Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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Not actually advice as such but it's certainly stayed with meMy nanna was riddled with rheumatoid arthritis and lived with constant joint pain even though she'd had both knees and one hip replaced. She also had chronic kidney failure requiring dialysis four times a week, but always answered "How are you?" with a cheery "Fine", or if she was feeling particularly rough she'd possibly expand it to "Oh, not at my best today but never mind, how are you?"
It's always stuck with me how much nicer that is for other people than a sigh and a runthrough of all your ailments.
She died in November 1999; we all joke now that she wasn't Year 2000 compliant. I can't believe it'll be a decade next year, and I still miss her.
(, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 16:32, 1 reply)
My Gran's sisterwent to her funeral. On asking how she was doing, she complained about her aching joints. Bad enough bitching abotu your personal complaints when someone is simply being polite, but doing it when you're at your sister's funeral and people are being sympathetic is just unpleasant.
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Kroney, Fri 20 Jun 2008, 16:34,
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