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Mystery Man Blog
Tuesday, 24 April 2007

Mood:  lazy
No updates because I've either got nothing to say (not very likely) or I'm busy on some covert mission and tapping away on a laptop while you're trying to pilot a helicopter is not a good idea.
Hopefully I'll be able to reveal all soon.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 9:02 PM CDT
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Sunday, 22 April 2007
News Of The World
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Ugly Betty
Well my Sunday routine is as per usual. I'm thinking of mixing it up a bit and maybe cycling into an Arab part of town for a bit of added excitement. Maybe I'd even chuck a few stale Bagels at the old towelheads, that'd really wind them up.
Got to keep it short as I got a call from the DTM and he tells me I can go on the early shift for the rest of the week. That and the fact I've got to put the mongs work at Tescos right means I don't have time to type too much. Besides the world seems pretty quiet at the moment so I don't think I'll be summoning the helicopter any time soon.
I'm just digging round the living room for my Israeli Army pocket knife as I've got some trolley repair work to do, and Tescos won't give me any tools. I don't know why everyone goes on about the shitty Swiss Army knives, the Israeli ones are much more use as they have a fold out telescopic and an uzi shoved into the end.
Anyway, just got time to nip down B&Q and buy myself a personal hi-vi so I don't have to wash mong dribble off of it.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 10:13 AM CDT
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Saturday, 21 April 2007
Call Me Irresponsible
Mood:  cool
Now Playing: Connect 4
Well Saturdays get a bit same old, same old. Dig out the frayed black suit, unironed white shirt, shoulder holster containing my weapon of the day, and then don my Kevlar skull cap and hop on the bike down to the Synagogue.
The ride down there reminds me of the time I won the King Of The Mountains in the Tour of Bognor all those years ago, and it's even more realistic since the council put down those speed humps, although when you go over those you don't really need to stuff newspapers up your shirt like those guys in the Tour De France. I do though, it gives me a chance to get rid of them without putting them in my bins. I'm just getting ready for when the council starts charging for rubbish by weight. My costs will be pretty low.
Still one thing about riding the bike, it's easier to get parked at the Synagogue these days, especially since some c*nt started parking a bus there. Takes up a huge chunk of the place, and as I walk pass it I notice the passengers are none too happy either. Still it's convenient for my window cleaner mate, as I notice his ladders shoved in the area where kids prams are meant to go.
Stroll into the Synagogue with a knowing glance toward the Russian security on the door who I can tell were former KGB by the cut of their suits. Listen to Goldberg ramble on for a while about some old bullshit, then it's all over and I can get back to my house and monitor the airwaves for any impending international crisis. You lot probably think that International Rescue were the first ones to do that. Well let me tell you, they nicked the idea from me, I've never been able to sue them yet as all my letters to Tracey Island are always returned as Address Unknown. I will admit they must have one hell of a security operation to be able to pull off a stunt like that.
Anyway enough for now, sounds like The Archers are about to start up...always an interesting show that...you'll never believe how many coded messages are contained in it.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 9:15 AM CDT
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Friday, 20 April 2007
Flushed with success
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
OK, not much to say this morning which I know some of you lot won't believe but it's the gospel truth.
Looks like I stirred up some more shit by moaning about the mongs at Tescos again. Even had some guy tell me that he could provide special rubber tools so the stupid bastards won't hurt themselves. Well tough, my TWAT position is all mine and I won't share it with anybody.
It's been a bit of a weird week what with changing shifts after a couple of days and I'd rather have a settled pattern. So before I leave I'm going to see the DTM and ask to be put on the early shift for a while. How am I going to save the world from major disaster if I don't get the messages until I get back to my safe house? By the time I've run the tape back and played them, the event is over. Look at that Chinkie geezer who shot the place up the other day in America. I could have got rid of him with a well placed head shot if I wasn't in bed!
Hopefully I'll get my wish, to be honest the bogs chuck up pretty bad during the day as all the traps are constantly in action. Must be a lot of sick people in this place.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 8:16 AM CDT
