my veiws for people over 60

Spoon


Joined: 16/01/2012
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 08:26

i belive that all ex pats over 60 years of age should:



1 not be aloud to keep pets in cyprus as most of them are to incompitant to look after them selves let alone a animal!!!



and not only this but i think that they take a animal off the street but then when they decide to leave the island they ditch their dogs on to any one who will take it



2 that they should all be made to take driving tests every year cos most of them cant see 2 foot in front of them.



please add to the statement if you have any input on this, but i think that alot of people living here should not be given the freedom as they have got, from what i have seen i think that they should be made to take blood tests at least twice a year, cos most of them are sharing partners any way so if 1 gets something then no doubt that the rest will have caught it.

Texas


Joined: 22/09/2009
Posts: 634

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 08:32

There are also too many over 60's on the golf course looking for their lost balls.



Occasionally, one golfer will find his partner's ball and play with it, pretending it's his. This is against the rules.



The real problem occurs during Mixed Fourballs. Two couples will play with each other. Sometimes all four are in the bushes looking for each others balls. This is not against the rules.



These are my own findings.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 09:02

Spoon you have made me laugh, nice way to start the day.

birdman



Joined: 20/09/2010
Posts: 690

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 09:13

Obviously you are a very intelligent man Dan !

No wonder she divorced you !

At 41 years young, you too should NOT be allowed a pet !

Your English pros are wonderful !



Gerry

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 09:14

I also think that they should be chained to their seats at buffets until all the other people have had a chance to get some food!!!!! ))))))

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 09:32

Spoon;



Great post!



You could also have said they should not be allowed to clog up bar space while sipping their local G and T's.



And all military reunions (p*** ups) and gnome gatherings should take place under the auspices of the RBL.



Otherwise known as the Bucket Brigade.

Spoon


Joined: 16/01/2012
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 09:58

thank you for all your comments keep them coming cos i think we are on to something here maybe someone will take note of this when setting the new laws.





maybe they will state that english people over 60 years of age will only be aloud 2 sausage rolls and 1 sandwich at any public gathering.



and that all elderly will be under curfew from 7 o clock to give the younger people a chance get out and enjoy them selves in the late evening.



(AILLTOO: great comment love it and also newscoop and texas keep them coming we are fighting for a minority cause here)

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 10:02

At 69 at least I can spell 4 letter words !!!!!Do you want my "view"?





Mike

carolhm


Joined: 05/10/2011
Posts: 72

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 10:08

Yeah go for it Mike

mikelapta



Joined: 20/11/2008
Posts: 2186

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 10:27

Dan,I worked in UK for over 51 years !!!Started 10 years before you were born.

I was an officer in the Royal Navy,then a miner,and the last 30 years Managing Director of Office Supply Companies,employing 100's of people.

Do I not deserve a few years of a peaceful life here?Yes I have a lovely little Cyprus poodle,who,incidentally

had been dumped in a black bin bag,so she has a second life,helping me in my 1 donum garden.

More than that,I have been married 3 times,now I am single and enjoying a peaceful life.

I trouble no one, I go out occasionally with friends for a drink or meal,do not get drunk or aggressive !!!!

Now,Dan,I hope you live another 20 years,and see what you will post then.

At 41 I thought I knew everything,at 69 I know I didn't !!!!



Mike

NCMan



Joined: 19/09/2009
Posts: 670

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 10:54

Msg 1-2-5&6.

One can only assume that you Muppets don't have parents over or approaching 60 yrs old.

carolhm


Joined: 05/10/2011
Posts: 72

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 10:55

Well said Mike :D

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 10:58

Remember that the young always have to learn by their own mistakes because they are too clever to ever do anything they were told by their elders. The one good thing about the young is that one day, they will also be able to look back on their own lives and have to read "new and exciting" ideas from the young.



Go for it Spoon, in your 41 years so far you have not managed to change the world - perhaps you are now to old to even begin and should leave it to the younger people to decide your future.



Most over 60's have pets, some call them children and I agree, they should not be allowed to support them any longer.



As for driving tests every year, the driving standards of the young have made it far too dangerous for normal elderly people, who still practice their skills honed over the years, to drive in a normal safe manner. We need updating on how to handle phones and vehicles at the same time!



No need for blood tests either, just stop the young sleeping with the over 60'

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 11:02

Spoon, thats really funny ... welcome to the forum the old 'Roomy' ...

