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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Great story, I take whatever discounts I can get Ed!!

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Go, Pera!

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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Thanks, Dr. Ed, for the chuckles and they were funny!

It reminded me of a trip to a US Park, at least 2000 miles from home.

Someone had given me a shirt with the words “Senior Citizen, gimme my damn discount”.

Heck, so far away from home, I brought it with us.

Well, it was a hit with people passing by. So, at lunch I pointed to to our waiter.

He smiled and said he couldn’t honor it, but volunteered “They will for dinner tonight, just mention it.

Yes, we got an unexpected discount!

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Terrific. Use all tactics necessary, Joe

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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

We can all identify with this to someday degree and enjoyed the humor!

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Thanks, Christian. Humor surrounds the senior citizen.

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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Right on target, Ed, every step of the way!

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Gotta get 'em

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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Great article! Love those senior discounts and loyalty cards, LOL!

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Yup. As you can see, Joanne, I'm hooked on them—no longer any shame.

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Great article! Spot on.

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It's like a hunt for big game

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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

haha your missing out, its not only the senior discounts, its also filling out the questionnaires on your store receipts. (get a free donut from dunkin donuts for answering the questionnaire.

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Nice move. I'm on it!

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Ed, I had my laughs for the day. Loved the old gent with the oversized coat speaking the Kings English. The young woman at the theater was sharp as a tack and as smooth as honey.

You have had some experiences. I enjoy the discounts. We earned them and the gray hair.

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Cash in, Cash in is my mantra

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Nice story. I'm a little less subtle. I don't ask for a senior discount, I ask for a geezer discount.

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From one geezer to another, I get it

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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Hah! Ed, like everything else,you have it down to a science. Brilliant, I loved it.

Paul

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Thanks, Paul. I'm a card man now. But not polka. In this game, I'm pretty good.

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We'll, it's poker. My polka days are long over. Actually, so are the poker days

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Finally got around to reading your latest story after returning from a week of golf in Scotland and catching up on household chores. I couldn't stop laughing at your analysis of senior discounts and the mixed blessings of being an aging adult. I have five credit cards in quest of making my remaining dollars count. I now say I'm living off my children's inheritance without regret or shame, but I still want to leave them as much as possible. It's deja vue all over again as I recall cutting the same number of credit cards years ago when I was a man on the rise and needed multiple credit cards to manipulate the system. Same rules, but with different motivations.

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Jul 18Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Ed, I had to laugh at your determined effort to collect any and all of these senior benifits due to you. I mostly forget to ask but my wife always reminds me to check if the business has such offers. Good on ya. Get 'em all. JCYuill

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be vigilant, John, be vigilant

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Jul 16Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

I too take all I can get and at 92 years of age, I should get double!!!!!!!!

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Yup

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Jul 16Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Hilarious !

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Pleased you had a chuckle, Mike

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Jul 15Liked by Ed Iannuccilli

Love this❤️

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Getting the discount is now a game with rewards. And I love it/them.

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Card, love cards, but not the credit ones, Larry. I forgot to mention my Dunkin' Donuts card. I'm building points like crazy. I may have enough for a franchise one day.

Watched the British Open. You HAD to love your golf trip, Eh?

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