Continuing my quest to be a crotchety old man at 20...

[menckenite]

Nice watch! It can remind you when to take your medications and when the "news" comes on.
Here are a few other tips on being a crotchety old man:
-Yell at the kids and tell them to get the hell off your lawn even though it's 4:30 am and you don't have a lawn.

-Start nodding off while people are talking to you.

-Repeat the same old stories every time you get in a group.

-Tell how the history books are wrong about such and such event (more than likely you will be correct).

- Always ask how John Doe is doing, when everyone knows he died over 20 years ago.

-Start ranting on about what's wrong with the world today whiile being completly oblivious to the body language of those around you screaming "Stop talking, you are making everyone uncomfortable!".

-Go to bed right after the 6 o'clock news.
That should get your started Carl.
-other voice says: William, his name is "Collin"
That's what I said, "Carl"

 

[tanless1]

Got to much crap in my pockets. Id have to start wearing a vest to accommodate a pocket watch.

 

[python]

That's a nice looking watch!

 

[hobie1dog]

I've got one bulge in my pants now. 8O ....oh, that goes in the top pocket huh? It won't interfere with a Pacemaker will it?

 

[caliguy]

Nice watch Collin. Pocket watches seem to have a more human scale to them don't they? I've got an old Ball railroad watch that I tote around on occasion. Less so now that my pockets are tighter due to my pants shrinking. Well, they are fitting tighter.
As for crotchety old man stuff, go with the advice above and start watching Matlock and Murder She Wrote re-runs. Oh, and be sure to rub some Ben Gay into your knees. That's a scent that screams crotchety. That and Old Spice aftershave. And go to a barber shop, and get a proper haircut for cripes sake!

 

[pstlpkr]

I love pocket watches.

Yours is very nice.

I have several myself none that nice though.

Now as a novice "crotchety old man" your new watch can help you remember to watch the local on the eights on the Weather Channel. :D

 

[collindow]

Thanks for the advice everyone...I got the first child off of my lawn today!

I'm thinking of shouting at children full-time, I live right next to a junior high.

 

[yoru]

Love the watch mate. . .
As for being an old man at 20, I've just turned 21 recently and have been well on my way to it myself heh heh. My personal next step is to get a parrot (along the large trail that leads me to being just like my great-grandfather Seiger that I've covered a LOT of ground on).
I think it is becoming more and more common for lads to act "too old" due to the shape of modernity. That is to say, they simply seem to be acting old due to the fact the only people with proper mannerisms these days are from a time quite passed (that is to say, they are old men)

 

[jship079]

Whats a watch? I thought all you needed now days was your cell phone.

 

[yoru]

I don't even own a phone, much less a cell phone.

 

[hobie1dog]

I don't even own a phone, much less a cell phone.

How can you even exist? I'm quite envious of you actually. I got by without cell phones for the first 35 years or so of my life.

 

[flylot]

I'm envious of Yoru because he plays keyboards, violin AND a cello! Screw the cell phone....

 

[ulsterpaddy]

Dude that's awesome. Everyone at work is calling me an old man and just today somebody joked I should get a pocket watch. Lol. I have 4 of them that were my granda's but theyre in a box packed away nicely and not ticking.
Very nice watch though mate.

 

[yoru]

Simple, if I wish to speak with someone, I go speak with them. All my friends are as habitual as I am, and therefore easy to find.

 

[pstlpkr]

I'm so embarrassed.... I had a "brick" and a bag phone.....

 

[yoru]

That's just...too funny. Heh heh heh.
Collin yer evil though mate. I just spent a bit of cash I shouldn'ta on a watch myself after seeing yours (it was so handome I felt I needed one heh heh).

 

[caliguy]

Several years ago I was at our local movie theater and complaining about the prices while I bought my ticket. I then received the "Senior Discount". I wasn't asked for ID and I wasn't even 50 at the time. That's when I knew I'd made it to Crotchety Old Man status.

 

[maduroman]

ya need to shave with a strait razor to compleat the picture... oh, and out of date facial hair helps, like a handlebar 'stache....

 

[collindow]

I'm actually on the cusp of buying an old-fashioned safety razor lol.

 

[bytor]

It's amazing how much closer shave you can achieve with a safety razor vs. cartridge razors. I've never tried a straight razor and likely never will...I tend to have somewhat shaky hands so a straight razor doesn't seem like a wise choice.