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Thursday, 19 April 2007
Don't Know Why
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Yassar Arafat's greatest speeches
Back on days as you all know by now, sorts of limits my time to do anything else, but at least last night I was able to drop into Tescos and do a bit of sorting out. I was quite pleased that the manager there has recognised my talents, and not only do I have the SCUM title, he now wants me to do some maintenance work on the trolleys themselves. It'll be cheaper than sending them away. To that end I now have the additional title of Trolley Wheel Attendant or TWAT.
Good thing about this job is that I don't have to work with the Mongs. They're not allowed anywhere near sharp objects, so it allows me to develop a maintenance plan which is all my own work. I'm basing it on the plan I developed for the Underground Railway system somewhere in London, which as most of you know I spent sometime working undercover on for so many years. Worked well for them...I'm sure Tescos will be pleased with it too. Mind you the manager was a bit taken aback when I asked him to construct a pit in the area where the food arrives, and I want him to spend money on an overhead crane...well these trolleys are heavy...don't want to do my back in.
He's going to think about, but I'm not getting my hopes up. I heard that many times before from management, I remember my plans for a rifle range etc have been turned down by my employers.
Anyway, better get on, smells like the occupant of the next trap has been on the Guinness last night.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 9:30 AM CDT
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Wednesday, 18 April 2007
I Want Money
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: The Flying Lizards
Not much to say today, the DTM changed my shift as expected, and I'm finding it tough to get into the swing of things again. I'm surrounded by loads of f*cking Poles, and while I am a master of languages, I never got round to handling Polish. Now swahili or one of those other mumbo jumbo things I'm pretty fluent in - just ask some of the cleaners - but these Eastern European things are a different matter. For some reason Mossad never bothered with those, and neither did the Kray Twins.
So it's back to the bogs with the grunting and the strange smells and people constantly tripping over the lead I use to plug my top secret communication device into the wall. I'm thinking of asking for a permanent transfer to the early shift, at least I get a bit of peace and quiet there.
Mind you day shift does have its advantages, there are a lot more freaks about to take the piss out of, plus there's the usual bunch of layabouts like the geezer with the variable bad back syndrome, and the dopey c*nt with big ears was trying to slide quietly out of the STD clinic. Looking at his record I see he's been referred to a proctologist as he has a strange object shoved up his arse...probably his brain.
Still we'll see how this week goes before I do anything drastic.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 8:26 AM CDT
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Tuesday, 17 April 2007
All quiet on the West Bank
Mood:  mischievious
Now Playing: Flushed Away
Well no reaction from that SCOPE mob, but I'm ready to deal with anything they throw my way. The shaft of my UZI is all greased up, and the knuckledusters I haven't used since I last went to the pub with Ronnie and Reggie are nicely polished.
I don't expect any trouble though, my reputation as a master debater - I think that's what I've been called - tends to make people shy away from a conflict with me, that and the fact I am deadly when aiming for a head shot.
Not much else to say today, the DTM is going to change my shift for the rest of the week, so no more early morning updates. Pity, I'm getting pretty used to the silence of the toilet cubicles, might find it a bit tough once they get all noisy again, plus someone sitting in the trap next door has a tendency to weaken my signal a little bit.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:01 AM CDT
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Monday, 16 April 2007
I Don't Like Mondays
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Boomtown Rats Greatest Haircuts
Just a short update today because I'm basically a lazy bastard. I think I had a bad Bagel yesterday and I've got the old Delhi Belly, thank god the hospital has an unlimited supply of bog paper.
Still, while I'm getting over my touch of the trots, I figured I'd have time to respond to another e-mail. Some c*nt from an organisation called SCOPE has taken me to task over my description of those cheap trolley pushers used at Tescos when I'm not there. I have no idea why James Bond's sworn enemies have any interest in this, but I guess when you're trying to take over the world it's the small details that matter.

