# The Old Dopers Retirement Home **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 14, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101 "2015-07-14T02:14:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/21 "2015-07-15T21:58:46Z")
Sounds like a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/22 "2015-07-15T22:07:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Dopers are Everywhere. > > Where would be a good place to locate this? Lebanon, Kansas, touted as the geographic center of the lower 48. Of course at times like these I always remember my former co-worker whose family solved the problem of where to hold family reunions this year by always going to Cancun. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/23 "2015-07-15T22:10:04Z")
Don’t forget an on-site pie bakery! PIE!!! ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/24 "2015-07-15T22:17:58Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Dopers are Everywhere. > > Where would be a good place to locate this? On Mars or perhaps on the Moon at the site they staged the moon landing hoaxes?? I’ve always wanted to visit there anyway. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/25 "2015-07-16T02:29:20Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > Imagine the aerobic exercise possibilities of daily rants about, oh, \*\*people not picking up after their pets, \*\*tipping, vaccines… And you don’t need an instructor or equipment! My bold. I just thought of a great way to preserve the potential rant factor without the negative sanitation factor: plastic dog poop! People will, of course, have to pick up real poop from their real dogs. But the plastic poop will be a source of constant annoyance. Win-win. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/26 "2015-07-16T04:21:09Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Don’t forget an on-site pie bakery! PIE!!! March 14 will be relentlessly and respectfully observed every year. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/27 "2015-07-16T06:42:01Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Don’t forget an on-site pie bakery! PIE!!! And , even more importantly: KITTY PICS! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/28 "2015-07-16T12:46:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > \*Au contraire. \*When my good friend and I meet for coffee, between his iPhone and my kindle, citations fly so fast and thick, you could catch them in a butterfly net. Better yet, ditch the traditional computer/notebook/tablet hardware and issue everyone prescription Google glasses (with photogradient lenses, of course. Gotta go outside sometime). Always online, everywhere! For the true geeks among us, white tape for the nose bridge. Banning can then be accomplished by cutting off the offender’s ears so the glasses won’t stay up. ETA: Socks, of course will not be allowed. Sanitary hose will. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/29 "2015-07-16T16:07:17Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > Better yet, ditch the traditional computer/notebook/tablet hardware and issue everyone prescription Google glasses (with photogradient lenses, of course. Gotta go outside sometime). Always online, everywhere! For the true geeks among us, \*\*white tape for the nose bridge. \*\*Banning can then be accomplished by cutting off the offender’s ears so the glasses won’t stay up. > > ETA: Socks, of course will not be allowed. Sanitary hose will. My bold. Also, plastic pocket protectors are a must. I like the ear thing…but what about those of us who wear earrings? I guess we’ll just have to mind our Ps and Qs. BTW, I am totally serious about this whole idea. In case anyone is wondering if it’s just a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/30 "2015-07-17T13:38:30Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/31 "2015-07-17T15:24:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > BTW, I am totally serious about this whole idea. In case anyone is wondering if it’s just a joke. I don’t know if an entire retirement community is feasible, but realistically if you found a group of 4 or 5 other dopers who wanted to be part of a group living situation could all go in on a multi-bedroom house or build a trailer park where they could all live together or something. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101/32 "2015-07-17T15:44:45Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I don’t know if an entire retirement community is feasible, but realistically if you found a group of 4 or 5 other dopers who wanted to be part of a group living situation could all go in on a multi-bedroom house or build a trailer park where they could all live together or something. For me, that would be too much up-close-and-personal. I envision a large-ish community (maybe 50-100) so that you realistically hide out or join in as the spirit moved you without your daily absence or presence being a big deal. With a bigger group, you could pick and choose whom to hang out with for various purposes. The organization I work for has about 100 staff members. That’s enough where you can create a group you hang out with most of the time, and still not know everybody’s name in the big group. The opposite of Cheers. Some will want to be associated with a community for socialization, safety, support during difficult times\*, and periodic amusement, but will not want the [del]group pressure[/del] responsibility that comes with membership in a small group. _“Everyone was at the party-- where were you??”_ v. _“Oh, did you miss the party? There was a good turnout, so I didn’t notice.”_ KWIM? For example, I belong to a monthly lunch group where there are only eight members. One person hardly ever comes. When a couple of other people don’t show up, it seriously depletes the group. OTOH my book club is 15 members, so if a third of them are missing one month, there are still enough people for a discussion–and the missing ones don’t feel like they’re letting the group down. \*Which, alas, you will have more and more of as you age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-old-dopers-retirement-home/725101.md?page=1)