https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/214846#M74585 <P class="mce-p"></P><BLOCKQUOTE><TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Dipping the young sheilas in fronts plaits</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">into the inkwell on your desk-lol.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">The pain and suffering from doing it.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Think i have permanent scars on my rrse</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">from my schooldays.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Richo.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Big cheer for me - I did the "quotey thingo" - one of eBay's latest inventions for our enjoyment and good "<EM><STRONG>functionality</STRONG></EM>" :-x</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">My Oh used to do that also!!!!&nbsp; He was always getting the cuts with the cane!!!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">What state/area do you come from Richo????&nbsp; I'm sure you've hung around with my OH :^O</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">He took up smoking at 8 and used to smoke under the those wooden classrooms - the temporary ones that used to stay there forever!!!&nbsp; Thankfully he gave up smoking 26 years for the last time - then he was hiding behind our garge from the kids :O:^O&nbsp; I gave it up 28 years ago for good!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">I didn't have plaits so it didn't happen to me. My mother made me have short hair until I was in 5th year and then only after a fight because I thought I was old enough to choose my own hair style.&nbsp; All my daughters had very long hair :^O</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">I only had boys in my class until Primary - from then on it was all girls, so we were more refined - Bankstown Central, NSW - anybody???&nbsp;&nbsp; High School - anybody here from Wiley Park High in NSW??&nbsp; I started 1958 - the 2nd year it was opened. It was very strict - and&nbsp; we had the worst PE uniform with those horrible bloomer pants. One day, some norti girls decided to just wear their pants and blouses without the wondeful PE tunic down to our knees with the rope cord around the waist - they got into big trouble and probably got detention.&nbsp; No, I wasn't one of them.&nbsp; Our school colours were green and yellow - School song started..."We girls who stand in colours of our land, so grand...." - very patriotic. We had to wear brown school shoes and also sandshoes for sport - our headmistress was lovely but very strict and it was almost like a Private School in many ways.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Here's a joke I just read on a US newsletter I get called "Suddenly Seniors" - it</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">has great jokes if anybody's interested.Can't put some here, as I'll be like Richo was at School :^O</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><SPAN style="text-decoration: underline;"><SPAN style="color: #ff0000;">MEMORY GOING?</SPAN></SPAN><BR /><BR />He was leaving a meeting at the church, and looking for his keys. They were not in his pockets, and a quick search of the meeting room revealed nothing. <BR /><BR />Suddenly he realized he must have left them in the car. Frantically, he headed for the parking lot. His wife, had scolded him many times in the past for leaving the keys in the ignition. His theory was that the ignition was the best place NOT to lose them. Her theory was that the car could be stolen. <BR /><BR />As he ran from the doors of the church, he came to a terrifying conclusion. Her theory was right. The parking lot was empty. <BR /><BR />He immediately called the police, giving them the location and the make &amp; model of the vehicle, and confessed that he had left the keys in the car. <BR /><BR />Then he made the most difficult call of all. "Honey, I left the keys in the car, and it has been stolen. <BR /><BR />There was a period of silence, and then he heard her voice, "I dropped you off this morning", she barked. Then it was his time to be silent. Embarrassed he said, "Well come and get me." To which she replied, "I will, as soon as I convince this policeman I have not stolen your car."</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Well best get back to my listings and see what;s happening.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Thinking and praying for those coping with the awful rain and floods - think Summer has passed us by.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:40:47 GMT kayedonproducts 2012-01-25T14:40:47Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207755#M72462 <P class="mce-p">"This is for the Senior members of CS, those born before 1947. Baby Boomers and Generations X &amp; Y are welcome providing you are over 18 <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">But this is definitely for people who are facing the last long haul. &nbsp;We have survived babyhood, childhood, being teens and twenties... We have learned to read and write, to drive, have probably been married and the women have survived child birth.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">The challenges are constant and the near misses of death are also there. &nbsp;If we have become a senior we have learned to survive so much, and along the way we have, of course, gathered a great deal of knowledge about life.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">The &nbsp;belief that age diminishes us is not true, it changes us and not all of it is bad. &nbsp;Yes there can be various forms of dementia for some, but that is also a disease that can happen in younger people. &nbsp;Alzheimer's can also occur - it is another form of dementia and generally occurs in people over 65, although that can occur much earlier too and not everyone is going to get it.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Most of us keep our mental alertness up to the moment of death, even if we lose our hearing and our eyesight, but of course this can happen at any age too.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">What changes is our physical strength, which diminishes but our mental strength and patience grows, it has to of course, to deal with this aging thing.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Arthritis, heart trouble, strokes - all these things associated with age can happen at any time in your life - arthritis can happen when you are a child but they don't like giving out new hips and knees until you are in your 50s and 60s or later. &nbsp;We can talk about that too.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Cancer can happen any time and that is also something we can discuss here if you like.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">The point of this thread is to give the Seniors a chance to talk about how they are coping with age, the challenges it presents and the fears that can come with it... loss of hearing or sight, aging spouses, living alone, retirement villages, even death...</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">So I will ask that the Juniors treat us in kindly fashion and remember, all this is going to happen to you too - providing you avoid death before you get here <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">So, onward and upward. &nbsp;Let's go...."</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:23:00 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207755#M72462 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T19:23:00Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207767#M72464 <P class="mce-p">Good morning Darkie.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">1947---just made the cut!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Yep-being born in the first half of last century</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">has its advantages and disadvantages.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Richo.</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:30:37 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207767#M72464 serendipityricho 2012-01-09T19:30:37Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207781#M72466 <P class="mce-p">Morning morning Darki and other seniors........what a mavellous time of ones life lots of things sorted............dont have to put up with a lot of non productive stuff.........got heaps of advantages being a mature person lol</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Have a good day all off to work before it gets too humid:(</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:35:22 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207781#M72466 jvharrison 2012-01-09T19:35:22Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207791#M72468 <P class="mce-p">I'm older than dirt - I think I qualify</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:41:25 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207791#M72468 rosieglen 2012-01-09T19:41:25Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207798#M72470 <P class="mce-p">Good morning everyone <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Rosie I think we are all older than dirt :^O</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Lovely to see we have some Elders here, hope we can get a lot of ideas up and going...