JcMack
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I hope none of you grumps that are dissin' ladies in pajamas aren't wearin' your camo-cargo shorts with a belly big enough you can't see your stinkin hairy feet in those worn out scandals. Maybe too late in the season?
You know your becoming a grumpy old man when...
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Gutpile Charlie
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I'm a card carrying crumudgeon. I've earned it. I've been there and done that and I've got a real problem with "stupid."
Baggy pants, backward hats, wearing a hat indoors are just the sign on someone that is terminally stupid and completely lacks any common sense, social graces or decency.
I've always wondered about people that go out of their way just to make themselves looks stupid? What do you gain? What do you accomplish?
I just don't cut any of these people any slack. They are totally and completely beyond any socially redeeming value.
Baggy pants, backward hats, wearing a hat indoors are just the sign on someone that is terminally stupid and completely lacks any common sense, social graces or decency.
I've always wondered about people that go out of their way just to make themselves looks stupid? What do you gain? What do you accomplish?
I just don't cut any of these people any slack. They are totally and completely beyond any socially redeeming value.
CigarGuy
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Wearing a hat indoors, IN A RESTAURANT, is a big pet peeve of mine. Didn't these kids get taught any manners?
I did have a VERY gratifying my experience when out to eat with my wife and 25 YO daughter the other night. Kinda fancy place and this not-so-young guy comes in with a ball cap on. I start my usual tirade when my daughter said her last boyfriend showed up once, ONCE at a restaurant with her with his ballcap on. She looked at him and said, "You are going to take that off, right?" and that was that.
Proud dad moment.......
What do you mean "becoming"?
I have arrived.
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I was taught in the USN that you remove your cover when you enter the galley out of respect for the dead. The galley is where the injured and dying where brought during battle or General Quarters. I just translated that into anywhere food is eaten since it will be the most hygienic area to tend to the wounded in most situations. There will be equipment for the sterilization of instruments and clean water for use on wounds. Clean linens are usually in abundance and there will be a staff on hand to be converted to first aid and triage providers so at least some level of competence. The only acceptable head covering in eating areas in my book is proper hygiene wear like paper hats, hair nets, chef hats, and similar.
I cannot begin to explain or understand why this struck a nerve and I felt the need to post this. I'm very thankful that my decade of service never saw a galley or anything rush converted in this way. I'm also just as honored by those that have had to endure such a horrible thing. I guess we all have our pet peeves and tender nerve endings that someone dances across from time to time. The high road is that some people just need to be informed and they will step right in line, the low road are the blankety blanks that will be offended by all this or say, "So what?"… Blankety blanks…
kraigwy
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Careful about talking about big bellies.
Remember when God made woman, He took the rib from man. If you read between the lines, you'll know that rib was the rib that held the stomach in.
So when you ladies see a man with a "big belly" you need to thank him.
dcxplant
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I am a certified curmudgeon. My wife likes to teasingly quote my catch-phrase "these PEOPLE!) when she see's something ridiculous.
My most recent "these PEOPLE" incident was at a Halloween party my 3yo son and I went to.
Two of the mothers wore 4" CFM-heeled shoes and miniskirts. Every toddler that got within a 4 foot radius to "these PEOPLE' got quite a show. It's a good thing they don't really get what they are looking at. These two people spent the whole party trying and failing not to flash everyone.
Totally inappropriate. If it were my party, I would have had them leave. But, that's just me.
If anyone knows anything about Scottsdale, AZ this may not be a big surprise....more silicone per capita outside of California than the rest of the lower 48.
My most recent "these PEOPLE" incident was at a Halloween party my 3yo son and I went to.
Two of the mothers wore 4" CFM-heeled shoes and miniskirts. Every toddler that got within a 4 foot radius to "these PEOPLE' got quite a show. It's a good thing they don't really get what they are looking at. These two people spent the whole party trying and failing not to flash everyone.
Totally inappropriate. If it were my party, I would have had them leave. But, that's just me.
If anyone knows anything about Scottsdale, AZ this may not be a big surprise....more silicone per capita outside of California than the rest of the lower 48.
feralmerril
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When I was a kid you used to see old men wearing bib overalls with a old suite coat, a straw hat with that green plastic visor in the brim and red ball tenner shoes. Many people didnt throw anything away. My dad would work around the place in old dress pants that he couldnt bare to throw out. He would dress well when he went out in public though.
Dad was a widower for many years and had alzheimers his last 4 years or so. My GF ran a fine mens big & tall store. Pa was 6ft 5"s and she kept sending him fine cloths home for every occasion. I went back to take care of him when I retired and he was wearing rags. In the closet he had many unopened packages of the cloths she had sent!
