Glimmer of hope....

[Bigmack]

I eat breakfast on fridays with a group (about 16) of old farts in a pink/blue area in a blue state.

We talk about fishing and motors and "man" stuff mostly, because the group is very diverse politically, and we don't want to argue, we just want to bullshit a bit.

One of the two Bushbots made a comment totally unrelated to the conversation about "killing someone by depriving them of food and water".

Everybody jumped on him.

These are old guys - keep in mind - and what happens if they or their spouses get "Schivoed" is very important to them.

It sounded like a DU thread....
".....don't want the government telling me when to live or die...."
"....damned religious nuts want to run the country..."
"... I sure don't want to live like that, and neither does my wife."
"... That's why I have that Health Care Directive thing...."
etc
etc

I felt good and hopeful there for a minute. Of course, that feeling went away quickly, but a moment was good.

[stellanoir]

1. yeah

in these days of such extreme derision and devisiveness, a group agreeing on a reasonable point of view is almost a complete anomaly and must have truly been "a glimmer of hope." Thx

[1monster]

2. Your group wouldn't be called the R.O.M.E.O. s would they?

Retired Old Men Eating Out? :evilgrin:

[Bigmack]

4. Yup...

... I changed the day to protect the innocent .

Were you at that end of the table?

[1monster]

8. No, I'm not a man, I am not retired (projected retirment at age 94) and I

can't afford to eat out. That only leaves old, but my current age is my projected retirement age backwards. Does that qualify as old? Not to me, but then I don't look my age according to my students...

[thecorster]

3. Old people are awesome

[Bellamia]

5. Thank you, Sir or Madame

As a Senior Citizen ,I appreciate that once in awhile something I say is "heard". "Old people" have indeed been there, done that, and more often than not, know what they are talking about.

[Bellamia]

6. Thank you Sir, or Madam

As a Senior Citizen I appreciate knowing that something I've said has been "heard." "Old people" indeed have been there, done that, and more often than not, know what they are talking about.

If this gets posted twice, I admit, I'm new at this business, but I'll catch on eventually. O.K.?:>)

[thecorster]

7. you got it!

(sir, by the way)

I love to talk with my grandparents and find out about my own past as well as hear history told first-hand. my great grandmother was 100 when she died and she told some of the most amazing stories you've ever heard.

[BlueIris]

9. The fact that there's a reason to use a term like "Shiavoed..."

My god. That is...insane. Schiavoed. Can't believe we're in this place.