# I have passed another milestone on the road to ranty old guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317 "2014-10-14T16:58:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/21 "2014-10-16T13:36:18Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > Older folks hanging out at the zoo? Is that a thing? They get discounts for season memberships and most zoos are one of the better places to hang out. They can practice photography (another activity seniors seem to enjoy) and walk around in a secure safe environment. It’s a cliche that they are always dragging the grandkids there so much that the kids get tired of the zoo, Go to a zoo on a weekday and the place will be overrun by seniors and young well to do mothers with small kids. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/22 "2014-10-16T14:12:22Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I went to a bingo game at a casino. … You should NEVER do this. While you are at the casino who’s going to tell the kids to stay off your lawn. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/23 "2014-10-16T14:22:30Z")
Aren’t the elderly eschewing bingo, mall-walking, et. al in favor of monitoring the Border Fence online? To make it more like bingo, they should give points for this, redeemable at Fingerhut. And no reduction in points for juveniles. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/24 "2014-10-16T16:10:32Z")
Yesterday I heard this lady explaining to the neighborhood watch how to tell which of three large dogs in the area had left the feces they were grousing about. The strange thing was, her voice sounded Just. Like. Mine. I had to look around a bit to get my bearings. How did I come to this? Is this really what answers for conversation in my life today? Felt a bit better after a quick SDMB fix. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/25 "2014-10-17T01:15:22Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Maybe you should try hanging out at the zoo instead. Or just hanging yourself 😛 I played “basket bingo” at a school fundraiser and was bored silly, and it took FOREVER. Bleh. Never again. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/26 "2014-10-17T02:34:09Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Guys, if you want to discuss the economics or whatever of small zoos, start a new thread. You’re off-topic here. > > Thanks, > > **twickster** , MPSIMS moderator Not to disagree with you or anything, but spinning off and arguing off-point topics is yet another marker on the road to ranty old guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/27 "2014-10-17T13:46:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not to disagree with you or anything, but spinning off and arguing off-point topics is yet another marker on the road to ranty old guy. 🙂 So is coming in and telling people not to do it, for that matter. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-passed-another-milestone-on-the-road-to-ranty-old-guy/701317/28 "2014-10-17T13:56:47Z")
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