Grumpy Old Man
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@mariner4life said in Grumpy Old Man:
well, you're eating and reading the net
would you prefer they wait until you open a spreadsheet? Or is it just the general concept of human interaction you are against? You've been out of the office too long
Yes I would prefer that - because its clear that I'm now working so you can talk shop to me (there is no good time to tell me abut your personal life).
If I'm eating breakfast, it's clearly my fucking time. Same if I choose to eat lunch at my desk - don't force me to go outside and sit in the fucking park with the bin chickens
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
If I'm eating breakfast, it's clearly my fucking time. Same if I choose to eat lunch at my desk - don't force me to go outside and sit in the fucking park with the bin chickens
On a government gig I once worked with a bloke who would turn off his monitor, eat his lunch and refuse to acknowledge co-workers who attempted to talk about anything work related.
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
If I'm eating breakfast, it's clearly my fucking time. Same if I choose to eat lunch at my desk - don't force me to go outside and sit in the fucking park with the bin chickens
On a government gig I once worked with a bloke who would turn off his monitor, eat his lunch and refuse to acknowledge co-workers who attempted to talk about anything work related.
Inspirational - but even this legend still had to to turn his monitor off which isn't fair. Sad!
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Asked for pavlova at a restaurant in Yorkshire. This is what arrived - a swan made of whipped cream, apple slices and meringue.
They can fuck right off.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Grumpy Old Man:
Asked for pavlova at a restaurant in Yorkshire.
... you were kinda asking for something terrible to arrive.
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Scandalous
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When this thread was created I didn't think that "Piss poor pavlova ordered from a Yorkshire pub" would get a guernsey! The grumpy old men who went before us would weep.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
When this thread was created I didn't think that "Piss poor pavlova ordered from a Yorkshire pub" would get a guernsey! The grumpy old men who went before us would weep.
They might have been grumpy that it didn't arrive with a pint, or with Yorkshire Tea...
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@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Can anyone translate that for me please?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Can anyone translate that for me please?
@MajorRage liked Celine's olympic performance more than the hip hop hip artists and worries he's not youth adjacent any more
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Can anyone translate that for me please?
@MajorRage liked Celine's olympic performance more than the hip hop hip artists and worries he's not youth adjacent any more
To be fair I pretty much hate anything the Chillis and Snoop have done in the last 15-20 years so this post defintely has merit. Did they do old stuff or new stuff ?
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Her money = Hers
Our money = Ours
My money = Ours, apparently.I say this because I mentioned in passing I was going to purchase another watch, to which her response was "why?" in a tone that said "don't". Which admittedly is a valid question when after a short while it's likely to join the others in the drawer...
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@nzzp said in Grumpy Old Man:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Can anyone translate that for me please?
@MajorRage liked Celine's olympic performance more than the hip hop hip artists and worries he's not youth adjacent any more
No idea who Eilish but aren't those others like grandparents now? Surely they're not cool among the yoof now?
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@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Does anyone else find it slightly odd that regular people get cancelled these days for saying / posting something often fairly benign, yet we are quite content to have Snoop on breakfast TV, pumping kids books, and being the face of the Olympics?
It's fairly hard to reconcile
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@antipodean said in Grumpy Old Man:
I say this because I mentioned in passing I was going to purchase another watch, to which her response was "why?" in a tone that said "don't". Which admittedly is a valid question when after a short while it's likely to join the others in the drawer...
The watch thing... I kinda get it... but don't quite.
I don't think I've ever owned more than one watch at a time.
But then occasionally, get a tingling feeling that I want a new one... that maybe if my current one "accidentally" broke - I could get something new. And spend an hour researching what's out there.
And discover this whole world of people with a "watch drawer" - and think... "fuck I'd like to do that, but... wait... why?...."
But when one goes into that rabbithole, fuck, there's some sweet wrist-bound technology out there... and if one does get into it - presumably it's similar to the whole "women / shoes" thing. -
i want a new watch. i even found one i really liked. unfortunately it's $7,500
even more unfortunately i clicked on the instagram link. and now that watch haunts me every day.
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@voodoo said in Grumpy Old Man:
@MajorRage said in Grumpy Old Man:
Question. Should I read much into that I preferred Celine’s Hymne à l'amour and Yseults my way, over chili’s, snoop, Dre and eilish?
Have I grown up? Or am I really just an old bastard?
Does anyone else find it slightly odd that regular people get cancelled these days for saying / posting something often fairly benign, yet we are quite content to have Snoop on breakfast TV, pumping kids books, and being the face of the Olympics?
It's fairly hard to reconcile
Snoop has been VERY mainstream for decades. And the worst thing about his "persona"... pretty much weed. So...
Shit, Snoop and Martha Stewart - in an ad together for a long-necked lighter. He done sold out loooong ago. -
