2016 Postmortem

MineralMan

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3. At 92, both of them are tired a lot of the time,

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 11:36 AM

Sep 2016

and use the TV as a background thing. Lots of older people do that. Fox News is on in a lot of their homes. When I visit them a couple of times a year, the TV is off, and we have conversations instead. I hope they can find a better channel to have on. I suggested the Home and Garden channel, which actually has a pretty good variety of programming that might appeal to them. In fact, I looked up the local cable channel for that on my tablet while I was talking to them, and gave them the number.

Who knows? I can certainly understand why watching Fox News would be upsetting for my mother. It's a constant stream of people talking over each other and making little sense.

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My 92-year-old mother has some memory issues. [View all] MineralMan Sep 2016 OP

Sounds like you and your dad have it under control. Wilms Sep 2016 #1

Ugh izzybella Sep 2016 #2

At 92, both of them are tired a lot of the time, MineralMan Sep 2016 #3

Great to hear about the closeness of your relationship with your parents PJMcK Sep 2016 #4

From everything I can tell, those afternoon phone calls MineralMan Sep 2016 #5

Expressing love by keeping in touch is tops! Duval Sep 2016 #15

Sounds like your a family values kind of guy PJMcK Sep 2016 #18

My best to your parents - 92 - just the thought - you are so right asiliveandbreathe Sep 2016 #6

My Mom will be 101 MadCrow Sep 2016 #7

Thanks! She sounds wonderful! MineralMan Sep 2016 #8

Thank you for posting this. My parents are skylucy Sep 2016 #9

Good suggestion MM. I have worked with folks with memory problems in my riversedge Sep 2016 #10

My parents just signed up on DU HipChick Sep 2016 #11

your parents are now on du?? welcome them for me, please. how utterly delightful. niyad Sep 2016 #12

They are truly shocked at how someone like him can possibily running for President.. HipChick Sep 2016 #13

I keep hoping that I will find out that this has all been some extended, drug-induced nightmare. niyad Sep 2016 #14

If they can get BBC News or CNN International, those are better and more in depth csziggy Sep 2016 #16

Not really their style. MineralMan Sep 2016 #17