Plate Economy - Eccentricity and Old Age

[mongers]

All of us are now getting on a bit, some of us are even about to enter old age or retirement, so do you find yourself doing things that might be seen as a bit eccentric?

Me, I've recently adopted sometime I'd call plate economy; had some crumpets for afternoon tea, get home and can only be bothered to make a sandwich, so I'll use the same plate and just occasionally if it was a non-messy sandwiches I might use again to have a piece of cake as pudding! :gasp: 


For a society as a whole, should eccentricity in old age be encouraged or should us 'Olds' shut up and slip off that coil quietly and be bound by conventions?

[garbon]

Meowtf?

[alfred russel]

As a kid I thought Logan's run presented a dystopian society, but I now think of it as utopian.

[Josquius]

Isn't this standard student behaviour?

[PDH]

Homer Simpson

"Marge, please, old people don't need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use."

[mongers]

Isn't this standard student behaviour?

No it's saving the planet, one unused dishcloth at a time.

[Maladict]

Eccentricity in old age seems to be a British specialty, we could use more of that here.
But your example is not setting a high bar 

[Eddie Teach]

When I saw the thread title I expected something about commemorative plates.

[mongers]

When I saw the thread title I expected something about commemorative plates.

Sure we could do that, so Eddie do you have any, maybe a Chuck and Di only lying around?   

[Eddie Teach]

No.