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argus wrote:

message #2527204 wrote:

Anonymous. wrote:

argus wrote:

message #2527204 wrote:Your arse disappears.

Squats and deadlifts are your friend

Otherwise you are going to have to get someone to help you get off the shitter when you get older

Many of the issues people have about getting older can be avoided by working out two or three times a week and doing a 5 to 10 minute stretch in the mornings. The younger you are when you start the better but whatever age you are when you start you will feel the benefits.

I played my last ever, last ever game the christmas before last ... well 20 minutes of it before i popped a few ribs. I do 30 minutes stair climb at least 3 times a week even with the knees and hips ... sorry, but your arse still disappears.

Not for all of us

My wife called me a big arse just this weekend

Fat arse, she called you a fat arse

GWO2 wrote:

flashman wrote:One day you will come home with a Karcher Pressure Washer and use it obsessively for a weekend or so.
You will decide that you need a new drill and come back with a top of the range battery drill with (Oohh , Hammer action!).
You will spend idle moments leafing through tje Screwfix Catalogue before moving on to the sheer hardcore that is the Machine Mart one.
It will all end with you buying a new shed!!

Thank god i`m not the only one.

I have a shed and drills

Proudly bought some new screws this past weekend so I can finish fixing my fence

FML

When talking about a band telling someone 'I saw them before you were born.'

trieste1 wrote:When talking about a band telling someone 'I saw them before you were born.'

With a son born when I was 44, there are many tales that involve the phrase 'before you were born'.

Edinburgh01 wrote:

sorCrer wrote:I'm 50 this year and can still easily polish a bottle of hard tack in a sitting. I will also be running 100 km's over the weekend.

I don't think I have anyone on ignore. That may be about to change.

I'm a bit older

Will run 30kms this weekend and do my regular yard work, play basketball with my kids ,etc

Had to cut out the alcohol though as it was too much and not worth the pain

In my experience , it is an excuse to be terminally grumpy at work, call any man 20 years younger than you "Son" or if you are giving them a bollocking , " Sonny Jim".
You can rant to your hearts content about how the Country and Everything else has gone to the dogs.
You can then go to the Pub, ask for a " Pint of Best, Darlin'"
and try and look down her cleavage.
You can then say to the bloke next to you waving a tenner
" Pwhaw!, Don't get many of them to the Pound!"

Really? I get it occasionally and have done for the past few years. Well at least I think it's gout. Severe toe/foot pain and the affected area gets hot as fudge. I've never bothered going to the docs because I can still hobble about. My old man suffers with it so assumed I'd get it one day. From your post I assume ignoring it is a bit stupid?[/quote]

You need to get in diagnosed. Blood test for that. But if your dad had it chances are high. Unfortunately it will probably only get worse so get on the medication. Once you have had a bad attack you will be grateful for anything that makes the pain go away. Get a list of high purine foods and find out which ones trigger an attack and eliminate them. Oh and be prepared for loads of sh*t jokes about your Victorian Gentleman's diet etc[/quote]

Damn. Knowing my luck it will be one of my favourite foods. I best get to the doctors then.[/quote]
Very much so. The earlier you diagnose it and treat it the better.

AND DON'T STOP TAKING THE MEDICINE!

This is a really common mistake which I did myself. Got on top of it, watched my diet and my drinking, things settled down. 3 or 4 years down the track felt no need to take the medicine and just tappered off. Then wham! Back, and twice as bad, gout in the elbows and knees, and trust me, you DO NOT want gout in the knees... I was bed ridden for 2 weeks and limped for 5 months from one attack. Too painful to use crutches, just swinging the knee was more than I could stand, and I'd toughed out and hobbled through plenty of pain when it was just down in my ankles.

Once you've got it you have to keep taking medicine till you're 6 feet under. But if you do get on top of it you can lead a pretty normal life. Even you can have the occassional food or drink that sets it off. While I have to generally drink ciders and whatnot I can still grab the occassional stout or whitebeer which is normally a no no. It's not the end of the world.[/quote]

And here lies true injustice. Cider is one of triggers (along with pork) and love cider (well good cider) but not a fan of Stout and a true hater of whitebeer

I have a shed, greenhouse and a Festool. It's catch up time for you youngsters.

Sciatica.

Yes, I had an operation when I'm 28 and I'm now 38, but it's just starting to flare up and linger longer than I'd like, despite the appropriate exercises. Still, I'm in a steady weight-loss process, so hopefully that contributes to alleviating the symptoms.

