Public Displays of Affection (long)

[hot_pastrami]

Old age is no excuse for being an ass. Really. Everyone gets a pretty decent helping of courteous respect from me until they give me a reason to take it away. I'd have probably affixed an annoyed tone to a couple courteous "leave us alone" comments, and failing that, I'd have said something along the lines of "Listen you onery old crank... Just because you can't get it up anymore doesn't mean the rest of us have to live like monks. Mind your own business."

Or even better, ignore their comments... and if they continue unabated, start a real heavy, sloppy make out session, with wanding hands, tongues... the whole works. They'll shut up then, if only long enough to have a coronary.

I have little patience for assholes these days, and I generally pay them back in kind. I can't say whether that's a step forward or back.