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Grow old disgracefully.

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  • kenshaz wrote:
    :hello:
    Is your computer on all the time,because then you have instant access to the whole world and of course us ,if you feel happy, sad,in need of stimulation,need advice ,
    we are here 24hrs a day for you and unlike the telly we talk back

    What an intrigueing question. I have a life; instant access to the real world rather than dots on a screen, and have an ingrained habit of finding happiness, social intercourse, sharing setbacks and seeking advice from friends, colleagues and rellys.

    For all I know half the people on here could be spotty adolescent youths having a bit of a laff :rotfl:. Disgraceful :D
  • sheenaf
    sheenaf Posts: 48 Forumite
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    The reason you are not getting lists of 'disgraceful' things is that us oldies do not consider them disgraceful, just a bit of fun. I always demand to be proofed (for age) when buying ciggies or spirits, chat up really young guys in the supermarket and following the smoking ban in Scotland, make a point of smoking in inappropriate outside places to see the reaction.
    OH is waiting until he is 70 to ask the doctor for a vasectomy.
    My father (following the example of his father) used to act outrageously, pretending to be deaf, foreign, daft, whatever, in order to skip queues, get his bags packed and carried for him, have library or parking fines waived and not pay for his round of drinks. If he saw a hospitality tent at an event he would wander in looking vague and always got well fed and watered. If someone was giving away freebies in a supermarket, he just kept going back for more and they always just humoured him. His outlook was that there had to be some advatages to getting old .....
  • al_yrpal
    al_yrpal Posts: 339 Forumite
    needmoney wrote:
    there's still scope for more answering back with those deliciously disgraceful ones:rotfl: :j


    Err... skinny dipping on remote greek island beaches? (in private of course) Using council travel tokens to pay the train fare to a gig at the ICA in London? Telling the bloke on the bus wer'e over 65 when we're not. Waking up everybody (including the teenagers moored up next door) whilst on a boat returning p***d from the pub... etc. Bumming fags off said teenagers the next morning after apologising. Wearing knotted handkerchiefs on your bonz in the marina. Seeing two coppers with machine guns the night after the terror arrests in Cowes and telling everyone in the pub that they were there because some bloke had tried to get into the Royal Yacht Squadron without a tie! ...etc

    Is that the sort of thing you are looking for:confused: ?
    Survivor of debt, redundancy, endowment scams, share crashes, sky-high inflation, lousy financial advice, and multiple house price booms. Comfortably retired after learning to back my own judgement.
    This is not advice - hopefully it's common sense..
  • kenshaz
    kenshaz Posts: 3,155 Forumite
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    What an intrigueing question. I have a life; instant access to the real world rather than dots on a screen, and have an ingrained habit of finding happiness, social intercourse, sharing setbacks and seeking advice from friends, colleagues and rellys.

    For all I know half the people on here could be spotty adolescent youths having a bit of a laff :rotfl:. Disgraceful :D
    What is wrong with being a spotty adolescent youth ,and is having a laff restricted to them,we all have lifes .
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To be happy you need to make someone happy.[/FONT]
  • needmoney
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    sheenaf and al_yrpal, lovely. Please keep them coming everyone:j :j

    kenshaz, have a laff........great

    youth .....would be great

    spotty..........No:D

    Sorry forgot to say welcome sheenaf, I feel self concious saying that as I still feel a newbie myself!
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  • kenshaz
    kenshaz Posts: 3,155 Forumite
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    Telling the guy on the gate at Southport Flower show that we are pensioners to get a concession,sorry will think of some better ones ,keep this space open
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To be happy you need to make someone happy.[/FONT]
  • kenshaz
    kenshaz Posts: 3,155 Forumite
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    needmoney wrote:
    sheenaf and al_yrpal, lovely. Please keep them coming everyone:j :j

    kenshaz, have a laff........great

    youth .....would be great

    spotty..........No:D

    Sorry forgot to say welcome sheenaf, I feel self concious saying that as I still feel a newbie myself!
    Spotty means hormones ,we need hormones,give me some spots
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To be happy you need to make someone happy.[/FONT]
  • kenshaz
    kenshaz Posts: 3,155 Forumite
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    needmoney this thread is going a bomb :A
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To be happy you need to make someone happy.[/FONT]
  • kenshaz
    kenshaz Posts: 3,155 Forumite
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    Waking up and thinking about throwing a sicky ,than remembering you are retired.
    Remembering that you are on a seven day week-end :j
    [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To be happy you need to make someone happy.[/FONT]
  • needmoney
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    kenshaz wrote:
    needmoney this thread is going a bomb :A

    Well we're trying and we're still awake. I've always been a night bird:rotfl: :rotfl:
    Women and cats will do as they please and men and dogs should get used to it.;)
    Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

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