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Post by ezzy333 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 7:40 pm

To an almost old person


I never really liked the terminology "Old Person" but this makes me feel better about it.
And if you ain't one, I bet ya you know one!
I got this from an "Old Personal friend of mine!"
OLD PERSON PRIDE
I'm passing this on as I did not want to be the only old person receiving it. Actually, it's not a bad thing to be called, as you will see.
Old People are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old People remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.
Old People remember World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50-plus peace-keeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam.
If you bump into an Old Person on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Person on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old People trust strangers and are courtly to women.
Old People hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
Old People get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
Old People have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren.
It's the Old People who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.
This country needs Old People with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values.
We need them now more than ever.
Thank God for Old People
Pass this on to all of the "Old People" you know.
I was taught to respect my elders. It's just getting harder to find them.
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Post by Double Shot Banks » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:55 pm

Sometimes i wish i grew up in the era my father did, OLD PERSON PRIDE!
My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am.

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Post by BigShooter » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:02 am

Thank God for all of the old people, because when they're gone ... we're the next "old people". 8)
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Post by ezzy333 » Tue Feb 12, 2013 8:18 am

BigShooter wrote:Thank God for all of the old people, because when they're gone ... we're the next "old people". 8)
Don't tell me you resigned and joined a new group! You do know age is how long you have been here but old is just a frame of mind?

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Post by klewis » Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:42 pm

: i agree 100%, I like to think of it as Ive used up to many calanders.

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Post by Rdfhunter » Tue Feb 12, 2013 4:18 pm

You have got to be kidding
Old ppl bitch when you use your dept card to buy lunch

Old ppl bitch that they are going the speed limit in the left lane so you should go around on the right


Old ppl bitch when I'm on my cell driving even though they're watching everybody else & not the road in front of them

Ect ect

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Post by DogNewbie » Tue Feb 12, 2013 5:26 pm

Rdfhunter wrote:You have got to be kidding
Old ppl bitch when you use your dept card to buy lunch

Old ppl bitch that they are going the speed limit in the left lane so you should go around on the right


Old ppl bitch when I'm on my cell driving even though they're watching everybody else & not the road in front of them

Ect ect
wow...since you clearly don't realize it, I just want you to know you should be embarrassed :roll:

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Post by levi » Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:12 pm

Thank god for people like you. I really hope i see qoutes like that for many years to come.

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Post by levi » Wed Feb 13, 2013 4:29 pm

Rdfhunter wrote:You have got to be kidding
Old ppl bitch when you use your dept card to buy lunch

Old ppl bitch that they are going the speed limit in the left lane so you should go around on the right


Old ppl bitch when I'm on my cell driving even though they're watching everybody else & not the road in front of them

Ect ect
I hope my dogs see you in the field so they can bite your "bleep" or is that your face? Most guys that have a dog like you are missing something between their legs. So they have to compenstate for their shortcomings. Shorty!
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Post by Trekmoor » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:20 pm

Old people usually have the courtesy to apologise if their mobile phone rings when they are in conversation with you and some of them even have the courtesy to finish the conversation with you before answering the danged thing !

If you haven't guessed, I'm an old person who detests mobile phones !

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Post by Allin13 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 12:31 pm

I wish we had more old people mentalities. Work harder, not live of mommy and daddy, not suck government money etc. Younger generation sucks.

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Post by nikegundog » Thu Feb 14, 2013 1:02 pm

DogNewbie wrote: wow...since you clearly don't realize it, I just want you to know you should be embarrassed :roll:
Is this one of those feel good threads were you have to sugar coat everything or an honest to goodness informational thread where you can speak openly? It is one thing to be a cashier at a movie theater and inform a college kid their is no college discount, it is quite another to be a cashier at a casino and explain the senior discount doesn't apply on seafood night. :D

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Post by ezzy333 » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:08 pm

nikegundog wrote:
DogNewbie wrote: wow...since you clearly don't realize it, I just want you to know you should be embarrassed :roll:
Is this one of those feel good threads were you have to sugar coat everything or an honest to goodness informational thread where you can speak openly? It is one thing to be a cashier at a movie theater and inform a college kid their is no college discount, it is quite another to be a cashier at a casino and explain the senior discount doesn't apply on seafood night. :D
Think I am too old to see the difference so hopefully someone will explain it to me is simple words spoken slowly and loudly or maybe just type it in big print.

