From: michael.trew@att.net   
      
   On 3/27/2023 16:22, Roger House wrote:   
   > Seemingly, why do senior citizens like the following things?  I'm NOT trying   
   to make fun of them or anything, I'm just genuinely curious about why they   
   like them , if they DO like them.   
   >   
   > 1.)  "Big boat", (as I THINK that I've heard and/or seen them referred to   
   before at times), style 4 door sedan cars.   
   >   
   > 2.)  Eating supper at a time something like 4:00p.m. or 4:30p.m.   
   >   
   > 3.)  Cafeteria restaurants.   
   >   
   > 4.)  Eating breakfast at a fast food restaurant.   
   >   
   > Thank you.   
      
   I'm not a senior citizen -- I'm in my late 20's (youngest on Usenet   
   award???), but I feel compelled to answer anyway.   
      
   I love driving old 60's full-size cars; it's fun (just not for a daily   
   driver -- Gas $$$).  I have more fun cruising in an old "boat" than any   
   modern sport car.  I have a '68 Buick LeSabre in the garage.   
      
   US citizens always adored huge cars.  When government/EPA restrictions   
   phased out "boat" cars, manufacturers started making SUV's classified as   
   "light trucks" to skirt around regulation... now everyone likes big   
   SUV's, instead of big cars.  Same thing, different look/generation.   
      
   Many older folks go to bed earlier, and they also eat earlier.  Besides,   
   it's healthy to eat a larger meal earlier in the day, rather than eat   
   supper at 7 PM and vegetate on the couch until bedtime.   
      
   Eating breakfast at a fast food restaurant, because many small town   
   donut shops and diners from the "old days" that people used to eat at   
   are now gone.  This is/was less for the food, and more for the social   
   interaction.   
      
   Cafeteria food is usually soft and easy to digest?  LOL.  We have a   
   cafeteria like this in town, and I go for old-style "home cooking" every   
   now and again.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)