[Misc] Old people squabbling

[Diablo]

How old is Old these days......50? 60? 70? 80? 90? 100?

Guess it`s relative to how old you are. A teenager would def think 50 old....

 

[Gwylan]

The bus pulls in and the lady says When you go home brush your teeth, cos your breath stinks!

Was it Jay Rodriguez's mum?

 

[BensGrandad]

Being an OAP I have noticed the days of people giving up a seat on a bus for OAPs seem to have vanished and you rarely see anybody under 30 give up their seat as it is usually those in their 50s that do. What really gets me is a young mum in 30s with a couple of young children sitting in 3 seats and she not asking them to budge up using the line she has bought them a ticket.

 

[The Clamp]

How old is Old these days......50? 60? 70? 80? 90? 100?

Guess it`s relative to how old you are. A teenager would def think 50 old....

I’m going for 65/70 years old?

 

[zefarelly]

When you can't see the stylus to play your records, and scratch them all!

I am a baby boomer so at what point do I become a grumpy old git

 

[The Clamp]

Being an OAP I have noticed the days of people giving up a seat on a bus for OAPs seem to have vanished and you rarely see anybody under 30 give up their seat as it is usually those in their 50s that do. What really gets me is a young mum in 30s with a couple of young children sitting in 3 seats and she not asking them to budge up using the line she has bought them a ticket.

I must say, I always offer my seat and I see plenty doing the same.

 

[father_and_son]

Is there an increase of such? Or are you just witness to it more by being at work less in the daytime?

I say this as on buses on a Wednesday - my day off to be with Meade Jr - there tends to be a simmering quagmire of easily riled seniors. Last Wednesday, for instance, with sleeping Meade Jr in his buggy in the centre of the bus, an ancient fellow toddles onto the bus, with his 60-something helper behind him. The old chap finds a seat when 2 nice people stand up, but the helper chap is angry with a mature woman who didn't stand up in the first available seat. He keeps having a go at her until another 50-odd-year-old lady tells the helper to give it a rest. Shut up!! Shut up!!! the squat helper cries, in and around me, the missus, and Meade Jr. The lady responds with a If you were any younger i'd knock you out! Shut up!! Shut up!!! he says again. The bus pulls in and the lady says When you go home brush your teeth, cos your breath stinks! She's about to dismount, and the helper replies with a So does your fanny and arse!
Alright, it's Holloway Road, but is this normal behaviour for people of a certain age during the daytime?

I am looking forward to being this miserable and obnoxious. I may even throw in 'I fought in the war!' to properly get in character!

 

[Chicken Run]

I am a baby boomer so at what point do I become a grumpy old git

What year were you born?

 

[zefarelly]

It's almost a question time-esque 'question' A generation or two ago, 45 was old . . . At 47 1/2, a few physical creaks aside I'm still 25. . . In my head . . . . My step dad and his mates, playing cards with a few beers are still 25, with more creaks and a few,grumbles. . . .quality of life (relative to mental agility) is everything.

I’m going for 65/70 years old?

 

[The Clamp]

It's almost a question time-esque 'question' A generation or two ago, 45 was old . . . At 47 1/2, a few physical creaks aside I'm still 25. . . In my head . . . . My step dad and his mates, playing cards with a few beers are still 25, with more creaks and a few,grumbles. . . .quality of life (relative to mental agility) is everything.

Agreed.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Being an OAP I have noticed the days of people giving up a seat on a bus for OAPs seem to have vanished and you rarely see anybody under 30 give up their seat as it is usually those in their 50s that do. What really gets me is a young mum in 30s with a couple of young children sitting in 3 seats and she not asking them to budge up using the line she has bought them a ticket.

I have the opposite experience and find many people offer their seat to me, including youngsters. Maybe I look as though I need it more.

 

[BensGrandad]

I have the opposite experience and find many people offer their seat to me, including youngsters. Maybe I look as though I need it more.

I must admit this happens more often than not on the 25 going to football but very rarely do I get offered a seat when travelling by bus to and from Brighton.

 

[Chicken Run]

I have the opposite experience and find many people offer their seat to me, including youngsters. Maybe I look as though I need it more.

If BG went to Tenerife you’d been to eleveneriefe right? [emoji23]

 

[Beach Hut]

What year were you born?

1963

 

[sams dad]

I’m going for 65/70 years old?

Oh ****! I thought I was "late middle aged"!

 

[Super Steve Earle]

No squabbling from me today. Walked in to a local cafe today for a cuppa and flapjack and six ladies who lunch were at the table by the door, all at least a decade younger than me. One looked squarely at me and said loudly, ' Ooh, he can stay'. Sadly, I couldn't as the cafe owner told me he was full and struggling to cope on his own. I left, but tail wagging and not at all grumpy. Later, popped up to GP surgery to pick up a letter and stopped for a word with a slightly older lady whose dog hurt himself jumping in the car. We chatted for a few minutes before I went on my way and she said 'goodbye, you're a lovely man'. So definitely not grumpy grandad today

 

[Diablo]

I’m going for 65/70 years old?

Guess you`re younger than me then...I reckon old is 80.

 

[AmexRuislip]

You wanna visit Bexhill.
Old age bantz is an unrecognised specialty there.
Spittle, gesturing, flying gums and uncontrollable farting is a common occurrence, especially if queues form in the local post office.

 

[Chicken Run]

1963

I think the BB generation is too broad , my in laws born in 1946 are a completely different mindset to someone born in 1963 surely?

 

[Not Andy Naylor]

The older you are, the more frustration and resentment get stored up waiting for an outlet. That's my experience, anyway. I'm still seething about Joe Kinnear's backpass at Millwall on Good Friday 1976.