I ordered off the senior menu

[Rain Man]

I'm in a Perkins while on the road, and I'm watching my calories. They have a 55+ menu that is the same food with a better calorie count, and I ordered my meal from it. It's the first senior discount I've ever received and the first senior meal I've ever ordered.

How did this happen to me?

[chinaski]

How did this happen to me?

Multiple rotations and revolutions of the Earth around the Sun.

[shitgoose]

It's past 7. Better get to bed grandpa.

[Baby Lee]

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[Rain Man]

Even though I was hungry, I intentionally waited until after 6:00 to go to the Perkins. I just want to add that.

[seclark]

I known you a long time.
You sold out.
Did you get gravy?
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[Rain Man]

I known you a long time.
You sold out.
Did you get gravy?
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I don't think my doctor wants me to eat gravy any more.

[seclark]

I don't think my doctor wants me to eat gravy any more.

Don’t go to the doc
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[BryanBusby]

Time to get a bright red sports car and have a midlife crisis and become a monk

[Jerok]

Better calories count, as in more calories per dollar, or less calories per dollar?

[eDave]

Did you get your AARP discount as well?

[Baby Lee]

Time to get a bright red sports car and have a midlife crisis and become a monk

Is apricot a shade of red?

[FlaChief58]

Their breakfast potatoes are awesome!

[Hammock Parties]

I ate at Perkins probably 20 times at River Falls in training camp 07 and 08

Best restaurant in town.

Good times.

[seclark]

Is apricot a shade of red?

Watered down
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[BryanBusby]

Is apricot a shade of red?
Not quite the shade of red necessary for a midlife crisis.

[Graystoke]

I wouldn't believe your Doctor. In my experience old guys need to start stacking and saving their calories.
Did you have pie?

[FlaChief58]

Don't be ashamed to take the discount. I'm not quite there yet, but I take full advantage of my military discount and will do the same with the senior discount in 4 years when I'm eligible

[seclark]

Perkins, ihop, Denny’s cracker fuckin barrel.
All the same.
Take your coupon and your money.
And give you the shits.
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[MahiMike]

I'm in a Perkins while on the road, and I'm watching my calories. They have a 55+ menu that is the same food with a better calorie count, and I ordered my meal from it. It's the first senior discount I've ever received and the first senior meal I've ever ordered.

How did this happen to me?

Did they card you?

[Sorce]

One of the movie theaters around here used to have kiosks where you could buy tickets. I would always pick that even though I was nowhere close. In my eyes senior discounts are bullshit. You grew up in a time where you could go to college and pay for it working part time at a gas station now you get discounts on stuff...

[Pablo]

Not quite the shade of red necessary for a midlife crisis.

Yeah, but this is more of a 3/4 life crisis.

[REDHOTGTO]

I don't think my doctor wants me to eat gravy any more.

yup im 55 also, went to doc today, spit it out if it tastes good at all, slow way down on da beer etc etc
heres an old funny saying with a lot of truth

lifes like a roll of toilet paper
the closer you are to the end
the faster it spins !

so much truth it hurts

[Flying High D]

Don't be ashamed to take the discount. I'm not quite there yet, but I take full advantage of my military discount and will do the same with the senior discount in 4 years when I'm eligible

Opportunity for improvement in the area of being resourceful for you. You can get the senior discount and the military discount. Ain’t nobody can check if your old enough for a senior discount. If you say you’re old they aren’t going to make you verify. That would be disrespectful to the elderly.

[Flying High D]

Did they card you?

If they do you can sue them for age discrimination.

[seclark]

Lotsa old bastards up here
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[Flying High D]

Join ePerkins club and get 20% discount. Winning

[lewdog]

I fucking love Perkins!

[Flying High D]

I fucking love Perkins!

There’s some righteous dudes that go to Perkins. And yes I let them know it too.

[Sorce]

There’s some righteous dudes that go to Perkins. And yes I let them know it too.

https://i.imgur.com/EtVv3Bk.jpg

[stevieray]

Dammit! I've missed out on two years of discounts?

:cuss:

[Kman34]

I had an answer to your question but I can't remember what it was...

[mlyonsd]

Where's the I'm eligible but too old to remember to use them option.

Poll fail.

[lewdog]

What did you order?

[Zebedee DuBois]

I forget to ask for the discount. Some places start discounts at 55, some at 60, some 62, and some at 65. I did not qualify for $2 off the haircut I had today - but they still cleaned up my hairy ears.
I need to be more diligent in asking, but I forget.
I want to buy some ginkgo biloba, but the pharmacy is the last thing I go through at the grocery store, and by then I've forgotten.