Poshprop wrote:Really? I get it occasionally and have done for the past few years. Well at least I think it's gout. Severe toe/foot pain and the affected area gets hot as fudge. I've never bothered going to the docs because I can still hobble about. My old man suffers with it so assumed I'd get it one day. From your post I assume ignoring it is a bit stupid?

You need to get in diagnosed. Blood test for that. But if your dad had it chances are high. Unfortunately it will probably only get worse so get on the medication. Once you have had a bad attack you will be grateful for anything that makes the pain go away. Get a list of high purine foods and find out which ones trigger an attack and eliminate them. Oh and be prepared for loads of sh*t jokes about your Victorian Gentleman's diet etc[/quote]

Damn. Knowing my luck it will be one of my favourite foods. I best get to the doctors then.[/quote]
Very much so. The earlier you diagnose it and treat it the better.

AND DON'T STOP TAKING THE MEDICINE!

This is a really common mistake which I did myself. Got on top of it, watched my diet and my drinking, things settled down. 3 or 4 years down the track felt no need to take the medicine and just tappered off. Then wham! Back, and twice as bad, gout in the elbows and knees, and trust me, you DO NOT want gout in the knees... I was bed ridden for 2 weeks and limped for 5 months from one attack. Too painful to use crutches, just swinging the knee was more than I could stand, and I'd toughed out and hobbled through plenty of pain when it was just down in my ankles.

Once you've got it you have to keep taking medicine till you're 6 feet under. But if you do get on top of it you can lead a pretty normal life. Even you can have the occassional food or drink that sets it off. While I have to generally drink ciders and whatnot I can still grab the occassional stout or whitebeer which is normally a no no. It's not the end of the world.[/quote]

And here lies true injustice. Cider is one of triggers (along with pork) and love cider (well good cider) but not a fan of Stout and a true hater of whitebeer[/quote]


That is very strange. The whole point about cider is that it has basically no purine while stouts and white beers are the worst. Doctors are quite happy recommending people to drink cider and I certainly did while my uric acid levels dropped back to normal.

You need to get in diagnosed. Blood test for that. But if your dad had it chances are high. Unfortunately it will probably only get worse so get on the medication. Once you have had a bad attack you will be grateful for anything that makes the pain go away. Get a list of high purine foods and find out which ones trigger an attack and eliminate them. Oh and be prepared for loads of sh*t jokes about your Victorian Gentleman's diet etc[/quote]

Damn. Knowing my luck it will be one of my favourite foods. I best get to the doctors then.[/quote]
Very much so. The earlier you diagnose it and treat it the better.

AND DON'T STOP TAKING THE MEDICINE!

This is a really common mistake which I did myself. Got on top of it, watched my diet and my drinking, things settled down. 3 or 4 years down the track felt no need to take the medicine and just tappered off. Then wham! Back, and twice as bad, gout in the elbows and knees, and trust me, you DO NOT want gout in the knees... I was bed ridden for 2 weeks and limped for 5 months from one attack. Too painful to use crutches, just swinging the knee was more than I could stand, and I'd toughed out and hobbled through plenty of pain when it was just down in my ankles.

Once you've got it you have to keep taking medicine till you're 6 feet under. But if you do get on top of it you can lead a pretty normal life. Even you can have the occassional food or drink that sets it off. While I have to generally drink ciders and whatnot I can still grab the occassional stout or whitebeer which is normally a no no. It's not the end of the world.[/quote]

And here lies true injustice. Cider is one of triggers (along with pork) and love cider (well good cider) but not a fan of Stout and a true hater of whitebeer[/quote]


That is very strange. The whole point about cider is that it has basically no purine while stouts and white beers are the worst. Doctors are quite happy recommending people to drink cider and I certainly did while my uric acid levels dropped back to normal.[/quote]

My incidences of attacks dropped considerably when I stopped drinking cider and moved to lager. Don't drink too much in the way of bitter and stout but partial to a bit of craft beer and that's doesn't seem to cause a problem. Mind you when you've got the dose on your medication right and are sensible then the attacks should be almost non existent.

My gout is caused by shellfish and red wines. Don't go near them now and have learned to live without them. No longer have to take daily pill, but have a supply of Naproxen if ever I feel the onset signals. The doc said take a shock dose, then one three times a day till gout subsides....then lay off them. Seems to work ok for the last six years.

Moving slightly off piste, I am getting increasingly fed up with pillocks on here who assume I've done little with my life.

Things were very different when I was born. But I had parents who encouraged me to do everything.

We are in the process of trying to do just that with the grand-kiddiwinks.

So. M, aged 3 is playing the recorder. I'm teaching her draughts as an intro to chess.

When you get older, it's the things you learnt as a child that keep you going.

