RetireHub Daily

Internet deals (and more) for retirees

It is Friday, February 9th, 2024.

On This Day In History — On this day in 1996, world chess champion Garry Kasparov began a six-round match against Deep Blue, a chess-playing computer built by IBM, in which Kasparov claimed a 4–2 victory (though Deep Blue won a rematch the following year).

Deal of the Day

Banana Republic — Up to 50% Off (plus 15% off at checkout)

• Banana Republic is running a massive sale on most items purchased online, plus an additional 15% off at checkout. Mens, womens, kids…you name it, and it’s on sale.

• Banana Republic — Up to 50% Off

RetireHub Poll

Yesterday’s Poll Results — What can RetireHub do better?

More deals took home the win with over 40% of the vote, followed closely by fun engagement and content! We’ll get right to work on this and deliver more in the coming weeks!

Thanks to everyone who voted and commented!

Best of the Comments:

• “Love puzzles ”

• “Bigger deals”

• “Like the quizzes and polls. Keeps my brain active”

We had our artist depict RetireHub members having fun at trivia night!

What We’re Reading

Bone Maker, by D.F. Bailey

Price — $0.99 — $0

Overview: When San Francisco crime reporter Will Finch ventures into the Oregon wilderness to investigate the brutal murder of a key witness in a multimillion-dollar scam, he finds more questions than answers… A pulse-pounding thriller!

• Get it on Amazon!

Senior Living News

9 Fun Indoor Adventures to Beat the Winter Doldrums

If you are a bit tired of “Let it snow, let it snow” or “Raindrops keep falling on your head,” it might be time to bring some virtual sunshine into your day. Join me with a steaming cup of coffee or stir a bit of honey into a cup of tea and let’s get started on some fun indoor adventures.

Each of these activities is free, you can do them any time, and they can be easily broken up into 10-minute, snack-sized adventures.

…Click Here to Read the Guide

Longevity Tip Of The Day

Embrace your faith — Attending religious services once a week has been shown to add between four and 14 years to life expectancy, according to researchers who study blue zones. Don’t belong to a church? Ask to join a friend at her services, or just drop in at a nearby house of worship; most have an open-door policy.

News of the Day

Viagra may help to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, study finds

• After a decades-long and largely fruitless hunt for drugs to combat Alzheimer’s disease, an unlikely candidate has raised its head: the erectile dysfunction pill Viagra.

• Researchers found that men who were prescribed Viagra and similar medications were 18% less likely to develop the most common form of dementia years later than those who went without the drugs.

• …read the full story

Third-Generation Craftsman Goes Viral–Now has Millions Watching Him Fix Shoes as ‘America’s Cobbler’

• “You know what you call it [when] a cobbler is just getting waves and waves of shoes in? A ‘shoenami.'”

• This A+ dad joke can be attributed to Jim McFarland, aka ‘America’s Cobbler’—a viral internet star who has millions of followers across Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube that tune in to watch him fix shoes.

• …read the full story

RetireHub Trivia

Our goal is to grow RetireHub to over 1 million members — with this, we’ll have the leverage to get even better discounts from the likes of Netflix, Amazon, and others.

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