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On 5/8/2018 at 10:29 PM, Stella Link said:

This is just Stage 1. 

Stage 2 is when the roles truly reverse and you have to take care of your parents like they took care of you growing up.  

Stage 3 is when your kids grow up and become you.

Stage 4 (the last Stage) is when your kids have to take care of you as you took care of them growing up.

It all goes in cycles.

Stage 2 sucks.  Especially with a disabled parent.  

 

 

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2 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

I haven't stayed up past midnight this entire year.

The only time I do is at the casino.

 

Must be the extra oxygen   cigarette smoke that keeps me jumping!!!

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6 hours ago, slorch said:

The only time I do is at the casino.

 

Must be the extra oxygen   cigarette smoke that keeps me jumping!!!

Wrong. You’re a sorry bastard who take joy in playing the don’ts at the craps table. Watching everyone lose money while you win is what keeps you going.

Thinking about it. I’m convinced your incoherent drunk posts on the old site are from when you hit a massive cold streak at the casino. 

I say this with all the love I can. I like slorch. 

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On May 9, 2018 at 8:42 AM, po elvis said:

my granddad's driveway sloped slightly into the garage. when he would get to the end of the driveway, he would turn off his green pinto (yes it was actually a pinto) and let it coast into the garage to save the gas.

 

Damn, I had a green Pinto. 

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Was the young buck at work for years and years. Then one day you're sitting around the table and you look up and you're no longer the youngest person in the room. In any room. And in 10 more years you'll hit 30 in your profession and it'll be time to hang it up and do something else. 

Only thing I fear in life is how quickly time passes. And once its gone, its gone. 

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On 5/10/2018 at 10:54 AM, Jhawk said:

Over the last 3 years my wardrobe is almost 100% shirts from golf courses or tommy bahama.  I'm adapting to a slower lifestyle and I think it is helping my golf game.

My dad doesn't wear Tommy Bahama but I do. 

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11 hours ago, RedDirtTexan said:

Was the young buck at work for years and years. Then one day you're sitting around the table and you look up and you're no longer the youngest person in the room. In any room. And in 10 more years you'll hit 30 in your profession and it'll be time to hang it up and do something else. 

Only thing I fear in life is how quickly time passes. And once its gone, its gone. 

when the people you hire are the same age as your kids, or even younger.  That was reality just standing over me saying, "WTF do you think you're gonna do about it?"  LOLz.

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I drive slower(not in the left lane, mind you) appreciate the scenery like my folks did.  I've started listening to a station that plays a lot of the old standards, giving the moldy-oldie rock a break for a bit. 

I'm one of the oldest in my Dept., so I defer to the younguns nowadays, let them have their moment.  It doesn't bother me if they make more than me, even tell the Boss to give them more of a raise than me, my role at work has changed the last year and they do most of the "heavy lifting" now. 

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My old man knows where the cheapest gas is within a 10 mile radius.  I wonder if he has an app that sends him a text every morning.  He might not even need gas but he knows.

When I visit him, on the way out he also lets me know where the cheap gas is.

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once when we were car shopping, my dad said "we're not getting anything with power windows or power locks.  its just more electronics to break".

i thought he said it because hes a cheap bastard.  which was absolutely the case.  however theres a grain of truth in it.

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my car now if you replace the battery you gotta "code it in".  so it gets read and registered in the computer system for proper charging and management.  

you cant hot-swap the speakers or amplifiers because the audio lines dont carry full range signal because theyve been pre-processed and filtered and mic-feedback and a million other things.  

i used to replace brake pads and rotors on my car in the dorm parking lot with parts bought from autozone.  

now when i do that, i gotta install "brake wear sensors" because everythings a in fucking integrated system.

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so yeah, ive been subscribed to the school of "they dont make it like they used to", rather than dismiss it as mere curmudgeon-nostalgia.  

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last time i needed a vacuum cleaner, found out that the government banned anything north of 2200w.  due to noise, power consumption, and what not.  i found a new-old-stock model in a local store.... heavy as a rhino, 2200w, and it sucks like a fat prom date.

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we're gonna be doing appliance shopping soon, lawnmowers, power tools, and such, and im going down this route of seeking out New Old Stock or even Used stuff that was made in the reputable era, when they didnt care about emissions or power efficiency, rather than the new disposable crap of today

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19 hours ago, El Diablo said:

My dad always said "Just be yourself" and so heeding that advice I will not be him. He's dead too, so there's that.

