It's meant to be humorous, though to cover myself (in case I say anything I shouldn't), it's written by someone who's not very real at all (apart from the bits I don't deny on my 'About the author' page.

Moonbeam McQueen

I have certainly read one or two good ones. But please teeny bloggers, learn how to write, use paragraphs, think about your headline and your intro, consider crossheads and pix, write an about me page, don't just keep the 'just another wordpress blog' subtitle and try for something interesting rather than I just rolled out of bed today.

Oh. Drat. Wrong thread. Should have posted on the teeny thread, just wanted a bit of empathy after reading another BAF badly written teen blog.

:D

@jessielansdel
Not only black and white, but crackly too! And it didn't matter if it was sunny or snowy, we had to walk five miles to school! In our bare feet! On unpaved roads! With lots of brambles! The good ol' days, dammit!

http://luddyslens.wordpress.com/

Know the feeling in your last paragraph. I am OLDER than our leader of the opposition - and he is someone straight out of the 50s - heaven help us all if he ever gets into power!

Have to say what I don't want is an endless diet of make-up, fashion, pop music, films, and text speak. But nor is that limited to teens.

Interesting not many 50+ year olds wanting to play on here ..... All too busy with their grandkids I guess (I never thought of myself as grandparent age :D)

I've come across blogs that overtly indicate in blog posts that blogger is over 50 or the whole blog's name is baby boomer. But I actually don't like talking much in my blogs about being a child of the baby boomer because it assumes there's a particular status associated with being a baby boomer (ie. living as a child through the global political- social revolution of the 1960's-erly 1970s.)

There's overfocus on blaming boomers these days for impeding tax crisis, health care crisis because Western countries' birth rates are declining and placing extra pressures on next generations. Some of it may be real while in other situations, I am not personally responsible for overspending habits of other people.

Maybe 50+ bloggers, are also still dealing with adult children living at home. I know several who are.

However there is alot to blog about because 50+ can compare:
*pre-Internet life vs. in-the-now Internet life, pre-fax life vs. who-uses-fax-anymore
*pre-credit ownership by teens life vs. now nearly every older teen seems to have a credit card(!)

But, hey someone can blog about that.

And yea, roughseas, I don't have arthritis yet. Yesterday I discovered that I am as old as....our Prime Minister of Canada. Good grief. I seriously cannot relate to a stodgy guy like him.

Your english is good, Thanks :) I think you're the only one to think so. :)

Thanks for your compliment about my blog. I also like that post about Resolution day. Yes I need to update it and I'll do it soon. BTW I used that word many times and no one argue me to correct it before you. Thanks!

Your english is good, no worries there.

I like your joint blog btw, maybe you should update it. Found the post about the Resolution very interesting.

@maidie - interesting suggested perspective. In my case I have no grandchildren (impossible as have no children), no arthritis - yet - touchwood, retirement is unlikely as the pension age keeps ever-increasing - work till you drop, and I try and avoid nasty music as I prefer peace and tranquility.

Interesting idea though - how do people view today's 50-year olds? Or even 60-year-olds?

@ hnsaifi - that was a lovely comment, but I personally am not remotely loving (even if the others on this thread are). Just to prove I am not, I should like to point out I am not a guy, I doubt anyone else on here is. Wait! Holds hand up before you tell me it is an acceptable gender neutral term for men and women. It isn't. OK, lecture over.

Next, interestingly, I do read a couple of 'teenage' blogs. That's because they write well, take interesting photos, and have a variety of topics to write about. To me that is the criteria of a decent blog, regardless of age.

Have to say what I don't want is an endless diet of make-up, fashion, pop music, films, and text speak. But nor is that limited to teens.

Interesting not many 50+ year olds wanting to play on here ..... All too busy with their grandkids I guess (I never thought of myself as grandparent age :D)

My taste in music now crosses many genres; from Metal to Renaissance and Medieval music, Dead Can Dance to Arvo Pàrt. Marvellous.

*looking after grandchildren
*complaining about our arthritis (disease hits younger people too)
*talking about what to do for retirement
etc.
*listening to only the Beach Boys, Beatles, Bob Dylan,etc.

Doesn't mean we might still do some of this stuff ..or some of us it just doesn't apply for us.

Stop by and read The Book excerpts to see if you are interested. :)