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Post by Sharon » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:36 pm

One major difference I see here on the forum:

I can often tell when some one is very young - overly confident. When an experienced dog trainer tries to help with their post question , they often argue . I'm embarrassed for them.
In my day when an older, experienced person tried to help you , you listened , even took notes and said thank you.

I've got a 13 year old foster child right now who "knows it all " . That's understandable at 13 but not at 25. ( '"Two words: I hate math." quote)


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Post by levi » Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:51 pm

Allin13 wrote:I wish we had more old people mentalities. Work harder, not live of mommy and daddy, not suck government money etc. Younger generation sucks.
Right on brother.

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Post by buckeyebowman » Thu Feb 14, 2013 4:26 pm

This reminds me of something my Grandmother said when I was just a kid. This was about the time when the term "Senior Citizen" was gaining traction. She told us about going to the pharmacy to have a prescription filled. The clerk informed her that she qualified for the Senior Citizen discount. My Grandma blew up! She told the clerk, "I'm no "bleep" senior citizen! I'm just an old woman, and I'm perfectly capable of paying for my own "bleep" prescription!"

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Post by tommyboy72 » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:47 pm

Allin13 wrote:I wish we had more old people mentalities. Work harder, not live of mommy and daddy, not suck government money etc. Younger generation sucks.
What do you think Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, assisted living programs that are age based, and utility company programs that offset bills based on age are? Are they not government programs to assist the elderly?

No I am not some 20 year old punk kid either. I am 40 and my father will be retiring at the end of this month. Just making a point.

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Post by Vonzeppelinkennels » Sat Feb 16, 2013 12:58 pm

Tommyboy we pay into SS & Medicare it's our money to start with & the Govt has dipped into it for many other purposes then it was meant to be.If they had not SS wouldn't be in the trouble it is.

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Post by klewis » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:19 pm

Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:Tommyboy we pay into SS & Medicare it's our money to start with & the Govt has dipped into it for many other purposes then it was meant to be.If they had not SS wouldn't be in the trouble it is.
#1 on this,they allso keep part of your ss to pay for meicare.

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Post by ezzy333 » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:21 pm

tommyboy72 wrote:
Allin13 wrote:I wish we had more old people mentalities. Work harder, not live of mommy and daddy, not suck government money etc. Younger generation sucks.
What do you think Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, assisted living programs that are age based, and utility company programs that offset bills based on age are? Are they not government programs to assist the elderly?

No I am not some 20 year old punk kid either. I am 40 and my father will be retiring at the end of this month. Just making a point.
Tommy, did you stop to think that the programs you mentioned are all paid for by the receipant or private companies. Government run put paid for by the consumer. You need to get into the programs like welfare, food stamps, unenployment , and many others to make the statement you did. No generation is perfect but the hand out crowd is way bigger today than ever before.
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Post by Vonzeppelinkennels » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:29 pm

I'm so tired of hearing about so called entitlements.Who are the recipients of the biggest entitlement there is? The politicians,they seem to think they are the only ones entitled to OUR money,they have the best of everything & who pays for it all?? Pelosi made the statement please don't cut our pay it will lower our dignity.I guess that means the working man has NO DIGNITY!! :evil:

Oh & ezzy even unemployment is paid for by the employers to a certain extint.

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Post by millerms06 » Sat Feb 16, 2013 1:48 pm

Some of ezzy's chain mail I can agree with as being commonality, but some points I just have not seen in awhile. Is it possible that the human condition adapts to the environments they are exposed to over a period of time? I witness grumpy old men just as much as disrespectful teenagers....just throwing it out there.

I like the banter of government run programs and government in general, because isn't government predominantly controlled by old rich people? As far as being old with a grand amount of control with our country, look at our Supreme Court...Something to think about...

Living in my parent's era?...my parents used to tell me many stories of their time growing up...all I can tell you is I liked being raised my parents.

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Post by Rdfhunter » Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:49 pm

levi wrote:
Rdfhunter wrote:You have got to be kidding
Old ppl bitch when you use your dept card to buy lunch

Old ppl bitch that they are going the speed limit in the left lane so you should go around on the right


Old ppl bitch when I'm on my cell driving even though they're watching everybody else & not the road in front of them

Ect ect
I hope my dogs see you in the field so they can bite your "bleep" or is that your face? Most guys that have a dog like you are missing something between their legs. So they have to compenstate for their shortcomings. Shorty!
BTW who in there right mind is taking this thtread serious? Like everything, there are good one & bad ones. Just because a man is 75 does'nt mean he saved a bus full of children or a cat from a tree.

