I've also missed Carruthers the last few weeks.

Hope he's well.

Thirdeded

Carruthers is OK. He's taking a break from the Cellar for a while.

Sent by thought transference

Tell him to get his ass back here or we'll make him a meme. :lol:

Oh. Well, that's cool, then. I can certainly understand why he would.



Mr. C, take the time you want/need, but be sure to come back.

Yes, it was rough on Carruthers being Sundaes pipeline when things got bad. But before that he's contributed a great amount of insight on aircraft, machinery and other subjects. He really helped me have a better understanding of normal UK customs.

He's an old man, and as such has acquired a lifetime of knowledge.
Besides, dogs love him and they're never wrong. :yesnod:

Absolutely.

He isn't old!

What do you consider old?

Did you really just ask that question?!:eyebrow:

:lol2:

I do not think of Carruthers as old. He's just getting broken in good.

He might be, but I don't think of him as old.

Sure I did, I figured him for 60. Dat be old, not that there's anything wrong with that. :crone:

I don't think of 60 as old. Mid to late 70s is where I start to think of someone as old. Though it depends on the person. Some people are old in their 60s, others don't seem old in their 70s.

I knew a girl in high school that was old. Today she looks exactly the same as she did then. Old. Lunch lady old.

Old is my age plus seven, times two.

I've had so many people take me for being in my late 40s - early 50s that it's become annoying. People in their mid-fifties saying to me things like Wait 'til you become my age when complaining about some difficulty they're having. The gal who cuts my hair was actually astonished when I told her my age. My dentist double checked my age with me because he thought my actual age was an error in my chart. At work I was poking some fun at a cow-orker's age while discussing said cow-orker with his thirty something manager. The manager didn't seem to appreciate the humor; until, I explained that I was the same age. Then he laughed and said I never would have thought that. So, I can't even tell age related jokes about people my own age without others thinking I'm being politically incorrect.

Maybe I should've been an old soul instead of young at heart to balance things out. It would've made it easier to attain my calling in life to become a dirty old man.

That's because you're physically fit, and have always had to be to do your job.

I miss Chocolatl and Kitsune and probably no longer little Bean.

wonder what happened to capnhowdy

When I was 20 I thought 40 was crazy old.

Now, I think old starts around 80, and at the rate my life has seemed to pass I figure I'll be turning 80 a month a go.

Would be nice to hear from orthodoc.

y'hear that orthodoc? Please post again, let us know what's going on.

Thank you.

I've noticed a distinct lack of Jimness on the boards for the last few days...

Jim's alive.

well its not me, but if it was me and I had a young vivacious honey to come home to then I would be getting laid.



tarheel

See, now I didn't. Even when I was much younger, 'old' to me conjured a picture of someone with white hair, a walking stick and a lapdog. Or variations thereof.

When I was 17 I had the hots for an older guy I used to see in a cafe I went to regularly. I think he was probably in his late 30s/early 40s.

In many of the places I have worked, and certainly during my time as a councillor, I engaged with colleagues in their 60s and even early 70s and there was nothing old about them.

I think it's a state of mind - and also health I guess - setting aside obvious stuff like dementia or crippling arthritis, I think it is as much about what someone projects, which is in itself about how they perceive themselves.

I have known people in their late 50s who have seemed old. Everything about them - their style of dress, the music they like, their attitude to technology and their engagement with the world. At the same time I know people in their 60s and 70s who are vibrant and project a much younger self. I find it hard, mentally, to attach the word 'old' to them.

Bean is no longer quite so little -- she's four and a half now and a crazy ball of energy and questions!

I've been here a bit

But you were gone long enough to notice.

I know, because you were gone.

And I noticed.

thank you for checking in!

If you can't bring yourself to post some more and bring us all up to date, please at least give my best to Choco and Bean.

Nice seeing you again Kitsune. Come on back some, hm? Catch us up on life in Florida.

I notice that Orthodoc has returned.

Now, if we could just find Carruthers...:o

Yep, I'm here (between migraines). Now to catch up ...

Man, I used to have some whoppers, but, haven't had a migraine in quite some time.:fingerx:

I feel for ya.

Thanks. I even had Botox, and all it did was make my eyelids droop. No help with the headaches. (And no erasing of wrinkles, because they don't inject in the areas where you get crow's feet etc. Not that I have any.) ;)

Haven't seen Slang for a Dog's age.

Or Big Sarge.

Or Infi.

Or Carruthers.

Exactly! That's what I'm talkin about!

Mr. Carruthers has been absent over a month.

:fingerx:

Hmm hope he's ok.

Hope his dad's ok.

I was thinking about his dad when I posted.

Maybe he's become a mercenary wearing a yellow vest in Paris!

Or run off to the South Seas with two women of ill repute.;)


I was only kidding, three women. :haha:

I see the need for 3.

They'll need someone to talk to after he passes out, so...

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

It’s been a difficult few weeks and I’m rather tired to say the least.
It’s not fair to Dad to go into details about his problems but I will allow myself a small indiscretion.
He’s not a man burdened by an excess of patience which does not make the day pass in an atmosphere of tranquillity.

Although I have yet to take an interest in pre-paid funeral plans and elasticated waistbands, I have to come to terms with the fact that I am further down life’s path than I am comfortable with.
This manifests itself in very low energy levels.
Pausing only to refer to the Home Apothecary and Almanack of Ye Bodily Ailements (a copy never leaves my side) I find that I am what is known to medical science as bloody knackered.
That’s it in a nutshell really!

I’ll try to catch up and put in a more regular appearance from now on.

And...
Well, if it was good enough for the mutineers of HMS Bounty... :D

Remember to wear your gardening cloths when you ask the sales people for tranquilizing darts to manage an old badger.

Better geriatrics through modern chemistry.

Keep in mind, you are not required to make a well researched and documented home run post, as you are wont to do, everytime you appear. You can also hang out and relax, temporarily shielded from reality. :thumb:

I quite like elasticated waistbands, especially at Christmas. Nice to see you Carruthers! X


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This! We like you and want to see you, that's all. You sound like you're quite burdened with obligations right now, so don't think of us as one--rather, think of us as the place you can go spew your frustrations and we'll keep on listening.

Thank you, Clod! :thumb:

Thanks limey! :thumb:

Hello Carruthers.

Merry Christmas man, and to your dad.

We're your friends here, no strings attached.

:santa:

Thanks V! Season's Greetings!

Merry Christmas C!

And a Merry Christmas to you Griff! :santa:

In American, this says, "he's an asshole, and he makes me crazy!"

Circumspect as an art form, good sir.

Your efforts are, I'm sure, appreciated by the old codger, nonetheless. Glad to hear that you were merely distracted. Seasons greetings to you and yours.

Do come by more

What he said

Thank you both!

I'll be about as often as circumstances permit and hope that I can make a contribution or two.

hi friends long time no see merry new years how have you all been
i got engaged this year and also published my first tabletop rpg and have actually made money on it which is the first time ive ever actually earned money from a thing i created so that's cool
i'm tryna start a commune

long time no see everybody hope youre all doing well hows the family whats new

Hi Ibby! Good to hear from you. Congratulations on the role playing game. I'm curious to see it. Do you have a link?

Congrats all around!