On 7/28/2015 3:04 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:54:06 AM UTC-10, Sal Paradise wrote:
>> On 7/28/2015 2:47 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:22:39 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 12:43:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 9:29:34 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>>>>>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
>>>>>> ...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I only tried it once but didn't like the chicken. Odd that. I only
>>>>>>>> tried
>>>>>>>> Macdonalds once as well and I didn't like that either.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Somebody's eating that chicken on your island. Well, at least in the part
>>>>>>> I was in - I never got to go to Scotland. Shocking as it may seem, the KFC
>>>>>>> density was greater in London that in Honolulu. The times I spotted a KFC
>>>>>>> was incomprehensible. I thought you guys only ate fishes and mammals.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They are popular everywhere here, but I can't believe I am the only one who
>>>>>> doesn't like it. If you come up to Scotland you will see just the same in
>>>>>> towns and cities.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The thing about McDonald's is that one does not go there to savor the
>>>>>>> food. We go there because we're damn hungry, don't want to spend a lot of
>>>>>>> dough, and we need food fast. We lack the time and energy to seek out
>>>>>>> something even a little better. It fits our immediate requirements for
>>>>>>> someplace reliable and predictable.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey you don't need to give your excuses to me ... ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually, I'm surprised you've never eaten at a McDonald's before - after
>>>>>>> all, you live in Scotland. Hee hee.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I 'have' eaten at a McDonalds (once) and I said so! A friend was passing
>>>>>> through and I said I would make dinner, but he said he didn't have much time
>>>>>> so why didn't we go to McDonalds! We did and I have recounted in the past
>>>>>> what I found there
)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Once was enough!
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What I meant was that I was surprised that you never went to McDonald's before that one time you did go. Well, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Hee hee.
>>>>>
>>>>> My guess is that McDonald's is favored by parents with young kids and teenagers. It's a restaurant they can go to and not get dirty looks from the other people eating there. Interestingly, elderly people consider it to be a place to meet their friends in the morning. It's how the old folks network.
>>>>
>>>> The idea that elderly people go to McDonald's to meet their friends
>>>> sounds very sad to me. Imagine having lived 75 years and not having
>>>> gotten any further than hanging out at McDonald's.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bruce
>>>
>>> It is quite depressing but the old guys seem to be enjoying themselves. Come to think of it, old folks are quite depressing.
>>>
>>
>> Oh come now, they're depressed, but they keep it within their own
>> arthritic chat circles mostly...
>
> I never said old folks were depressed. Mostly I find it depressing to see all the pain they're in and Bruce finds the idea of old folks in McDonalds to be a bummer. A lot of the oldsters seem cheerful beyond all reason.
>
There are both sides of that divide, but statistically most are depressed:
http://www.medicinenet.com/depressio...ly/article.htm
Clinical depression in the elderly is common. Although, that doesn't
mean it's normal. Late-life depression affects about 6 million Americans
age 65 and older. But only 10% receive treatment for depression. The
likely reason is that the elderly often display symptoms of depression
differently. Depression in the elderly is also frequently confused with
the effects of multiple illnesses and the medicines used to treat them.