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 11:13

I don't think this is Roomy, this numpty can spell!

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 11:14

Should have said can't spell !

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 11:52

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muffin


Joined: 03/07/2010
Posts: 83

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 12:01

What a disgustingly illiterate post. Please keep your uninformed and totally biased opinions to yourself Spoon. Most of the people you are critcising would run rings around you in intelligence and experience.

Don't forget old age comes to all of us!!!!!!!

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 12:02

Spoons, it doesnt seem that long since the millenium does it?................believe it or not it is twelve years, add another eight (which will go even quicker) and that will be 20 years................not long till you are a pensioner then?

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 12:11

Dont let Spoons get to you, he is just another wind up merchant ....

crusty


Joined: 03/09/2010
Posts: 22

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 12:14

Are you intelligent enough to understand the word RESPECT. One day you will be over 60, what will your

views be then!

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 12:22

Message 1 LMAO

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 12:27

Spoon writes a funny post and he gets jumped on by people who should be old enough and wise enough to know better.



Lighten up.

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 14:36

Msg 20,

Agreed, and he`s a prat to boot.

gemini39


Joined: 16/09/2011
Posts: 89

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 14:45

Here , here Mike at 41 he's green

deputydawg


Joined: 30/03/2010
Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 14:46

I cannot remember what the previous posters have written. If I had the mental stamina to read them again I would make a comment.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 14:55

- I'm the life of the party... even when it lasts 'till 8pm.



- I'm very good at opening childproof caps with a hammer.



- I'm usually interested in going home before I get to where I'm going.



- I'm good on a trip for at least an hour without my aspirin, antacid...



- I'm the first one to find the bathroom wherever I go.



- I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up.



- I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a word you're saying.



- I'm very good at telling stories...over and over and over and over.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 14:56

I'm aware that other people's grandchildren are not as bright as mine.



- I'm so cared for: long-term care, eye care, private care, dental care.



- I'm not grouchy, I just don't like traffic, waiting, children, politicians...



- I'm positive I did housework correctly before the Internet.



- I'm sure everything I can't find is in a secure place.



- I'm wrinkled, saggy and lumpy, and that's just my left leg.



- I'm having trouble remembering simple words like... uh...



- I'm realizing that aging is not for sissies.



- I'm walking more (to the bathroom) and enjoying it less.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 14:57

- I'm sure they are making adults much younger these days.



- I'm in the *initial* state of my golden years: SS, CD's, IRA's, AARP.



- I'm wondering, if you're only as old as you feel, how could I be alive at 150?



- I'm anti-everything now: anti-fat, anti-smoke, anti-noise, anti-inflammatory.



- I'm a walking storeroom of facts... I've just lost the key to the storeroom.



- I'm a Senior Citizen and I think I am having the time of my life... Aren't I?

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 14:59

And to finish I am not bright enough to have thought this up but managed to copy and paste!!!!



And before you lot start I have not reached the golden age of 60 yet!!!!



Chris

paddywack


Joined: 04/05/2009
Posts: 959

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 15:15

Says something for a man/woman who is divorced and does not know their gender. There has to be something for Neg Nick here.

zookeeper


Joined: 17/03/2010
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 15:20

A couple were celebrating 50 years together.



Their three kids, all very successful, agreed

to a Sunday dinner in their honor.



"Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad," gushed

son number one.



'Sorry I'm running late, I had an emergency

at the hospital with a patient, you know how it is,

and I didn't have time to get you a gift."



"Not to worry," said the father.

"The important thing is that we're all together today."



Son number two arrived and announced, "You and

Mom look great, Dad. I just flew in from Los Angeles

between depositions and didn't have time to shop for you."



"It's nothing," said the father.

"We're glad you were able to come."



Just then the daughter arrived.



"Hello and happy anniversary!

I'm sorry, but my boss is sending me out of town

and I was really busy packing so I didn't have time

to get you anything."



After they had finished dessert, the father said,

"There's something your mother and I have

wanted to tell you for

zookeeper


Joined: 17/03/2010
Posts: 168

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 15:26

a long time. We are not married. We scrimped and saved to get you all a good education all these years and didn't manage to find the time to get married"

"Do you mean we're bastards", the children gasped.

