Articles, activities for boomers & seniors
Who Cared About Gas Mileage? We Wanted Fun in '71!
In 1971, a gallon of gas cost 40¢. You can't even get a candy bar for 40¢ any more! However, it was not the cost of gasoline that was a concern — it was what happened to the gas after the motor digested it that became a big issue in the '70s.
Get Out and Get Down! Late Summer Concerts
Be sure to go and enjoy one or more of these concerts in the Lehigh Valley area. Most of these concerts are free of charge. You might want to bring a chair for some of the outdoor cancerts. Please note that we are not responible for changes, cancellations, additions, weather conditions, or any other inconveniences.
The Drive to Create Self-Driving Cars
Let us drift back in time to when you first learned to drive. Forget the panicked look on your instructor's face and think about the feeling of freedom you had as you anticipated going where you wanted when you wanted. Ah, the dreams of youth!
There is another dream driving automotive engineers, entrepreneurs, and expectant techies in the 21st century: self-driving cars. Somewhere between 2018 and 2020, they would be available to the public. Ooops. It turns out that mimicking the nuances of human drivers is a lot more difficult than first thought.
Cars 'n' Cruises
45th Annual Collector Car Show & Flea Market | Sunday, August 1, Macungie Memorial Park, 50 N. Poplar St., Macungie | 10am – 3 pm, rain or shine For more info call Dave Barnes at 610-248-9739 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Mini Golf for Maxi Fun
What is the history of miniature golf?
In these days of gender sensitivity, it is interesting to note that miniature golf had its beginnings as a lady's sport.
If you played stickball as a child, then you followed along a tradition that goes back to the 13th century and perhaps beyond. There are records of the Dutch playing a game where a leather ball was hit in order to reach a target several hundred yards away. The player who succeeded with the fewest strokes won.
Masters of Mirth, Gurus of Guffaws (Part 2)
Although the origins of the television set are kind of sketchy, there is one thing for sure: It helped bring back the visual element of Vaudeville-style entertainment that was lost to radio. Dancers, dog acts, and dangerous acrobatics, didn't fare well on radio, so many such acts faded away, along with "sketch comedy," a fast-moving style of madness that was lost to the half-hour situation comedy format.