{"id":675,"date":"2019-07-25T14:03:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T14:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=675"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:52:30","slug":"growing-old-gratefully-by-chuck-anderson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=675","title":{"rendered":"GROWING OLD GRATEFULLY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A blog by Chuck Anderson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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After 45 years campaigning in advertising in New York, Hamburg and London, when he realised he was the last man standing, Chuck Anderson<\/strong> surrendered and now writes and travels. He has written dramas for U.S. television, and has published a couple of novels, plus non-fiction works. Two of his plays have been produced in London fringe theatres. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

War Stories \u2013 Part 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Published: 27 March 2026<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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On the 25th<\/sup> of June, 1950, two weeks short of my eighteenth birthday, President Harry Truman declared a \u2018police action\u2019 against North Korea.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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War Stories \u2013 Part 1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

War Stories \u2013 Part 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 27 March 2026<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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I did not want to spend the final nine months of my military career in the stockade and leave with a dishonourable discharge.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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War Stories \u2013 Part 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Jumping Ship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 13 October 2023<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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As it is now more than five years since I renounced my American citizenship and the front door has not been breached by a SWAT team, it now seems safe to publish this account I wrote in 2018. <\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Jumping Ship<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Getting the Early Bird Jab<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 21 December 2020<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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It was the first day of general distribution of the vaccine.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Getting the Early Bird Jab<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our First Expedition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published : 12 August 2020<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Room 32 has been refurbished. Long may the crowds somehow be kept outside the doors.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Our First Expedition<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Van Eyck Exhibition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 15 March 2020<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Ghent: a graffiti take on The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
The Van Eyck Exhibition<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Brazil’s Hidden Cultural Treasure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 24 January 2020<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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Inhotim is the world\u2019s largest open-air art museum<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
Brazil’s Hidden Cultural Treasure<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When Should You Stop Skiing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Published: 7 February 2019<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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The last schuss<\/em>? Seefeld, Austria, January 2019.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
When Should You Stop Skiing?<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A blog by Chuck Anderson After 45 years campaigning in advertising in New York, Hamburg and London, when he realised he was the last man standing, Chuck Anderson surrendered and now writes and travels. He has written dramas for U.S. television, and has published a couple of novels, plus non-fiction works. Two of his plays … <\/p>\n

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