I have a unicycle and I can take her sailing.

They don't tell you this, it's inherent.

globus wrote: I have a unicycle and I can take her sailing.

Can't imagine there'd be much room to ride a unicycle on the boat.

That any inhibition you might have about a strange man touching your junk would go away when said man is screening you for cancer.

Jay Cee Gee wrote:

globus wrote: I have a unicycle and I can take her sailing.

Can't imagine there'd be much room to ride a unicycle on the boat.

Never tried it! Here she is with my banjo, which I have taken sailing.

argus wrote:

Edinburgh01 wrote:

sorCrer wrote:I'm 50 this year and can still easily polish a bottle of hard tack in a sitting. I will also be running 100 km's over the weekend.

I don't think I have anyone on ignore. That may be about to change.

I'm a bit older

Will run 30kms this weekend and do my regular yard work, play basketball with my kids ,etc

Had to cut out the alcohol though as it was too much and not worth the pain

I hate you.

I had to give up refereeing in my early fifties as I just kept getting injured. Strains etc not impact.

Edinburgh01 wrote:

argus wrote:

Edinburgh01 wrote:

sorCrer wrote:I'm 50 this year and can still easily polish a bottle of hard tack in a sitting. I will also be running 100 km's over the weekend.

I don't think I have anyone on ignore. That may be about to change.

I'm a bit older

Will run 30kms this weekend and do my regular yard work, play basketball with my kids ,etc

Had to cut out the alcohol though as it was too much and not worth the pain

I hate you.

I had to give up refereeing in my early fifties as I just kept getting injured. Strains etc not impact.

How did you get injured reffing Auld Reekie? Strains you say. There's a bloke who refs here in Oundle. He must be about 80 in looks. It's rather funny to watch him ref. He goes into slow-motion mode in the second half.

Some classics there. He was whistling from the halfway line when there was a conversion being taken after a try when he never bothered to keep up with play.

Then there was the day he fell into the scrum tunnel just as the scrummie was putting the ball in.

globus wrote:

Edinburgh01 wrote:

argus wrote:

Edinburgh01 wrote:

sorCrer wrote:I'm 50 this year and can still easily polish a bottle of hard tack in a sitting. I will also be running 100 km's over the weekend.

I don't think I have anyone on ignore. That may be about to change.

I'm a bit older

Will run 30kms this weekend and do my regular yard work, play basketball with my kids ,etc

Had to cut out the alcohol though as it was too much and not worth the pain

I hate you.

I had to give up refereeing in my early fifties as I just kept getting injured. Strains etc not impact.

How did you get injured reffing Auld Reekie? Strains you say. There's a bloke who refs here in Oundle. He must be about 80 in looks. It's rather funny to watch him ref. He goes into slow-motion mode in the second half.

Some classics there. He was whistling from the halfway line when there was a conversion being taken after a try when he never bothered to keep up with play.

Then there was the day he fell into the scrum tunnel just as the scrummie was putting the ball in.

I tended to think keeping up with play was a good idea.

Constantly plucking the thicket of unwanted hair from ears, nose, eyebrows and back.

Sharts

Taking your pension at 60 and working part time and taking home more than when full time.

Increased levels of anxiety - about things you wouldn't have given a 2nd thought to when young.

ovalball wrote:Increased levels of anxiety - about things you wouldn't have given a 2nd thought to when young.

Fallng testosterone.

c69 wrote:I am nearly 50 and am lighter fitter and healthier than ever

You must be under 20 stone by now

For those nasty ear and noise hair, waxing is the only way to go. Hurts like hell for 2 seconds (especially the noise hairs) and then it's gone for at least a month. I'm told that frequency will decrease over time: my brother, 7 years my senior, now needs it every 6 months, and he only started it 2 years ago.

First time I had it done, was when I arrived back in Jozi. Went to a barber close by, ran by Jordanian chaps, and next thing I knew, I had cotton buds in my ears and nose, which was also a bit warm. The guy carried on cutting my hair, and afterwards he just plucked the cotton buds of of my ears and nose.

I would've realised here's kak when he shouted "Allahu Akbar" before plucking them out.

Then he also waxed the hair on the tip of my ear lobes (another great thing about growing old).

I naturally shouted a series of words I wasn't even aware I knew.

The cost of children and grand children

My gout has hardly bothered me in years but I've been on allopurinol for 20 of those years. It's true I drink about a quarter the amount of alcohol I did when I had my first attack though.

Gwenno wrote:My gout has hardly bothered me in years but I've been on allopurinol for 20 of those years. It's true I drink about a quarter the amount of alcohol I did when I had my first attack though.

