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Are you a Grumpy older person?

TheCatWoman

I remember that tv program years ago called Grumpy Old Men, they did a Grumpy Old Women one too, it was so funny.

I'm definately grumpy and I'm getting grumpier the older I get, things make less sense, they keep bringing out "new and improved" things when the old ones were perfectly good. 

Why can't you just plug things in and have them work anymore? Everythings such a faff and no I don't want a relationship with my fridge, toaster, other household appliance, I just want it to work and do as it's told, I don't need my fridge trying to comunicate with my mobile phone to make a shopping list to send to tesco for me! I want my toast well done on both sides and a knob to twiddle so as everyne can have toast the way they like it.

I'm grumpy about socks too, I mean why are the ankles so tight, even ones that are meant to be for diabetic people, has the nations ankles got narrower in the last 50 years?

Are you grumpy and what about?

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  • I find I often think I have become grumpy due to so many changes and so many things being more challenging. I often question the logic of things. 

    In respect of clothes, it appears that a lot of things have been cut differently so many of us have issues with parts of them. Trousers often have tight parts in the wrong places. 

    I also think that many people have become less considerate of others. This changed briefly at the beginning of the pandemic. One thing I have an issue with is people not clearing up after their dogs. Sometimes they are so busy looking at their phones or talking that they don't see. This is even worse with those who don't use leads. Another thing is people parking on pavements so no one can get past.

    There is also a world leader I would like to ask a few questions to, but I would probably be too annoyed by his answer.

    I do try to be less grumpy and be more positive, but there always seem to be so many challenges to this. I try to use walks in nature to help, but this can have its challenges. The garden has less and can be a peaceful place to be, unless our neighbour lets dogs out to bark for ages or is using a noisy gadget. Hoping for a peaceful few days as there is more sun at last.

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  • I find I often think I have become grumpy due to so many changes and so many things being more challenging. I often question the logic of things. 

    In respect of clothes, it appears that a lot of things have been cut differently so many of us have issues with parts of them. Trousers often have tight parts in the wrong places. 

    I also think that many people have become less considerate of others. This changed briefly at the beginning of the pandemic. One thing I have an issue with is people not clearing up after their dogs. Sometimes they are so busy looking at their phones or talking that they don't see. This is even worse with those who don't use leads. Another thing is people parking on pavements so no one can get past.

    There is also a world leader I would like to ask a few questions to, but I would probably be too annoyed by his answer.

    I do try to be less grumpy and be more positive, but there always seem to be so many challenges to this. I try to use walks in nature to help, but this can have its challenges. The garden has less and can be a peaceful place to be, unless our neighbour lets dogs out to bark for ages or is using a noisy gadget. Hoping for a peaceful few days as there is more sun at last.

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