saved 400 a year on the car Ins. going for the homeowners as well

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