you have spots of grey hair at 23 and realize it's getting a bit more noticeable at 24
:oops:
gimme a break! lol..I don't have any grey :P
i hope you wouldn't have any grey. that be a huge turn off :P.
Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
Sammi: Wanna just break up?
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brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,760
...when you keep looking at that box on the floor of your den knowing it
contains that brand new turntable you've been wanting for years (a
Technics SL-1500C), and realize it has been sitting there for 5 weeks
unopened because you are super nervous about how your shaky are going to
make set-up a nightmare. (To be honest, I've thought seriously about
returning it unopened to Crutchfield. I'm terrified of opening this box
and trying to set this thing up!)
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
...when you keep looking at that box on the floor of your den knowing it
contains that brand new turntable you've been wanting for years (a
Technics SL-1500C), and realize it has been sitting there for 5 weeks
unopened because you are super nervous about how your shaky are going to
make set-up a nightmare. (To be honest, I've thought seriously about
returning it unopened to Crutchfield. I'm terrified of opening this box
and trying to set this thing up!)
This is hysterical! Crutchfield doesn't want it back. However, I am a team player. I'll PM you an address to a place in Indiana that will take it. 🤣
"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
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brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,760
...when you keep looking at that box on the floor of your den knowing it
contains that brand new turntable you've been wanting for years (a
Technics SL-1500C), and realize it has been sitting there for 5 weeks
unopened because you are super nervous about how your shaky are going to
make set-up a nightmare. (To be honest, I've thought seriously about
returning it unopened to Crutchfield. I'm terrified of opening this box
and trying to set this thing up!)
This is hysterical! Crutchfield doesn't want it back. However, I am a team player. I'll PM you an address to a place in Indiana that will take it. 🤣
LOL, good try.
I
got as far as making room in the garage for the Project Carbon Debut.
I'm going to set that up for my wife to play her records (she's not as
fussy as me, hers are closer to being beaters, lol.)
Depending on how steady my hands are, hopefully the Technics will go up in my room tomorrow!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
...when you keep looking at that box on the floor of your den knowing it
contains that brand new turntable you've been wanting for years (a
Technics SL-1500C), and realize it has been sitting there for 5 weeks
unopened because you are super nervous about how your shaky are going to
make set-up a nightmare. (To be honest, I've thought seriously about
returning it unopened to Crutchfield. I'm terrified of opening this box
and trying to set this thing up!)
This is hysterical! Crutchfield doesn't want it back. However, I am a team player. I'll PM you an address to a place in Indiana that will take it. 🤣
LOL, good try.
I
got as far as making room in the garage for the Project Carbon Debut.
I'm going to set that up for my wife to play her records (she's not as
fussy as me, hers are closer to being beaters, lol.)
Depending on how steady my hands are, hopefully the Technics will go up in my room tomorrow!
Is there anyone local that could set it for you…sometimes paying a small fee is worth it. Especially if it alleviates your anxiety…
Give Peas A Chance…
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brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,760
edited May 2021
...when you get a note in the mail from your doctor that says, "Brian, I got the results of the x-ray of your hip. We need to talk. I'll call tomorrow."
Oh... lovely...
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
...when you get a note in the mail from your doctor that says, "Brian, I got the results of the x-ray of your hip. We need to talk. I'll call tomorrow."
Oh... lovely...
Sorry to hear Brian. Maybe they can help fix it!?
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...when you get a note in the mail from your doctor that says, "Brian, I got the results of the x-ray of your hip. We need to talk. I'll call tomorrow."
Oh... lovely...
Sorry to hear Brian. Maybe they can help fix it!?
Looks like it's a matter of wear and tear, arthritis and impingement in the hip joint. My doc said to give it a few weeks and see if it gets better. If not, I'll have to see an orthopedic specialist. I'm pretty sure the latter is what's going to happen.
Mary Martin once said, "After 50 it just patch, patch, patch". Jimmy Steward was quoted as saying "After age 70 it's just patch patch patch." I'd say Jimmy was lucky, lol.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I'm not sure whether you'd consider a hip replacement? I've heard of people in their 50's getting this done successfully. If they can patch things up, great... I'd love to reach 70 before they start patching me up.
