topic Re: The Seniors Thread :-) in Community Spirit https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/The-Seniors-Thread/m-p/260943#M91732 <P class="mce-p">Ah the things we don't think of when we find a house we like gil.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">The last time I bought it was upper most in my mind, even so I am near bush and keep a firm eye on it in summer.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Gem is home and okay <span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":slightly_smiling_face:">🙂</span></P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Here's one for us oldies...</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR /><STRONG>WORDS YOU DON'T HEAR ANYMORE</STRONG><BR /><BR />Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Willie in the mail today.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Quit slamming the screen door when you go out!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like a shower is coming up.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;<BR />Wash your feet before you go to bed, you've been playing outside all day barefooted.<BR /><BR />Why can't you remember to roll up your britches legs? Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is nothing left to put a patch on.&nbsp;<BR /><BR />Don't you go outside with your school clothes on!&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Go comb your hair, it looks like the rats have nested in it all night.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the new bottle.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you won't have to pay a deposit on another one.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;<BR />Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to make it fall if you don't quit!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need to get a few things from him.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I will need you to help push it off.<BR /><BR />There's a dollar in my purse, get 5 gallons of gas when you go to town.&nbsp;<BR />Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze through here, it is getting hot.<BR /><BR />You can walk to the store; it won't hurt you to get some exercise.<BR />Sit closer to the radio, don't turn it up so loud.<BR /><BR />If you pull that stunt again, I am going to wear you out!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Don't lose that button; I won't be able to sew it back on.<BR /><BR />Wash under your neck before you come to the table, you have beads of dirt and sweat all under there.&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Get out from under the sewing machine; pumping it messes up the thread!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Be sure and fill the lamps this morning so we don't have to do that tonight in the dark.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Here, take this old Sears and Roebuck catalog to the toilet with you when you go, we are almost out of paper out there.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Go out to the well and draw a bucket of water so I can wash dishes.&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Don't turn the radio on now, I want the battery to be up when the Grand Ole Opry comes on.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />No! I don't have 10 cents for you to go to the show. Do you think money grows on trees?</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">&nbsp;<BR />Eat those turnips, they'll make you big and strong like your daddy</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">.<BR />That dog is NOT coming in this house! I don't care how cold it is out there, dogs don't stay in the house.<BR /><BR />Sit still! I'm trying to get your hair cut straight and you keep moving and it is all messed up.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like Dad Gummit! I'll wash your mouth out with soap!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />It is time for your system to be cleaned out. I am going to give you a dose of castor oil tonight.&nbsp;</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you'll get another one when you get home.<BR /><BR />Quit crossing your eyes! They will get stuck that way!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR />Soak your foot in this pan of kerosene so that bad cut won't get infected.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">When you take your driving test, don't forget to signal each turn.Left arm straight out the window for a left turn;Left arm bent up at the elbow for a right turn;And straight down to the side of the door when you are going to stop.<BR /><BR />It's: 'Yes Ma'am!' and 'No Ma'am!' to me, young man, and don't you forget it!</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Hurry up and finish drying the dishes so we can go "ketch sum lightin bugs and pit 'em in a jar".</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"> </P><BR /> <P class="mce-p">Y'all come back now, ya hear.</P><BR /> <P class="mce-p"><BR /><EM>I truly regret some of you are young enough thatYou missed out on most of these great memories!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Tue, 18 Dec 2012 06:14:51 GMT darksideofthemoon 2012-12-18T06:14:51Z The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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 Re: The Seniors Thread :-) 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