While I was throwing out old stuff to auction the house I found a ancient old pea coat that was hard and stiff with age. He fought me on that one, said that was good quality, they dont make em like that anymore. That night I was going through some old picture alblums and found dad`s dad standing next to mom wearing it over 70 years ago when she was pregnant with me!
I wear suspenders with a belt all the time, or I would be mooning the world!
Dad was a widower for many years and had alzheimers his last 4 years or so. My GF ran a fine mens big & tall store. Pa was 6ft 5"s and she kept sending him fine cloths home for every occasion. I went back to take care of him when I retired and he was wearing rags. In the closet he had many unopened packages of the cloths she had sent!
While I was throwing out old stuff to auction the house I found a ancient old pea coat that was hard and stiff with age. He fought me on that one, said that was good quality, they dont make em like that anymore. That night I was going through some old picture alblums and found dad`s dad standing next to mom wearing it over 70 years ago when she was pregnant with me!
I wear suspenders with a belt all the time, or I would be mooning the world!
JcMack
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I guess this goes along with "you need a heavy hammer to drive a big nail"
CelticSire
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Maybe it's due to my proper upbringin', but my opinion is that proper dress and proper manners go hand in hand. Now, I can do white tie, black tie, and any other formal manner of dress with the best of 'em, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about simple things: removing your hat when indoors, wearing clothing appropriate for the occasion, and making sure whatever you're wearing is CLEAN. If I'm working in the yard or woodshop and need to run to the hardware store, and whatever I'm wearing is dirty or dusty from what I've been doing, I may not change clothes (unless it's downright filthy), but I will make sure to wash my hands and face before going. May wash a few other things, too, depending on how much I've been sweating. I don't understand people that go out in public wearing dirty clothes and smelling like they just spent the last week in a Singapore bawdy house. No self respect or respect for others.
I'm pretty sure I got this from my dad, but even if it's the weekend and I've been schlepping around the house doing chores, if I have to go to the store I shave. I just have this aversion to being seen in public with couple of days of growth. Of course, at my age, when it's gray/white, that growth makes you look like a bum, unlike the twenty-something on the TV set. I have a goatee, which I keep neatly trimmed (for the most part) but I just don't like the "3-day growth" look that seems to be so popular.
Since I'm on a roll here... Mr. TV producer, if on your show you have an actor in a military dress uniform, HAVE HIM SHAVE, dammit! I don't give a flying fig if his character has "the growth" as part of his persona. What are you paying a continuity editor and a consultant for if they let that happen? Shoot all the other scenes first, have the guy shave, shoot that scene last, then he can grow it back in a couple of days for the next weeks show.
And when did the P.A. announcer at the ballpark have to start reminding men to remove their hats for the national anthem?
Yes, I'm a grumpy old man. When is Ann-Margret going to show up?
LOL, this is really to funny. See I'm one of those people that do things just because I know it will PO them. It might sound childish, but it's my way of irritating people that like to pass judgement on people like me.
My normal clothing is, jeans, T-shirt, black leather vest and black leather boots and I wear one of three necklaces, a Pentacle, a Triskal or a Awen, they are indicators of my spiritual path. I do not own a suit or a tie for that matter.
I spent 14 years in the Navy, supposedly protecting America's rights and freedoms, so I will dress anyway I please, to go anywhere I want to go.
By the way, thanks for the tip about the hat, I'll be sure to wear one the next time I eat out.
My pet peeve, bumper stickers that brag about a child's intelligence and chrome fish stuck on the back of cars!
My normal clothing is, jeans, T-shirt, black leather vest and black leather boots and I wear one of three necklaces, a Pentacle, a Triskal or a Awen, they are indicators of my spiritual path. I do not own a suit or a tie for that matter.
I spent 14 years in the Navy, supposedly protecting America's rights and freedoms, so I will dress anyway I please, to go anywhere I want to go.
By the way, thanks for the tip about the hat, I'll be sure to wear one the next time I eat out.
My pet peeve, bumper stickers that brag about a child's intelligence and chrome fish stuck on the back of cars!
Armyphotog
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Just be thankful they are wearing anything. Not always the case where I live.
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
I have a bumper sticker that declares that my dog is smarter than your honor student.
As for chrome fish, those are good warning signs. I give those cars a wide berth. Eventually it's gonna do something dangerous or stupid.
I have a bumper sticker that declares that my dog is smarter than your honor student.
As for chrome fish, those are good warning signs. I give those cars a wide berth. Eventually it's gonna do something dangerous or stupid.
LOL, works for me LOL
Here is the only jewelry I ever wear:
Honk if you know what it is.
Honk if you know what it is.
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
I have no idea. My guess would be some sort of Native American artifact?
What's it made of?
BLACKHAWKNJ
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Tw of my biggest pet peeves are grumpy old men and curmudgeons.
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