Why are old people so fascinated with the weather?

It,s 10:30 a.m.

The temperature is currently 89.6 and rising.

It is likely to be the coolest day since mid November.

SINCE 27 JUNE we have had 4 inches of rain.

The last rain fell on the 9 nov and was 0.2 inches.

The fire danger is extreme and my suburb is surrounded by extremely dry bushlands.

When My nieghbour comes to visit what is likely to be the first Topic raised?

Actually it is because young people are so ill informed and vacuous (empty, showing a lack of intelligence)that you can't have an itelligent conversation with them.

I'm sure this post is going right over their heads. Duh!

Schools have had to dumb down for a reason.

Ha Ha

The weather I can sorta understand, but even more mysterious is that all the over 65's I know are obsessed with politics.

They all watch CNN2 like its Entertainment Tonight! I don't really get this. Do they really think SS/Medicare is going away in their lifetimes?! No.

The problem w/ old people conversation is that if there is more than one in the room it ends up as an 'organ recital'.

As an old person, I can tell you that, 1) I'm not interested in the topics that interest you, and 2) I talk about the weather because I want to be polite to you.

You have been thoroughly brainwashed and indoctrinated, and expect everyone to share your simplistic, mass world view.

Watch the end of Hitchcock's "The Birds." I talk about the weather with you with a goal similar to that of the film's protagonists who very quietly open the garage door, get into the car, and drive away.

You actually expect that I would want to talk about your tattoos, body piercings, "music," secular religions/liberal mass causes, jelly bean cars, which chain store most represents your inner authentic self, etc, etc, etc???

Glad the sun is out today.

well, for one thing, Young people never wear their coats anyway...so why should they care about the weather?

On the other hand older people are wiser and wear their coats when it gets colder outside.

This thread has me laughing. I miss the old Letsrun when these threads were the norm, not just a fleeting anomaly.

Colder temps are on the way i hear....

have loved the weather since I was a young buck

Look in the Mirror - that is the POD, Ha ha.

Young people actually should care more about the weather. It's hard to predict the job market in a future that changes so rapidly, but a need for meteorologists will persist.

Look in the mirror wrote:

As an old person, I can tell you that, 1) I'm not interested in the topics that interest you, and 2) I talk about the weather because I want to be polite to you.

You have been thoroughly brainwashed and indoctrinated, and expect everyone to share your simplistic, mass world view.

Watch the end of Hitchcock's "The Birds." I talk about the weather with you with a goal similar to that of the film's protagonists who very quietly open the garage door, get into the car, and drive away.

You actually expect that I would want to talk about your tattoos, body piercings, "music," secular religions/liberal mass causes, jelly bean cars, which chain store most represents your inner authentic self, etc, etc, etc???

Glad the sun is out today.

Your stereotypes are somewhat misleading, however, mine could also be the same. I will say that an old person being nice to me about this could be expected. What I am harping on is that they(you) won't shut the hell up and let me get on with my day when they/I bring up the weather topic.

Ok, ok, you might say that, "well you brought it up." So I did, but lets make it brief, please.

They are striking up a conversation with you. Otherwise you would sit there all sullen, hypnotized by the latest disposable piece of consumer electronic garbage plugged into your ears, and entranced by nicely arranged electrons transmitted by your pseudo friend on the other end which reads "OMG OMG OMG U R my BFF". What you don't realize is that old guy is throwing you a lifeline, in an attempt to rescue you from your shallow electronic existence.

I am an old person. When I get together with my fellows our conversation is seeded with many interesting topics. When I am forced to talk to a young dweeb, the only topic I can think of which is accessible to the undeveloped brain is the weather. Perhaps you could suggest something else?

Dude, that was cold - but dead on.

Rough Rider wrote:

They are striking up a conversation with you. Otherwise you would sit there all sullen, hypnotized by the latest disposable piece of consumer electronic garbage plugged into your ears, and entranced by nicely arranged electrons transmitted by your pseudo friend on the other end which reads "OMG OMG OMG U R my BFF". What you don't realize is that old guy is throwing you a lifeline, in an attempt to rescue you from your shallow electronic existence.

I am not old yet but cool weather has always affected me a great deal. I seldom drive but spend much of my time out of doors. As soon as the temperature gets down into the low 50s, I competely tighten up and my achilles tendons begin to hurt and swell. It then takes me most of the summer to get them under control again. I have to watchout for other injuries too. This happens every year. Many of my friends are old (77 and over). When we meet each Sunday we seldom say a lot about the weather other than "Great weather!" or "Isn't the weather lousy?). There are so many other topics to cover and so much has happened and is happening now. This Sunday, I will try to remember to ask my friends if the weather has much effect on them. It really does affect me!

OMG OMG LOL LOL :)

Freakin' hilarious, and spot on.

Rough Rider wrote:

They are striking up a conversation with you. Otherwise you would sit there all sullen, hypnotized by the latest disposable piece of consumer electronic garbage plugged into your ears, and entranced by nicely arranged electrons transmitted by your pseudo friend on the other end which reads "OMG OMG OMG U R my BFF". What you don't realize is that old guy is throwing you a lifeline, in an attempt to rescue you from your shallow electronic existence.

Nice stereotype. Most stereotypes are true, however there are exceptions. I see young people my age who can't walk anywhere without their phone or some other electronic device in hand. It sickens me how dependant they are on a battery powered machine. If I had it my way, I would not have a phone at all.

I work with a majority of 40-60 yr old people. It's not always the younger crowd that is digitally distracted. Some of the older folks are the worst. Many of these old farts get crackberrys for the first time and are totally entranced. Anytime those things buzz or ring they are on them like stink on shit, no matter who they are engaging with.

By the way, don't knock the digital age. More and more older people are missing out on jobs because they cannot comprehend simple computer applications. There are several people where I work that still do not know how to send an e-mail. The world(business) is changing. There are faster and more efficient ways of getting work done with the help of technology. If you don't adapt, you'll be left behind.

goeser wrote:

I am an old person. When I get together with my fellows our conversation is seeded with many interesting topics. When I am forced to talk to a young dweeb, the only topic I can think of which is accessible to the undeveloped brain is the weather. Perhaps you could suggest something else?

I'm a young person. Lets see:

Sports, women, cars, money, business, investments, vacation locations, local politics, animals, dessert foods, rock collecting, music, etc....

But nooooooooo....you want to talk about the weather.

die already - We can't discuss those topics because after one sentence you youngsters are embarrassingly in over your heads. So it's back to the weather just to keep from making you look stupid. Get it? Didn'tthink so. Next post I'll try and spell it out for you in simple, under five letter words.