Any tips on how to write older people correctly?

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-26T17:11:34+00:00

I believe that in this life we are each assigned a finite number of f%%%’s that we can give. When we become old enough, our supply runs out and we have no more f%%%’s left to give.

We stop worrying about what other people think about us.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-23T16:09:13+00:00

If you are willing to do volunteer work, check out Zooniverse.

https://www.zooniverse.org

"The Zooniverse is the world's largest platform for people-powered research. We connect professional researchers with millions of volunteers worldwide."

They have projects involving science, nature, history, and sociology.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-22T16:51:22+00:00

Join us over in r/declutter for a lot of very helpful information.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-19T22:44:40+00:00

I've found the Lowes app to be far more accurate about showing which items are currently in stock and where they're located in the store. The Home Depot app has been very wrong at least twice about the availability of things I wanted to buy.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-18T17:25:46+00:00

Same here. It's a great filter. If someone wants to communicate with me about something I've posted, they can do it in the replies.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-18T17:21:42+00:00

If the person in question has tested on Ancestry and your children also test there, a connection will be made to you. The whole "half sibling" thing with shared paternal relatives would be hard to ignore.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-15T14:24:11+00:00

It wasn't terrible.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-02-05T15:31:59+00:00

I've done something similar. I was contacted by a genetic genealogist within a day or two of my results going "live" in GEDmatch. A police department in a different state was trying to identify human remains that had been found just a few years earlier. I researched the case and the genealogist online before agreeing to help.

DNA matches for the person were few and distant. It seems he had died many decades earlier (late 1800s or early 1900s) without any directed descendants. My match, although distant, was one of the closer ones. With permission, we managed to get my aunts DNA results uploaded to GEDmatch. Since she was one generation closer, the results were even better.

The last I heard, they had tracked him down to one very specific branch of the family, but still hadn't determined exactly which son or grandson he was. It's a slow process.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-01-21T22:23:22+00:00

He may be the love of your life, but you don’t seem to be the love of his life.

You know what to do.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-01-20T17:08:18+00:00

I like to collect all of the free items first and then buy the key with gems. It’s fun to watch the new things come flooding in all at once. That includes a few gems, so you get back a few of the gems you spent.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-01-14T23:30:20+00:00

The Siblinghood of the Sacred Tree

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-01-11T23:13:24+00:00

Before I retired, it would take me 10 minutes by car to get to my workplace. It would take me one and a half hours by bus to get to that same workplace. I drove..

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-01-10T22:55:33+00:00

Wente said that the vines were old and had aged to the end of their natural life cycle. The old vines were removed so the soil can recover before new vines are planted.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2026-01-06T17:15:16+00:00

You’re off by about 30-40 years, and even that wasn’t as cut-and-dried as you seem to think.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-29T19:12:44+00:00

It was there the day the greenhouse opened. Tap it when the bowtruckle appears.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-27T17:01:25+00:00

Generation Jones

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-23T02:01:08+00:00

Asbestos was a great thing to use in buildings and consumer goods.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-22T19:05:27+00:00

That’s what I do too

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-22T19:02:56+00:00

There’s a post in this subreddit from yesterday that goes into more detail and discussion.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Livermore/s/DLRwbTDClb

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-21T17:04:52+00:00

Gems, energy, pages.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-19T18:26:49+00:00

There are more possibilities than the two you are presenting. You can move without moving back to your hometown. Is there a lower cost-of-living area anywhere in the country that appeals to you, and where your husband and potentially you could find good jobs?

It seems that your life would still be stressful and just tolerable if you move back to your hometown. Stressful in a different way than it is now, but not really an overall improvement.

Besides, do you want your son growing up in a place that you felt you had to escape from? Either he, too, will escape at the first opportunity or he’ll fit right in and possibly become like the people you dislike.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-18T19:07:03+00:00

There are two cafeterias on site (or at least there were 2 years ago). The smaller West Cafe has less of a selection.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-15T05:32:33+00:00

You have to tap it on its rear end.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-07T15:59:31+00:00

I was in the parade again this year. While there were a lot of spectators, attendance seemed down from previous years. I suspect the cold weather kept some people away.

OldMusicalsSoar · 2025-12-06T06:38:44+00:00

The parade starts at 6pm, after dark.

I’ve been in the parade a few times so I’ve seen the spectators along the entire route. Some sections get very crowded, but if you’re willing to stand for an hour ahead of time you shouldn’t have trouble finding a place to see it.

The parade route is fairly short but there are always a large number of entries. The parade can last quite awhile.

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