@blaineg@Kyeh@shahnm
I love comments like this!
One of the reasons I never got into fights when I was in high school was because by the time people had parsed out what I had said was an insult… I was long gone.
@chienfou Then there are the ones that remain delightfully ambiguous, like someone at a meeting who texts a coworker: “Having a horrible time. Wish you were here.”
@blaineg@rockblossom
When I owned a business I always thought getting a call for ‘references’ was counterintuitive. If you were a great employee and I didn’t want you to leave, why would I not make it sound like you were a POS and were worthless? If you were ‘not so great’ I would be inclined to make it sound like you were the best thing to happen to the business ever and that it would be devastating to lose you…
@blaineg@chienfou
A friend of ours years ago worked in India. He had a lousy scoundrel of an ex-employee ask him for a reference. He wrote “This man is capable of anything.” The guy, not being a native English speaker, was very pleased…
John: “It’s my birthday today”. Mary: “Happy birthday. So how old are you”? John: “Just turned forty”. Mary: “Wow, you don’t look forty…though I’m sure you did at one time”.
@detailer At a dermatologist’s office this past week, the nurse asked me how old I was. I answered, and she looked astonished. She looked at my paperwork on the clipboard, and before she could say that I don’t look that old, I said “I dye my hair.”
@detailer@macromeh@rtjhnstn@Star2236 Yeah, why is that? My 59th was last June, and it was kind of depressing. 39/40 and 49/50 weren’t too horrible, but the thought of turning 60 has thrown me for a loop. Is it because I can’t pretend any longer that I’m not old, even though I don’t act my age? Is it because I’m running out of time to accomplish anything? Is it because last week, the doctor told me my knee is officially bone on bone? Am I having an existential crisis?
Children, children…I will celebrate (calmly) my 42nd 40th this year. Oh to be 69 again! Hell, I would settle for 80!
WWII, the Korean War, the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, administrations, the Cuban Missle Crises, Viet Nam, and all the rest of the “eras” of the last half of the 20th Century were real to me. Unlike most young people of the present, I know who the enemies of America were and are today.
I know how to dial a rotary telephone, what a party line is, what “Has a good beat, and easy to dance to…85” means, I watched “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” and more stuff than you Kiddies can ever imagine.
I may or may not be the only geezer on this forum, but, I can tell you this…it is better to be here than the alternative!
@detailer@Star2236
My moms been 29 for at least 50 years and that only happened because I insisted she couldn’t STILL be 21 after I turned 25!
Lol
/giphy happy belated birthday Star!
@chienfou@detailer@Jackinga@Lynnerizer@Star2236@werehatrack My wife’s step-dad is amazing. He will be 95 in March. He lives on an acreage and he still mows, clears brush, cuts and splits firewood, keeps a garden, etc. He was a fireman in his younger years, but he’s now been “retired” longer than he was in the workforce.
I wish I had half his energy.
My aunt was kind of mischievous. My mother says that when they were young some American guy made a lechy comment to her, and she very demurely said something really insulting to him in Japanese, with a flirty smile. They both walked away happy.
Sounds like something GLaDOS would say.
Wisdom has been chasing you, but you have always been faster…
@shahnm That’s nice, because it sounds sort of like a compliment at first.
@Kyeh @shahnm Alternate phrasing:
I note you have chased wisdom your entire life and it consistently has out paced you.
@blaineg @shahnm I like the first one better because it’s sneakier.
@blaineg @Kyeh @shahnm
I love comments like this!
One of the reasons I never got into fights when I was in high school was because by the time people had parsed out what I had said was an insult… I was long gone.
@chienfou Then there are the ones that remain delightfully ambiguous, like someone at a meeting who texts a coworker: “Having a horrible time. Wish you were here.”
@blaineg @chienfou @Kyeh @shahnm @rockblossom
Your propensity to exhibit deleterious superfluities is truly phenomenal.
@blaineg @chienfou @Kyeh @phendrick @shahnm
“On a scale of Terse to Bloviating, you are at least an 8!”
@chienfou @rockblossom “You will be lucky if you can get this man to work for you.”
@blaineg I always wondered: If someone did such a wonderful job, why does the department where they worked have a party to celebrate their departure?
@rockblossom Cake.
@blaineg @rockblossom
When I owned a business I always thought getting a call for ‘references’ was counterintuitive. If you were a great employee and I didn’t want you to leave, why would I not make it sound like you were a POS and were worthless? If you were ‘not so great’ I would be inclined to make it sound like you were the best thing to happen to the business ever and that it would be devastating to lose you…
@blaineg
Nice!
