Benjamin Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 a maze of kendo walking sticks and corpulent figures in electronic dodgem cars a secret grey topped army of sharp elbows tongues and eyes that usurp all the bargains a slavish patronizing at the tills and in the cut price restaurant-- the savage amusement of old age Quote
dcmarti1 Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Very Emile Zola, slice of life, and all that. So much imagery here: a secret grey topped army Enjoyed! Quote
dedalus Posted June 12, 2015 Posted June 12, 2015 Wouldn't want to one of them now, would we? A sharp delineation of the elderly as some sort of gang. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim
Benjamin Posted June 13, 2015 Author Posted June 13, 2015 A little wry humour: My wife and I are septuagenarians and she rebukes me whenever I mutter under my breath: "bloody pensioners!" I'd thought of elaborating this to a question of social mobility (but who cares?). These places are usually just far enough out of town to segregate customers; and many of them incorporate small businesses and goods that used to be found in high street shops, that are now in rapid decline. A place to spend the whole day perhaps; whether or not you have a pot to piss in. Quote
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