Old Codger's Club

[Dr. Bob]

Originally posted by dianetavegia:
Maybe the women should all be called 'Minnie Paw's'!

LOL. Asked my wife for a cute retort about menopause . . and she said "IT'S NO JOKE."

Then she smiled and said, "THAT was the joke".

Otay.

 

[Gib]

"AROCC"

Wasn't that a muscle car in the 80's. No, no it's over there by Aran. Oh well I should have minded my wasteline.

 

[dianetavegia]

How about calling us the 'Young at Heart' Club?

Fairy tales can come true, it can happen to you
If you're young at heart
For it's hard, you will find, to be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on its way

Don't you know that it's worth every treasure on Earth
To be young at heart
For as rich as you are it's much better by far
To be young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
Then here is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

And if you should survive to 105
Look at all you'll derive out of being alive
Then here is the best part
You have a head start
If you are among the very young at heart

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A Young at Heart...

 

[Dan Todd]

Diane,

We could call you gals "codgettes"

Dan - just trying to help - can't you tell?

 

[I Am Blessed 24]

I prefer 'codgess', it rhymes with 'goddess'.

 

[dianetavegia]

Codgettes sounds like nuggets of 'cod fish'. LOL

 

[Jude]

One of my favorite old codgers!!!

 

[Dr. Bob]

I swear my 2-year old grandson must be learning to talk from Gabby Hayes!

That, or listening to Romper Room Rap again!

 

[Dan Todd]

Thou shalt not swear!

 

[Gib]

Thou shalt nots wear what?

 

[dianetavegia]

anything that looks like something Michael Jackson would wear!

 

[Jim1999]

If your definition of codger stands, What are women doing here?

The official definition of codger, however, is: A person, especially an old or strange one. Oxford Dictionary. It comes from the word cadge, which mans beggar.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[dianetavegia]

Originally posted by Jim1999:
If your definition of codger stands, What are women doing here?

The official definition of codger, however, is: A person, especially an old or strange one. Oxford Dictionary. It comes from the word cadge, which mans beggar.

Cheers,

Jim

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[Dr. Bob]

Don't really worry about the dictionary. Started the thread with what the word meant 700 years ago!

BTW, Jim or Barnabas - could you tell us what it meant before that, when you were young?

 

[Dan Todd]

Dr. Bob -

Barnabas and Jim are not "old" - they're just age challenged!

Dan - still a pup! -- when compared to Barnabas - Jim - and Dr. Bob!

 

[Dan Todd]

So Diane,

We won't be seeing you anytime soon - wearing just one sequined glove?

Dan - If I can't have both sequined gloves - I won't wear either!

 

[Dan Todd]

Jim,

I may ask for stuff with a great deal of force - but I'll not beg!

Dan - begging is not beneath me!

 

[Jim1999]

I am being careful what I say about old people. I may be old myself oneday.

The fact that we must add "old" to the word "codger" indicates that it does have another meaning, and that meaning is "beggar" according to Oxford authorities, and what can be more English than English?

When one's yes go buggy at the site of pie, and the tongue hangs from mouth, I would consider that begging.

Cheers,

Jim

 

[Jude]

One interesting question might be, "when did you realize that YOU were an old codger?" For me, it came when the clerks at the grocery store starting calling me 'sir', when a little 3 year old boy, sitting at a table next to me at a restaurant, asked his Mom, "is that Santa?", and when the clerk at the Motel 6 in South Dakota said, "Sir, are you a member of AARP?" Geez, it's tough growing old!

 

[Dr. Bob]

I had my light brown hair turn prematurely gray in my late 40's. Used to get a big charge out of being offered a "senior discount" at Hardees. Save a nickel on a cup of coffee. Only a "senior" would think that a great deal!

Now I'm 55 and thinking about Grecian Formula. Hey, does that stuff work?