Getting old sucks

[SHOOTER12 8800]

Well fark, August 1st eye exam revealed cataracts, fast forward  August 8th, find out I have spinal I my C4, C5, and C6 vertebrae. FML.

[nnm 36352]

8 hours ago, SHOOTER12 said:

Well fark, August 1st eye exam revealed cataracts, fast forward  August 8th, find out I have spinal I my C4, C5, and C6 vertebrae. FML.

Cataracts is good news—everyone I know that has had them popped has had a very easy time, and has great vision after. 
 

Spinal what in your C4, 5, 6?

[Mother mopar 3318]

Well fark, August 1st eye exam revealed cataracts, fast forward  August 8th, find out I have spinal I my C4, C5, and C6 vertebrae. FML.

Stenosis?

[thunderlounge 7815]

Meningitis?

[SHOOTER12 8800]

1 hour ago, Mother mopar said:

12 hours ago, SHOOTER12 said:

Well fark, August 1st eye exam revealed cataracts, fast forward  August 8th, find out I have spinal I my C4, C5, and C6 vertebrae. FML.

Stenosis?

Oops, yes spinal stenosis. 

[Litig8r 414]

If you can find something that fits this topic better than this, let me know  

 

The only time I ever saw my father cry

Daytona 01, the day that Senior died

It's safe to say that was the day that he finally saw

That no star burns forever, eventually they must fall

Raise hell, praise dale, death is coming for us all

 

 

[pops 6980]

I was throwing the kid around the pool and I guess I jammed my finger because I have mallet finger now. Now I'm wearing a finger brace like an old. FML. 

[SHOOTER12 8800]

On 8/9/2024 at 1:07 AM, SHOOTER12 said:

Well fark, August 1st eye exam revealed cataracts, fast forward  August 8th, find out I have spinal stenosis in my C4, C5, and C6 vertebrae. FML.

Not my day/year.

Neighbor was helping clear brush around our entry gate with his bush hog. I hadn't noticed that he removed the guards. Well I caught a 4 inch diameter by 1 foot long limb in my right temple and ear. I was out for a while,  don't know how long,  probably 30 to 40 seconds or so. FML/SMH

[Mother mopar 3318]

Damn shooter, you gotta take it easy bud.

[SHOOTER12 8800]

1 minute ago, Mother mopar said:

Damn shooter, you gotta take it easy bud.

Oh I try, but when I do  I've got some nag complaining that I don't do anything. 

[tbone_ 14112]

Tell her ass to clear the brush

[SHOOTER12 8800]

35 minutes ago, tbone_ said:

Tell her ass to clear the brush

Ready to tell her to clear out.

If it weren't for the fact that I'm sure she's having age related mental problems she would already be gone. She's doing and saying things I don't think she can help. 

[tbone_ 14112]

Ready to tell her to clear out.
If it weren't for the fact that I'm sure she's having age related mental problems she would already be gone. She's doing and saying things I don't think she can help. 

Well then you gotta tell her that.

Listen, you are whipping my ass and it’s uncalled for. Ordinarily your shit would be packed by now. But I think maybe you aren’t fully aware of what you are saying or how you are saying it. So I’m going to hang around. But I’ll be ignoring your bullshit from now on. If it gets too annoying, maybe there’ll be a fuck off or two from me. I’m telling you all this so you’ll understand why this all changes from here on out. So maybe let’s try to be better partners.

(This isn’t a discussion, this is you telling her how it is)

[SHOOTER12 8800]

9 hours ago, tbone_ said:

Well then you gotta tell her that.

Listen, you are whipping my ass and it’s uncalled for. Ordinarily your shit would be packed by now. But I think maybe you aren’t fully aware of what you are saying or how you are saying it. So I’m going to hang around. But I’ll be ignoring your bullshit from now on. If it gets too annoying, maybe there’ll be a fuck off or two from me. I’m telling you all this so you’ll understand why this all changes from here on out. So maybe let’s try to be better partners.

