It’s very helpful to have friends and acquaintances scattered across the country when I need to do another informal poll. This time, my questions to them concerned what seniors worry about.
Months ago I’d made my resolutions list for 2024. I chose things like adopting a kitten pal for my cat, selling my father’s coin collection and hiring my handyman neighbor to paint the bathroom.
A retiree fell for a scam that drained his account of all his savings. It took a lifetime to save the money and only a minute for it to vanish. All it took was him giving information to a scammer.
A survey released last month indicated that consumer sentiment was higher than it’s been in quite a while, since the summer of 2021. This is supposed to be a good thing.
In many areas of the country it’s been a harsh winter. Snow, ice, wind, flooding we’ve seen it all, sometimes several of those at the same time. We need to be prepared for whatever Mother Nature throws at us.