Ive noticed that as I get older (43) I notice I need to rest a lot more as i don't t have as much energy as I used to :( I think with older age you need to rest and recuperate more. But right now I have the flu! Good luck with you hip(s) Brian.
It always weird me out and makes me feel old when I compare how old movies are. Like that the Lord Of The Rings are as old now as Empire Strikes Back was when LOTR came out.
It always weird me out and makes me feel old when I compare how old movies are. Like that the Lord Of The Rings are as old now as Empire Strikes Back was when LOTR came out.
I know, thats why it makes me feel old when I think about it. ESB felt like such an old moving in 2001. Younger people must think LOTR is an old movie now too, even though it doesn't feel like it to me.
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I don’t mind getting older, really. The physical side has definitely become more trying the last few years (*mostly* my fault for the cirrhosis but that’s beside the point), yet I dig the perspectives gained and lessons learned that are only borne with time.
That said, just working out and washing my hair today did me in
And I’m supposed to go to a family thing this evening?! Oy.
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I'm not sure whether you'd consider a hip replacement? I've heard of people in their 50's getting this done successfully. If they can patch things up, great... I'd love to reach 70 before they start patching me up.
Ive noticed that as I get older (43) I notice I need to rest a lot more as i don't t have as much energy as I used to :( I think with older age you need to rest and recuperate more. But right now I have the flu! Good luck with you hip(s) Brian.
It may come to that and I'm not so much opposed to the idea (I have two pieces of space aged plastic holding my innards in place- hernia repairs- so I already have some artificial parts), but what concerns me the most is the high rate of staph infection that results post-surgery. Lots of lives are ruined or even ended by staph infection. I'll limp along as long as possible before taking that risk!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
I have been blessed with good hair, close to 58 and still
have natural color, have never dyed my hair. Have some grey strands here and there
but almost not noticeable.
However, a combination of quitting smoking and the pandemic
weight gain has appeared as “old” lady weight gain, all around my midsection. Blah. Blah.
For the first time, just this week, I bought a vitamin that
has Tumeric, which I am told will help with joint pain. I played softball for years and my knees are
shot.
So although I feel normal in my head, my body is telling me differently.
That's good that you quit smoking @PureandEasy I keep going through phases of smoking and then stopping, to only end up eating lots of sweets. It's the revolving door syndrome with just regular symptom substitution. Perhaps I could just get some sugar free/nicirette gum or something?!
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brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,760
I have been blessed with good hair, close to 58 and still
have natural color, have never dyed my hair. Have some grey strands here and there
but almost not noticeable.
However, a combination of quitting smoking and the pandemic
weight gain has appeared as “old” lady weight gain, all around my midsection. Blah. Blah.
For the first time, just this week, I bought a vitamin that
has Tumeric, which I am told will help with joint pain. I played softball for years and my knees are
shot.
So although I feel normal in my head, my body is telling me differently.
My wife started getting "trigger finger" (aka stenosing tenosynovitis) in one of her fingers. Hearing that it's somewhat to arthritis (something I have been quit familiar with for about 30 years) I started adding to turmeric and glucosamine sulfate with MSM to her vitamin regimen. She no longer has trigger finger.
I've been taking both substances for years. Although arthritis is giving me a fair amount of grief these days, without them I am certain I would be in even more pain all the time. Before I started taking turmeric and GS with MSM, I almost had to give up playing guitar. 25 years later, I can play!
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
brianlux
Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 40,760
...when you start talking to your guitar. I tried and tries to get my Little Martin LX1 in tune this evening. I gave her new strings a few days ago and she sounded great. And then tonight, I couldn't get her to tune just right. I finally said out loud, "OK, you get the night off." And then a few minutes later, I walked by and half pleaded/ half scolded, "Why do you do that?" I know, it's me, not her. Too old to tune properly, old enough to start talking to guitars. We'll try again tomorrow.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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OK, I'm not making this up! You know you're old when your vision is such that you miss-read things. I was scanning through the All Encompassing Trip thread titles and was slightly shocked to read these two:
Favorite Curb Your Euthanasia Character
Green Beret Casserole-- Amazing or Disgusting?
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
When you pull your damn back by reaching for a cereal box. Good god, man. Old sports injury that pops up at random times. It's been painful for almost 2 days.
