Grumpy Old Man
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Went out for a mate's 50th a few weeks back.
Only time I've worn my wedding ring in months. Usually it lives in a drawer where I keep my other shit like keys.
Now I can't find the fucking thing. Pretty sure I arrived home with it.
Wasn't even drunk. Just fucking old and having trouble retracing my steps mentally.Update: last week I went to put on a pair of shorts I wore the day after the 50th birthday mentioned above.
Guess what was rattling around in one of the pockets?
A condom?
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Went out for a mate's 50th a few weeks back.
Only time I've worn my wedding ring in months. Usually it lives in a drawer where I keep my other shit like keys.
Now I can't find the fucking thing. Pretty sure I arrived home with it.
Wasn't even drunk. Just fucking old and having trouble retracing my steps mentally.Update: last week I went to put on a pair of shorts I wore the day after the 50th birthday mentioned above.
Guess what was rattling around in one of the pockets?
A condom?
Don't know varieties that rattle.
I was thinking, metal testicles. -
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Final count: 365mm or roughly 305 discs....
True (nerd) love!
If Mrs NTA doesn't appreciate this, she's not worthy! -
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
True (nerd) love!
If Mrs NTA doesn't appreciate this, she's not worthy!Prediction: she'll get sad looking at the photos of her parents and grandparentrs who have passed, happy at some of the early kids shots, and fascinated by the stuff from her grandfather's time in Port Said.
Appreciation for my efforts doesn't really come into it. After all, I "forced" her to go through and sort all that shit out, which just made her upset 😜
Garage is fucking mint tho. Got a squat rack in there and everything now.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
True (nerd) love!
If Mrs NTA doesn't appreciate this, she's not worthy!Prediction: she'll get sad looking at the photos of her parents and grandparentrs who have passed, happy at some of the early kids shots, and fascinated by the stuff from her grandfather's time in Port Said.
Appreciation for my efforts doesn't really come into it. After all, I "forced" her to go through and sort all that shit out, which just made her upset 😜
Garage is fucking mint tho. Got a squat rack in there and everything now.
Get some home brewing stuff too. You don’t want to get too fit
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@MN5 said in Grumpy Old Man:
@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
@nostrildamus said in Grumpy Old Man:
True (nerd) love!
If Mrs NTA doesn't appreciate this, she's not worthy!Prediction: she'll get sad looking at the photos of her parents and grandparentrs who have passed, happy at some of the early kids shots, and fascinated by the stuff from her grandfather's time in Port Said.
Appreciation for my efforts doesn't really come into it. After all, I "forced" her to go through and sort all that shit out, which just made her upset 😜
Garage is fucking mint tho. Got a squat rack in there and everything now.
Get some home brewing stuff too. You don’t want to get too fit
Plot twist. It was always there, just not visible.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
I have a Dan Murphys within 3 minutes of me. Why would I want to brew my own beer?
thats dangerous, love it, but I would be there far too often
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
I have a Dan Murphys within 3 minutes of me. Why would I want to brew my own beer?
I am same, have supermarket 2 minutes drive (at most) where I can buy beere, including a pretty wide range of craft beers, so keep life easy huh?
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A meme but probably more relevant to this thread.
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AEG Power Tools are discontinuing their 58V garden tools range.
Bah humbug.
(AEG is a rebrand of Milwaukee here in Oz I believe)
I didn't really need 58V but at the time they didn't have a mower in 18V (they do now of course). I've got a few of their 18V power tools which are pretty bloody good.
But the 58V was manlier, anyway.
Mower, trimmer, chainsaw, hedger, and recently an awesomely powerful leaf blower.
Ordered a spare 58V battery from Bunnings to cover me. But if the charger dies, I'm fucked...
Bah humbug!
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@Smudge said in Grumpy Old Man:
No words. That's an incredibly difficult situation you're dealing with. If there's anything any of us on the Fern can do to help, please don't hesitate to let us know.
This thread is titled "Grumpy Old Man", not "Thoughts and Prayers".
Hippie.
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@NTA said in Grumpy Old Man:
Garage is fucking mint tho. Got a squat rack in there and everything now.
Always admire people with clear priorities
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if i could have a boomer-like whinge for a moment
I get irrationally upset by the Aus v England women's cricket series being called "the women's ashes"
The Ashes are named for a very specific reason. That reason has absolutely nothing to do with this series other than the countries involved. I expect next summer i will hear it called "the men's ashes" and this irrational feeling of annoyance will spring up again.
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@mariner4life just call it the gashes
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@mariner4life That ship sailed decades ago though. Laeege test series between GB & Oz always used to be for the Ashes. Is that no longer the case?
Just be grateful its not the Ashesies
