The thread of movie titles and absence of badges. In previous episodes, it was signs you're getting older, chiropractic vs. medicine, atheism vs. Mormonism and religion vs. science with no existentialism nor philosophy thrown in
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I would mulch my entire lawn if it were up to me. I hate lawn care.
I'd much rather have a garden, even if it is more work in some ways. I like gardening. I hate mowing. My ex-wife and I, little by little, ripped out almost all our lawn. Unfortunately, now I rent, so I'm stuck with what's ok with the landlord.
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To each their own. I really dig going to the barber. It is one of the few places left where you can be a man. You can curse. Drink a beer. Tell coarse jokes. Etc.
I have been going to the same barber for 15 years. He and I used to drink together, pick up women, etc. I see barber shops as one of the last bastions of masculinity, and they are dying quickly.
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Yeah, I'm not keen on it either. Luckily for me my wife mows it.
I mow, and I am pretty sure my wife could not even start the mower.
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I like gardening. I hate mowing.
Likewise. Also, gardening is the only way to get a decent tomato.
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I really dig going to the barber. It is one of the few places left where you can be a man.
I didn't particularly like going to the hair salon, but I did it to make my wife happy. That was more important.
I have been going to the same barber for 15 years.
I went to the same barber regularly for quite a while. I don't remember when or why I stopped, but it might have been when she started taking me to the salon. Later, I tried to go back, but he'd retired, or moved away, or something.When I moved to WA, I went to a little barber shop that was pretty much a traditional barber shop — no fancy cuts; "1/2 inch, tapered in the back;" 5 minutes, you were done — except that both barbers were women. I went there because it was dirt cheap — $6, including a reasonable tip.
Now I have shoulder-length hair, and haven't had a haircut in a year, or so.
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Be grocery shopping, and the music on the PA is the stuff you loved when it was new. Now it's oldies.
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This quote:
The thing is that a lot of the guys that were straight outta uni just don't want to deal with legacy bollox. Guys like us have a tonne of legacy wtfs filling our brains and just don't get that it can be easier.
@lucas, dude, I'm not even out of college yet.
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One thing I've noticed as I've grown older is that I can't stay up as late. I used to be able to stay up half the night, or even pull an all-nighter, and still function the next day. I can still stay up late, but I'm a lot less effective the next day than I used to be.
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The sign for me was getting hangovers the day after drinking 4+ beers
Urgh. I have this for [i]n[/i] beers can range all the way up to 5 on occasions, but is quite often down as low as 2 which is really no fun at all. Hangover from not even getting a buzz on—what is even the point of that? :<qqv>\
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I also notice now that I have sensitivities to some alcohols. At 21 I could drink anything and not get a hangover. Now, if I look at a bottle of Jim Beam or - shudder - Wild Turkey...I will get a headache. One Beam and Coke will give me a migraine .
Thankfully, I am still good to go with Jack Daniels.
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I didn't particularly like going to the hair salon,
That seems evident from the fact you're calling it the "hair salon"?
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Thankfully, I am still good to go with Jack Daniels.
Sake and single malt scotch have both been kind to me in my senescence. If that changes, I'll probably just go teetotal...
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That's just crazy talk...
Eh, I probably only drink once every couple of weeks as it is, and I still have my absurdly high caffeine tolerance...
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I decided that my reaction to Twitter is probably about the same as my grandfather's reaction to the video recorder. I understand what it does on a conceptual level, but I have absolutely no idea how it could be of any use to improve my quality of life.
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Not being able to walk around for more than an hour or two without needing a nice sit down is probably one of the more alarming developments in my decrepitude.
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I have a drink or two every night. I may sound like an alcoholic, but I need something to numb my mind just a little bit, to turn off in the evenings. Otherwise, my mind just keeps racing.
Also, my wife likes to give me a very detailed rundown of the trials and tribulations of her work as soon as she gets home from work. If I could get her to give me the Cliff's Notes version, or at least Reader's Digest, it would be a lot easier to concentrate for that period of time...