When you pull your damn back by reaching for a cereal box. Good god, man. Old sports injury that pops up at random times. It's been painful for almost 2 days.
When you pull your damn back by reaching for a cereal box. Good god, man. Old sports injury that pops up at random times. It's been painful for almost 2 days.
When you pull your damn back by reaching for a cereal box. Good god, man. Old sports injury that pops up at random times. It's been painful for almost 2 days.
I hear ya, mfc! A little less than two weeks ago I reached in the fridge for something and felt that tell-tale little *piiiinng* in my back. I iced it right away but still, by the next morning, my back was in so much pain I couldn't put my own shoes on or get dressed. My wife had to do something because she was leaving that evening to be gone for a week to go see her daughter. She got me dressed and took me to the E.R. where the shot me up full of pain meds. If this had happened the next day when she was gone, things would have really gotten interesting.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
When you pull your damn back by reaching for a cereal box. Good god, man. Old sports injury that pops up at random times. It's been painful for almost 2 days.
I hear ya, mfc! A little less than two weeks ago I reached in the fridge for something and felt that tell-tale little *piiiinng* in my back. I iced it right away but still, by the next morning, my back was in so much pain I couldn't put my own shoes on or get dressed. My wife had to do something because she was leaving that evening to be gone for a week to go see her daughter. She got me dressed and took me to the E.R. where the shot me up full of pain meds. If this had happened the next day when she was gone, things would have really gotten interesting.
Glad your wife was still in town, Brian!
My back issue is strange. Most of the time it's a temporary thing where I can stretch it out. As I've gotten older, it seems to linger a bit longer. This latest bout is ridiculous. Cereal??? Seriously?
I think that I should go see my DR about it and go from there. Just a pain in the ass (& back).
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Sammi: Wanna just break up?
Depending on how steady my hands are, hopefully the Technics will go up in my room tomorrow!
Ive noticed that as I get older (43) I notice I need to rest a lot more as i don't t have as much energy as I used to :( I think with older age you need to rest and recuperate more. But right now I have the flu!
Good luck with you hip(s) Brian.
That said, just working out and washing my hair today did me in
And I’m supposed to go to a family thing this evening?! Oy.
It may come to that and I'm not so much opposed to the idea (I have two pieces of space aged plastic holding my innards in place- hernia repairs- so I already have some artificial parts), but what concerns me the most is the high rate of staph infection that results post-surgery. Lots of lives are ruined or even ended by staph infection. I'll limp along as long as possible before taking that risk!
I have been blessed with good hair, close to 58 and still have natural color, have never dyed my hair. Have some grey strands here and there but almost not noticeable.
However, a combination of quitting smoking and the pandemic weight gain has appeared as “old” lady weight gain, all around my midsection. Blah. Blah.
For the first time, just this week, I bought a vitamin that has Tumeric, which I am told will help with joint pain. I played softball for years and my knees are shot.
So although I feel normal in my head, my body is telling me differently.
I keep going through phases of smoking and then stopping, to only end up eating lots of sweets. It's the revolving door syndrome with just regular symptom substitution. Perhaps I could just get some sugar free/nicirette gum or something?!
You have never tried to twerk.
I tried and tries to get my Little Martin LX1 in tune this evening. I gave her new strings a few days ago and she sounded great. And then tonight, I couldn't get her to tune just right. I finally said out loud, "OK, you get the night off." And then a few minutes later, I walked by and half pleaded/ half scolded, "Why do you do that?"
I know, it's me, not her. Too old to tune properly, old enough to start talking to guitars.
We'll try again tomorrow.
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I hear ya, mfc! A little less than two weeks ago I reached in the fridge for something and felt that tell-tale little *piiiinng* in my back. I iced it right away but still, by the next morning, my back was in so much pain I couldn't put my own shoes on or get dressed. My wife had to do something because she was leaving that evening to be gone for a week to go see her daughter. She got me dressed and took me to the E.R. where the shot me up full of pain meds. If this had happened the next day when she was gone, things would have really gotten interesting.
My back issue is strange. Most of the time it's a temporary thing where I can stretch it out. As I've gotten older, it seems to linger a bit longer. This latest bout is ridiculous. Cereal??? Seriously?
I think that I should go see my DR about it and go from there. Just a pain in the ass (& back).
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