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Post by tommyboy72 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 11:24 am

ezzy333 wrote:Tommy, did you stop to think that the programs you mentioned are all paid for by the receipant or private companies. Government run put paid for by the consumer. You need to get into the programs like welfare, food stamps, unenployment , and many others to make the statement you did. No generation is perfect but the hand out crowd is way bigger today than ever before.
Yes Ezzy I did and you are right, the handout crowd is much much bigger now than it has ever been. That is why Obama was reelected, on that premise alone. Not everyone who receives the programs I spoke of have paid into them for a lifetime like you and I have. My brother worked for the SS administration in Florida and his girlfriend is a branch manager for the SS admin. still. My brother quit working for SS because of the people he had to award benefits to that did not deserve them. Old and young alike. I won't go into the specifics here but not everyone pays into the programs but if you qualify you are awarded the benefits.
Rdfhunter wrote:BTW who in there right mind is taking this thtread serious? Like everything, there are good one & bad ones. Just because a man is 75 does'nt mean he saved a bus full of children or a cat from a tree.
You are correct there sir.

I think my biggest beef with old people is the fact that since they cannot afford insurance on their own (and who can) they stay in the workplace longer rather than retiring. This keeps young people from coming into the workplace adding to the many other problems causing a stagnant economy and lowers employment statistics both figuratively and factually. This is only my opinion though.

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Post by Sharon » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:12 pm

Or maybe they stay because they enjoy their job. This idea that people should retire as soon as is possible so Jimmy can have a job is............No body quit so that I could have a job.

Our generation knew how to live within our means and SAVE.
We weren't too proud to take any job we could and didn't expect to start with a home like the one our parents took years to get.

There were no student loans. I worked all day and went to University at night , 5 days a week for 8 years to get a job that has allowed me to comfortably retire.
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Post by Chukar12 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:17 pm

The only thing I will say to those of you inclined to minimize the importance of age and respect for those that have aged is that your successes and failures in the mainstream business world are probably related to that attitude. Success comes from wisdom and wisdom is not achieved through formal education alone....and please spare me the sports, entertainers and one in a million entrepreneur examples...I know, I know...

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Post by Allin13 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:40 pm

tommyboy, most of those people have paid into it with working for 30+ years. Now when I see some 20 year old kid with 3 kids eating better than me and dont work that gets me.

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Post by ezzy333 » Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:34 pm

Sure am glad I decided several years ago to never get old and I suddenly realized how smart I was. I use to think I wanted to be shot to death by a jealous husband when I was 99 but since most people can't tell the difference between age and old I think I might change my mind and just let Obama decide when I am useless and not worth spending anymore money on. And that could be soon, as I am not buying green bananas anymore, so be nice to me........................or I will tell St. Peter on you.
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Post by campgsp » Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:15 pm

Old people rule!!
If it wasn't for the older people in my life I wouldn't know half the stuff I know about properly training dogs that I know now. I would never have learn ed to do most of the trades I have under my belt. Ya school is school but a guy that's been on the job 15+ years can teach you way more then a class room can.
The older folks have built this country and kept it a float for us younger crowd. I'll always respect my elders. Like someone said "shut up and listen" best wisdom comes from the ones who have been there before.

I was that punk kid who knew it all at one time. Just like you all were. But after being told something would happen before it did a few times. I realized I was wrong and I needed to shut up and listen and abide by. But that being said not all older folks are right. A majority are but there is always one in the crowd that's still a know it all. 8)
God speed to the old people. Thanks for getting old. Hope I never do :lol:

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Post by Steve007 » Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:27 pm

campgsp wrote: not all older folks are right. A majority are but there is always one in the crowd that's still a know it all. 8)

Why does everyone here always pick on Joe Biden? :wink:

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Post by SD Pheasant Slayer » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:10 pm

Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:we pay into SS & Medicare it's our money to start with & the Govt has dipped into it for many other purposes then it was meant to be.
Your right... the government has spent up a lot of your age group's SS money on other things. But "old people" are still going to get their checks. Why's that? Because us "punk kids" continue to pay into SS, despite projections that say there won't be a dime left by the time we can start collecting.
tommyboy72 wrote:the handout crowd is much much bigger now than it has ever been. That is why Obama was reelected, on that premise alone.
On that premise alone, huh? You don't think, just maybe, it had something to do with an individual's stance on the economy or jobs, gay marriage, abortion, education, foreign policy, gun control, environmental policy or any other of the dozens of different issues people feel passionately about? Mitt won SoDak. If you ranked the reasons why, I'd be willing to bet his stance on "handouts" came in about about fourth or fifth. I'm not a big Obama fan, but I know an awful lot of people that are, and the vast majority of them are good, honest, hardworking people who receive zero welfare.
Sharon wrote:There were no student loans. I worked all day and went to University at night , 5 days a week for 8 years to get a job that has allowed me to comfortably retire.
Out of state tuition for a particular professional program I have knowledge of is over $44K a year (and that's at a public university). Tack on living expenses, even at poverty level, and you'd have to make nearly 60K a year to do it without student loans. That's probably more than I'll make AFTER graduating. You might have been able to do it at the tuition rates of twenty years ago. But if you think today's average 18-22 year old can afford a degree from a legitimate university (I'm not counting online universities such as DeVry etc) by taking night classes and working during the day, you're severely mistaken. Not saying it can't be done by a few, but class availability, tuition expense, and curriculum difficulty make it impossible for a large percentage of the population.

I hate to write a post dedicated exclusively to disagreeing with some of you. I generally visit this site for the fun topics and information. But this one really burns me. There are bad apples and good-for-nothing loafers in every generation. I think it's human nature to criticize what one can't relate to or doesn't understand. And while there are a lot of young people abusing the welfare programs, the majority of us are hard working young adults chasing the same dreams you did ten, twenty or fifty years ago. You say it's "embarassing" for a young person to group the older generation into a monoculture of people that drive too slow and don't understand cell phones or debit cards. But somehow it's acceptable for an entire generation to be generalized as lazy welfare recipients?
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Post by ACooper » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:31 pm

I'd say Generation Y as a whole suck a lot worse than the baby boomers and prior generations.

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Post by whatsnext » Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:35 pm

While i agree the younger generations are getting lazier( i am 35) they were raised by the older generations and we are a direct reflection of our leadership.I can look at my own children and see where i need to help them better understand what to do and not to do and where i am failing them.So who's fault is it that the younger people are the way they are? And do not say society because a parent should have greater influence than society.

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Post by Vonzeppelinkennels » Wed Feb 20, 2013 3:17 pm

SD yes the younger GEN does still pay into SS & I hope it's still there when you are eligible.If it was used like it was meant to be used it would not be going broke to start with.My wife draws SS also but is still working 2 jobs beside to make ends meet,so she still pays into SS as your gen does.She is only allowed to make a certain amount & then she has to pay SS 1 out of every 2 dollars she makes back to SS.To be honest I think such thing as retirement in the future might be over though I hope not,many of the retirees now have to go back to work now if they are healthy enough to do so to get by!! I wish I could but my health won't allow it.We are probably eligible for assistance of some kind if I wanted to apply but I don't,we will get by on our own like we should.I want no one TAKING CARE OF ME!! & no OWES ME THAT!! but the little SS & MEDICARE I get I have & am still paying for.

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SD Pheasant Slayer wrote:
Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:we pay into SS & Medicare it's our money to start with & the Govt has dipped into it for many other purposes then it was meant to be.
Your right... the government has spent up a lot of your age group's SS money on other things. But "old people" are still going to get their checks. Why's that? Because us "punk kids" continue to pay into SS, despite projections that say there won't be a dime left by the time we can start collecting.
tommyboy72 wrote:the handout crowd is much much bigger now than it has ever been. That is why Obama was reelected, on that premise alone.
On that premise alone, huh? You don't think, just maybe, it had something to do with an individual's stance on the economy or jobs, gay marriage, abortion, education, foreign policy, gun control, environmental policy or any other of the dozens of different issues people feel passionately about? Mitt won SoDak. If you ranked the reasons why, I'd be willing to bet his stance on "handouts" came in about about fourth or fifth. I'm not a big Obama fan, but I know an awful lot of people that are, and the vast majority of them are good, honest, hardworking people who receive zero welfare.
Sharon wrote:There were no student loans. I worked all day and went to University at night , 5 days a week for 8 years to get a job that has allowed me to comfortably retire.
Out of state tuition for a particular professional program I have knowledge of is over $44K a year (and that's at a public university). Tack on living expenses, even at poverty level, and you'd have to make nearly 60K a year to do it without student loans. That's probably more than I'll make AFTER graduating. You might have been able to do it at the tuition rates of twenty years ago. But if you think today's average 18-22 year old can afford a degree from a legitimate university (I'm not counting online universities such as DeVry etc) by taking night classes and working during the day, you're severely mistaken. Not saying it can't be done by a few, but class availability, tuition expense, and curriculum difficulty make it impossible for a large percentage of the population.

