A truly civilized society respects elders...

kb · Post by kb » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:30 am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051114/hl_ ... e_pub_dc_1

glands · Post by **glands** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:53 am

I thought the McDonalds on Vanderbilt Hospital property was hypocrisy. This one takes the cake!

dwinterfield · Post by **dwinterfield** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:05 am

Years ago I would spend frequent evenings is a bar that had Happy Hour from 7-9am every day. A shot and a short beer for $1. Many of the early morning patrons were elderly. Maybe it's not the same.

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 10:17 am

It seems like a great idea to me. I don't drink but if I did and I were in a nursing home, unable to get out, I would be really happy to have a pub. I wouldn't expect to get the drinks for free, so its being a money-making operation wouldn't bother me if they charge the same as on the outside. The hours are 11AM to 9PM, that seems about right. I don't think they are going to let people harm themselves. And if it makes it more attractive for visitors to come, all the better. This idea, to me, seems more like stopping off at your local for a pint on the way home from work rather than going out and getting bombed on the weekend.

Jan Erik · Post by **Jan Erik** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:33 am

Wrong forum.

daveboling · Post by **daveboling** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:38 pm

And here it was that I thought we would get some more information on elder reeds!!

Just so that Joseph dosen't boot this thread to a less-worthy page, does anyone have some spare elder for drones, or larger pieces for chanter reeds that I might get my hands on? My pair of trees are at least five years from producing usable quills, or pieces large enough to carve reeds from.

As for the McDonald's on Vanderbilt-hallowed soil; I thought they would at least put in a Subway (US sandwich shop chain, owned by a group of M.D.'s I believe )

dave boling

Jan Erik · Post by **Jan Erik** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:31 pm

Has anyone tried the VOOM HD channels on Dish Network?

Jan Erik · Post by **Jan Erik** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:33 pm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 104339.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/200 ... over_x.htm

Somehow, these two seem more worthy of righteous indignation.

Lambchop · Post by **Lambchop** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:02 pm

What in God's name could possibly be so bad about a pint and some socialization!

You know, when you're old and sitting in your own poop in a wheelchair, you'll re-think your negativity.

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:15 pm

I think a pub in a nursing home is a wonderful idea!

And I think the concept implies a great respect for elders:

Just becaue you're old and can't get around on your own doesn't mean you're less human, or less adult, than you once were.

Anything to brighten up their lives is a Good Thing!

--James

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:20 pm

Some years ago, I worked for the Sisters of Mercy at a medical center in Ohio. Almost every evening, we had regular “unofficial” deliveries of pizza and beer to the floors that took care of the elderly patients. The good sisters had it right, why deny these folks a little pleasure in their last days?

By the way, the good Sisters would not turn away the delivery of some Pizza and a couple of six packs of beer to their convent on the hospital campus if someone were to send it either. This seemed to happen at a regular weekly interval. I must confess that I was one of those “heathens” that had a hand in this.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:32 pm

I think it could be rather charming.

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:40 pm

Last drinks now please...

Slan,
D.

peteinmn · Post by **peteinmn** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:31 pm

dubhlinn wrote:Last drinks now please...

Slan,
D.

I hope that when my time comes, one of my mates will have the grace to hand me a cup of my favorite beverage and softly sing the Parting Glass with me.

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 9:45 pm

peteinmn wrote:
dubhlinn wrote:Last drinks now please...

Slan,
D.
I hope that when my time comes, one of my mates will have the grace to hand me a cup of my favorite beverage and softly sing the Parting Glass with me.

I hope some piper will come and visit me. We'd play a few tunes together, then I would produce a bottle or two of Jamie 1780 (smuggled in by friends and relatives), and we'd proceed to get plowed, all the while playing The Pure Drop.