(This isn’t a discussion, this is you telling her how it is)

Been there in one form of the other on multiple occasions. While great advice, it's not very effective on folks with mental problems who refuse to believe any of it, or even see how they themselves are acting. 

Edited August 11 by SHOOTER12

[tbone_ 14112]

Been there in one form of the other on multiple occasions. While great advice, it's not very effective on folks with mental problems who refuse to believe any of it, or even see how they themselves are acting. 

Yea I guess that’s probably true. Best of luck to you sir.

[RPM 26317]

On 8/10/2024 at 11:55 AM, SHOOTER12 said:

Not my day/year.

Neighbor was helping clear brush around our entry gate with his bush hog. I hadn't noticed that he removed the guards. Well I caught a 4 inch diameter by 1 foot long limb in my right temple and ear. I was out for a while,  don't know how long,  probably 30 to 40 seconds or so. FML/SMH

I knew a guy that got killed by a rock flying out the front while he was driving. 

[Scheiss Meister 8407]

On 8/10/2024 at 11:55 AM, SHOOTER12 said:

Not my day/year.

Neighbor was helping clear brush around our entry gate with his bush hog. I hadn't noticed that he removed the guards. Well I caught a 4 inch diameter by 1 foot long limb in my right temple and ear. I was out for a while,  don't know how long,  probably 30 to 40 seconds or so. FML/SMH

How are you doing today?  Head injuries with loss of consciousness are not to be messed with.  If you haven't seen a doctor, you need to do so today.  I had a coworker who took a fall (at home) and knocked the hell out of his head.  He lost consciousness for about the same amount of time as you, then went about his business.  Three days later he was in the hospital getting about a pint of fluid drained from his skull.  It damn near killed him, and he still has some tics and twitches, about 20 years later.  Don't screw around with your noggin, dude.

[SHOOTER12 8800]

57 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

How are you doing today?  Head injuries with loss of consciousness are not to be messed with.  If you haven't seen a doctor, you need to do so today.  I had a coworker who took a fall (at home) and knocked the hell out of his head.  He lost consciousness for about the same amount of time as you, then went about his business.  Three days later he was in the hospital getting about a pint of fluid drained from his skull.  It damn near killed him, and he still has some tics and twitches, about 20 years later.  Don't screw around with your noggin, dude.

Thanks Scheiss, I monitored myself closely Saturday and Sunday.  Fortunately or unfortunately as the case may be, this is my 11th trip around the block as far as getting knocked out goes.

[Armybrat 40822]

Dr. Brat prescribes this for your safety….

https://www.amazon.com/S-AIRBAG-Protection-Intelligent-Protective-Epileptic/dp/B0CCJ8D8G1/ref=asc_df_B0CCJ8D8G1/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9925382989060199884&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028275&hvtargid=pla-2281435177578&psc=1&mcid=6e9787566da9348cb472da63b70f75ea&hvocijid=9925382989060199884-B0CCJ8D8G1-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1

 

Edited August 12 by Armybrat

[SurlyGator 865]

1 hour ago, Scheiss Meister said:

How are you doing today?  Head injuries with loss of consciousness are not to be messed with.  If you haven't seen a doctor, you need to do so today.  I had a coworker who took a fall (at home) and knocked the hell out of his head.  He lost consciousness for about the same amount of time as you, then went about his business.  Three days later he was in the hospital getting about a pint of fluid drained from his skull.  It damn near killed him, and he still has some tics and twitches, about 20 years later.  Don't screw around with your noggin, dude.

This is very sound advice.  Don't ignore any worsening symptoms (headache, ringing in the ears, etc).  Had a physician I work with fall on some ice last winter and hit his head.  Symptoms nagged him for a few days, eventually started to get some numbness in some fingers.  Ended up having emergency brain surgery.  Ignoring show brain bleed symptoms is just as deadly as ignoring heart attack symptoms.  Just not worth taking the risk.

