You know your becoming a grumpy old man when...

Curmudgeons do not have Belts, they have suspenders.
My sartorial peeve concerning younger women and revealing fashions and wearing bedroom garments in public is that they either look like Olive Oyl or Miss Piggy.
 
Peter J. said:
I am an offical grumpy old man. I went to the post office and got some income tax return forms. I will be putting those in the kids bags on Halloween.
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I didn't even get that far, using the crab apples off the tree in the yard.
I must be getting too old even at 36, I want to take the cellphones away from the people in line at the store and see if they can get reception where I want to put them. That and the girls at the stores as cashiers with all the piercings. Some day I am going to bring in a big magnet.
 
so you punks think your old curmudgeons ... boy back in my day we guzzled Geritol with a vodka chaser before building the road up hill both ways to school so we could attend Kindergarten.
when we were born we hit the doctor back and escaped the nursery so we could shave.
amateurs:D
 
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Marksman said:
Went to the mall this week, no pajamas however there were lots of teenage girls running around in jeans so tight they looked like they were painted on. Must be the next trend, first time I have seen them that tight.
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Reminds me. Summer's almost over. Need to make a trip to the mall this weekend...:cool:
 
Old Playboy joke: Guy walks into a bar and sits next to a young woman wearing really tight jeans. He asks her, "Excuse me, but how do you manage to get into those tight pants." She responds, "You can start by buying me drink."
 
And here I have been getting slapped around for changing out from wearing jeans all the time to wearing slacks. I have been getting asked by everyone, "What's with the old man pants???" I just thought they were pants but I guess the dress code has gone to you either wear blue jeans, track pants, or your are either and old man, a nerd, or some kind of suit. Forget young people, I'm finding that I just don't like most people period.
 
markush said:
HaHa they were pajama's. White, well they started out white at some point, with teddy bears all over them. Tops and bottoms, and slippers...it was a Halloween "costume". But my issue was she was working with the public and these were not new pj's she bought for this occasion...they were definitely old and turned dingy grey.

It's bad enough that I have to see the customers dressed like that when I go there. I think employees working with the public should be held to a higher standard...but I guess that's just the grumpy old man in me.
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If it is a chain and not a mom and pop establishment there should be a uniform or dress code for the employees and there probably is but doesn't get enforced. I don't know of any employer allowing PJ's to be worn.
 
rimfired said:
Younger and single I lived in a carriage house (converted garage) on an alley. The neighbors young daughter used to stop beside my window pull the bra out of her purse and put it on for mom and dad. Yowsa!:eek::D
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In the real estate trade, that would be called location, location, location. Or a room with a view
 
Kanewpadle said:
I can deal with the young ladies in their PJ's. But the young men with their pants around their ankles makes me shake my head and wonder what girls see in them.:rolleyes:

Add that to their mid 90's Honda with loud muffler and 1,000,000 watt stereo and now it's really time to get grumpy.:mad:
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I agree, but I just thought it was because I prefer young ladies; even young women to young men, old men, men/men, males in general. Not saying I completely shun the male of the species. But I'd druther see a young lady in PJ's behind the counter than a man wearing low rider britches, or one decked out in a tux :)
 
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?
 
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.
 
Gutpile Charlie said:
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.
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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.......
 
Gutpile Charlie said:
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.
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CigarGuy said:
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.......
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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…
 
a belly big enough you can't see your stinkin hairy feet
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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.
 
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.
 
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!

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kraigwy said:
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.
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I guess this goes along with "you need a heavy hammer to drive a big nail"
 
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.
 
CelticSire said:
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.
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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? :D
 
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!
 
Fir Fer said:
My pet peeve, bumper stickers that brag about a child's intelligence and chrome fish stuck on the back of cars!
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I have a bumper sticker that declares that my dog is smarter than your honor student. :D

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. ;)
 
Fishslayer said:
I have a bumper sticker that declares that my dog is smarter than your honor student. :D

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. ;)
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LOL, works for me LOL
 
Personally I'd prefer a necklase with Thor's Hammer on it, but I haven't been able to find one.
 
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