@blaineg @chienfou
A friend of ours years ago worked in India. He had a lousy scoundrel of an ex-employee ask him for a reference. He wrote “This man is capable of anything.” The guy, not being a native English speaker, was very pleased…
@blaineg @chienfou @rockblossom You have to learn to interpret it. It’s kinda like understanding a want ad for an apartment or a house.
John: “It’s my birthday today”. Mary: “Happy birthday. So how old are you”? John: “Just turned forty”. Mary: “Wow, you don’t look forty…though I’m sure you did at one time”.
@detailer At a dermatologist’s office this past week, the nurse asked me how old I was. I answered, and she looked astonished. She looked at my paperwork on the clipboard, and before she could say that I don’t look that old, I said “I dye my hair.”
@detailer
It was just my 40th bday on Tuesday and I’m having a hard time being 40, I liked 29 a lot better.
@detailer @Star2236 Turning 40 is not so bad - I’ve done it 27 times now…
@detailer @macromeh @Star2236
Ditto!
@detailer @Star2236 So you just tell people you are celebrating the 11th anniversary of turning 29. Problem solved. You are welcome.
@detailer @macromeh @Star2236 Turning 59 is a much heavier burden.
@detailer @macromeh @rtjhnstn @Star2236 Yeah, why is that? My 59th was last June, and it was kind of depressing. 39/40 and 49/50 weren’t too horrible, but the thought of turning 60 has thrown me for a loop. Is it because I can’t pretend any longer that I’m not old, even though I don’t act my age? Is it because I’m running out of time to accomplish anything? Is it because last week, the doctor told me my knee is officially bone on bone? Am I having an existential crisis?
@detailer @macromeh @Star2236 Y’all get back to me when you’ve hit your 40th 29. It seems like the air’s mighty thin up here.
@detailer @macromeh @Star2236 @werehatrack
Children, children…I will celebrate (calmly) my 42nd 40th this year. Oh to be 69 again! Hell, I would settle for 80!
WWII, the Korean War, the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, administrations, the Cuban Missle Crises, Viet Nam, and all the rest of the “eras” of the last half of the 20th Century were real to me. Unlike most young people of the present, I know who the enemies of America were and are today.
I know how to dial a rotary telephone, what a party line is, what “Has a good beat, and easy to dance to…85” means, I watched “That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind,” and more stuff than you Kiddies can ever imagine.
I may or may not be the only geezer on this forum, but, I can tell you this…it is better to be here than the alternative!
@detailer @Star2236
My moms been 29 for at least 50 years and that only happened because I insisted she couldn’t STILL be 21 after I turned 25!
Lol
/giphy happy belated birthday Star!
@detailer @Jackinga @macromeh @Star2236 @werehatrack
Heck, my 25 year old niece didn’t even know what a rotary phone was when she saw it!
At what age did you wake up knowing you were old?
@detailer @Jackinga @Lynnerizer @macromeh @Star2236 @werehatrack
Try to see if she knows what the “save” icon on her computer represents…
@chienfou @detailer @Jackinga @Lynnerizer @macromeh @Star2236 @werehatrack
It’s really weird being the same age as old people.
@chienfou @detailer @Jackinga @Lynnerizer @Star2236 @werehatrack My wife’s step-dad is amazing. He will be 95 in March. He lives on an acreage and he still mows, clears brush, cuts and splits firewood, keeps a garden, etc. He was a fireman in his younger years, but he’s now been “retired” longer than he was in the workforce.
I wish I had half his energy.
@detailer @Jackinga @Lynnerizer @macromeh @Star2236 @werehatrack
The fact that he kept active when he retired probably has a lot to do with it…
@chienfou @detailer @Jackinga @Lynnerizer @Star2236 @werehatrack Likely true (that, plus good genes).
If you ask him what keeps him fit, he always replies “Buttermilk!”.
@Lynnerizer And may you be blessed with eternal celibacy.
The only culture you have is in your intestinal tract.
@rtjhnstn What about that stuff at the back of the fridge?
@macromeh Love “Time Bandits”
I think that Southern one is nice…
“Aww, bless your heart”
My aunt was kind of mischievous. My mother says that when they were young some American guy made a lechy comment to her, and she very demurely said something really insulting to him in Japanese, with a flirty smile. They both walked away happy.