[stumppy]

The first time I received a senior discount was only a year or so ago. I was reaching for my wallet as the cashier told me the total, then she looked up and said "Oh, forgot the senior discount", which she then deducted from the total. I'd never asked for one before, and didn't then. I froze, squinting my eyes a bit with one of those 'Whaaaaat' looks. She seen my expression and tried to recover with "Oh, I'm sorry" I was still a bit stunned but managed to get out "Yes, I'm old enough for the damn thing". I couldn't tell you what happened the rest of that day, I was a bit lost in the realization the I was a fucking senior citizen. What bothered me the most was I didn't even ask for the damn thing.

[Rain Man]

What did you order?

The two-egg omelette with pancakes. It was the perfect size for an old person like me who can't eat very much. It was pretty good. It tasted a lot like the omelettes and pancakes that I used to eat when I was young.

[Rain Man]

Did they card you?

The waiter didn't blink an eye. He almost seemed to expect it. Which is depressing.

I wouldn't believe your Doctor. In my experience old guys need to start stacking and saving their calories.
Did you have pie?

I wanted pie so bad. They had lemon meringue. Maybe I'll go back tomorrow.

Did you get your AARP discount as well?

Wait, what? I can do both?

Better calories count, as in more calories per dollar, or less calories per dollar?

I need to calculate that out. It's probably about the same. It had smaller portions at smaller prices for people like me who are shrinking due to 56 years of spinal column compression.

[threebag]

Enjoy the added fiber.

[srvy]

The two-egg omelette with pancakes. It was the perfect size for an old person like me who can't eat very much. It was pretty good. It tasted a lot like the omelettes and pancakes that I used to eat when I was young.

If its like my Perkins you were the youngest senior in the joint. I like Perkins but its hard to get around all the walkers and canes.

[Monkey God]

First one I got was at HyVee...wasn't old enough...they didn't ask, but I guess they assumed because of the gray in my beard. 10% off is 10% off...Thanks HyVee!!!

[Flying High D]

Why does everybody talk so loud in there? Or is it just the acoustics?

[FlaChief58]

Why does everybody talk so loud in there? Or is it just the acoustics?

Adjust the volume in your hearing aids grandpa

[stevieray]

Why does everybody talk so loud in there? Or is it just the acoustics?

eh? WHAT?

[KChiefs1]

https://twitter.com/jesuschrysler15/status/1157301389544046592?s=21

[FlaChief58]

https://twitter.com/jesuschrysler15/status/1157301389544046592?s=21

ROFL ROFL ROFL

[displacedinMN]

Have you started calling batteries--battries yet?

[displacedinMN]

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[Flying High D]

Senior menu items are smaller servings.

[Randallflagg]

I have no problem whatsoever using the Senior discount, as well as the Veteran discount.

[Easy 6]

It's past 7. Better get to bed grandpa.

ROFL aaand thread/

[GloryDayz]

I'm in a Perkins while on the road, and I'm watching my calories. They have a 55+ menu that is the same food with a better calorie count, and I ordered my meal from it. It's the first senior discount I've ever received and the first senior meal I've ever ordered.

How did this happen to me?Stayed away from Walmart...

[Naptown Chief]

Don't you worry about slipping and breaking your hips while out in public, or do you have tennis balls on your walkers?

[Naptown Chief]

Do your children keep you on a baby leash so you don't wander off?

They leave breadcrumbs?

I'm just curious how the senile mind works

[Naptown Chief]

Don't you worry about slipping and breaking your hips while out in public, or do you have tennis balls on your walkers?

Very rude of me to assume you were on a walker.. Could be a cane or even an electric wheelchair by now

[kysirsoze]

I'm surprised Perkins has an under 55 menu. Maybe a 55 and over menu and a 15 and under, just to cover their bases.

[-King-]

I've never been to a Perkins or even thought about going to one but reading this thread, it me happy to know they treat you elderly so well.

[Baby Lee]

I've never been to a Perkins or even thought about going to one but reading this thread, it me happy to know they treat you elderly so well.

Haven't been to Perkins in forever, probably around HS, but it's pretty comparable with most of the homestyle sitdown restaurants with an emphasis on breakfast.

Better than Dennys
Less crowded/bustling than IHOP
Most comparable with Tippins, because both also have some renown for pies and desserts.

But they could never stay in business anywhere around wherever I was. Last one I saw operating was the one off Main in Grandview and it's been closed forever.

[jerryaldini]

ROFL aaand thread/

No no, must wait til after weather report. Fascinated with weather.

[Easy 6]

Do you have dinner at 3pm?

[DeepPurple]

What's nice is going to the fast food restaurants and asking for a senior drink. Taco Bell use to be free, most places charge anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar. Bob Evans has a 55+ section on their menu, but I think it's really just smaller portions for a smaller price.

I started playing golf again when I turned 59 and I found most golf courses where lived gave a nice discount. Where I live now, everyone is a senior, so it's no big deal.

[Randallflagg]

Do you have dinner at 3pm?


About 5 years ago, we invited the kids over for a Friday night dinner - told them to show up around 4-4:30 and we'd shoot the shit for a while.