[Scheiss Meister 8407]

1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

Dr. Brat prescribes this for your safety….

https://www.amazon.com/S-AIRBAG-Protection-Intelligent-Protective-Epileptic/dp/B0CCJ8D8G1/ref=asc_df_B0CCJ8D8G1/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9925382989060199884&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028275&hvtargid=pla-2281435177578&psc=1&mcid=6e9787566da9348cb472da63b70f75ea&hvocijid=9925382989060199884-B0CCJ8D8G1-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1

 

I may get one of these for my oldest younger brother.  He doesn't seem to know that he's alive unless he's bruised, broken, or bleeding (usually all three at once) somewhere.

[SHOOTER12 8800]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Dr. Brat prescribes this for your safety….

https://www.amazon.com/S-AIRBAG-Protection-Intelligent-Protective-Epileptic/dp/B0CCJ8D8G1/ref=asc_df_B0CCJ8D8G1/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9925382989060199884&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9028275&hvtargid=pla-2281435177578&psc=1&mcid=6e9787566da9348cb472da63b70f75ea&hvocijid=9925382989060199884-B0CCJ8D8G1-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1

 

Ordered one just now!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I keed,  I keed....

[SHOOTER12 8800]

2 hours ago, SurlyGator said:

This is very sound advice.  Don't ignore any worsening symptoms (headache, ringing in the ears, etc).  Had a physician I work with fall on some ice last winter and hit his head.  Symptoms nagged him for a few days, eventually started to get some numbness in some fingers.  Ended up having emergency brain surgery.  Ignoring show brain bleed symptoms is just as deadly as ignoring heart attack symptoms.  Just not worth taking the risk.

Thanks surlygator..

The more I think about it the more lucky I realize I was. It was only seconds before that I was standing about 8 to 10 feet away when I noticed the guards had been removed and moved back to about 30 feet away. I don't want to think about what would have happened at 10 feet away. 

Edited August 12 by SHOOTER12

[Armybrat 40822]

If you hadn’t moved, your username would’ve popped up on this thread….

 

[SHOOTER12 8800]

2 hours ago, Armybrat said:

If you hadn’t moved, your username would’ve popped up on this thread….

 

Yikes!!

[Vertuzzi 1369]

Fucking taking a leak and my one piss stream turned into about 3-4 piss streams, resulting in piss spraying all over the bathroom floor and my leg. Tough start to my Friday. 

[mininghorn88 2277]

3 hours ago, Vertuzzi said:

Fucking taking a leak and my one piss stream turned into about 3-4 piss streams, resulting in piss spraying all over the bathroom floor and my leg. Tough start to my Friday. 

Welcome to the club. Sometimes I consider turning in my “man card” to just sit down to pee.

[Knoxtnhorn 5971]

I signed up for another season of soccer this week.  Not because I really want to play, but because I know I'll never play again if I take a season off.  Sucks for someone who blew his first couple of years at UT because one spent 6 hours a day at Gregory, playing basketball.

[Underdog 28581]

Yeah, I miss playing team sports like softball, volleyball or basketball.  Haven't played any of those since first knee replacement in '08 and 2nd one in '15, just don't feel comfortable running/stopping.  I haven't even played a round of golf in years. 

[ROFL BOX 6647]

NSIAP

 

 

[ROFL BOX 6647]

On 8/16/2024 at 7:24 PM, mininghorn88 said:

Welcome to the club. Sometimes I consider turning in my “man card” to just sit down to pee.

0300 piss while sitting means

• No aiming required.

• No need to turn on a light.

• Less chance of dropping your phone in the nasty water.

 

If not having a "man card" means a clean terlit, IDGAS & you can have mine.

[Underdog 28581]

TBT, I sit when I piss at home all the time, wife appreciates it and I find it more comfortable. 

