Age Bracket

I can remember in the last century, the young made the definition. "Never trust anyone over 30" And it still stands though it has not been carved on rock. So us, the over thirty will respect, and there are five times as many of us as them.

"Change is not something that we should fear. Rather, it is something that

we should welcome. For without change, nothing in this world would

ever grow or blossom, and no one in this world would ever move

forward to become the person they're meant to be."

So it is pretty well on its way, the two divisions of Night Clubbers and the acceptance of some differences. The younger groups will consume much more alcohol than the older persons. The elders will have had enough of the getting drunk in public from their younger years and tend to be for enjoying the activity of moving to the music of their choice.

And we come to the "oldies but goodies." There has been a big difference established by the DJs and by the live bands. Most DJs are always on the look out for "what snew?" The Live bands are always looking for the that old one from 20, 30 years ago which "seems to sound even better when we play it." The whole enchilada of the oldies but goodies is looking better every year on Oahu. We have oldsters that know good music when they hear it.

"Morning Dew" by Melveen Leed

We seem to have inherited this entire section of music from the younger groups. It could be rightfully ours and they certainly have the right to like whatever they want to like. We should not disrespect anyone.

"It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed
as if nothing could go wrong."

What is this about CHIP, the worlds first $9 PC? Impossible! But then they are pointing in the right direction. Both Microsoft and Apple have "bloatware." Thousand of programming lines of crap that no one will ever use. And "pushing?" - nauseating pop ups? How about Adobe? And they used to be such a respected name only 10 years ago. Now their programmers are forcing and dragging the name in the garbage dumps. Auwe.