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#142571 - 08/02/08 12:42 AM Re: Fit old Codger - The 55 year Old Commando [Re: NAro]
Art_in_FL Offline
Pooh-Bah

Registered: 09/01/07
Posts: 2432
Originally Posted By: NAro

"Don't pick a fight with an old man. We have nothing to loose, and will just go ahead and kill you."

My new credo!!


An adage from my old neighborhood was that: 'You don't fight old men or junkies because neither has anything to lose.'

This was brought up after an old guy with a artificial leg took it off and beat a mugger to death. The state wanted to prosecute but blanched when the guy told the judge that to him jail would be 'three hots and cot', three meals a day and a warm place to sleep, and free health care.


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#142574 - 08/02/08 12:53 AM Re: Fit old Codger - The 55 year Old Commando [Re: 91gdub]
nurit Offline
Member

Registered: 03/27/08
Posts: 191
Loc: NYC
Don't know who said this, but:

"Youth is a gift of nature -
Age is a work of art."

Nurit

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#142586 - 08/02/08 02:50 AM Re: Fit old Codger - The 55 year Old Commando [Re: NAro]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
"..."Don't pick a fight with an old man. We have nothing to loose, and will just go ahead and kill you."..."

When I was still working, I used a slight variation of that many times on young guys covered with jailhouse tattoos and bulging muscles. Never had to fight (or shoot) one, so I guess it worked...
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#142592 - 08/02/08 04:43 AM Re: Fit old Codger - The 55 year Old Commando [Re: 91gdub]
TheSock Offline
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Registered: 11/13/07
Posts: 471
Loc: London England
Quote from 'Frasier'

Frasier: "I'm not middle aged, that's 50, or 55"
Niles: "Sure; if you live to 110!"

The Sock
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#142627 - 08/02/08 09:34 PM Re: Fit old Codger - The 55 year Old Commando [Re: samhain]
ironraven Offline
Cranky Geek
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
I have always been fond of:

For a mountain, I am not yet begun.
For a fly, I am incomparably ancient.
For me, I am just right.
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When a man dare not speak without malice for fear of giving insult, that is when truth starts to die. Truth is the truest freedom.

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#142661 - 08/04/08 12:24 AM Re: Fit old Codger - The 55 year Old Commando [Re: Blast]
samhain Offline
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Registered: 11/30/05
Posts: 598
Loc: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Originally Posted By: Blast
Wait a minute, in less than five years I'll look like samhain?! eek Oh dear God...

-Blast




We won't even get into what you can't see in the picture... laugh


Warning: True story not for the faint-hearted:


When I was in nursing school I was helping an patient transfer from bed to chair, he was in his 90's.

When I sat him up on the side of the bed, he recoiled in discomfort saying "oh, oh, oh!"

I asked him if he had pulled his abdominal incision, he replied "no, I'm sitting on my balls! The damned things just get in the way sometimes... I should just cut them off and be done with it...."


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samhain autumnwood

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#142662 - 08/04/08 12:27 AM Re: Fit old Codger - The 55 year Old Commando [Re: samhain]
wildman800 Offline
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 11/09/06
Posts: 2851
Loc: La-USA
Reminds me of a Saturday Night Live skit!!
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The best luck is what you make yourself!

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