Wife's idea - she sat the table and took the night's before leftovers and made it up to look like dinner was on the table. Well, the kids arrived about 4PM and there we were, sitting at the table and telling them, "C'mon sit down! Don't want dinner to get cold"..........

The looks on their faces was priceless....they still give us shit about it to this day. ROFL

[Rain Man]

Do you have dinner at 3pm?

I had to eat early because the Matlock reruns start at 5:00.

[Naptown Chief]

I had to eat early because the Matlock reruns start at 5:00.

Is that before or after Murder She Wrote?

[displacedinMN]

On Saturday nights...Do you watch Lawrence Welk at 6pm?

[FlaChief58]

On Saturday nights...Do you watch Lawrence Welk at 6pm?

No no no, welk comes on after antiques road show. You whippersnappers have a lot to learn!

[jerryaldini]

Consumer cellular? Granpad? Onstar?

[DeepPurple]

On Saturday nights...Do you watch Lawrence Welk at 6pm?

When I was 18, I got a summer job as an elevator operator at a 7 story hotel. The old style with a cage door you had to look through to see the floor numbers and a handle to go up and down.

It was in downtown St. Petersburg and everyone lived there fulltime, no one checked in and no one checked out unless they were carried out. Every evening they would all come down to watch Lawrence Welk together in the lobby. Afterwards they would all have to go up to their rooms, and that was the end of the evening for me. This is it.

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[Naptown Chief]

When I was 18, I got a summer job as an elevator operator at a 7 story hotel. The old style with a cage door you had to look through to see the floor numbers and a handle to go up and down.

It was in downtown St. Petersburg and everyone lived there fulltime, no one checked in and no one checked out unless they were carried out. Every evening they would all come down to watch Lawrence Welk together in the lobby. Afterwards they would all have to go up to their rooms, and that was the end of the evening for me. This is it.

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Jesus. Was this before or after the prohibition?

[Rain Man]

When I was 18, I got a summer job as an elevator operator at a 7 story hotel. The old style with a cage door you had to look through to see the floor numbers and a handle to go up and down.

It was in downtown St. Petersburg and everyone lived there fulltime, no one checked in and no one checked out unless they were carried out. Every evening they would all come down to watch Lawrence Welk together in the lobby. Afterwards they would all have to go up to their rooms, and that was the end of the evening for me. This is it.

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That sounds like a more active social life than I have now. Sign me up!

[Flying High D]

When I was 18, I got a summer job as an elevator operator at a 7 story hotel. The old style with a cage door you had to look through to see the floor numbers and a handle to go up and down.

It was in downtown St. Petersburg and everyone lived there fulltime, no one checked in and no one checked out unless they were carried out. Every evening they would all come down to watch Lawrence Welk together in the lobby. Afterwards they would all have to go up to their rooms, and that was the end of the evening for me. This is it.

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They probably just did it for the elevator ride.

[displacedinMN]

No no no, welk comes on after antiques road show. You whippersnappers have a lot to learn!

Iowa Public Television used to play Welk at 6pm on Saturday nights. One of the few shows my Grandmother NEVER MISSED. This was 40 years ago. I thought there were reruns on Metv or AntennaTV somewhere.

[FlaChief58]

Iowa Public Television used to play Welk at 6pm on Saturday nights. One of the few shows my Grandmother NEVER MISSED. This was 40 years ago. I thought there were reruns on Metv or AntennaTV somewhere.

It was the same in KS. We had 3 channels that came in pretty clear so PBS was a staple in our house

[Easy 6]

About 5 years ago, we invited the kids over for a Friday night dinner - told them to show up around 4-4:30 and we'd shoot the shit for a while.

Wife's idea - she sat the table and took the night's before leftovers and made it up to look like dinner was on the table. Well, the kids arrived about 4PM and there we were, sitting at the table and telling them, "C'mon sit down! Don't want dinner to get cold"..........

The looks on their faces was priceless....they still give us shit about it to this day. ROFL

I had to eat early because the Matlock reruns start at 5:00.

ROFL

[Baby Lee]

Iowa Public Television used to play Welk at 6pm on Saturday nights. One of the few shows my Grandmother NEVER MISSED. This was 40 years ago. I thought there were reruns on Metv or AntennaTV somewhere.

It was the same in KS. We had 3 channels that came in pretty clear so PBS was a staple in our house

My grandma pioneered the 'celebrity hall pass' for Tom Netherton. Way back in the day we even got her VIP passes for when he came through in concert. Got a signed picture together and a kiss on the cheek.

;)

[Rain Man]

Iowa Public Television used to play Welk at 6pm on Saturday nights. One of the few shows my Grandmother NEVER MISSED. This was 40 years ago. I thought there were reruns on Metv or AntennaTV somewhere.

I watch for their gospel spirituals like "One Toke Over The Line".

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