I hate to write a post dedicated exclusively to disagreeing with some of you. I generally visit this site for the fun topics and information. But this one really burns me. There are bad apples and good-for-nothing loafers in every generation. I think it's human nature to criticize what one can't relate to or doesn't understand. And while there are a lot of young people abusing the welfare programs, the majority of us are hard working young adults chasing the same dreams you did ten, twenty or fifty years ago. You say it's "embarassing" for a young person to group the older generation into a monoculture of people that drive too slow and don't understand cell phones or debit cards. But somehow it's acceptable for an entire generation to be generalized as lazy welfare recipients?
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Post by deke » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:02 pm

I agree my generation is messed up, there is no doubt about it. But to figure out my generation you must look at the parents and grand parents of us. The older generations might of been better. But you sure did do a good job of screwing my gerneration up. Kids do not learn by themselves, they learn from what they see, and they will turn around and teach that to their kids. I work between 70 and 80 hrs a week and have been since I was 18, I bought my first house at 18, my second a few weeks ago at 23. I open doors for everyone, young or old. I say ma'am to every women I ever talk to, sir for men older than me. But in the eyes of the older generations I am lumped in with the welfare drug addict kids, so why not lump all old people into the same group? Just because you been on this rock more years than a younger person does not mean they automatically respect you, you must earn my respect the same way I must earn yours.

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Post by whatsnext » Wed Apr 17, 2013 2:40 pm

Respect is earned, common courtesy is what everyone deserves until proven they don't.

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Post by Vonzeppelinkennels » Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:12 pm

So it is being respectful when the younger Gen complains that my generation is spending their retirement because we draw SS when we are eligible or complain when we Don't retire when we should so they can have a job.
What are we supposed to do just disappear from the face of the earth?? We paid our dues just like they are doing now & I give them a little clue you can't live off of SS so you better start saving & hope your younger future politicians don't find a way to get their hands on it like they did our SS funds & companies that you worked for 30yrs or more pack up & leave for foreign countries & pretty much take your company retirement funds with them.
We will see how you like being told your old senile & out of touch after you have raised a family.I respect my elders enjoy listening to their wisdom & life experiences not laugh at them.

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Post by cohanzick creek » Thu Apr 18, 2013 8:24 am

I like old people. And yes I am a grumpy old man when you go into a store like Walmart and some young people are complaining because they have to work
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Post by Chukar12 » Thu Apr 18, 2013 10:38 am

I need a ruling on this...where is the cut-off?
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Post by BigShooter » Sun Apr 28, 2013 1:03 pm

A cut-off wouldn't help if you're peerless anyway.
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Post by llewellinsetter » Sat May 04, 2013 11:16 am

Coming from a 24 year old

I love old people, the world now is soft in the 40's 50's 60's and 70's the world was still a tough place. As my mom says "America now is becoming pussified." I was raised to hold doors be polite and respectful. I take my hat of and stand at attention i know and love all the words to the anthem, I said the pledge of allegiance every day at school. I LOVE THIS COUNTRY! I LOVE THIS LAND! I fly the stars and stripes above my land. I love old people because they remind me of a better time in this country when you fought for everything you believe, nothing was handed to you and you took responsibility for your actions.

I Love this country and the freedom that the old people fought for,and the young people are fighting for still. SO thank you old people, you built this country on grit determination and hard work. It was your sacrifices that made this country GREAT.

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Post by ezzy333 » Sat May 04, 2013 11:32 am

And I love the young people who have the ability to be just as good as anyone else, but am really disappointed in the parents who didn't understand what parenting is and feel sorry for the young people who were short changed and have never learned respect for any one or anything. They have no idea what they are missing.

Make sure you let your parents know how lucky you feel that they taught you to take responsibility for your actions and also taught you how to be self sufficient and not have to blame some one else for all of your short comings.

None of us are perfect and potentially we all have the ability to try our hardest to be the best we can be if someone will just show us how..

