So supermarkets the new hot spot for the 50+ crowd (house, buy)

[chattyneighbor]

So I thought it was Starbucks but I guess that's so000 yesterday - was wondering where the 50+ go to meet other 50+ people or just hang out alone on a Saturday Afternoon or Eve & I guess I found it - the supermarkets. Now they have these cafes in the supermarket with WiFI so you can bring your device and buy a snack & they're all sitting sipping and computing on a Saturday night. Cool.

Where else are they going? Game night at the libraries is during the week & they close early weekends-

[ovi8]

Bowling alleys.

[ChalkItUp]

You sound jealous chatty.

[chattyneighbor]

Originally Posted by ovi8

Bowling alleys.

Ahhh - perhaps they have a senior citizens bowling league. Come to think of it - I think the widow and widowers club does. I recall once one of my kids was hired to shoot a party at a bowling alley for them - their wild and crazy bowling bash.

[monstermagnet]

Online.

[lubby]

I'm 4 years away from the 50+ crowd and I would not hang out in a supermarket café to meet anyone. But that's just me. most of the 50+ that I know especially my 2 BIL's they are most likely snoozing on the couch with some sports or car show on TV. LOL. Maybe I am getting too old but my days of hanging out past 9pm are long gone. Yes it's ok to laugh because I find it funny too. If I do go out with friends or BIL and wives, it's usually to a diner or dinner at their house or mine It usually breaks up around midnight with me trying to stay awake. I feel like a looser at times. What happened to the days of going out at 11pm and coming home at 4am?

[James1202]

Originally Posted by lubby

What happened to the days of going out at 11pm and coming home at 4am?

I did this once in my life. To see the Rocky Horror Picture Show at Uptown Theater in Minneapolis in the 1980's. Still not sure what to think of that!

[NYTom]

Originally Posted by lubby

Have you heard of anyone going out dancing or to have a drink in the morning .

LOL, I think maybe at the senior citizens centers.

[thebobs]

Originally Posted by chattyneighbor

Ahhh - perhaps they have a senior citizens bowling league. Come to think of it - I think the widow and widowers club does. I recall once one of my kids was hired to shoot a party at a bowling alley for them - their wild and crazy bowling bash.

Supermarkets are better bowling alleys for seniors because the head of iceberg lettuce used as a ball is lighter. The boxes of Ronzoni spaghetti make great pins, not much effort to knock them down. Take the grandkids to work as a ball returner. Shelves act as a "gutter" so if the lettuce hits the shelves, its a gutter ball. Plenty of beer and wine to go around, cookies, crackers, etc... all available.

Grandkids also act as a blame measure for when the store workers come to investigate.

[martinx]

Supermarkets are like the Zoo; the food costs so much that you just go there to see the food; like the animals at the Zoo you cannot take the food home.