Well, the next time I get a letter from AARP (which is almost daily) I may join as well. It's hard to ignore Brimley. He's an imposing sumbitch!

 

I have been throwing every one of those sumsabitching solicitations away for years. Never opened one, and never plan to.

 

Damn right! I'm going to keep throwing mine out, too. I'm easily swayed.
Like Groucho said: "I'd never belong to any club that would have me as a member."

 

The discounts are great for hotels. Spend $5 each year, get a magazine,and sometimes as much as 10% on a hotel room. Every night at a place I'd be staying anyway, pays for two years. My health plan from work is already pretty good so I haven't used their benefits. They were a stong, vocal force in countering GW's privatization plan for Social Security. They can't be that bad!

 

The background to that quote is that Groucho had been denied entrance to a country club because he was a Jew. When, in time, they offered to make a special dispensation to let the great Groucho Mark in, he uttered that phrase as a snub to to racist hypocrites who ran the place.

 

Same here, so far.

 

I hate to add my 2 cents so rarely as the comments seem to be inflammatory since I don't chime in when I agree.....but for what it is worth (I can not vouch for the veracity of the comments) I have had brief discussions with vintage vintage folks who feel that AARP's lobbying no longer represents them since they became an insurance company. I know that they are much more than insurance and have many good benefits and that even the insurance coverage is the choice of many. I am curious to know if anyone has first hand experience or insider info.

 

After being hounded with their campaign I gave in and joined primarly for the motel discounts. But then I made a unique discovery (don't tell anyone else) that the when you tell the motel's you are a member they never ask to see any proof. So the card never got pulled out of my wallet. Like the S2000, lighter is better so I tossed out the card and never renewed.

 

Not me! I think I got my first letter from them when I was in my early 20's.