When did I become a GOF...hmn...
Prolly when the age at which you can join AARP started sounding _young_...
Prolly when the age at which you can join AARP started sounding _young_...
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What makes a GOF?
- Thread starter SoulReflection
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You should have asked for the AARP discount.
Wasn't old enough to qualify...
Who cares what people think. If your not bothering anyone enjoy your life, smile more and frown less. I'm mid 50's and somewhere along the line it feels like someone clipped 40 years out of my life. At my parents 50th my dad said, son you wouldn't believe how fast the years went. Now I know.
You should have asked for the AARP discount.
The AARP started harassing us in our late 40's reminding us every three months that we could join when we turned 50. Sheesh what a push push push campaign. Once we joined, we've been flooded with junk mail every month of the year.....
Are you a senior, and I don't understand-- is the meant to be a compliment or sarcasm? Peace.
Long gone are the days when being carded meant something about your appearance. Nowadays the groceries and drugstores want to scan your ID as a matter of store policy and NO alcohol sales will transpire without that scan. You could be 100 years old, and it doesn't matter. They want your ID.
And sometimes it's a really big number...
As for me, I'll be 60 next year. Some days I feel like I'm still 20, other days I feel like I'm about 100. I don't get grumpy much though - still enjoying life too much.
I'm not really a GOF but I play the role when it seems appropriate.
I even have a designated GOF face that I practice.
I even have a designated GOF face that I practice.
Keeping in mind I turned completely gray...errr white in my 40’s and I’m 63 now. A few years ago before I retired I was at Home Depot and they had changed the self check out lanes to large touch screens. I hesitated for a moment to see how the new system works. Immediately I here “I can help you check out sir” considering at the time my day job involved programming touch screens and coding the underlying interface to chip card personalization equipment I had myself a good chuckle! My mistake was telling some of the younger firmware engineers at work about my experience. They had a good time kidding me every chance they could. GOF indeed! All in good fun!
Who the **** are YOU calling a GOF, you little ****? 
I may have sounded grumpy in my first post but in real life I'm very easy going. I have a good sense of humor and can take a fair amount of ribbing. Sorry if I conveyed the wrong impression. Carry on...
But your profile doesn't say "Australia"...
In WWII my dad took R & R in Sydney for two weeks. When he got tipsy he would talk about the beautiful ladies and 'steak and eggs' for breakfast. It made quite an impression on him....
I call just about everyone sir, older or younger, my boss or my subordinates, the ceo or the janitor. It's just a habit at this point.
I have to be more careful with the ladies. Start calling them mam and you might catch a black eye.
I'm middle age and I feel that anybody who would spontaneously do all this:
Over this situation:
"I went to the Service Counter and a young man presented one from inventory and, while ringing up the sale he asked "Is this sub for you?". Surprised, I answered "Yes, but why do you ask?". He responded, "Well, we usually sell these to younger people".
Definitely qualifies as candidate for GOF of the year!
You know you’re really old when you go get government cheese because it’s free, not out of necessity.
Is government cheese still a thing? I thought I was old just because I remember government cheese.
The last time I was in an Apple store I felt like I was in the bar scene from Star Wars. To say the clientele was diverse would be the understatement of the century. So go ahead and put me down as a GOF.
