Attention Signs you're getting old.

[The Loner]

 

[The Loner]

 

[The Loner]

 

[rareboy]

Today...my back and knees after planting 500 tulip and hyacinth bulbs on the weekend.

 

[luckynumbah7]

You remember buying X-ray Specs and Sea Monkeys.
When Charles Atlas was the thing in body building.

I received a lecture once an elementary school about sea monkeys and how nobody wanted them for a birthday gift - ungrateful little bastard.

 

[rareboy]

You remember the first time this appeared.

 

[luckynumbah7]

Who is going to be first to admit to using a piss bottle instead of staggering to the bog in the dark at 4am. Oh that's disgusting I hear you say. Yes, fair comment.
At least I'm not pissing in a brightly lit warehouse like they do at Amazon.

Coughs - it's a portable urinal and it has a lid so there! I use it because I refuse to acquire more arthritis via breaking more bones in my feet trying to take a leak in the middle of the night. Not my fault the peripheral neuropathy has messed with judging force, though in my case it isn't solely an age-related issue; in my case it's a combo pack.

 

[FPNY]

I drive my ugh performance car in the right lane…..

 

[Peloso]

I'm no fan of Wal-Mart, but that allegation would need strong proof of sequence. When did Wal-Mart begin insuring its elderly, did they do so exclusively and not insure younger employees? That they planned to exploit insurance is likely unquestionable. That it was their motive for hiring elderly greeters is not only unlikely, it goes against reason.

It's also relevant to note that Wal-Mart asserted that the policies were a strategy to offset the rising cost of employee health insurance, which failed, and the program actually lost money. They discontinued the practice in 2000, so that is a pretty old problem to be presenting as a current one.

This Wall Street Journal article from 2002 explained the practice: http://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/april_19.htm
This one from Florida explained the allegations a bit more: https://news.wfsu.org/wfsu-local-ne...ed-for-collecting-life-insurance-on-employees

The elderly were hired as greeters by Wal-Mart from the beginning because they were non-threatening, didn't appear to be security, and because the jobs were not as physical as cashiering, stocking, cleaning, or unloading trucks. They were also part-time, so provided a little extra income for retirees, while not demanding 8 hour shifts or more.

How dare you doubt the veracity of some random youtube video.

 

[Peloso]

You remember when Big Macs were big.

You remember going to the movies and not having to sit through forty foot television commercials and ten minutes of seizure-inducing production company logos.

 

[Kahaih]

/\ Hell, I'll bet some of our fellow JUBbers used to blow the piano player during intermission.

 

[gsdx]

You remember when Big Macs were big.

I read an article or comment yesterday in which a man told of recently visiting McDonalds and ordered a Big Mac and 2 Hash Brown patties. The total of his order was just over $13 American. How reliable is that amount?

 

[me203]

/\ Hell, I'll bet some of our fellow JUBbers used to blow the piano player during intermission.

And more than a few remember the first ever movie theater opening.

 

[Peloso]

I read an article or comment yesterday in which a man told of recently visiting McDonalds and ordered a Big Mac and 2 Hash Brown patties. The total of his order was just over $13 American. How reliable is that amount?

It's probably very reliable. I don't know the price of those items individually, but in NYC a Big Mac combo meal was something like $8 and change before inflation hit, so it's probably upwards of $10 now.

 

[smokeshadow]

Here in North Texas, over at Burger King, a simple Whopper with cheese runs $ 7.35. . .just the sandwich, with no fries or drink or desert added. I will add that the Arby's Super Roast Beef is only $ 5.04

 

[metta]

I read an article or comment yesterday in which a man told of recently visiting McDonalds and ordered a Big Mac and 2 Hash Brown patties. The total of his order was just over $13 American. How reliable is that amount?

I don't eat fast food but wow....

McDonald’s revenue soars as it hikes menu prices: ‘$18 Big Macs’​

"One branch in Darien, Conn., charged as much as $18 for a Big Mac combo meal, which includes medium fries and a medium soft drink.

Meanwhile, that same Big Mac combo will run hungry patrons $13.69 at a McDonald’s in Times Square."

McDonald’s revenue soars as it hikes menu prices: ‘$18 Big Macs’

Many consumers have said that fast food has already gotten so expensive, it’s no longer worth it.

nypost.com

McDonald’s, Chipotle to raise menu prices in California next year as fast-food wages rise to $20​

"Chains with at least 60 locations nationwide will have to pay their workers at least $20 an hour, starting April 1. Between 2025 and 2029, the appointed council will have the authority to raise the hourly minimum wage annually by whichever is lower: 3.5% or the annual change in the consumer price index."

"In the long term, McDonald’s thinks that the higher wages could be a boon to its business.

“We believe we’re in a better position than our competitors to weather this, so let’s use this as an opportunity to actually accelerate our growth in California,”

McDonald's, Chipotle to raise menu prices in California next year as fast-food wages rise to $20

McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said the minimum wage hike could help the burger chain gain market share in California in the long term.

www.cnbc.com

 

[gsdx]

^ And thanks to Peloso, too.

Sounds like a burger and hash browns for $13 isn't unreasonable.

Wow.

 

[Spunky Jizzmore]

When you transition
from waking up with a stiff dick
to waking up with a stiff back.

 

[Peloso]

When you transition
from waking up with a stiff dick
to waking up with a stiff back.

I still wake up with hard ons but someone told me it's the body's way of keeping you from pissing in your sleep since an erection blocks the urethra's connection to the bladder. I wonder if this is true.

 

[Dargelos]

I have no medical qualification but what I read is that your testosterone level recharcharges while you are at rest and so it is higher when you wake up. This makes you more horney and more likely to get a boner. There is no evolutionary reason why you body would care if you wet the bed or not.