Retired Baby-Boomers have plenty of ways to make money that don't involve greeting people at Wal-Mart.

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Do you have to rehearse greeting people to reinforce that you should do it?

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The standard contract stipulates the rocker spend 20 minutes greeting people, with a limit of 50 hands shaken, says SAP's Mr. Giampaglia.

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And I am the bearer of a respectful and affectionate greeting of the Mexican people to this nation, which is our neighbor and friend.

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His arrest on 4 April is believed to be his first contact with other people in 27 years, save a greeting he exchanged with a hiker in the 1990s.

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He also uses Google 's (nasdaq: GOOG - news - people ) Picasa2 and Microsoft 's (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Picture It to design his own greeting cards from digital photos.

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And people shaking hands is, no doubt, a greeting that goes back to Methuselah.

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In all, more than than 200 companies have official licensing agreements with Elvis Presley Enterprises, including greeting card maker American Greetings (nyse: AM - news - people ) and candy giant Hershey (nyse: HSY - news - people ).

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They might be the warmest people in the world, who would lavish on their adopted child the sort of palpable love advertised in greeting cards and on the collars of stuffed puppies.

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