You have to be āan Oldā to not know that itās āTikTokā
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Oh my God - thatās funny!
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Iām old enough to not give a $hit about how you spell tik-tok lol
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Interesting topic. Thereās certainly a common experience of getting old and more decrepit. Itās also being good for me to realise how lucky I am to have escaped most health issues. Stops me feeling sorry for myself. Iām 65 and apart from a cancer scare in '23 Iāve had a charmed life.
It was only in my mid forties when the eyes started to go. Theā cheatersā helped for a while but I was forced to get glasses when they caught during my class 1 medical. I was disgusted because I used to be able to read the last line on the chart. The medical also picked up high blood pressure and high cholesterol. So they did me a favour. Iāve been on medication for twenty years but otherwise healthy ever since.
The say life begins at forty, in my case it started again. I got married, had two boys, moved city, bought my first house and started working as a skydive pilot aged 47. Not bad.
But at 65, Iām beginning to feel it. I probably should exercise more. My wife is trying to put us on a dry January and go for long walks. Not too successfully.
Speaking of drink, I rarely drink Guinness despite being Irish and living here. Someone mentioned drinking Guinness on stopovers at Shannon. I worked there for a time and it was amusing watching a battle hardened para with the 101st, nervously approaching his first Guinness. 
My eldest son turns 18 in February so itās off to the local for his first official Guinness. It has to be Guinness.
The YouTube video of the millennial girl is funny. I shared it with my 16 year old, yes Iām tech savvy, he pointed out heās Gen Z, which is better apparently. But heās no snowflake, he and his brother and other venture scouts spent Friday evening cooking fish in a cold, damp forest camp. So maybe they are different. I was in the army reserve aged 17 so maybe they havenāt fallen far from the tree.
My worry though is that I have two military aged boys in a very unstable world.
Hopefully things calm down again.
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I had a telephone appointment with my cardiologist this morning, I had to be cleared with him before having surgery last September. For some reason I was never given the results of my carotid ultrasound until now. But I had passed the nuclear stress test.
No plaque whatsoever, it turns out.
So ve vill stick with the plan.
Iām sorry, remind me again what that was?
Stay healthy.
Oh, well I had oatmeal this morning. And no bacon. (there was no bacon left in the house)
Ah, well, datās alvays a good thing. (he is Muslim)
A few pleasantries in Farsi, and then - So ve vill see you again in six months.
Iām not sure what Iām doing right. I can totally destroy a breakfast buffet in a hotel - bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravyā¦
My favorite breakfast: Corned beef hash, pork and beans, scrambled eggs.
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Iām totally with you Rob. I can eat three times more breakfast than any other meal. A breakfast buffet - forgettaboudit! Bacon, sausage, home fries, corned beef hash, scrambled eggs and pancakes. At this point I donāt care if itās ābadā as long as itās only once in a while.
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I know lots of sailors that would have taken that bet without the need to check firstā¦ I was one of them ā¦in another life ā¦ 
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I agree. I eat a healthy breakfast 6 days a week, but come Sunday, look out!
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If you are ever in Colorado Springs, you need to try the brunch at The Broadmoor Hotel. A little on the steep side but 5 Star 5 Diamond breakfast is something you need to try.
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āBreakfastā is a meal I enjoy any time of day!!!
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Iāve been there many times. And been āBumbled - Beedā at that bar many times - canāt remember the name. The guy who opened Oscarās in 2003 had been a chef there. Some of my Afghan money is pinned to his ceiling.
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Yeah, I cheat and got an in so we get to go on the house once in a while.
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In that case, Iāll let you know when Iām up again! The MC is thinking of hosting a Super Bowl party at the Club House in Florence. All proceeds- yadda yadda yaddaā¦
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I shared the millennial interview YouTube video with my wife who manages a hospital lab full of millennial medical scientists. She thought it very funny because itās true.
As soon as they get the job they start looking for shorter hours and working from home.
Oblivious that itās a hospital job. 
24/7!
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Nothing like a breakfast buffet,anybody remember Shoneys and their buffet from the late 90ās early 2000ās probably around $5
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Definitely!
Thanks to the All You Can Eat 
bacon on the breakfast bar, I probably ate two Shoneyās out of business 
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Shared with kids, born between 2003 and 2009
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Yes around '89, I was in TN, Jackson, flight training. I was introduced to Shoneys by my American buddy and as I was on a tight budget a five buck breakfast kept me going all day until dinner which consisted of $1 beers in the bar with all you can eat BBQ wings and legs.
What else do you you need to live?
Thanks for the the like, Robin Neilson, youād be pleased to hear that the Swedes at flight school had the reputation for the best parties!
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And that is what is wrong with that generation. Many are useless workers. They are soft! They can not do critical thinking. They only know Tik tok, Pintrest etc. Most I believe come from the so called elite schools on East and West coast. They have been brain washed IMHO!
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You canāt generalise, itās not a solely American thing either. I have a lot of millennial nieces and nephews but they know how to work.
But itās fair to say my Gen Z sons despise them and they think boomers like me are dinosaurs.
I constantly surprise them by knowing things. But they constantly surprise me by knowing things.
Itās just the generation gap.
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