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It depends on exactly what you're trying to convey.
If you want something along the lines of "stinking old guy who's rude and prone to crude jokes" you might try
Senex Sordidus.
If you're thinking more along the lines of "quick-tempered old man who'll cut you a new one if your cross him" you might try
Senex Asper.
If what you
really mean is "old guy who lounges around making smart comments at the expense of others" you might try
Sannio Senex.
Best of luck.
David J. Lohnes
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It depends how historically authentic you want to be in your Latin usage.
A phrase like ad prandium ("gone to lunch") didn't work the same way in a culture that didn't have cubicles, refrigerators, or office buildings and factories staffed by a giant middle class.
The same is true of ad piscandum ("gone fishing"). In Rome, fishing was not thought of primarily as a leisure activity, so such a sign wouldn't carry the same whimsical sense. It would be like putting a "gone fishing" sign up in Gloucester, Massachusetts in 1875.
Still, if you simply want the modern expressions in Latin, those will work fine.
More culturally authentic is absum ("I'm away").
But I think perhaps in villa ("at the villa") or rus ii ("I've gone to the countryside") may be what you're really looking for.
David J. Lohnes
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What about a phrase like "Gone Bathing" that was a leisure activity if I am not mistaken and would roughly be of a similar mode of joke. Though a sign in Gloucester of "Gone Fishing" is kind of dry and to my liking! :lol:
Craig Bellofatto
Going to college for Massage Therapy. So reading alot of Latin Terminology
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( lol: :lol: :lol: .I do know there will be no direct translation but as close as poss please. (GRUMPPY OLD FART) 