That's what I get for marrying someone with a Masters in Journalism.
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I decided that my reaction to Twitter is probably about the same as my grandfather's reaction to the video recorder. I understand what it does on a conceptual level, but I have absolutely no idea how it could be of any use to improve my quality of life.
QFT! I have no clue why Twitter is even a thing. To sound even more like a curmudgeon, I have this silly thing where I believe that the name of a business, product or service should give you some idea of WTF it is...
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That seems evident from the fact you're calling it the "hair salon"?
I'm not sure what else I would call it. It was a hair cutting and styling business catering primarily to women, and in which all of the stylists were women. I don't know if I was the only guy to get my hair cut there — I don't remember whether I ever saw any others — but if there were, we were certainly a tiny minority.
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Not being able to walk around for more than an hour or two without needing a nice sit down is probably one of the more alarming developments in my decrepitude.
I had to have vertebral fusion done 4 years ago. Since then I cannot sit on anything hard for more than 15-20 minutes at a time. Benches, stools, the ground, patio chairs, etc. If it does not have padding, and preferably back support, I cannot sit on it.
Now I have to go to the gym regularly, else the pain comes back in general. Good motivation to work out. Either stay in shape, or become crippled.
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hair cutting and styling business
It certainly doesn't sound like a place where I'd want to get a haircut. And I rate my barber almost exclusively on how quickly they can finish the job...
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And I rate my barber almost exclusively on how quickly they can finish the job...
I rate my barber highly because I can sit down in the chair, he asks "The usual?", and I either say yes or tell him longer or shorter (depending on season, etc). After 15 years, I have yet to have a bad haircut.
As an added bonus, he just hired a hot new female barber, so now the scenery is nice...
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I graduated in 1997. This year I can legally have sex with someone who was born that same year. Depressing.
In the UK you could legally do it last year.
she became a grandmother at 32.
UK again - grandmother at 26. Not so legal (mother or grandmother..)
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I believe that the name of a business, product or service should give you some idea of WTF it is.
Actually, the most successful products are the ones that create their own brand language. Some examples:
- People don't say "spreadsheet" but "Excel" (unrelated)
- Remember the PalmPilot? Whatever the PDA you had it was a PalmPilot (HP really hated this) (unrelated)
- You didn't have an MP3 player, you had an iPod. (unrelated)
- Clearly, almost everyone uses "App Store" and "App" because of the iPhone.
- You don't search the web anymore, you "google it". (unrelated)
That's why many startups use stupid names like Wallapop or Chikaboo or whatever.
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I feel old every time I try for more than 5 minutes to sit and watch some YouTubers with my kids. Because they can spend hours watching someone play Minecraft when all I do with those video is review the game before buying it.
Oh well, at least I still get the SouthPark jokes... or is that another sign of the X-elderly?
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Clearly, almost everyone uses "App Store" and "App" because of the iPhone
It used to annoy me when smartphones were just getting into public consciousness and news reports would define an app as something like "a small program designed for touchscreen mobile phones, when anyone who'd used a mac before that knew that .app was the executable extension for Apple for years before
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I feel old every time I try for more than 5 minutes to sit and watch some YouTubers with my kids. Because they can spend hours watching someone play Minecraft when all I do with those video is review the game before buying it.
I still watch Minecraft videos and I'm 32 and three quarters.
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That's why many startups use stupid names like Wallapop or Chikaboo or whatever.
I get it. I am a businessman. I still think it is stupid, because I think Twitter is stupid. ;)
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they can spend hours watching someone play Minecraft when all I do with those video is review the game before buying it.
Yeah, I don't get that either, nor the phenomenon of video games as a professional sport.
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In the UK you could legally do it last year.
I missed my chance...
UK again - grandmother at 26.
So many WTFs in that story. I am going to take a WAG that a "council house" is what we would call "the projects" or "Section 8 housing"?
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In the UK you could legally do it last year.
The US laws range from 16-18, depending upon state. As an interesting note, just prior to 2000 we still had states where the law said it only applied to girls of "chaste character". So I guess slutty girls did not get equal protection under the law?
