Comments on: Old my arse http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/ "We're all naked underneath" Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:33:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mary Witzl http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3200 Mary Witzl Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:26:49 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3200 I personally loathe cigarette smoke (grew up around a lot of it and all), but my grandfather smoked and he lived to 89. My husband's granny smoked unfiltered cigarettes and dearly loved her whisky, and she lived to a ripe old age. She used to let her little grandsons shoot her smoked-to-the-butt fags right out of her mouth with their rubber bands. I aspire to be that kind of little old lady too. Maybe I'll buy those fake candy cigarettes and pretend to smoke them. My husband and I once met a couple in their mid nineties who were 'touring' England in their posh old car. We were all having a drink in a pub at the time, and this couple were wonderful: politically active, interested in everybody and everything. Great role models. I personally loathe cigarette smoke (grew up around a lot of it and all), but my grandfather smoked and he lived to 89. My husband’s granny smoked unfiltered cigarettes and dearly loved her whisky, and she lived to a ripe old age. She used to let her little grandsons shoot her smoked-to-the-butt fags right out of her mouth with their rubber bands. I aspire to be that kind of little old lady too. Maybe I’ll buy those fake candy cigarettes and pretend to smoke them.

My husband and I once met a couple in their mid nineties who were ‘touring’ England in their posh old car. We were all having a drink in a pub at the time, and this couple were wonderful: politically active, interested in everybody and everything. Great role models.

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3199 K8 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:07:38 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3199 Hi Tinman! No embarrassment - I'm well chuffed!! So happy to make your blog's aquaintance:) Hi Tinman! No embarrassment – I’m well chuffed!! So happy to make your blog’s aquaintance:)

]]> By: Tinman18 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3198 Tinman18 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:57:52 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3198 Hi K8 This post really helped me yesterday - so much so that I wrote my own post about it - http://tinman18.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/thanks-k8-thats-gr8/ Hope I don't embarrass you :) Tinman Hi K8

This post really helped me yesterday – so much so that I wrote my own post about it -

http://tinman18.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/thanks-k8-thats-gr8/

Hope I don’t embarrass you :)

Tinman

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3197 K8 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:11:07 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3197 Hi Laurie! I love your last blog post- such an excellent tribute to Xbox's writing, I was glued to your stories about adoption and motherhood, such a lovely story:) You have a new lurker! Ma; Yeah but I'm catching up. Hi Laurie! I love your last blog post- such an excellent tribute to Xbox’s writing, I was glued to your stories about adoption and motherhood, such a lovely story:) You have a new lurker!

Ma; Yeah but I’m catching up.

]]> By: Granny http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3196 Granny Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:31:53 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3196 I'm older than you are! I’m older than you are!

]]> By: laurie, thatsthewayitis http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3195 laurie, thatsthewayitis Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:06:41 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3195 Slam! I'm impressed. I JUST wrote a whiney "old" post on Friday, and I may have to retract. Girl's got game! Slam! I’m impressed. I JUST wrote a whiney “old” post on Friday, and I may have to retract. Girl’s got game!

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3194 K8 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:58:52 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3194 Roy; I don't smoke in the car!!! I was sitting in the driver's seat leaning outside, writing down the aul' thoughts... me fag was well outside workplace boundaries! Also, for the record, I am an excellent parallel parker... possibly the best in the whole world in fact, so there. It's just not a good spectator sport, is all. Wafflers can be tricky, alright, especially the slightly crazy ones, bless 'em. Roy; I don’t smoke in the car!!! I was sitting in the driver’s seat leaning outside, writing down the aul’ thoughts… me fag was well outside workplace boundaries! Also, for the record, I am an excellent parallel parker… possibly the best in the whole world in fact, so there. It’s just not a good spectator sport, is all.
Wafflers can be tricky, alright, especially the slightly crazy ones, bless ‘em.

]]> By: K8 http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3184 K8 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:50:34 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3184 Vicki; Wow! Congrats to Kevin! Looks like you may have a sugar-daddy there - go for it!!! Jefferson; Ah the lads on the rank are ok really, they just need to get used to the novelty! Make that craic and guinness! I hear a bottle a day keeps the pall bearers away. Cathy; Hi and welcome! I'm just trying to work out the age when one stops being crazy and becomes accentric? Ma; YER NOT AN AUL' ONE!!! Nick; ... like that lady who got a computer degree at the age of 95? Or the octogenarians swimming in the Irish sea on Christmas day?! I agree, these people put neurosis to shame. Xbox4NappyRash; *sigh* Internet Explorer cannot display johnbraine.com. Typical!!!!! Thriftcriminal; Hell yes... the second childhood sounds very sweet indeed. Quickroute; Good on her!! I thought crosswords were the answer to retaining a sharp mind, but I'm delighted to hear that sticks are just as effective:) Vicki; Wow! Congrats to Kevin! Looks like you may have a sugar-daddy there – go for it!!!

Jefferson; Ah the lads on the rank are ok really, they just need to get used to the novelty! Make that craic and guinness! I hear a bottle a day keeps the pall bearers away.

Cathy; Hi and welcome! I’m just trying to work out the age when one stops being crazy and becomes accentric?

Ma; YER NOT AN AUL’ ONE!!!

Nick; … like that lady who got a computer degree at the age of 95? Or the octogenarians swimming in the Irish sea on Christmas day?! I agree, these people put neurosis to shame.

Xbox4NappyRash; *sigh* Internet Explorer cannot display johnbraine.com. Typical!!!!!

Thriftcriminal; Hell yes… the second childhood sounds very sweet indeed.

Quickroute; Good on her!! I thought crosswords were the answer to retaining a sharp mind, but I’m delighted to hear that sticks are just as effective:)

]]> By: Roy (irish taxi) http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3192 Roy (irish taxi) Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:29:15 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3192 Stop smoking in the car , get them brake lights fixed and learn how to parallel park, old people are cool, I wish they'd stop taking when the meter goes off though! /then they're on MY time! Stop smoking in the car , get them brake lights fixed and learn how to parallel park, old people are cool, I wish they’d stop taking when the meter goes off though! /then they’re on MY time!

]]> By: Quickroute http://www.cackaloo.com/2008/08/18/old-my-arse/#comment-3193 Quickroute Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:01:20 +0000 http://www.cackaloo.com/?p=638#comment-3193 My granny lived to be 99 and until the very end was still chasing her grand kids with a stick when they stepped out of line. Active and sharp as a razor till the end! My granny lived to be 99 and until the very end was still chasing her grand kids with a stick when they stepped out of line. Active and sharp as a razor till the end!

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