</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">We will see <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:59:07 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207798#M72470 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T19:59:07Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207806#M72472 <P class="mce-p">1962 baby runs in, pokes tongue at oldies <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":face_with_tongue:">😛</span>&nbsp;and runs out :-x&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:08:51 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207806#M72472 **dilly** 2012-01-09T20:08:51Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207812#M72473 <P class="mce-p">Will be a good thread Darki.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">I can think off at least a dozen posters who</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">qualify.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Maybe a bit early for some-lol.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">~~Waves&nbsp;back there to JV and Rosie.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">................................................................................................</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">...........................Grey Power............................................</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:09:43 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207812#M72473 serendipityricho 2012-01-09T20:09:43Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207818#M72475 <P class="mce-p">Morning oldies, Great thread Darkie!&nbsp;<IMG src="http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae188/funnies_bucket/ebay%20forum%20emoticons/give_heart.gif" alt="" /><IMG src="http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae188/funnies_bucket/ebay%20forum%20emoticons/give_heart.gif" alt="" width="28" height="25" /></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">58 vintage here, So, I'll remain silent.. drop in from time to time just to pick-up some tips&nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:">😄</span></P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:18:29 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207818#M72475 joz*garage 2012-01-09T20:18:29Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207828#M72477 <P class="mce-p">I'm in!! 1946 for me <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span> Great idea starting this thread Darkie.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Cheers.</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:19:52 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207828#M72477 sammee4211 2012-01-09T20:19:52Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207837#M72479 <P class="mce-p">Wicket dilly :^O &nbsp;Joz good to see you kid :^O</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Hurray sammee glad to see you here <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:35:09 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207837#M72479 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T20:35:09Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207842#M72480 <P class="mce-p">I wonder who can beat my 1939?</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Any offers? &nbsp;<span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:36:07 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207842#M72480 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T20:36:07Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207849#M72482 <P class="mce-p">Hi, Can't beat it, but I can join you, July 9, 1939 for me.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Wilma&nbsp;</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:42:44 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207849#M72482 wilneil 2012-01-09T20:42:44Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207862#M72485 <P class="mce-p">Just a question why 1947?</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:47:45 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207862#M72485 freddie*rooster 2012-01-09T20:47:45Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207870#M72487 <P class="mce-p">1955 for me. Though some days I feel older than dirt. Do I qualify on those days? <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:48:47 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207870#M72487 purplecarrot-top 2012-01-09T20:48:47Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207883#M72490 <P class="mce-p"></P><BLOCKQUOTE><TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Hi, Can't beat it, but I can join you, July 9, 1939 for me.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Wilma</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Hey Wilma you beat me - you're 3 days older than me :^O</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:58:13 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207883#M72490 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T20:58:13Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207890#M72491 <P class="mce-p"></P><BLOCKQUOTE><TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Just a question why 1947?</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Hello Freddy, well according to most references anyone born after 1947 are Baby Boomers...</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">I'm not sure if our generation has a name... does anyone know?</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:59:56 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207890#M72491 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T20:59:56Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207899#M72493 <P class="mce-p">You definitely qualify on those days purps :^O</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">But then you will feel younger than spring on other days and that must be good surely?</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:01:16 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207899#M72493 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T21:01:16Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207906#M72495 <P class="mce-p"></P><BLOCKQUOTE><TABLE border="1"><TBODY><TR><TD><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Will be a good thread Darki.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">I can think off at least a dozen posters who</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">qualify.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Maybe a bit early for some-lol.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">~~Waves&nbsp;back there to JV and Rosie.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">................................................................................................</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">...........................Grey Power............................................</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></BLOCKQUOTE><P></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Thank you Richo, I am hoping it will be, so many tricks to getting older and no one left to ask ... soooo we will just have to exchanged thoughts and hints and learn from eachother...</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">At least I hope that's what we can do.</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:03:25 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207906#M72495 darksideofthemoon 2012-01-09T21:03:25Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207915#M72496 <P class="mce-p">Once your reach 60ty you are classed as a senior and eligible for a senior's card <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":winking_face:">😉</span></P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:03:55 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207915#M72496 freddie*rooster 2012-01-09T21:03:55Z https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207924#M72498 <P class="mce-p">Can I be in I was born in April 1947 &amp; have all requirements, losing hearing, going blind, arthritits.....etc:-D</P> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:06:51 GMT https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/207924#M72498 purple_haize 2012-01-09T21:06:51Z