I’m passing this on as I did not want to be the only old fart receiving it… Sigh…
Actually, it’s not a bad thing to be called, as you will see. Old Farts are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the Star Spangled Banner, Old Farts remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.
Old Farts remember World War II, Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War , the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam and the FIRST Gulf War.
If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Fart on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old Farts trust strangers and are courtly to women.
Old Farts hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
Old Farts get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don’t like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
Old Farts have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it’s about their children or grandchildren.
It’s the Old Farts who know our great country is protected, not by politician’s, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.
This country needs Old Farts with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country, decent values, and most of all their faith in God.
We need them now more than ever.
Thank God for Old Farts!
I guess there’s no denying it: I’m in that category, too. But like you said, it’s not a bad thing.
Guess at not yet (a couple more months left) 50, I’m an Old Fart.
Least I have good company.
I call myself a Silverback at work. I’ve actually gotten the other Silverbacks to call themselves that, as well as some of the Lieutenants and Captains. I actually had my Captain tell his Exec at a meeting: “get the Silverback in here,” in reference to me.
I wasn’t offended; it was a compliment.
BZ
Very nice!! And you sir, are indeed, an old fart! These describe you to a “T”! 🙂
Lets hear it for old farts!
All- Thanks for the comments!
Posted from my iPhone.
I’m proud to be an old fart. I don’t know why, but I am proud just the same.
In the Engineering world we’re “The Greybeards”.
And as those who have met me will attest, ’tis true!
OTOH, “Old Fart” suits me just as well….
I’m only 34, but I apparently fit all of these descriptions.
CP- LOL
drjim- That you are sir! 😀
Tango- You’ll get there!!!
You failed to add that some of us old farts are damn good shots with closets full of awards for removing the center of targets or “targets”
“If you bump into an Old Fart on the sidewalk”‘
I hate it when I pass old farts, other people, more so…
Roger- I wasn’t even going down the old man with one gun with the bluing worn off, but that IS true!!! 🙂
Ed- LOL, better old than ‘fresh’…
This fits me. I am sharing.
God bless Old Farts! You are the Gentlemen that make me tear up at ball games, make me smile on sidewalks, make me darn proud to be an American and make me more determined to bring out that spirit in my kids and others. Thank YOU!!!
I like to think I fit this, kind of…. but I never liked the term, just the men that fell into that category . Good description of many of my few friends, but like I said – I would never use the term to describe them. Must be a better word somewhere. Greybeards works, seems the UN doesn’t want men over 55 to have firearms – so they must fear the feeble ol’ fools, who would have thought?
Fuzzy- Feel Free! 🙂
Just ma- Thank you!
Wmearl- Greybeard/Silverback or a term of your choice, but we’re all the same, and yeah, give US guns again and we’d end stuff real quickly…
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