Over 50 Forum - Page 4

andyfox · #31 12-02-2004, 09:04 PM

Indeed. And more than just one.

andyfox · #32 12-02-2004, 09:04 PM

50. I'm a member.

andyfox · #33 12-02-2004, 09:05 PM

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Zeno · #34 12-03-2004, 12:27 AM

I recently purchased some new glasses - and the gal selling them noted that I was 'over 50' and asked if I belonged to AARP. I said no, but she gave me the AARP discount anyway. She felt sorry for me because I had to wait a few days for my glasses, as they had to order special blanks to grind my new lenses (extra thick progressives, stigmatism in one eye etc). Being 'old' felt good, for a moment anyway.

So what's the action for this over 50 Forum? I am tired of wading through posts and don't have the time on my downhill slide through the latter days of a misused life to put up with the young buck swagger and deluge of drivel that is more and more the norm of the 2+2 forums. Do I send a copy of my birth certificate or passport to Mason? [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

-Zeno

Joe Tall · #35 12-03-2004, 12:55 AM

Joe, I never thought you be for Ebonics.

I meant age-discrimination, disgusting.

John Cole · #36 12-03-2004, 05:36 AM

Joe,

I knew you meant age discrimination, and no other sort of discrimination entered my mind. I was trying to have fun with the missing "would" in your post, and I hoped the smiley face would make that evident. I didn't mean to imply anything else. In fact, as an English teacher and student of language, I may be one of the few people here who sees Ebonics as a language with rules and a grammar. Sorry that you misunderstood.

Phat Mack · #37 12-03-2004, 05:46 AM

I read somewhere that the "I be, you be" construction originated in Southwestern England, where many settlers of tidewater Virginia originated in the 17th century. I just assumed Joe was a time traveler from that time and place.

scalf · #38 12-03-2004, 04:32 PM

[img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] right on!!!
they will capitulate to our demands or we will occupy the admin building..

burn the mf down

gl

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Drunk Bob · #39 12-04-2004, 02:39 AM

hey Abe did you used to play Pacific 5/10 cents a year or 2 ago [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Abe · #40 12-04-2004, 01:54 PM

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hey Abe did you used to play Pacific 5/10 cents a year or 2 ago [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Yes - but the game was way too tough -- all those 20 cent checkraises.
I had to go back to Party 3 - 6.