Open Thread

Sunday, December 7, 2025

Open Thread: Retail Therapy

Retail therapy – especially at holiday time – now means Virge needs a therapist to recover from shopping trips. What are your shopping pet peeves?

Friday, December 5, 2025

Open Thread Update: Your Fave Penny Candies

Red Hot Dollars, Nik-L-Nips and candy necklaces – readers share their fave penny candies. But what about Dad’s Root Beer Barrels? Are your faves in our list?

Friday, November 14, 2025

Open Thread Update: The Wayback Machine, Music Edition

Songs like “Misty,” “Spirit in the Sky” and “Me and You and a Dog Named Boo” unlock special moments in readers’ lives. What are your musical Wayback Machines?

Friday, October 31, 2025

Open Thread Update: A Senior Planet Spooky Film Festival

We asked for your biggest cinema scarefests, and the results are a Senior Planet curated watchlist for Halloween.

Friday, October 17, 2025

Open Thread Update: Your Favorite One Hit Wonders

Readers give love to one hit wonders like Looking Glass’ Brandy and Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum…but missed the ultimate one hit wonder.

Friday, October 3, 2025

Open Thread Update: Morse Code, Cursive and other Outdated Skills

When the Zombie Apocalypse comes, we’ll be the only ones who can read a paper map, darn a sock, use a slide rule and look terrific in our pin curls.

Friday, September 19, 2025

Open Thread Update: The End of a *Bop TWEE!* Era

Senior Planet readers share their early experiences with dial up…like a $1500 phone bill.

Friday, September 5, 2025

Open Thread Update: Your Favorite Online Timewasters

More readers share their online faves -Reader Ellen plays Scrabble and Reader Robert loves to browse Substack. Do you have a unique online timewaster? Share your picks!

Friday, August 15, 2025

Open Thread Update: The Rock Legends We Miss Most

One reader still misses his friend Richie Havens, another got the same tattoo as Janis Joplin. Share your connection to a rock legend you still miss!

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Open Thread Update: Your Travel Follies

Readers submit their own ‘travel follies” of mishaps, accidents and slipups during their travels – can you top Reader Jean’s experience?

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Open Thread Update: First Apartments

Readers share their first apartment stories of private entrances and laundry rooms, no AC and unheard of rents. Anyone pay less than… $48 a month?

Sunday, June 15, 2025

Open Thread Update: Readers Share their Scams

Senior Planet readers share their close shaves with Paypal scams, phony phone calls, and debit card trickery, How did you foil a scammer?

Friday, June 13, 2025

Open Thread Update: Your Very First Vinyl Album

Readers share their very first vinyl, from Roy Rogers to Pink Floyd; one reader won the ‘novelty vinyl” prize with her Huckleberry Hound vinyl – but it was close! Can you top that?

Friday, May 30, 2025

Open Thread Update: Stupid Life Lessons

Readers share their lessons about losing their cars, the dangers of unlaced shoes and “I put that syrup WHERE?” Add your stupid life lesson!

Friday, May 16, 2025

Open Thread Update: Who’s in Your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Who would be on the Mt. Rushmore of Rock and Roll? Readers share their personal Rock Hall of Famers, plus more love for Tommy James and the Shondells.