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The 11 Coolest Grandparents on the Web

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:06:14 +0000

Out of all the cool people in the world, you know who ranks at the top of our list? Grandparents. Think about it– they’re adorably hilarious and spoil us rotten. Basically, grandma and grandpa rule, so it’s about time their awesomeness gets recognized! We’ve scoped out the coolest older folk on the Web and discovered [...]

106-Year-Old Woman Receives Her High School Diploma

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:14:55 +0000

Reba Williams is living proof that you are never too old to learn. The 106-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio has finally gotten her high school diploma after failing to graduate when she was supposed to way back in 1925. Williams was all set to graduate from Mount Vernon High School until she refused to read [...]

Watch These Older Folks Rocking Out on the Dance Floor — Daily Distraction

Daily Distraction — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:00:57 +0000

[onescreen item="5021543"] Well, it might not be a nightclub dance floor so much as the living room, but the point is the same: these folks just wanna dance! Who cares if their moves aren’t that great, it’s a joy just to watch how un-self-conscious they are. If we’d been thinking like that, we definitely would [...]

'Maine FarmShare' Getting Ready for 2013

Renee Nelson — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:19:12 +0000

Maine’s Senior FarmShare Program is getting ready for another year. That means eligible Maine seniors will be able to get free fruit, vegetables and herbs from local farmers through the program. The state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry says the program is gearing up for another year. In 2012, more than 19,000 seniors and [...]

World's Oldest Marathon Runner to Retire at 101

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:45:37 +0000

If you could walk a mile in Fauja Singh’s shoes, it wouldn’t be nearly as impressive as what he’s done in them. The 101-year-old man who owns the record for oldest marathoner has announced his retirement from running. Singh’s final race will be the Hong Kong Marathon on February 24. Singh, a British man born [...]

Attention: We Hereby Challenge This 84-Year-Old Grandpa to a Black Ops Tournament

Wes Glinsmann — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 15:58:45 +0000

The internet is rife with memes featuring old people, but some grandpas are just way more awesome than others. Old people have slow reflexes and are pretty confused by technology, on the whole. Though it can be kind of infuriating to try and explain what a “tweeter” and “the face book” is to someone who [...]

Adorable 84-Year-Old Grandpa Plays 'Halo 4,' Freaks Out

Emerald Catron — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:35:55 +0000

Sometimes you need to watch a video of an old man spazzing out while playing a first-person shooter for the first time. If this is one of those times for you, then watch this video. Some folks invited their 84-year-old grandfather to play ‘Halo 4′ and ‘Black Ops 2′ with them, and this is what [...]

Shocking Study Reveals What Senior Citizens Can Eat

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:34:34 +0000

Instead of fighting old age, you may want to embrace it. And you’ll never guess why. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Penn State University tracked the eating habits of nearly 450 people aged 75 and older to see how it affected various diseases and even death. Hold on to your Geritol [...]

Old Men Singing at Tim Hortons Will Delight You

Emerald Catron — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:30:37 +0000

O Canada! Our home and native land! Tim Hortons coffee in all thy sons command! Here are a bunch of older gentlemen singing a very lovely a cappella version of ‘Can You Feel The Love’ tonight in a Tim Hortons. It is significantly better than anything that’s ever happened to us in a Tim Hortons. [...]

Parents Have Hilarious Breakdown After Watching 'Les Mis'

Emerald Catron — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 21:26:11 +0000

We haven't seen people this upset over a movie since those poor, poor children realized they were going to die one day after watching 'The Odd Life of Timothy Green.' These two fully-grown, middle-aged humans have, in fact, "been to funerals of family members and cried less" than they did watching Anne Hathaway's descent from factory worker to toothless prostitute. All it took was sitting through an afternoon matinee of 'Les Miserables.'