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Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"
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Mr. @/\/\3phist0, long time no see! How blows the sails in your parts sir?
What makes you grumpy? What makes you old? and what makes you farty? A list of ailments would be a good start.
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The grumpier and achier the better. Complaining about the younger generation's odd ways is bonus points.What makes you old? and what makes you farty? A list of ailments would be a good start.
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People in the old days came down with things ... ague, scrivener's palsy, chilbllains, variola, bad blood, fatty liver, lumbago ....
An advantage of being older is that you can get away with drooling while you play. It stems from being caught up in deep concentration. When I was a kid and did that, people would laugh. It’s considered impolite to mock old people so afflicted.
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Black dog was depression. Some are still used today such as change of life and lumbago as you mentioned.
Most kids used to have their tonsils removed, I still have mine. It’s still done today, perhaps to a lesser extent.
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Y'all's so entertaining, I just have been lurking this thread, active elsewhere in this vast forum on a daily basis.
Still grumpy with working for an MSP, where due to my team support skills they need me to drive an hour and a half to sit at a computer ... To fix computers remotely. Go figger?!
Grumble..
Course my boss is just now 30...
Grumble.
But beautiful home, beautiful partner in crime, happy with the band.
Love my rig, thanks @agedhorse
Love my basses (thanks Leo)
Hate that as of yesterday, wearing a partial to replace molars .....
Grumble.
Y'all's so entertaining, I just have been lurking this thread, active elsewhere in this vast forum on a daily basis.
Still grumpy with working for an MSP, where due to my team support skills they need me to drive an hour and a half to sit at a computer ... To fix computers remotely. Go figger?!
Grumble..
Course my boss is just now 30...
Grumble.
But beautiful home, beautiful partner in crime, happy with the band.
Love my rig, thanks @agedhorse
Love my basses (thanks Leo)
Hate that as of yesterday, wearing a partial to replace molars .....
Grumble.
Yep, not only have these meanlenials, or whatever you call them, come up with their fancy names for common ailments, they have made up the same kind of names for new wonder drugs to cure them. They pick on us older folks with a barrage of ads telling us how wonderful these drugs are, only to follow with the bad things that can happen if you take them.
Back in my day, pot was illegal...now it's fine. Now they want to ban steam but its OK buy cigarettes. Heck, you now can't just walk into a store and pick up glue or spray paint. They have made these controlled substances. You need ID before they unlock the cabinets...no wonder we are grumpy...now, where did I leave my coffee...
Back in my day, pot was illegal...now it's fine. Now they want to ban steam but its OK buy cigarettes. Heck, you now can't just walk into a store and pick up glue or spray paint. They have made these controlled substances. You need ID before they unlock the cabinets...no wonder we are grumpy...now, where did I leave my coffee...
But, the ice cream!!!
Yes, lots of screaming, I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. It wasn’t enough to entice me to have them cut on me.
Back then, when kids were in the hospital and they needed their temperature taken, nurses insisted on using rectal thermometers. They didn’t tell them about it before they went into the hospital. Even if a kid used the oral one at home, they weren’t allowed. That resulted in more screaming. But the kid network on the block spread the word.
The experience didn’t make up for having ice cream. Now they use infrared thermometers. Much less embarrassing. But the kids still get ice cream.
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A blast from the past. For those that like coffee, how about coffee eggs.
At the age I was at, at the time, I didn't have much of a choice.
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Uhhhh..........
Ruins the eggs, doesn't do the coffee any good. Or the other way 'round.
French cooking from before 1769. They have a long history of ruining food. I’ll take basic food anytime.
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