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RetireHub Daily — 2/5/24
Internet deals (and more) for retirees
RetireHub
February 05, 2024
RetireHub Daily
Internet deals (and more) for retirees
It is Monday, February 5th, 2024.
Even Tom Brady couldn’t believe the comeback.
On This Day In History — On this day in 2017, in the first overtime game in Super Bowl history, Tom Brady and the New England Patriots overcame a 25-point deficit to defeat the Atlanta Falcons.
Deal of the Day
When you think Home Depot, your first thought isn’t throw blankets. But right now the home improvement store has a crazy deal on throw blankets that knocks 75% off the list price.
RetireHub Poll
If you could take a culinary class from any era or culture, what would it be? |
Yesterday’s Poll Results — If you could have any job from a book, movie, or TV show, what would it be??
It’s official — Guy Fieri has the best job in America, garnering over 50% of the votes!
Thanks to everyone who voted and commented!
Best of the Comments:
“Golf Pro, golf channel.”
“Golden Bachelor”
“Baker in a small town owning a sweet shop”
“Witch from bewitch ”
We had our artist depict a RetireHub member doing their best Guy Fieri impression on one of his DDD stops!
What We’re Reading
Burned, by Melissa F. Miller
Price — $2.99 Free
Overview: From a USA Today bestselling author: After her cover is blown, CIA operative Olivia goes on the run — both from foreign enemies and her own government. Her only hope may be a veteran Navy SEAL with a dark past…
Senior Living News
How To Make The Most of Life In Your 60s
Our 60s can be an exciting phase of life filled with new possibilities and opportunities. It’s a time to reflect on achievements, recognize our own wisdom, and perhaps nurture ourselves a little more than we’ve done in the last few decades. It may not come naturally to be a bit more self-centered, so it may help to engage in a bit of self-discovery. It will be time well spent, if it enables us to be intentional about how to make the most of life in our 60s.
This can be a time to explore new hobbies, interests, and even possibly career paths. Or it can be a time to relax and enjoy well-earned comfort and family time, if that’s what you crave and what helps you, personally, to thrive.
Words of the Day
Finance Term: Annuity
Definition: A contract issued by an insurance company designed to provide a secure income stream throughout the entirety of your retirement years.
Medical Term: Edema
Definition: Swelling
Slang Word of the Day: Clapback
Definition: A response or comeback after you've been "called out" for something.
Used in a Sentence: “After he called her a gold-digger, she clapped back by saying that he didn’t have enough money for her to be interested.”
Longevity Tip Of The Day
Vacation … or Else — Not taking time off work might, indeed, be deadly. One study of men at high risk for coronary artery disease found that those who failed to take annual vacations were 32 percent more likely to die of a heart attack. And in the long-running Framingham Heart Study, women who vacationed just once every six years were eight times more likely to develop coronary artery disease or have a heart attack than women who vacationed twice a year.
News of the Day
Kentucky teachers who banded together for years to play the lottery finally won a $1 million prize. Here's how they are splitting it.
A few dozen middle-school employees in Kentucky banded together to play the lottery and won a $1 million prize.
The group of current and former employees of Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence, Kentucky, calls itself the "Jones 30" and has played the lottery for over a decade.
The World's First Malaria Vaccine Program for Children Starts Now
Malaria expert Brian Greenwood had once resigned himself to the possibility that a successful vaccine for the disease might not become available in his lifetime. Now, at 86 years old, the moment he’s spent four decades working toward has arrived.
“It’s been a long journey with many ups and downs,” says Greenwood, still an active researcher at the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, leading vaccine trials across Africa. “The first attempts to develop a malaria vaccine through studies in birds were done over 100 years ago.”
RetireHub Trivia
Who was president during the Louisiana Purchase? |
Who originally recorded the hit song 'I Will Always Love You' before Whitney Houston's famous version? |
The Lincoln Memorial is located in which city? |
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