# The Little Old Man on the Bus **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 11, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989 "2018-05-11T13:26:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/21 "2018-05-12T05:17:51Z")
There is a classic video of a teenage lass wearing a Nirvana shirt, having _Lithium_ played for her and obviously having no idea what she is hearing. I mean, I was already old(-ish) when _Nevermind_ came out, so that makes me feel Triassic. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/22 "2018-05-12T11:05:51Z")
I was rear-ended a while back. As the other driver and I exchanged information, I noted that she was 2 years younger than me. In telling and re-telling the story later, at one point I realized that I had been describing her as an “older woman”. That was an unsettling moment. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/23 "2018-05-12T12:29:45Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I was rear-ended a while back… That’s much more accepted nowadays than it used to be. Encouraged, even. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/24 "2018-05-12T14:51:08Z")
I’ve been at the same job for 25 years. It’s’ a good job. GIS. I’m a programmer. My boss and I are in our late 50’s. My two co-workers are a bit frightened that my boss and I are going to probably be retiring at about the same time. One co-worker is sort of being groomed to take over the department. I would be next in line but don’t want anything to do with it, and as I will be retiring anyway, doesn’t make sense and I don’t want it (I despise meetings, and that’s pretty much 50% of the job). I’ll gladly consult, probably for free as my co-workers are my friends. But they are a bit jittery about taking this on. Don’t blame them. The GIS department of 4 people is going to be losing 50 years of experience in one swoop when my boss and I retire. (I must admit that part of me is going BWAHAAHHAH) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/25 "2018-05-12T21:15:26Z")
Oh, HELL, yeah! ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/26 "2018-05-18T21:02:28Z")
> [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](#): > > Many years ago my cousin and I paid a compulsory visit to our grandpa in the nursing home and they had some kind of horrible piped in music (I think it might have been “Listen to the Mockingbird” at the moment we left). My cousin said, “When it’s our turn they’ll be piping in Grateful Dead and Led Zeppelin.” A thought that amused us both. > > But not KISS, oh please. Please, not KISS. > > Damn, it will probaby be KISS. They’ll probably play the Doors too, but only “Love Her Madly”, “Hello I Love You”, and the single cut of “Light My Fire”. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/27 "2018-05-18T21:09:43Z")
I have nightmares of Barry Manilow and the BeeGees playing in my old folks home muzak system. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989/28 "2018-05-18T21:49:12Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’ve posted this before: the classic rock station I listen to, which plays bands like KISS, runs ads for reverse mortgages, which are available to homeowners 62 or older. There was a _Partridge Family_ marathon on Mother’s Day. I watched two episodes. All the ads were for reverse mortgages, those “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” buttons, hearing aids, and the like. I never watched the show in prime time, only in reruns, but the ads at least, were for _Tiger Beat_ subscriptions, K-Tel records, and Ronco products. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-little-old-man-on-the-bus/813989.md?page=1)