Wearing suspenders (for carry purposes)

[Bongo Lewi]

You mean AARP hasn't bombarded you with their advertising yet? They have been trying to get me join since I turned 55. ("Silver Sneakers" is one of their bullshit member benefits )

Me, never going to join AARP... they went woke a long time ago, so I've got an ideological difference of opinion to pick with them that precludes membership.

Oh yes. I toss it without even looking at it. I have zero interest in AARP. Possibly the biggest marketing scam ever. They started sending me junk mail too. Now I'm close enough to 60 to smell the BenGay!

I should have guessed something called Silver Sneakers is an AARP boondoggle. Like it's cool to be old. Or it's possible to be a hot grandma. Yea, sure it is. Even Schwarzenegger knows now to leave his shirt on. The lies people tell themselves. And the lies marketers know people desperately want to believe. I go out of my way to stay fit and eat right. Maintaining muscle is a lot harder now than it was in my 40's and younger. Your T-level starts dropping precipitously in your 30's. I was ripped most of my adult life. Now I'm content with a flat belly. No more six pack.

In hard times, when older Eskimos, Yuit and Inuit felt they were a burden they asked their younger relatives to kill them. I have pondered this tradition. Observing his grandmothers struggle with ALZ, my son asked me what my plans are for old age and illness. I told him not to worry. I said, "When they find my sailboat and I'm not in it, you will know I'm gone."

 

[BeerHunter]

You mean AARP hasn't bombarded you with their advertising yet? They have been trying to get me join since I turned 55. ("Silver Sneakers" is one of their bullshit member benefits )

Me, never going to join AARP... they went woke a long time ago, so I've got an ideological difference of opinion to pick with them that precludes membership.

AMAC (the "Association of Mature American Citizens") is a much better option in my opinion because they are very conservative and are the antithesis of the woke crap AARP supports! AMAC's core values are "Faith, Family, and Freedom" and the stated mission of their "AMAC Action" advocacy group is to "support and defend the United States Constitution, freedom, liberty, and the free market!"

 

[Bongo Lewi]

AMAC (the "Association of Mature American Citizens") is a much better option in my opinion because they are very conservative and are the antithesis of the woke crap AARP supports! AMAC's core values are "Faith, Family, and Freedom" and the stated mission of their "AMAC Action" advocacy group is to "support and defend the United States Constitution, freedom, liberty, and the free market!"

I am unwilling to embrace maturity. But I will get there eventually. I'm pretty sure AARP is aimed at selling snake oil to old hippies.

 

[clm2112]

I am unwilling to embrace maturity. But I will get there eventually. I'm pretty sure AARP is aimed at selling snake oil to old hippies.

That's funny.... I picture the leadership of AARP is a bunch of desiccated hippies who are hanging out in old folks homes trying to fleece the residents so they can maintain their drug habits.

 

[Bongo Lewi]

Most of the people in old folks homes these days are hippie age.

My sister, nine years my senior, was a die hard, card carrying, 60's era liberal hippie. I loved her dearly, but her entire life she was out of touch with reality. Like most far left liberals. I knew she was intelligent and had good intentions but lacked a shred of common sense. She really believed that all people can live together in harmony and life can be fair and free of violence if we only join hands and sing.

Sis was horrified by my career choice to abandon engineering and work for The Man - the US Government, who she abhorred. She asked me how I could live with myself working in the belly of the beast and especially the possibility of having to shoot another human being. I told her somebody has to kill the bad guys to keep them from killing the good guys. In time and after certain events transpired I realized one thing she was right about is that there are very few good guys in politics. So I went into the VIP security business. I could make a lot more money and not care if they are good guys or bad guys. Everybody's money is green. In ten years I made enough of it to retire. Am I jaded? Nah. I just don't give a shit. It's very liberating to achieve that level of enlightenment. For the rest of my natural life my ass is permanently un-puckered.

But I digress. I'll conclude by saying that if suspenders work for you, then do it. The only thing I have left to add is ... it's unusual to see suspenders these days. Anything that catches people attention leads to them looking at whatever else you are wearing. If you will pardon the overused term, the true Gray Man always blends in.

 

[clm2112]

Well, two work days done. No comments heard, so they blend in well enough to the issued uniform. My coworkers are a pretty brutal bunch, so if they thought it odd, they would be cracking jokes right off the bat. Going to shop around and see if I can find someone selling a blue similar to the NAPA blue of the shirts.

Meanwhile, it has the side benefit of reminding me when I'm slouching... when the tension comes off the shoulders, my spine is starting to take the shape of a question mark (the counters at work are kinda low, like kitchen countertop height, so I'm finding myself leaning over more and more during the course of the day.)

As to it's basic purpose, yeah it is working. It is transferring the weight off the belt to the shoulders.

 

[brian]

AMAC (the "Association of Mature American Citizens") is a much better option in my opinion because they are very conservative and are the antithesis of the woke crap AARP supports! AMAC's core values are "Faith, Family, and Freedom" and the stated mission of their "AMAC Action" advocacy group is to "support and defend the United States Constitution, freedom, liberty, and the free market!"

AARP has been on my "no-go" radar for a long time. I joined AMAC a few years ago. They've got a pretty good monthly magazine - good articles on a variety of topics.