Grumpy Old Men
motorhead
Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
Off topic? Or is it? Is the notion of the curmudgeonly old man a myth or reality?
I used to be a nice guy. Now it just seems I've turned grumpy and irritable. I've read that certain health conditions can affect changes in your mood - or maybe I've just grown tired of all the BS in life.
My ATF and ATF Lite are both retired. And haven't met anyone else that I feel as comfortable with.
Should I just be a pissy old fart the rest of my life?
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Yesterday I stopped in at my favorite club and I just didn't want to put up with the bullshit. The dancers were pretty, the bartender was wonderful, but it just wasn't like it used to be. Or, maybe I'm not like I used to be.
Y'know, I don't care what people say -- old school is the best school.
For me, I've been "grumpy" as long as I can remember.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6DAbsMkI…
Shouldn't you be standing in front of some polling place handing out Tea Party literature?
If being a demanding employer is being 'grumpy'.... I am a grump.
If being self confident and assertive is being 'grumpy'....I am a grump.
If being independent and self supporting is being 'grumpy'....I am a grump.
If being dismissive of fools and dolts is being 'grumpy'....I am a grump.
How do you define 'grumpy'?
Art - Toronto sweetie dumped you and your doctor made you quit drinking - you have a perfect right to be grumpy
Whatever. Sucks to age!!
Goddammit Motor! Answer the questions! And do you drink prune juice?
Some people just have an ability to go w/ the flow and more importantly be flexible and adapt to change – these people are probably the happy-go-lucky type of old people.
I’m def a grump although I’m just 44 - about 2 weeks ago I was @ Tootsies down here in Miami on a Fr night and the club felt like a damn frat party – there was a group of young 20-somehtings that would constantly get up from their seat and stand right in front of me blocking my view of the stage (not on purpose but they were in their own little frat world) and they would be giving themselves high-fives every 5 minutes – after 15 minutes of that shit I could not bear it anymore and had to get up and go stand in a more empty part of the club.
I also get irritated when I see the very young dancers at the SC dancing to the music as if they were in a disco and ignoring the customers – I know they are “just trying to have fun” – but you are there to work – so yeah – I’m a grump and as I get older I’m sure it will get worse (unless I address it and try to fix it).
It's dark out now, so he's gone to bed already
All these young guys trying to undermine us POFs! I think that by divine right that we should ... Omg, I'm starting to channel my dad in his later years ...
One of my favorite cinema scenes is The Sandlot chase scene with the dog. Two points if you know the dogs name.
So for myself, in middle age, I am continuing my education, in Science, Math, and Philosophy. I am doing this by independent study. I am using text books available from academic libraries. Because it is independent, meaning I am not in any classes and so I'm not attending any lectures, I make up for this by using lots of different text books simultaneously. Though I am doing this alone now, I want to start an organization to promote this, and maybe also to let people get accredited degrees via supervised independent study.
We have to keep challenging ourselves, or we do become senile.
But also I think if one learns newer and more open was of relating to people, it will change them and then they won't become grumpy.
I would recommend following the master himself, Jestrite50:
https://www.tuscl.net/postread.php?PID=3…
https://sites.google.com/site/sjgportal/
SJG
Grace Potter and Joe Satriani cover Cortez the Killer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paeNnR33i…
Oh noooo.... you aren’t a grumpy old man...not at all....
https://www.tuscl.net/postread.php?PID=3…
@farmerart “This practice is for morons who have looked at way too much chintzy porn. Adult men with adult tastes eschew this silly nonsense.”