"To whom it may concern

A concerned member of the public has contacted us in relation to some comments they have read on your webpage about young people who suffer from Down's syndrome. They are particularly revolted by your description of the unfortunate individuals involved, and by your opinion that they should be packed off to Iraq.
Having read the opinions I must say I agree with the complaint and request you not make further remarks of this nature.
I believe that an apology is in order and I look forward to reading it on your page in the very near future.

Yours

R. Etard OBE,NASDAQ


Well there is only one response to that...Bollocks! Apology my arse, I didn't get where I am today by grovelling to anyone who wanted an apology. Look at all those f*cking Arabs I dispatched at the airport with a head shot, no way was I going to say sorry to those bastards for nicking their country.
Anyway that sort of e-mail always gets my blood pressure rising, plus I think some more of that Bagel is about to put in an appearance.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:01 AM CDT
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Sunday, 15 April 2007
It's not unusual
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons
Well I spent the rest of yesterday lying down, I'm glad the Tel Aviv hotline didn't ring, not sure I was up to covert operations last night. The phone did ring though, and the DTM is so impressed with the job I've done on the early shift he wants me to do it for a day or two more. No problem, means I get plenty of fag breaks and there are still a few new faces I haven't had the chance to talk to yet. It's strange but they are a bit unfriendly to be honest. Once I've spoken to them for a couple of hours, they always seem too busy to talk to me again.
Anyway as I type this I have a couple of steaming hot Bagels on the go. It's great that the Bagel Bake is back in operation after all the religious bullshit over the last week or so. I could have got some black market Bagels but they just don't taste the same, and besides who knows if they're really kosher.
I did promise you an update with the Benny situation and his continuing absence from the all happening scene here in London. Well I did get a message from hm the other day, he says Anne Schluss is still ongoing - I'm glad he's finally settling down - and that he is holidaying in the Sudetenland. I'm not too keen on that caterpillar under his nose though. Makes him look like that geezer from 1930's Germany...what was his name...Charlie something.
OK, well the butter is dribbling onto my hands, and I ca't have that, it means my Uzi might slip out of my hands at a crucial moment...and that will never do.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 9:02 AM CDT
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Saturday, 14 April 2007
The morning after the night before
Mood:  d'oh
Now Playing: Engelbert Humperdinck Live in Streatham
Wow, that was a f*cking wild night out. Someone must have really decided to go crazy, and instead of Norseman which is the usual shit we drink, splashed out on some Stella instead. I can't remember much about what happened except I arrived home without my trousers, and I've been looking in the papers to see if they've got any details on our exploits. Nothing so far, but I did notice that the local paper had a short story on someone taking a dump at a bus stop. They've even got a picture of it, can you believe the stupid c*nt who did it left his trousers there. Still I have to say whoever it was has got taste...wears the same brand as me.
Anyway, what with my recovery time from that, and the fact I had to go to Synagogue today, I'm a bit late getting out and about and seeing what's going on. I did pop down to Tescos to see what kind of mess the mongs are making of it, and I was not impressed. Carts all over the place and some f*cking retard wandering around the car park dribbling on his vest smiling at old women. You know what they need to do with his sort. Shove "em in the Army and send 'em to Iraq, get a bit of action under their belts...never done me any harm and I've got the stories to prove it.
Anyway, my head's still spinning a bit from the can of Stella, I think I need to go and lie down.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 9:06 AM CDT
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Friday, 13 April 2007
Friday Friday
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Swan Lake
OK, glad I got that off my chest yesterday. The thing that really pissed me off was the claim that I might dress up my stories a little bit, I don't give a f*ck about her whinging about my take on the mustard bus riders. If you've not got two brain cells to call your own you deserve to ride on those things. F*cking uncomfortable they are, and the amount of room that f*cking wheelchair lift takes up...I'll say no more.
Won't spend too long typing today, partially because I'm a bit bunged up and have to concentrate on the job in hand so to speak (There's a new roll on the bog roll holder so I want to take advantage), but I want to get home and have a nap as I'm going to a meeting of the Tooting and Mitcham Secret Agents Anonymous later on. They're always good cracks and we get a bit wild after finishing off a six pack of Norseman Lager, some of the pranks we get up too like turning Newspapers around in WH Smiths and setting off the fire alarms in tube stations...all good fun. It'll be a late night too, might not get in until at least 9 tonight.
Got to make the most of my rest as I'm scheduled to go back to Tescos next week, be interesting to see how the mongs have coped. I've seen trolleys all over the place though so I don't think they've done well.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:01 AM CDT
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Thursday, 12 April 2007
Ticket to ride
Mood:  loud
Now Playing: My Ding A Ling
OK, managed to thieve a new battery out of the ICU. Guessed it wouldn't matter, the geezers chart said something about him being a cabbage so he won't miss it. The machine made a funny noise afterwards but I didn't hang around to see what that was all about, it was just like the old days when I used to plant dodgy stuff on high ranking politicians...remember Watergate? Well that had nothing to do with me, but we had a similar thing in Israel called Porkgate...my finest hour.
Anyway back to f*cking retards like that bloke in the ICU. I thought I'd take the chance to reply to that biddy who wrote to me about the mongs who work at Tescos.