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Post by llewellinsetter » Sat May 04, 2013 11:58 am

ezzy333 wrote:And I love the young people who have the ability to be just as good as anyone else, but am really disappointed in the parents who didn't understand what parenting is and feel sorry for the young people who were short changed and have never learned respect for any one or anything. They have no idea what they are missing.

Make sure you let your parents know how lucky you feel that they taught you to take responsibility for your actions and also taught you how to be self sufficient and not have to blame some one else for all of your short comings.

None of us are perfect and potentially we all have the ability to try our hardest to be the best we can be if someone will just show us how..

Ezzy
Ezzy I do the best i can everyday to tell them wether its through my actions or words how Thankful I am for how they raised me, and how they are raising my two brothers. But its not just my parents, its the family that i have that is a support system for all my troubles and needs. I also think growing up in a church/military family had a lot to do with it.
My great grandparents Were from Germany, They came here in 39' The first thing my great grandfather did was learn english, the second thing he did was join the Army, He fought in WW2 In the 101 Airborne. He did ask for hand outs, After the war he worked for carboloy(a GE company) they designed military equipment, he has a patent for the Armor piercing tip on the tomahawk missile. My point is that he was an immigrant and worked for everything, know one had ads in german for him to read and there wasnt an option for german anything.

Our great country has gone soft, My family will always stand strong, its up to people like us to make this country like it used to be.
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Post by ezzy333 » Sat May 04, 2013 1:23 pm

Can't agree more. I am sure your folks are proud of you and I know I am.

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Post by mlittle » Fri May 17, 2013 9:57 pm

This is an interesting thread. It is a topic I talked with my sons (21 and 17) about this just the other day.

The world has changed a lot. My generation in large part forgot to place the values in the youth that our parents did. I think it happended in large part because they wanted things to be better for their kids than it was for them. That is human nature. But you have to instill the values in them as well.

This generation is in for a long hard ride if they don't wake up. We had better wake up as well. Handouts are now the norm. Not the exception. It seems like everybody is trying to get it the easy way.

My hope is that we can instill the work ethic into this country again that my fathers generation had. The generations before me made this country great. My hope is that me and my children dont finish ruining it.

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Post by Kmack » Sun May 19, 2013 12:21 pm

The problem with the current generation of young people is not the young people themselves. The problem is that their education, entertainment, and government have been handed over to old people who never gained the understanding and knowledge of the world which most old people acquire as they age. They reached the age where they thought they new everything and never came out of it. They hold, express, and teach the same foolish and erroneous perspectives as are held by the youth of any era as they transition from youth to adulthood. Hopefully, their generation will have enough intelligence to see the disaster caused by such ideology and come to realize that those who tried to help them toward a different path were wiser than they were able to comprehend.

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Post by markj » Wed May 29, 2013 8:04 am

The Marine Corps changed my nephew, he now respects older people. Hmmm, maybe some others need to get on down and join up?

How old is old? Used to be 30 was over the hill, then I hit 30.... so target was 50. Well I am halfway thru that one......60? We shall see soon enough..

I see older folk driving real slow, I smile, cause I will one day be there. So will all of you God willing.

Treat old folks as nice as you can, they earned it and probably wont be here as long as you. Give them dignity in their advanced age, it hurts to not be able to do a task you did in younger years. Then to have some young punk harp on ya for it.......

Have as many birthdays as you can, they help you live longer....

Some old folks work out of fear, fear they will fade away if they retire, seen it happen.
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Post by Sharon » Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:10 pm

OLD FART PRIDE

• Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.
• Old Farts remember World War II, Pearl Harbor , Guadalcanal , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam .
• If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women.
• Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
• Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
• Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren.
• It's the Old Farts who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values.

We need them now more than ever.

Thank God for Old Farts!

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Post by AZ Brittany Guy » Mon Jun 24, 2013 5:56 pm

Kmack wrote:The problem with the current generation of young people is not the young people themselves. The problem is that their education, entertainment, and government have been handed over to old people who never gained the understanding and knowledge of the world which most old people acquire as they age. They reached the age where they thought they new everything and never came out of it. They hold, express, JUteach the same foolish and erroneous perspectives as are held by the youth of any era as they transition from youth to adulthood. Hopefully, their generation will have enough intelligence to see the disaster caused by such ideology and come to realize that those who tried to help them toward a different path were wiser than they were able to comprehend.
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