Email service reveals my age; a fitness craze suggestion

We're at the midpoint of summer, which means it's time to empty the metaphorical columnist's notebook, with information on email platforms, a new fitness craze, sports and more.

And of course "and more" is what we use to include everything unworthy of mention.

On to the topics du jour . . .

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There are plenty of signs that I'm getting old: Gray hair, wrinkles, an affinity for 40-year-old music, early bedtimes. But nothing makes my geriatric condition more obvious than the fact that my primary email account is Hotmail.

Ha ha ha, grandpa. Nice job with the Hotmail account.

Well, first of all, I am now officially a grandpa, so thank you. Also, slow down a little. (Speaking of speeding, the speed limit on the freeway is that – the maximum limit. It's the maximum speed. I prefer to drive 45 mph in the slow lane, thank you very much. In my day, we weren't in such a reach. Oh, you can reach me at bradstanhope@hotmail.com.)

Yes, I use Hotmail.

I'm old enough to remember reading advice to job seekers to be careful about using a Hotmail account because it sounded too racy. Like maybe it involved sex.

Now a Hotmail email address is like having a Netscape email address watching an old tube television. My millennial co-workers are all on gmail–if anything (darned kids!).

Of course, I won't change. If Hotmail was good enough for Franklin Roosevelt, it's good enough for me.

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A free idea: If you're a farmer, why not add to your income stream and reduce your work by calling your farm a "fitness camp?"

Cross fit is popular, why not this?

Farmers could have people pay to spend a few weeks in the summer "working out" in the fields, hauling hay around and doing whatever people do on farms (my understanding is largely based on watching movies).

Call it "Hayfit," make money and save expenses. Everybody wins.

Solano County farmers, you're welcome.

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Quick sports observation: This year's NBA offseason the wildest such period for any sport in history, with several huge stars switching teams and a tremendous shift in the balance of power.

However, Bay Area fans should be optimistic after the Golden State Warriors avoided catastrophe. The Dubs lost Kevin Durant, but managed to add a young All-Star (D'Angelo Russell) and retain many of the key players around Stephen Curry. The Warriors will enter next season as one of the top 10 teams in the league, which seemed impossible after they lost in the NBA Finals.

Now back to non-sports coverage . . .

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In a few years, we'll be telling young people how life was before television streaming services: "So you only had 250 channels and had to watch what was on when they scheduled them."

They won't believe it and neither will we, because it already seems ridiculous to watch regular TV without Netflix, Amazon or another streaming service.

It's like think of life before mobile phones.

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I'd write more, but I'm running late for my Hayfit class. It's just $100 a week!

Reach Brad Stanhope at bradstanhope@hotmail.com (Yes! Hotmail!)