Thursday, August 25, 2005

And now, from the "So much for retirement being peaceful" files and Yahoo! News...


Sudiegirl sez: Every time I come across an article like this, it makes me squirm in my seat. Is this what being old has come to? Fighting over deck chairs? I mean, isn't there more to the twilight years than arguing over woven pieces of vinyl straps bolted to a wooden or aluminum frame? My god, people...get a grip, rent one, borrow one from a neighbor...there is so much more to life than that! And as soon as I figure out what that is, I'll get back to you. In the meantime, "Read on, MacDuff!"


Retiree attacks woman over poolside chair
Wed Aug 24,11:12 AM ET

BERLIN (Reuters) - An elderly German grew so attached to a poolside deckchair that he attacked a woman who moved his towel to another lounger, police said Tuesday. (Too much coffee, pal?)

When the 76-year-old pensioner returned to his favorite spot at a pool in the central town of Bad Endbach, he was enraged to find the woman, 29, had moved his towel to an unoccupied lounger so she could lie down next to her mother. (Ach du lieber! That's grounds for throwin' a big ol' hissy, is it not?)

The other chair was just the same "but he didn't want to use that one," said a police spokesman in nearby Marburg. (And HOW OLD are we? Three? What the heck's the difference? Did he pee on the other one to mark it?)


When abusive language failed to shift the woman, the furious senior citizen got physical. "He tipped the chair over and her with it," the spokesman said. "She couldn't believe he went so far over such a trifle." (That's it...no more Metamucil for you, guy! Makes ya cranky...)

Sudiegirl's final opinion?

This is not rare, unfortunately. I've seen older people throw the biggest wall-eyed fits about things as small as this. IN CHURCH, no less. What's the point? You know, no matter how old you are, life doesn't owe you much of anything. It's a heck of a lot easier to just work with the situation and find another damned deck chair. Get over it, Grandpa...

Sudiegirl the not-likely-to-win-an-AARP-Award with this entry...