Jet Cannon

Dad Jeans are cool again!

Fashion /

Um, we missed the fact that they were uncool. Men’s Health to the rescue. If you tossed yours, Levi’s 550 Relaxed Fit made the cut of nine acceptable styles. And they cost way less than some of the $300 choices.

“There’s something about a pair of slouchy, unfussy jeans that signal a relaxed and comfortable confidence. These bad boys are versatile enough for mowing the lawn, hanging with the guys, date night, or even a casual day at the office.”

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Boomer Remover elixir

Food and Drink, Recipes /

We were recently reminded that the younger generations use the term “Boomer Remover”.  Meaning Covid-19.  Very upsetting to us Baby Boomers.  To calm us down, we found the recipe for a Boomer cocktail on cocktailsandshots.com.

BOOMER

Put it all in a shaker with ice, etc. 

There.  That’s better.

– Jet Cannon

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Pick and click

Food and Drink /

We like to complain that a lot of the fun drink recipes we see online contain ingredients that we don’t have on the shelf.  Well, Total Wine & More makes gathering those ingredients easy; some of which might be in little airline bottles so we don’t get left with a big bottle of something we will never use again.  When Total Wine sends us a recipe they make it easy to click on the ingredients and accessories we might need for pick up at a store.  Real easy.

After signing up for their recipe email service, our first six recipes included….. Gin & Tonic. Thanks.  We’ve got that one covered.

– Jet Cannon

Photo:  thespiritsbusiness.com

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Dopey Patriarch?

Good Clean Fun /

We missed an important Baby Boomer birthday this last weekend. As NPR reported,

“July 31, 2022 — is the birthday of the dopey patriarch from the vintage cartoon, The Jetsons.”

Here’s how the math works: The show first aired in 1962, but was set 100 years in the future. That would be 2062. During the first season of the show, George reveals that he’s 40 years old. So 2062 minus 40, and there you go.”

“We’ve already got talking watches, robot vacuums and flat-screen TVs. “

That’s all good but we thought we’d have flying cars by now. Sad.

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Photo: Closerweekly.com

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Hydration, fat, and you

Fitness /

WellandGood.com has a sobering explanation of changing hydration needs as we age and suggests how to maintain adequate hydration.

“The amount of water you need to drink changes in tandem with your body composition, which naturally shifts as you age. For most people as the decades march on, fat mass increases while lean mass, or muscle, decreases. Muscle is ‘wetter’ than fat, so as we lose this muscle, we lose the ability to hold on to all that water.”

Pass the water.

– Jet Cannon

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Sideways

Food and Drink /

We recently took part in a small group wine tasting expertly paired with the movie Sideways.  Host John, benefiting from years of experience as a wine distributor, enhanced the movie with background and trivia.  But you don’t have to be a wine expert to enjoy sharing some Merlot with friends while you watch the movie.  Or sample as we did a 2018 Cambria Pinot Noir.  Per Wine Enthusiast, “A spearmint aroma meets pomegranate and raspberry jam on the the nose of this widely available bottling.  There’s a rocky grip to the palate, where fresh mint and strawberry sorbet flavors are enhanced by turned loam and dried herb elements.”  Like Jack, we didn’t experience all that but it sure tasted good!

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The Dangers of Iced Cocktails

Food and Drink /

There are no dangers of iced cocktails.  In fact, they are perfectly delightful for hot summer days and nights.  But back in the day, and even though ice was available for medicinal purposes, adding ice to a drink was not advised.  

Tireless Buzzed Boomer Researcher and Beverage Tester, Maserati Mike, found an article excerpting the new Camper English book, “Doctors and Distillers:  The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits, and Cocktails.”  English writes early beliefs were that “adding ice to wine or water was thought by different cultures to cause colic, convulsions, paralysis, blindness, madness, and sudden death.”  Yeah, but that’s better than a warm adult beverage on a hot day!!  

Frederic Tudor, starting in 1810, exported ice from American lakes like Walden Pond to places like Cuba, India, and Brazil.  “He offered bartenders free ice to get their customers hooked on cooling drinks.”  That old trick.  It worked.

– Jet Cannon

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