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04-09-2018 , 12:01 PM

#151

Alobar

Born Ready

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Im amazed he isnt in socks and sandles

04-09-2018 , 12:01 PM

#152

Bluegrassplayer

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Samuri:

doing a good job imo. I bet that makes a person's day.

HT: did you think about how many people you two disturbed? Coffee shops, Starbucks in particular, are places to meet in order to use apple products. Coffee shops are certainly not the place for light social interactions while drinking or purchasing coffee.

04-09-2018 , 12:01 PM

#153

Ungoliant

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4,329

Not taking 2 seconds to tie your shoes so the laces don't drag all over the floor of a Starbucks seems far weirder to me than taking your shoes off to drive.

04-09-2018 , 12:25 PM

#154

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by spidercrab

For someone who takes his shoes off as frequently as HT does, I'm surprised that he hasn't found a no-lace shoe solution.

I usually wear no-lace loafers. But it was a Sunday and I had lace-up hiking shoes on.

04-09-2018 , 12:27 PM

#155

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by El Diablo

Howard,

I would have said good morning back to him, in a pleasant enough manner to maintain civility and order, but not in a familiar enough way for him to feel emboldened to come talk about my laces.

I was not overly familiar. I totally understand the difference you’re raising here and I thought I was maintaining civility and order and no more.

So either he was an outlier or my sense of the conversation was wrong. I happily admit that it could be either one.

04-09-2018 , 12:28 PM

#156

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluegrassplayer

Samuri:

I do not think we disturbed anyone. Our conversation was in low tones and nobody else seemed to notice it.

04-09-2018 , 12:30 PM

#157

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Ungoliant

Not taking 2 seconds to tie your shoes so the laces don't drag all over the floor of a Starbucks seems far weirder to me than taking your shoes off to drive.

I actually thought about this, but chose not to do it because I got the best possible parking spot and had maybe twenty steps to the door. If I’d had to park across the street, as I often do, I’d have tied them.

04-09-2018 , 02:05 PM

#158

Tom Ames

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*yawn*

Get back to us when you have a similar encounter in your dentist's waiting room.

04-09-2018 , 02:14 PM

#159

Alobar

Born Ready

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 42,368

Maybe he'll get asked for a high five next time

04-09-2018 , 02:32 PM

#160

anonla

Cause and effect

Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,487

The inspiration for one of pictures in this post was definitely HT.

*thinking of all the ways OOT is going to troll the **** out of me* but I think I will survive it.

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/s...postcount=2036

04-09-2018 , 02:57 PM

#161

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Ames

*yawn*

Get back to us when you have a similar encounter in your dentist's waiting room.

It’s the damn LC thread, Tom! Standards can and should be low!

Last edited by Howard Treesong; 04-09-2018 at 03:08 PM.

04-09-2018 , 03:00 PM

#162

Tom Ames

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Howard Treesong

It’s the damn LC bread, Tom! Standards can and should be low!

Oops! My bad.

And they most certainly are!

04-09-2018 , 03:33 PM

#163

Bighurt52235

I was born to eat hamburgers

Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 24,218

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluegrassplayer

Samuri:

What does it say about an individual whose day is made by a rando asking them about produce at the grocer?

04-09-2018 , 03:42 PM

#164

Bluegrassplayer

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That the older lady likes to talk to nice people and be helpful.

04-09-2018 , 05:53 PM

#165

Rexx14

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You would be surprised how isolated some elderly people can be. That absolutely could have made the day of someone. I think it's a nice thing to do and it takes such minimal effort.

04-09-2018 , 06:16 PM

#166

Bluegrassplayer

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Better summary than I could have done. Your post makes my day Rexx

04-09-2018 , 06:23 PM

#167

LKJ

Smugly Contemptuous

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Leave strangers in public alone, you monsters.

04-09-2018 , 06:24 PM

#168

Alobar

Born Ready

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Problem with talking to a random elderly person is the odds are incredibly high they won't shut up and they will ignore all social cues that you want to exit the conversation, so you don't get a light 30 second convo that brightens their day, you get 10 minutes about random **** and and are forced to be rude to finally free yourself from their clutches

04-09-2018 , 06:25 PM

#169

Howard Treesong

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All I did was respond to a guy that started a conversation, you misanthropes!

04-09-2018 , 06:26 PM

#170

Howard Treesong

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Alobar

You’re a misanthrope too. Did you learn this in jail?

04-09-2018 , 07:09 PM

#171

anonla

Cause and effect

Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 5,487

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alobar

Duùde.... you not only have reading comprehension problems, you are mean and dumb.

From the people on this forum, whose age I know, two fall into category elderly. Both are a ton more interesting than you are.

04-09-2018 , 07:12 PM

#172

samuri8

veteran

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,061

Quote:

Originally Posted by LKJ

Leave strangers in public alone, you monsters.

I'm fine with being in the minority on this one. My example makes me sound like a tool applying for sainthood I guess, but half of it is just seeing how people react to having their bubble broken. The keyword is "occasionally" of course. This is far from an original thought obv, but I do think that technology tends to isolate us in our day to day surroundings while it connects us remotely. Tempering that to some degree is a good thing imo.

04-09-2018 , 07:20 PM

#173

microbet

Solar Powered

Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 56,483

Quote:

Originally Posted by lapka

Lapka brooks no ageism. How do you pronounce "duùde"?

04-09-2018 , 07:21 PM

#174

de captain

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,514

Quote:

Originally Posted by lapka

Lapka,

I still like you despite that picture of your barefoot up on the furniture in a public place. That said, you're wrong on this one. Alobar might be a little messed in the head, after living in fear of being shanked or shtupped, but he's never come across as mean or dumb. He also made a valid point.

Who are the two OOT posters you classify as elderly?