My best man had gout and he rarely drank alcohol at all. At our wedding I think he drank a couple of glasses of shampoo throughout.

But my sympathies go to you. R was in a lot of pain. He was eating parrots eat them all like sweeties.

Plus a few other prescribed drugs.

Allopurinol is used for kidney stones as well, as you'll know. My late uncle had that. He finally had them shattered by some kind of ultra sonic treatment as they were quite small.

Edinburgh01 wrote:

argus wrote:

Edinburgh01 wrote:

sorCrer wrote:I'm 50 this year and can still easily polish a bottle of hard tack in a sitting. I will also be running 100 km's over the weekend.

I don't think I have anyone on ignore. That may be about to change.

I'm a bit older

Will run 30kms this weekend and do my regular yard work, play basketball with my kids ,etc

Had to cut out the alcohol though as it was too much and not worth the pain

I hate you.

I had to give up refereeing in my early fifties as I just kept getting injured. Strains etc not impact.

I had my 64th birthday last week.

I play hockey twice a week during the off season and four times a week in (SH) winter. I play wing, so run the length or the field on attack and come back for defence.

I can't believe some of you softcocks! I popped into the rugby club on Saturday, got embroiled in an aggressive pint-buying round and staggered home totally squiffy. Have very little recollection of Saturday evening, but right as rain on Sunday morning. I don't get gout (although my father suffered and I believe it is hereditary), my knees and hips are pain free. Not much in the way of nose hairs either, although my right eyebrow is prone to luxuriance.

Odd thing is my eyesight.

In my youth I used to wear glasses for short sightedness and, although I had excellent vision close up (useful for draughting and illustrating), I couldn't see distance.

Now it's reversed; my distance vision is pretty good, but I need readers for computer work and I find that I'm no longer the voracious reader of my youth as my eyes tire reading books.

Anyone ever had a stress test done on the treadmill? going for one on Tuesday.

lorcanoworms wrote:Anyone ever had a stress test done on the treadmill? going for one on Tuesday.

I have, as part of a BUPA test. Had the full nine yards.

When you explain your training regime to the Doc and they show you your hip x-ray , smirk and say '' I think you've rather been overdoing things''. Then explains that they really don't recommend hip replacements too early. You can then look forward to viewing the weather forecast and predicting which days you will experience a dull aching pain.
Seriously though, no one has yet touched on the most depressing discovery - the fact that the majority of women of a certain age inevitably prefer to invest their money and energy in external trappings, over a serious long term firming and toning regime. There are some serious disappointments lying in wait for you younger posters !

MungoMan wrote:

Openside wrote:If I drive for longer than an hour or sit with my R knee bent watching rugby it really starts to ache/lock up

Everything hurts and I require about a 5 minute walk before I feel vaguely operational...

Well, if you'd driven everywhere instead of running when you were younger, you wouldn't have this problem now!

so true.

You can chat to young receptionists and nurses, and if you do it in a friendly avuncular way they like you cos you remind them of their dad

Gwenno wrote:You can chat to young receptionists and nurses, and if you do it in a friendly avuncular way they like you cos you remind them of their dad

The older and more cranky I get, the more popular I am with young (and older) women ..
Strange.

Wilson's Toffee wrote:

Gwenno wrote:You can chat to young receptionists and nurses, and if you do it in a friendly avuncular way they like you cos you remind them of their dad

The older and more cranky I get, the more popular I am with young (and older) women ..
Strange.

I think that has less to do with their perception and more to do with yours.

globus wrote:

lorcanoworms wrote:Anyone ever had a stress test done on the treadmill? going for one on Tuesday.

I have, as part of a BUPA test. Had the full nine yards.

Good news lorcano you don't have to run far.

Rinkals wrote:

Wilson's Toffee wrote:

Gwenno wrote:You can chat to young receptionists and nurses, and if you do it in a friendly avuncular way they like you cos you remind them of their dad

The older and more cranky I get, the more popular I am with young (and older) women ..
Strange.

I think that has less to do with their perception and more to do with yours.

Ah, jealousy ... such a gracious thing..

bessantj wrote:

globus wrote:

lorcanoworms wrote:Anyone ever had a stress test done on the treadmill? going for one on Tuesday.

I have, as part of a BUPA test. Had the full nine yards.

Good news lorcano you don't have to run far.

You do on the treadmill test. The good news is that you don't take off.

Gwenno wrote:You can chat to young receptionists and nurses, and if you do it in a friendly avuncular way they like you cos you remind them of their dad

I should point out that I mean FEMALE receptionists and nurses in my case.