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ya see now, driving and riding in a car is actually dangerous but people aren’t scared usually
riding a chairlift isn’t all that dangerous or scary - occasionally it is but not usually - I’ve had a couple rides where we were being blown sideways and were hanging on for dear life - that’s fkn scary
That my wife's disease will come out of remission.
now that’s scary
I was thinking it might be a good idea to put a couple of aspirin in a mini-ziplock (like we sometimes used to get drugs in) and keep that handy in the little (coin/watch?) pocket in jeans, just so if things started going sideways I could pop em under the tongue and start thinning the blood ahead of other intervention. Comments?Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
As that wisest of sages Ben Franklin advised...Quote:
Originally Posted by old goat
An apple a day keeps the doctor away from ye olde arsehole
Back in college days I developed something uncomfortably protruding from the aforementioned and thus made a trip to the student infirmary to have it examined. The Doc on staff that day was a very affable thirty-something Indian woman with child who took a look, laughed, and said "pregnant women get those all the time", snapped a tiny rubber band tightly around the offending 'rhoid, and sent me on my way with a smile.
I don't recall much after that other than it "went away" shortly thereafter without incident.
Of course this could all be, as much of life from that time now seems, just a dream.
I'm sure it's been covered somewhere in this thread, but... claustrophobia. Which doesn't align well with my love of backcountry skiing. Number one rule if you get avy'd and buried is of course staying calm - yeah right, I only imagine shear panic. Like if I was being avalanched and was wearing a suicide vest, I might just pull the cord.
Getting old. Yes, everyone gets old, so it isn't exactly that. But getting set in my ways, only going to the same restaurants and ordering the same things and being against every single thing changing- I really hope that doesn't happen.
Agree. I’m already struggling at 50 with not being able to do things as well or recover like I did after a big ski day or hike when I was 30. Or 40. Ugh.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenboy
I was going to say I don't have a lot of fears. But this is one. For me it's that I might not be healthy. My Dad was diagnosed with Alzheimers and has been having issues. My mom is not dealing with it well and is developing her own cognitive issues. Between the two of them they can barely deal with anything anymore, but at the same time they refuse to accept help with anything. It seems like a pretty miserable existence.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenboy
At 50, my wife has already informed me that I'm getting cantankerous. Probably don't want to continue down that road.
That's natural and there's nothing you can do about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
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Originally Posted by skaredshtles
I've been eating at the same Truckee restaurants for 35 years. There aren't that many, most of them are too precious and pricey, or mediocre, and I won't drive more than 15 minutes or wait more than 5. If I want variety I eat in--I've filled up a 3 in looseleaf with recipes since the start of the pandemic, with an overflow for breads. And the view my my dining room table beats any place in town, although sitting in the front of Bar of America watching people trying to manage the 4 way intersection/3 way stop is a close second. Shame that they're planning a light there.
Fair call.Quote:
Originally Posted by riser4
Grumpy old men is a real thing. The older you get the less you are willing to tolerate b.s., which coincides with the realization that almost everything is b.s., hence you get cantankerous.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
Unfortunately you also can't tolerate people having fun, minor annoyances, change, and boys who need to pull their pants up.
I feel like I’m finally at an age, and weathered enough, that I’d sleep like a baby in prison.
Is that a veiled threat?Quote:
Originally Posted by Cono Este
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You mean wake up screaming every two hours? (And yes, that's a stale old joke, which is the only kind old men tell, to the same people they've told it to 20 times.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Cono Este
No man, as a kid, I always was afraid of jail, my mother scared the shit out of me. but you hit 50, and now I fell like the boys would let me do their taxes, tell some jokes.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
People just leave you alone.
The fuck you say!? Being left alone is an art, not a given. Especially when you're boxed in. But hey, you're trying to be helpful. Tell jokes. Do taxes. It begs the question. What more can you do? There's a 1% in jail too. You're scared of the wrong things, which is scary.
I'm scared of marrying a woman who loves cats.