Yesterday, I had lunch with my retirement center gaggle of men, all over 90. (Blog 7/15/15)  As the day was sunny, they were seated near a window.  One had ordered a bowl of soup; the other sat before a cup of coffee; a third had grabbed a boiled egg from the salad counter.  When m

Passing from the popular scene without much fanfare is the VCR.  Japan’s Funai Electronics has announced it will stop making the machines because it has difficulty finding parts and because sales are on a sharp decline.  In its heyday, Funai sold up to 1.5 million units annually.Â