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Comin’ Back to University of Windsor 53 years later 

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Baby Bonus Bought the Beer . Canadian Pension Keepin ’ the Windsor Suds Flowing      "OMG, or however the young people say it these days, time is running out on me. I have got two weeks to figure out what I should wear to the first day of Frosh Week at Windsor U this semester. As an aging part-time student, I feel a real Day One need to blend in with my new classmates, even though most will be 50 years my juniors.     Even though I'm most likely the oldest part-timer here, I am not the only boomer looking in the closet this week for suitable chillin ’ clothes. At Windsor, retirees coming back to school is gaining traction.     I came back three years back, but because of Covid, all of my classes in the first two years, were online, and all my classmates were simply icons on the screen (I was a cartoon of Mick Jagger). Last September 2020, was the first time I stepped inside a Windsor University classroom since the early 70s.     "Will I be able to find my classroom?