"You disgust me, ridiculing those poor people who through no fault of their own were born with a genetic defect. They can't help it if they dribble and talk funny. How would you like it?
You are typical of your type, think you're superior to everybody else. I have more respect for those poor kids than I have for your circumcised penis, you are probably a complete and utter liar. I've read those tales on your webpage...World Cup 1966 indeed."


Yours

Margaret Ponsoby Smythe (SAS Retired)

OK Missus, let me reply. If Tescos supplied those kids plastic orange bibs there wouldn't be a problem. I reckon that they take advantage of the fact they're f*cking mentally retarded and to old grannies like you they look cute. I bet you've never seen any action so I don't think you can criticise me you old hag. As for 1966...just ask Ronnie and Reggie...they'll back me up.

Dozy old fools like that really piss me off, I'm so angry just writing about it I think I need a fag.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:01 AM CDT
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Wednesday, 11 April 2007
Carry On Constable
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: The Disney Channel
Still working the early shift, and probably will be all week. Some of you keen eyed Jew watchers have asked me why I've been going to work even though it was still a holiday for us Red Sea Pedestrians. Simple answer, I need the shekels, the rest of them can scramble for the kosher chuck aways at Tescos...me I need the money...it's not cheap to hire a helicopter for those Milk Tray missions.
Anyway this early shift is a doddle, not many trolleys to push around, just the occasional victim of MRSA to dispose of, gives me plenty of time to sneak out and have a fag by the bins. Just a shame I've got nobody to talk to.
It's been remarked that I'm not taking part in the local elections this time around, well the UJF haven't given up on political power, but with the Window Cleaner's busy schedule - he's doing night rounds now - and my extra job at Tescos we ain't got time to knock on doors...maybe next year or if I can arrange an assassination maybe sooner.
Was going to reply to some daft bat who has pulled me up on my comments about those retards who do the trolley day shift at Tescos. I think though I'll leave that for another time, the battery is running out on my laptop and I need to go and nick another one.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:01 AM CDT
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Tuesday, 10 April 2007
Doctor's Orders
Mood:  lazy
Now Playing: Emergency Ward 10
Turns out that I scurried out of the bog for no real reason. They were looking for someone to nip down to the coach station to scout out some likely candidates to train up. Well I'm used to scouting but normally for Arab gun positions not some f*cking idiot who could push a trolley about. Anyway I thought it'd get me out and about for a while, and there is nothing like checking out the streets early in the morning.
Well what did I find? A couple of winos on a bench, considered them for a minute but decided they were already too professional. Luckily when the coach pulls in, there are enough people wandering around with bits of paper in their hands asking for help, so I scooped a couple of them up and took them back to the hospital.
I have no idea what happens to them after that. I would be willing to train them, but the DTM doesn't see why they should learn how to slide down ropes from helicopters, break open doors and windows with a minimum of explosives, and be able to take out a terrorist at an airport with a head shot. No imagination that DTM, in todays world the more skills you have the better off you are.
Anyway, I haven't seen them tonight, they're probably being shown the ropes by the other muppets on the day shift. Can't say I care, as long as none of them try and nick my SCUM job at Tescos I'll be happy.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:01 AM CDT
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Monday, 9 April 2007
Shift Change
Mood:  irritated
Now Playing: Wheel Of Fortune
