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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last commentPissy old fart (POF) if we're rewriting the glossary. I, too have questioned whether my mood has changed or the world has changed around me. My own chronic health issues, my spouse's deteriorating dementia, being taken for granted by my ATF, are all factors which piss me off and don't help the temperament.
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.
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People tell me that I don't look or act my age. So I am happy.
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I think a ton of it is the BS in life. We get into our routines, ways that we're comfortable with. Sure, sometimes, something will come along and upset that apple cart a little bit -- for good or for bad -- but we roll with it. But then there are those times that "something" just won't go away, and it just gets so damn frustrating. The rest of the world accepts it, but for us, it's like a small festering wound that we can't do anything about.
Y'know, I don't care what people say -- old school is the best school.
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This board pretty much proves it, half the older guys here are crotchety old assholes, ha.
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This board pretty much proves it, half the older guys here are crotchety old assholes, ha.
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@ime. Are you trying to say this board is half-assed?
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Doctor told me that one of the positive side effects of my testosterone shots would be less "Grumpy Old Man Syndrone." Not sure it has made much improvement but I hope so.
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motor,
For me, I've been "grumpy" as long as I can remember.
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I gave up caffeine two years ago, and now I'm less irritable. But more sleepy.
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Maybe you just need a little Ann Margret in your life.
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It is a stereotype. My x stripper ATF gives me pussy 2x week and pop is 100. I am happy camper.
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Screw you, player! ;) Guess it's true. I just became a POF.
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My sweetie says I'm a big baby and that I get "cranky"----she's right
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Grumpy old man?
Shouldn't you be standing in front of some polling place handing out Tea Party literature?
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Nope, I don't think its just you. The clubs have certainly declined. Its so bad here in Austin that I'm pretty much down to patronizing only one strip club in town. When that one turns sour I may have to journey up to Dallas a couple of times per month to get my strip club fix.
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motorhead, unlike you, I have never been a nice guy; I have always been a hardass. But, I don't accept the 'grumpy' description.
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'?
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"dismissive of fools and dolts"----you must be lonely...lol
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Art - Toronto sweetie dumped you and your doctor made you quit drinking - you have a perfect right to be grumpy
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It first hit me the last time I was in Vegas. I used to think Vegas was "my town". Last time, I felt as if I was an unwelcome intrusion in some younger guy's party. What's next -- early bird specials?? Then again, I was there with the ball n chain --maybe she's the one that makes me feel old.
Whatever. Sucks to age!!
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The real question is, do you schew away dogs because you're afraud to fall down? Also, do you yell at kids to get off your lawn? Do you keep kids baseballs and footballs that land in your yard? What about Halloween? Are your lights off or worse, razor blades in apples?
Goddammit Motor! Answer the questions! And do you drink prune juice?
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Ask skibum.
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Any condition probably gets worse w/ age – so if one is a bit of a sourpuss growing up; then most likely they’ll be grumpy as they get older.
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).
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"Goddammit Motor! Answer the questions!"
It's dark out now, so he's gone to bed already
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^^^^^And people who are full of crap don't drink prune juice, so I'm guessing Moto doesn't.
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 ...
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@Slick...when we were kids, it was the "creepy" old man that did that shit.
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@Mikey-I was the go to kid in all my neighborhoods I grew up in when it came to hopping the fence, getting the ball, and getting back.
One of my favorite cinema scenes is The Sandlot chase scene with the dog. Two points if you know the dogs name.
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Hercules ?
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What I have observed is that people get grumpy and ridged when they get stuck in fixed habitual patterns of thinking. It is also when they stop trying to face the challenges which life puts in front of them, and instead just give up. I am convinced that this is what causes senility.
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:
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Grace Potter and Joe Satriani cover Cortez the Killer
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@farmerart “But, I don't accept the 'grumpy' description.”
Oh noooo.... you aren’t a grumpy old man...not at all....
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@farmerart “This practice is for morons who have looked at way too much chintzy porn. Adult men with adult tastes eschew this silly nonsense.”
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Paraphrasing George Burns: "Sex in old age is like trying to shoot pool with a rope".
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Slick -- The Beast!
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