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But did they know you? (Or admit to it, at least.)Chi Meson said:I knew my Mama AND my Papa, so I don't get your meaning.
But did they know you? (Or admit to it, at least.)Chi Meson said:I knew my Mama AND my Papa, so I don't get your meaning.
I will be more than willing to offer support.Evo said:I'm beginning to sag in places I didn't previously have places.
Not fair! I would have to have been a rich old hippie. None of them ever played anywhere near where I lived. (Unless concerts in Detroit of which I didn't know.)Evo said:And you're not an old hippy unless you actually attended Mothers of Invention, Jim Hendrix and Janis Joplin concerts. I did.
I've always been farsighted. I never knew it until I was in college. All those headaches in high school, you know what it was ? English homework! Now the axillary muscles are giving way and I can't see anything that isn't closer than 20 feet.Evo said:We're presbyopes guys.
And I'm not (as it turns out) even an old Hippie (and who wants to be an "old punkie"?)And you're not an old hippy unless you actually attended Mothers of Invention, Jim Hendrix and Janis Joplin concerts. I did.
Because I'm such a klutz, my left knee and my right hip pop and I make clicking sounds when I walk upstairs.
I was always nearsighted and now I can't read can labels in the grocery store.Chi Meson said:I've always been farsighted. I never knew it until I was in college. All those headaches in high school, you know what it was ? English homework! Now the axillary muscles are giving way and I can't see anything that isn't closer than 20 feet.
That just doesn't sound right.And I'm not (as it turns out) even an old Hippie (and who wants to be an "old punkie"?)
Then you could never spend time around me. I do throw in a few grunts and groans when I get out of a chair I've been sitting in for awhile.And I can't stand "Hip pop music."
But surely you remember me, your beloved Danger, after all we've meant to each other. Here... let me help you up the stairs. The popping doesn't bother me at all...Evo said:I spelled hippie "hippy" I'm becoming senile.
Evo said:I spelled hippie "hippy" I'm becoming senile.
That poor 29 year old! One foot in the grave!Evo said:What are all these kids doing in the old thread?
I could send you my $400 + experiment with progressive lenses. They're fine if you can hold your head rigidly still. If you move, everything in your peripheral vision warps in a Dali-esque/funhouse mirror way. They are surplus special effects lenses or something. However, they make my face look younger. When I force the people I'm with to wear them.Eyesight is the main annoyance for me. I had a pair of those Varilux trifocals that cost me $400 that the Evo child stepped on and broke.
I'm sorry to hear about this, BobG. I've done some reading about Parkinson's and it's quite a devestating condition. I hope you're finding all the resources you need to deal with it.BobG said:I'd have to agree watching my parents get older bothers me more than my age. My Dad has Parkinson's disease and that really bothers me...
Now, I have made a vow to do no cheating with the grey. In a similar vein, I grew up hearing so many mocking remarks about the infamous "comb-over" that I have to stop a million times during my tedious attempts to minimize the effect of the thin spot, to ask "Does that suggest comb-over? Does this suggest comb-over?" While the lines from TS Eliot run through my head:Plus, if they're out of Natural Instincts for Men and you have to go to the women's hair aisle, it takes an hour to decide which shade you want.
BobG said:Plus, if they're out of Natural Instincts for Men and you have to go to the women's hair aisle, it takes an hour to decide which shade you want.
Ironically, I'm reduced to being thankful for having been so myopic all my life that now I can still see clearly up close if I take my glasses off.I was always nearsighted and now I can't read can labels in the grocery store.
Nothing says "pathetic" more than a comb-over.Now, I have made a vow to do no cheating with the grey. In a similar vein, I grew up hearing so many mocking remarks about the infamous "comb-over" that I have to stop a million times during my tedious attempts to minimize the effect of the thin spot, to ask "Does that suggest comb-over? Does this suggest comb-over?"
Just kidding. Y'know -- California longhair falling out of a tree. What were we supposed to think?Astronuc said:?? Not sure what that means. No drugs involved.
gnome said:LOL how many of these kids even know who Kojak was? How pathetic is that?
Chi Meson said:FOr me, its the music. I came of age in the early eighties when the only decent music came from the independant scene. During my last year of college, Nirvana released "Bleach." When I began teaching, there was at least that overlap: I like Nirvana, they (HS students) like Nirvana.
Now, I'm a little tired of Nirvana, and they have never heard of Nirvana.
I find myself saying things like : "the music these kids listen to these days is meaningless; not like the music of my generation" etc etc.
Actually I am just north of you gnome, up the Hudson Valley.gnome said:Just kidding. Y'know -- California longhair falling out of a tree. What were we supposed to think?
(I know Uluru isn't Calif., but your pics LOOK Calif, at least to my old eyes.)
Ah motai, you're my kinda guy.motai said:Um... am I the only young'n that acts like a really old person? I listen to music far older than the 80s for sure... more like 1920s and 1930s. Or even farther back, classical music in the 1600s to 1700s...
Yeah... I listen to 80 year old music...
But I do agree that kids these days don't know nothing. Have you seen the fashion trends? The half-ripped up jeans and pants going down to the knees? Crazy, that's what I say. Back in my day we wore respectable clothing. Actually, I do have to say that college professors dress remarkably well compared to current trends. I tend to favor a nice heavy brown dress shirt and tan trousers that are rolled up in true Eliot fashion. Add in some pencils, 3 x 5 index cards, a slide rule, and a ratty pair of spectacles (or a monocle) and i'll be set .
So kind of you to remind the old folks of that.Huckleberry said:Time flies.
motai said:Um... am I the only young'n that acts like a really old person? I listen to music far older than the 80s for sure... more like 1920s and 1930s. Or even farther back, classical music in the 1600s to 1700s...
Yeah... I listen to 80 year old music...
But I do agree that kids these days don't know nothing. Have you seen the fashion trends? The half-ripped up jeans and pants going down to the knees?
Speak up! What?Ivan Seeking said:What were we talking about?
zoobyshoe said:Speak up! What?
Ivan Seeking said:Welcome to PF Zoobyshoe. I'm Ivan.
Astronuc said:As far as music goes, "if it sounds good, it is good!", which I have heard attributed to Duke Ellington, but also Count Basie.
Moonbear said:Kids? Even the young adults dress like that. What surprises me most isn't that kids dress in a way that adults find shocking, but more that kids these days haven't found a new way to shock their parents. Quite frankly, I can't even be shocked at the sagging pants look anymore because it has become so commonplace and the fad has lasted a ridiculously long time. I wish someone would point out to the kids wearing their pants that way that the style used to be the exclusive domain of thugs planning to shoplift.
Ugh! I am so tired of the "plumber look". Damn kids and their hip-hop music and their tongue piercings and their butt-cracks hanging out all over the place! In my day...grumble grumble grumble...Moonbear said:Nevermind the low rise, hip-hugging trend...I can get away with that if they aren't too low, but some of the pants I tried on didn't even come up past my butt crack. (Am I sounding old enough to stay in this thread yet?)
You're adorable when you're grumpy.Math Is Hard said:Ugh! I am so tired of the "plumber look". Damn kids and their hip-hop music and their tongue piercings and their butt-cracks hanging out all over the place! In my day...grumble grumble grumble...
Math Is Hard said:Ugh! I am so tired of the "plumber look". Damn kids and their hip-hop music and their tongue piercings and their butt-cracks hanging out all over the place! In my day...grumble grumble grumble...
Don't you patronize me, you old billy-goat! I'm feeling feisty today. *whacks Zooby with her walker* hmmph!zoobyshoe said:You're adorable when you're grumpy.
And you are how old?Karakot said:i think it rocks