A bit f*cking annoyed as I type this, got a phone call from the DTM telling me that I was needed for the early morning shift after the immigration department had carried out a raid during the day on Sunday. All those Poles who'd been helping out have suddenly disappeared, so we're short handed until the next coach pulls into Victoria.
Still it's pretty quiet and sneaking into the bogs for a while is a lot easier, plus there's none of those grunting noises you get during the day.
Also I've worked out that the hospital has switched its wireless network back on, which is good news for me as I don't have to hang around on street corners with my modified shopping trolley trying to pick up dodgy signals.
Over the next couple of days I'll be addressing a couple of issues which have come to the fore. Someone has written to complain about my remarks regarding the Down's syndrome kid who works with me at Tescos, the other is a more sensitive issue. What has happened to Benny? I do have some gossip to report about him, but I think I'll save that for another time.
OK, they've just put out a call for me on the hospital PA, maybe I'm needed to assist with some emergency heart surgery.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:01 AM CDT
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Sunday, 8 April 2007
Dog Day Afternoon
Mood:  lazy
Ahhhh, Sunday, time to catch up with all the goings on around the world by reading through all the top Newspapers like The Sunday Times, The Observer, and The Sunday Sport. Of course my favourite paper wasn't mentioned in that list, that being The West Bank Times. The editor of that is a mate of mine, I met him when I was working as a lifeguard on Robert Maxwell's boat, although a moments distraction cost me that job. Anyway the paper isn't as big a seller as it was years ago, mainly because us Jews have found out how good The Sunday Sport is for news. Now he works the Sunday morning shift down the Bagel Bake in Brick Lane, so they don't publish on a Sunday.
The Bagel Bake on a Sunday morning is as you know my favourite cycle ride of the week, and it's got even better since I fitted new saddlebags onto my bike which keep the Bagels warm right up until I get down into the Tooting area. I'm the envy of everyone down the Synagogue. Yes there are Bagel shops down in South London, but I'm not 100% that the Bakers have been properly circumcised.
One big disappointment when I got down to Tescos yesterday was the state of the Hi-visibility stuff we wear while rounding up the trolleys. F*cking covered in dribble they were, and I'm not going to put one of them on until Tescos clean them. This is what happens when you try and do the Care In The Community thing, a group of f*cking retards who can't control their f*cking saliva output. Last time I saw something like that was when I worked on the Underground railway system somewhere in London. Mind you everyone had had a few drinks by then, so the loss of control of body fluids was understandable.
Hopefully the hospital will switch its wireless network back on this week and I'll be able to sneak in the bog and do regular updates. Taking a crap at the place hasn't been much fun since I couldn't tap away on the keyboard...almost started using my own bog at home...then I thought about how much bog paper costs so I resisted that urge.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 10:00 AM CDT
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Saturday, 7 April 2007
My Fat Jewish Wedding
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Those Bog Roll Adverts with the dog in it
Well everything should start getting back to normal soon. The hospital has confirmed that they're going to start letting us use the wireless thing again now that the computer experts from India - or was it Southall - have done their stuff.
Goldberg is back at the Synagogue and he was really milking this Passover stuff. I sat there pretty bored but at least I got to guard the collection tray, taking my usual 10% cut at the end. It's when I do that job that I realise what a mean bunch of bastards we really are. Today for instance I managed to rustle up 20 pence and a couple of Zlotys among other things. Mind you the shirt button will come in useful, looks like it matches up with the shirt I got down at the Salvation Army the other day. Never understood the Salvation Army, they've probably got more troops than the UN yet you never see them helping out in hotspots like Bosnia and Ipswich. Bunch of f*cking poofs if you ask me...don't carry any hardware and are always picking on winos. Still being a military minded man I like to support other Armies, especially when it looks like they don't get anything from the government. Oh...and those tanning salons in Golders Green must be pretty good, Goldberg looked like an extra from "The Last King of Scotland".
