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Subject:  Yay! I am an old fart! Oh, wait... Date:  3/17/2009  8:21 PM
Author:  jerryguru69 Number:  19 of 74

Just got my official invite to join AARP. I thought surely this is junk mail, not taking into account my age. Wrong. You only need to be 50 to join, and it costs $16 per year.
Jeez: am I that old? This org has the usual travel discounts you would expect, and then something caught my eye that really made me stop and think: Long Term Care Insurance. My dad has LTCI, and he is currently living independantly (kinda) in a LTC facility pretty much free since the insurance pays for it all. This way, no family member has to be burdened with having to care for him.
Question: is this what we should all have?