Your dad sounds like he probably got his ass kicked by various other dads.

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3 minutes ago, Jhawk said:

Your dad sounds like he probably got his ass kicked by various other dads.

Well, he is dead so they've had the upper hand for some time now. :)  

Before he died, no. He wasn't a fighter though he was a WWII vet. I think war gives the participants a different outlook on life in general. I only ever saw him really angry twice. Once was with me for being a dumbass teenager and the other time was with some random guy who had the good sense to fucking drop it and leave.

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Haha.  I was just fucking around.  I'm surprised there hasn't been at least one "my dad can beat up your dad" jab all thread.  Probably because everyone in this thread is dealing with bouts of pussitis in coming to grips with their maturity.

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29 minutes ago, Jhawk said:

Haha.  I was just fucking around.  I'm surprised there hasn't been at least one "my dad can beat up your dad" jab all thread.  Probably because everyone in this thread is dealing with bouts of pussitis in coming to grips with their maturity.

He would have beat your ass so hard. :) 

As to the thread topic, I do not yet own a pair of walking shoes with Velcro strips. There's still time.

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1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

He would have beat your ass so hard. :) 

As to the thread topic, I do not yet own a pair of walking shoes with Velcro strips. There's still time.

I haven't worn socks unless I'm in a suit in over 3 years, almost exclusively wearing sperry's or some other loafer.  Last fall I took it to the next level and went with a pair of traditional sperry's that have tie-less laces.  I haven't tied a shoe in so long that when my nephew asked me to help him with his last weekend it took me two tries.

Here's a big one for the golfers out there... I started putting sunscreen on before and during each round.  I don't even wear sunscreen at the lake but on the course I have to or I get absolutely rocked.

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14 hours ago, Paper_jam said:

Did 70's Pintos and Mavericks come in any other color than puke green?   Wait, I think I remember seeing some Mavericks in white.

My first car was a 1970 Maverick, red with a white vinyl top. 140 cu in 6 under the hood. It was all about the bangin' stereo I installed. Well, that and the "NORML" sticker I had on the rear window. The nuns at school didn't get that one.

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I find that I'm trying to be like my dad, also trying to be not like him, and then realizing that I don't really know what he was like as he died when I was 15 so I only know him as child knows their parent and or what other people tell you or remember about them. it's weird. I want a new iPhone but my mine works fine, what am I supposed to do?

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I quoted M*A*S*H the other day...no one at work caught it because none of them were alive when the show was on except for like 2 of us.

I quoted Seinfeld the other day...2/3 of the ladies at work didn't get it because they were too young to watch Seinfeld.

 

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36 minutes ago, next2naus said:

I find that I'm trying to be like my dad, also trying to be not like him, and then realizing that I don't really know what he was like as he died when I was 15 so I only know him as child knows their parent and or what other people tell you or remember about them. it's weird. I want a new iPhone but my mine works fine, what am I supposed to do?

Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?

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I quoted M*A*S*H the other day...no one at work caught it because none of them were alive when the show was on except for like 2 of us.
I quoted Seinfeld the other day...2/3 of the ladies at work didn't get it because they were too young to watch Seinfeld.
 


The early millennials get it, but now no one has to see reruns anymore. We’re a fractured society without common references.
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11 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Your coworkers not getting your MASH references has nothing to do with you becoming your parents.  You are just old.

But the thing is...I think those quotes are funny now when I probably didn't when I was a kid.

Though the old statement is also true.  Fucker.

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On ‎5‎/‎15‎/‎2018 at 4:37 PM, Paper_jam said:

Did 70's Pintos and Mavericks come in any other color than puke green?   Wait, I think I remember seeing some Mavericks in white.

The first new car my dad ever bought was a silver 1978 Pinto, 3 door wagon. It somehow lasted 10 years.

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When my oldest was a youngster, around 9 or so, he kept running up and down the stairs.  It was way too loud for me.  I warned him that the next time he did it I'd make him walk up and down the stairs for 30 minutes.  Yeah, I made him do it.

I have threatened my kids with taking their doors off the hinges if they slam them.  Luckily, I haven't had to do that yet.

 

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