Those of you who asked about the contents of my Tescos goodie bag I got the other day are going to be pretty disappointed. It contained a mouldy old cheese sandwich which would have done British Rail proud, out of date Salmon Paste, and some Jacob's Cream Crackers. Can't complain though, at least I got this stuff before the OAP's got stuck into it, and that Down's Syndrome kid got nothing except a Mars bar which it looks like he smeared all over his face, unless of course he's forgotten how to wipe his Arse!
Anyway better get on, back to work soon, Tescos need me to do some trolley sorting as they think some might be overdue their 14 day exam, knew you couldn't trust a retard, and just like the old days with that Underground system somewhere in London, it's up to me to save the day.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 12:17 PM CDT
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Tuesday, 3 April 2007
Just a quickie
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Great Jewish Anthems
Well as it's the first day of Passover, Tescos have packed me off with a kosher goodie bag and told me to put my feet up for a few days. My job is going to be covered by Mustard Bus employment services, which sounds like they're exploiting those care in the community cases again.
Anyway I can't wait to see what tasty treats lie in store for me, pity the Bagel Bake is shut, I rather fancy a hot one right now.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 7:20 PM CDT
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Sunday, 1 April 2007
Tasty Bagels
Mood:  don't ask
Now Playing: Chas N Dave
Just got time to wolf down a couple of hot Bagels before I zip off down to Tescos. It's times like these I yearn for the good old days when shops didn't open on Sundays, and shut at 5 during the weeks for that matter. I'm sure if Ronnie and Reggie were still around they'd be none of this stuff going on. Those were the good old days of course, when you could carry out an old fashioned kneecapping and nothing was said.
What's also pretty unfair about all this is that that f*cking Down's Syndrome kid doesn't have to do the Sundays because he allegedly goes to church. Like f*ck he does, not unless it's for some dirty old bastard of a catholic priest to take advantage of him.
Anyway better get a move on, those trolleys won't park themselves plus I've got some butter on me chin.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 10:43 AM CDT
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Saturday, 31 March 2007
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Mood:  not sure
Now Playing: Anything by The Bay City Rollers
With two jobs on the go, it's hard to find time to do anything else. If it's not trolleys at the hospital, it's the trolleys at Tescos. That f*cking retard kid is getting on my nerves though, found out he's been getting a few extra shekels mainly because people feel sorry for him.
Hit the synagogue this morning and once again we had that lovable scouse Rabbi Doddberg. I'm not too keen on him to tell the truth, ever since he came on the scene we seem to have had gangs of kids offering to look after your bike, and an increase in the number of cars with missing hubcaps. Also he made sure we all got a leaflet advertising his day job, which has something to do with income tax avoidance. Now that I might find handy, with all my foreign investments I hate paying tax, and with my three nationalities, as a good citizen I'm paying to Israel, Switzerland, and the UK. I must be doing something wrong somewhere.
Not much else going on, although there could be some good news on the Internet front as the hospital look like they're going to switch their wireless network back on. I'll keep you posted.

Shalom

Posted by blog/norventia at 10:50 AM CDT
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