"And cheap ones too", the father replied

davpat


Joined: 23/08/2011
Posts: 225

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 17:00

Spoon,



Your spelling and English grammar is disgraceful,take a college course,you might learn something to your advantage!

birdy



Joined: 21/07/2009
Posts: 154

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 17:21

Spoon,

very good post

you can tell the over 60s who can't take a joke by there remarks...

there the one's that think there s**t don't stink!!!

Jonholmes


Joined: 08/11/2011
Posts: 184

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 18:00

Spoon, if you were fishing ,you got a fair few bites, which probally makes you post even more ironic.

tighmonadh


Joined: 06/10/2010
Posts: 40

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 18:19

Spoon, you have clearly struck a nerve with some of the respondents but don't let it upset you. Just remember, in no time at all we will have "moved on" to be replaced by you !

BizziLizzi


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 855

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 18:23

I understand the British Govenment has introduced tests in written English for immigrants. Perhaps the TRNC should follow their example - that is tests in written ENGLISH expats under the age of 60 - so many posts on this Forum set a bad example to non native-English speakers!

EricCrapton



Joined: 30/12/2010
Posts: 325

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 18:29

You are only as old as the person you feel. I feel just dandy ;-)

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 18:39

Perhaps they should be forced to attend 'Sense of Humour' classes? ))

tania


Joined: 09/12/2011
Posts: 116

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 18:40

Love post 5 - so true when I have been over and there is a free buffet on

Spoon


Joined: 16/01/2012
Posts: 6

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 19:16

Once my parents got to the age of 58-59, I promptly had them put in a home. They had lived their lives, why the hell should they have be a burden on me. I will also point out that this was a home provided by the NHS. I DID NOT put my hand in my own pocket.

60 = the age just not worth living past. A few reasons given in previous posts above.

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 19:24

Ha ha ha ha, this just has to be Roomy... what you like! ..... putting your mum and dad into a home when they both still youngsters at 58/59!..... Some women still giving birth now at 60!



Why did you put them in a home then? doesn't hold up much hope for you does it, you nearly there!...



Better start looking for an old peoples home for yourself, if you are ageing like your parents ...

Jonholmes


Joined: 08/11/2011
Posts: 184

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 19:27

I agree that "wrinkles" should not be allowed out in public,of course they should be fed and looked after ,but behind the wheel of a car someone of 90? is a much of a nuisance as someone of nine .Would you let your children loose on their own in an airport ?The answer is NO.New drugs will give the elderly a sense that all is working , even though they are going out with their glasses in the fridge and onions on their nose.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 19:31

BizziLizzi;



Jumping to conclusions here aren't we?



Just because his profile intimates he's English means nowt, indeed judging by the post he may well be a TC in which case he's doing pretty well.

Jonholmes


Joined: 08/11/2011
Posts: 184

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 19:38

And why when they are" on borrowed time" do they drive so slow in the middle lane of the motorway? if I was a hundred and teen years old I would be in a rush to get every where .

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 19:42

Its said, that 60 is the new 50, so I've gained another 10 years before eating dinner at 4pm and enjoying hearing about other people's operations.

dalartokat


Joined: 14/04/2008
Posts: 734

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 19:49

On the other hand, 60 can't be that bad because you get to play games like:



Sag -- you're it.



Pin the toupee on the bald guy.



Twenty questions shouted into your good ear.



Kick the bucket.



Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says bend over.



Doc Doc Goose.



Simon says something incoherent.



Hide and go pee.



Musical recliners.

marvin


Joined: 23/06/2009
Posts: 68

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 21:02

Bet i could still perform better than you divorced at 41 bet you have a problem at keeping it up 4 efes to much for you.

Sorry mean being able to be good at being an upright member of the community.

All the best Marvin.

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 21:18

I am quite happy at 70. I am so forgetful, I have the excuse to knock at any door without fear

ismet

birdman



Joined: 20/09/2010
Posts: 690

Message Posted:
17/01/2012 21:36

listen to all the UNDER 60's chuntering on about how the OVER 60's can't take a joke ! Perhaps YOU are the ones being taken for a ride by the experienced poster ? !!!!! LMBO

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
18/01/2012 02:08

If ever a truism is correct, it has to be Oscar Wilde's " Youth is wasted on the young " ! Spoon needs a dose of a "wooden " one, methinks ! Any volunteers ?