Respect Your Elders

[AApple]

I never really liked the terminology "Old Farts" but this makes me feel better about it.

And if you ain't one, I bet ya you know one!

Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.

* Old Farts remember World War II, Pearl Harbor , Guadalcanal , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam .
* If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women.
* Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
* Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
* Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren.
* It's the Old Farts who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values.

We need them now more than ever.

Thank God for Old Farts!

I was taught to respect my elders….It's just getting harder to find them. :ahem:

 

[dan filipi]

The important things in life seem to be quickly slipping away.

It's up to us to pass on these values to the younger generations.

I often wonder what this world will be like when my kids are in their 70's.
I hope they are ok.

 

[mcgovern61]

This world will not get better with time. There will always be improvements, but we will always find a way to forget why the improvement existed and move ahead. (Washing machine, dishwasher, microwave were all designed to make life easier and were touted as time savers that will allow us to spend more time with our families. Instead, we filled the time with other things.)

We are responsible to teach our children! No one else has been given that responsibility, but we tend to allow others to have at it. (Schools, TV, movies, video games, government, daycare centers....not all bad, just they often have our kids time more than we do because we allow it.)

 

[joedrum]

yes it true that we allow a lot .....but a lot of this has been made law .....when something is so wrong like what gose on in this country you have to look at who swings the biggest hammer not nessasarly the people who have no hammer at all ....and hardly spare monment working for the hammers of crurelty that want to blame the ones there suuppose serve....im just more inclined to blame the ones who are smashing our kids future with deceitful hammers of disception.... :mrgreen:

 

[danf]

Something I always think of, they were all young at one time too..Something most young folks never realize.. :grin: 1959..

 

[slabghost]

I prefer the Geezer moniker but yes the description fits.

 

[danf]

I prefer the Geezer moniker but yes the description fits.

53 is considered to be an elder[Native American World] :shock: two more years for me...GaddddZookkks..I still feel 20 in my mine, the mind I have left that is, I am a survior of the 70's and 80's ha ha :smilie_happy:

 

[detdrbuzzard]

i'm not an old fart i'm an old gas passer :grin:

 

[slabghost]

I prefer the Geezer moniker but yes the description fits.

53 is considered to be an elder[Native American World] :shock: two more years for me...GaddddZookkks..I still feel 20 in my mine, the mind I have left that is, I am a survior of the 70's and 80's ha ha :smilie_happy:

54 by the end of the month. :head bang:

 

[danf]

i'm not an old fart i'm an old gas passer :grin:

My old 81 gl made this young guy open his throttle up on his green Kawa, no way I could keep up with him but I sure had fun, I just let him go..And I laughed my a-- off because I was out ahead of him for a spell...He couldn't let a old man beat his as- on a full dresser.. :smilie_happy:

 

[slabghost]

I like teasing the sport bike guys. Once I apply some Joe's ideas and my own I expect my old dresser will be surprising them. :smilie_happy:

 

[danf]

I like teasing the sport bike guys. Once I apply some Joe's ideas and my own I expect my old dresser will be surprising them. :smilie_happy:

Hey is Joe ok, his health, Joe are you doing ok sir? It's funny after a guy gets into his forty's he starts talking about meds. and stuff health crap..I have to take three pills to control my BP..It works and all I feel good now, but I didn't feel so good before I went to the md.

 

[big blue]

I'm 64...wait 64? but I feel like 39 no way.....lets see...born 1946,oh boy,.....yeah.... all of aapples statements applies to me :salute:

 

[Omega Man]

I've been reminding young adults of this kind of stuff for years, and I get the funniest looks sometimes. While I grew up in California, all the older folks in the family were from the South. We grew up with the expectation of behaving properly, respecting our heritage, ladies first, hats off, no elbows on the table, "MAY" I be excused?, and "while you live under MY roof, you will follow MY rules." ...sure do miss those days now. :?

~O~

 

[slabghost]

Still the rules in my house!

 

[scdmarx]

I'm 64...wait 64? but I feel like 39 no way.....lets see...born 1946,oh boy,.....yeah.... all of aapples statements applies to me :salute:

I'm a hunnert'n fiddifive years old and got the belly fat to prove it!

 

[sledge]

I'll be 60 in May..... and yep, I guess thats me. but, enjoy life the best you can, and treat people in a way that you'll be remembered.

 

[danf]

Still the rules in my house!

Yeh, me too, Mom's from Tampa and Dad's from Tx. WWII Vet, still kicking too...Aren't these rule Law? :grin:

 

[danf]

I'm 64...wait 64? but I feel like 39 no way.....lets see...born 1946,oh boy,.....yeah.... all of aapples statements applies to me :salute:

I'm a hunnert'n fiddifive years old and got the belly fat to prove it!

Ok, now my family think's I'm off my boat because I keep laughing out loud and nobody else is in the room, thank's, the guy's in the white suit will be coming soon for me.. :smilie_happy: Hell I'm a Spring Chicken to some of you guy's...

 

[carl62cycles]

I never really liked the terminology "Old Farts" but this makes me feel better about it.

And if you ain't one, I bet ya you know one!

Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.

* Old Farts remember World War II, Pearl Harbor , Guadalcanal , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam .
* If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women.
* Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
* Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
* Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren.
* It's the Old Farts who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values.

We need them now more than ever.

Thank God for Old Farts!

I was taught to respect my elders….It's just getting harder to find them. :ahem:

Can't agree with you more.Life is simply different without them. :good: :good: :good: .