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| Got the (first of many, I'm sure) AARP membership invitation in the mail today. Guess that makes me officially a member of the OFC (Old Fart's Club) :eek: :mad: |
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Location: NW Washington State | Duplicate post, a sure sign of creeping senility... |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Punk kid! Serge, read Bill Giest's book The Big 5-0. The first chapter is about the AARP conspiracy. Pretty funny, because it's so true. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Oops?? short term memory kicking in, forgot what I...... :confused:
Oh yeah, welcome Serge!! I've been a member for 3 years now, NEVER used it once! |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Before the AARP, back in the 60's, there was a group of Radical Old Farts called the Grey Panthers...
I wonder what happened to them guys?
Oh... :eek: |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | And for us foreigners... AARP?  |
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| American Association of Retired Persons - a private organization that uses the strength in numbers of its members to lobby the US Congress on issues specific to the over-50 demographic. They also negotiate discounts for their members on various insurance products and consumer goods and travel industry sectors, among many other related activities. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by muzza:
And for us foreigners... AARP?
They started out as a grass-root organization and then found out there is a profit to be had. Most, if not all of their 'products' can be found cheaper elsewhere.
I'd rather join the OFC than the AARP...  Oh, what? ... ummm never mind... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | And if one is over 50 ,yet not retired ?
Vic |
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| They don't care, they just want your membership dues! |
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Location: south east Michigan | My insurance guy asked me if I was an AARP member. I gave him the whole shpeel about wanting nothing to do with it. Then he told me that if I was a member I could save $300 a year on my auto insurance.
So... I am now a proud member.
Check with your insurance agent.
Your welcome. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Slipkid:
Check with your insurance agent. My agent beat AARP by $80 a year for the same auto coverage INCLUDING my boat and trailer! That's not counting the AARP dues... |
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Location: south east Michigan | No no... Being an AARP member reduced my rates with AAA. |
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Location: Michigan | Not you too, I got mine on Saturday.
http://www.pbase.com/twistedlim/image/109035979 |
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Location: South of most, North of few | My wife just got hers. I got mine a while ago...now when was that????? |
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| Great picture, Rich. Love the composition. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | "Do Not Bend". Ummm... the card or the addressee?  |
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Location: Vermont USA | We became members for the insurance haven't found anyone to beat it yet.
Pauly |
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Location: Wichita, KS | Got mine last month. Nice to see I'm in good company. Decided not to send them any money, though. |
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Location: SoCal | Wow! You guys are old.... |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Been getting the junk mail for years. Never paid dues and never became a member . . . always take the discounts at hotels. |
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| Originally posted by Mark in Boise:
...read Bill Giest's book The Big 5-0. The first chapter is about the AARP conspiracy. Pretty funny, because it's so true. Thanks, Mark. I just checked & our library has a copy. I'll pick it up this weekend. |
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Location: Rego Park, NY, | I got one early last year. I have to wait 11 months to join. |
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Location: Cincinnati | My 22 year old daughter got one too. |
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OT: AAAAIIIIIIEEEE!