[Bevo&Pevo 5121]

8 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:

0300 piss while sitting means

• No aiming required.

• No need to turn on a light.

• Less chance of dropping your phone in the nasty water.

 

If not having a "man card" means a clean terlit, IDGAS & you can have mine.

 

4 hours ago, Underdog said:

TBT, I sit when I piss at home all the time, wife appreciates it and I find it more comfortable. 

I'll agree with the both of ya'.  A standing piss of the back porch first thing in the morning while checking the weather is still a good thing. 

[Tex Long 4383]

+1 for sittopee in the dark in mid-night hours. 

+1 for pee off porch (downwind or no wind).

add pee in sink when not seen by she who must be obeyed (thanks, Rumpole).

[nnm 36352]

4 hours ago, Bevo&Pevo said:

 

I'll agree with the both of ya'.  A standing piss of the back porch first thing in the morning while checking the weather is still a good thing. 

Every night I take windog out to pee last thing before bed. She and I stand on the deck. She rarely goes down to the grass to pee. I pee off the deck every night. Every single night. 

[Guadaloopy 10960]

Fuck. This.  Shit.  Developed a rash on both elbows last Tuesday and it will not go way.  Did some online sleuthing and saw pics that matched mine exactly in a celiac forum and found out that rashes like that are a symptom of gluten sensitivity.  Setting up an appt with PCM to get it checked and hopefully get an actual diagnosis one way or the other before I give up on regular bread, pasta, pizza, and beer forever. 

[Underdog 28581]

About halfway home from work when I realized I left my behind. 

[Armybrat 40822]

You left your ass at work?

[Bevo&Pevo 5121]

12 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

You left your ass at work?

What does a donkey have to do with getting old?

[CycleTex87 2967]

Re: Sitting to piss - In my advanced age and an enlarged prostate, the sitting position allows me to more fully drain my bladder and avoid any leakage later.  Usually only in my own bathroom and not at work or out anywhere.
 

So I got that going for me.

[SHOOTER12 8800]

6 hours ago, Armybrat said:

You left your ass at work?

Ehhh, he's got a shitty job...

[SHOOTER12 8800]

On 8/16/2024 at 3:41 PM, Vertuzzi said:

Fucking taking a leak and my one piss stream turned into about 3-4 piss streams, resulting in piss spraying all over the bathroom floor and my leg. Tough start to my Friday. 

Welcome to the sticky dickey multi stream club.

[nnm 36352]

[Prepuce of Doom 21053]

My oldballs touched the poopwater in an exceptionally poorly designed hotel toilet multiple times this past week. 

1L Smartwater bottle for scale. The only adult this thing is sized for is Cotton Hill. 

Regardless, I do not care one bit for this development or for what it portends. 

 

[thunderlounge 7815]

That ain’t the bidet?

[MonkeyDoughnut 10229]

14 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

My oldballs touched the poopwater in an exceptionally poorly designed hotel toilet multiple times this past week. 

1L Smartwater bottle for scale. The only adult this thing is sized for is Cotton Hill. 

Regardless, I do not care one bit for this development or for what it portends. 

 

My old self would spend my time looking at everyone in the elevator judging the larger people thinking how they are going to use that.

[troph 24781]

On 8/10/2024 at 2:12 PM, tbone_ said:

Tell her ass to clear the brush

I read this as clear the bush. Hence the laugh.

[tbone_ 14112]

I read this as clear the bush. Hence the laugh.

Either way works

[troph 24781]

On 8/23/2024 at 4:57 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:

My oldballs touched the poopwater in an exceptionally poorly designed hotel toilet multiple times this past week. 

1L Smartwater bottle for scale. The only adult this thing is sized for is Cotton Hill. 

Regardless, I do not care one bit for this development or for what it portends. 

 

User name checks out. Man I couldn’t even on so many levels. Wow.

[thunderlounge 7815]

Got damn midget plumbers.