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    Hello I'm 90. Can I Tell You Something?
    Hello I'm 90. Can I Tell You Something?
    Hello I'm 90. Can I Tell You Something?
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    Hello I'm 90. Can I Tell You Something?

    By Mario V. Farina

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    I’m ninety. I’ve written this book to celebrate the event and to tell you how I feel about my life at this stage. Much of what I say is unadulterated opinion. I don’t claim to be the last word in anything. However, you may consider some of what I say to be of interest. You may even be inspired by some of what I say. Can I tell you something?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMario V. Farina
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
    ISBN9780988844018
    Hello I'm 90. Can I Tell You Something?
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    Mario V. Farina

    Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor (william.rl.dickie@gmail.com).

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      Hello I'm 90. Can I Tell You Something? - Mario V. Farina

      Hello, I’m 90.

      Can I Tell You Something?

      Mario V. Farina

      Copyright 2014 by Mario V. Farina

      Smashwords Edition

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission of the author.

      Correspondence may be directed to:

      Mario V Farina

      Email: mario@mariofarina.com

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Farina, Mario V.

      Hello I’m Ninety - Can I Tell You Something? / Mario V. Farina

      ISBN: 978-0-9888440-1-8

      First Printing: 2013

      Dedicated to our newest great grandson,

      Grayson Thomas Merante,

      12/07/12.

      Table of Contents

      Hello, I’m Ninety

      Eight Good Reasons for Not Retiring

      Investing in Stocks for the Future

      Think for Yourself

      Arithmetic You Need to Know

      Avoiding the Credit Card Trap

      Purchasing a Home as Soon as You Can

      On Being a Smart Shopper

      Education, Education, Education

      Budgeting

      Weight Control

      In the Job Interview

      Maintaining Your Health

      Your Credit Rating

      A Few Words About Laugh Tracks

      Learning Inline Skating

      The Spelling Problem

      A Person’s Name

      Ten Good Rules for Teachers

      Your Work Ethic

      Dependability

      A Fan of English

      A New Way to Fund a College Education

      Selling on Ebay

      The Art of Being Gracious

      The Threat of Hackers

      Retirement Considerations

      Our Marvelous Brain

      My Military Service

      Puzzling Things That People Do

      A Computer Tutor

      The Birth of our Technological Age

      Moving Forward

      About the Author

      Other Titles

      Contact The Author

      Hello, I’m Ninety

      Can I Tell You Something?

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      Hello, I’m Ninety

      Some people feel that when a person has reached the age of ninety, he or she should be considered old. I don’t agree with that. Just because a person has reached an advanced age, doesn’t necessarily mean that the person has reached old age!

      It’s been said that a person’s age is only a number. Yes! Remaining a viable member of society has nothing to do with numbers. It has more to do with how a person feels about himself or herself. Are people required to behave differently when they are thirty from when they were twenty-nine? Are they required to behave differently when they are forty from when they were thirty-nine? Not at all! Are people required to behave differently when they are any age from when they were at any other age? I don’t believe so!

      It’s absolutely possible for a person at any age to be as capable of contributing to the welfare of society as any other person regardless of age. Age is not mandated to be a limiting factor. It’s my opinion that, barring health issues, the only limitations that persons place on their abilities to lead a useful life at any age, are imposed by the individuals themselves.

      Some people feel that various stages of life call for different manners of behaving. That may be true to a limited extent. When one reaches middle age, one should behave befittingly; when one reaches old age, a person’s behavior should moderate accordingly. But what is middle age? What is old age? There is nothing on any calendar that determines this.

      Are you sixty-five or older? Do you feel it’s time to retire? No? Then don’t do it! Do you feel it is time to stop being of service to humankind? No? Then, don’t do it! Do you feel it is time to stop savoring the pleasures that life offers? No? Then, by all means don’t do it! There is no law, written or unwritten, that decrees you cannot follow your yearnings.

      I’m ninety. I’ve written this book to celebrate the event and to tell you how I feel about my life at this stage. Much of what I say is unadulterated opinion. I don’t claim to be the last word in anything. However, you may consider some of what I say to be of interest. You may even be inspired by some of what I say. Can I tell you something?

      Eight Good Reasons for Not Retiring

      Most of us look forward to retirement, but not all of us agree on what is the best time is to do so. For some, the day of retirement cannot come soon enough. Even

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