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So many WTFs in that story. I am going to take a WAG that a "council house" is what we would call "the projects" or "Section 8 housing"?
Property one rents from the council, owned by the council. There are (usually a lot) cheaper than renting in the private sector and there are waiting lists - typically years - and certain circumstances will push you higher up the list. Like being an unmarried mother.
They are - these days -intended to be the 'last resort' for housing, but are perceived to be an aspiration by both those who want it and those who feel they shouldn't be paying for it via tax.
"Council estates" is a pejorative term for an area mostly or solely consisting of council houses where crime is perceived to be higher than normal due to the fact that those living there CBA to get off their sofas (watching Jeremy Kyle) and get a job instead of sponging off the state.
This has been your daily dose of stereotyping....
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watching Jeremy Kyle
Was Jeremy Kyle ever mayor of a major UK city? I think we here in the colonies still have you beat on the trashy scale there...
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Was Jeremy Kyle ever mayor of a major UK city? I think we here in the colonies still have you beat on the trashy scale there...
Nope.
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A BIG sign that you are getting older, @HardwareGeek, @Polygeekery, @another_sam , is that you spend time talking about yard care.
Thanks Discourse:
It's easier to follow community discussions and find interesting people in conversations when everyone has a unique avatar!
(like PS and PPS:)
And of course I need the CR after "Thanks Discourse:" otherwise that text disappears...
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A BIG sign that you are getting older, @HardwareGeek, @Polygeekery, @another_sam , is that you spend time talking about yard care.
Well, as I said, I like gardening, and I've hated mowing since I was a kid and had to mow our lawn with an old-fashioned (non-motorized) push mower.
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she says she will never have children.
This makes me sad every time someone says this.
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When your hair is still (mostly) dark, but your beard comes in grey...
I am literally a graybeard. Some color still, especially the mustache, which is a mix of brown / blond / red. A fair amount of gray up top, too.
My wife is 9 months younger than me, and people regularly peg her as 10+ years younger than she is. I'm typically viewed the other way, though early in our marriage our dry cleaner thought we were siblings.
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The sign for me was getting hangovers the day after drinking 4+ beers
I've found that as I age, I'm less likely to be hung over.
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Well, as I said, I like gardening, and I've hated mowing since I was a kid and had to mow our lawn with an old-fashioned (non-motorized) push mower.
.. .and you keep going on and on and on about yard work...
;)
When I throw kids off my lawn, I'll send them to your place...
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I hate lawn care.
I love it. Probably another sign...
Oh, also, I think my left hip may be getting slightly arthritic. It's only a problem when I'm doing relatively ridiculous things like kicking (standing) people in the head, so it's more of a harbinger than a real problem.
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but I have absolutely no idea how [twitter] could be of any use to improve my quality of life.
Like WTDWTF!
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This makes me sad
everymost of the time someone says this.FTFY - the redeeming value of raising children is great, but not always infinite.
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I still think it is stupid, because I think Twitter is stupid.
Twitter at least relates to the service and isn't just nonsense that isn't a real word and doesn't sound offensive.
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I won't sit on any public place floor (i.e. subway)
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If you think that's disturbing.
How about the fact that the bully at my highschool, once graduated a year behind, continued to go to the school basketball games to hit on the new highschoolers.
He had just lost a relationship with this really good girl I know (I don't know what brain damage caused her to date him) and since she graduated too, he had to go down 2 years in age from her age automatically, if he were to continue to look for girls at the highschool.
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When I throw kids off my lawn, I'll send them to your place...
Only if they'll mow my lawn.
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It's only a problem when I'm doing relatively ridiculous things like kicking (standing) people in the head
That would seem to be one of those things where the obvious answer is, "If it hurts, don't do that."
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How about the fact that the bully at my highschool, once graduated a year behind, continued to go to the school basketball games to hit on the new highschoolers.
True shit: There was a bar a block from my high school. We graduated with people in our class that went there for lunch...and drank...legally.