Signs your getting old?
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- zaq3
got glasses.
office progressive. need to get used to them.- I've had progressives for 3 years, still can't get used to them. Need to take them off to draw, sew or read my phone.palimpsest
- Got used to my varifocals in 20 minutes. Get your prescription rechecked.comicsans
- I work with glasses, when I need to check something near on paper, I take off them, and voilá!
The only advantage of being myopic ;)OBBTKN - What you sewing pamp?garbage
- Just mending nowadays, Santa never brough me the sewing machine. Started making zipper pouches with my MIL's machine and doing sashiko on them a few years ago.palimpsest
- Nice. I'm embarrassed, but not too proud to admit it took me too long to realize MIL's wasn't a brand. My mom quilts, it was a family thing.garbage
- I have a tattered-ass quilt that's literally from the Civil War era, and it need some work. Think my great great gran made it?garbage
- It's literally a museum piece, and it's currently.. protecting the screen of a spare flatscreen in my closet.garbage
- Eventually I'm going to make a frame for it. My mom went apeshit when she found out I was actually using it.garbage
- Yeah, protecting a screen was a bit too much. I think having it over you bed would have gone down better. But you're making up for it with the frame!palimpsest
- I loved tattered fabric, that's why I'm practicing sashiko. My sewing is still wobbly but my goal is to build a boro jacket from my own tattered clothes.palimpsest
- fooler6
I bent over to pick up laundry off of the floor Monday morning and felt a little pop in my lower back. 1 hour later I was in debilitating pain and couldn't stand up. I spent 3 days in the hospital flat on my back.
- That’s called the grandpop pop ‘n lockprophetone
- My lower back does that all the damn time, from doing minor things. It suckssssselahon
- once a sneeze threw out my back for like a weekYakuZoku
- I had back pain for a period of 2-3 years, it went over by itself and never bothered me again, I dont know why or howdrgs
- This happened to me trying to suck my own dick once.Khurram
- ... twice :-/Khurram
- Talk to an osteopath or sports physio. Do not have any dealings with chiropracters, they are unqualified quacks.comicsans
- What was it that happened?monospaced
- I couldn't stand for more than 15 minutes for 2 years. Now I do yoga several days a week.formed
- My back problem was resolved after pilates. Core strength around the waist most probably.comicsans
- < this. I do 5 slow push-ups if I grunt while picking up a dropped thing. It's OCD, but your core is everything. Also knees bend before the spine.garbage
- drgs17
- bezoar3
At the local Renaissance Festival my family and I casually walked passed The Heckler and he shouted, "Who's next? How 'bout you, Baldspot?"
"Hey, don't talk to my wife that way!" Ha, I said no such thing.
- it would probably be your last words :)zaq
- "Keep my wife's name out your fucking mouth!" would have gotten you a free pass with your wife.palimpsest
- PonyBoy0
Wife and I just got the cheapest car insurance rate yet!
- imbecile0
- Warren Zevon - My Shits Fucked Upimbecile
- lyrics / album version https://www.youtube.…imbecile
- Morning_star10
After a conversation over many mojitos i received a text this morning from a great friend of mine. We have known each other for 35 years. We have walked the mountain range of life together. We've been there for each other in the dark valleys and the euphoric summits. Our mutual experiences of the sex, drugs and rock and roll of our existence have a certain mythology surrounding them.
His text said, "I thought you'd appreciate this link to an article reviewing the best mattresses for people who sleep on their side." The best fucking mattresses FFS.I appreciate it more than I ever expected.
- Beautiful.Nairn
- A true friendd_gitale
- That's nice and all, but as a side sleeper, what mattress????stoplying
- aaaand the answer is...tbgoodwillie
- Apologies for the delay. Life got in the way. https://www.wired.co…Morning_star
- beautiful indeedoey_oey
- aliastime5
I'm losing ambition with the day job.
I used to love moving my career forward, taking risks, failing fast, etc, But these days the work that takes feels exhausting.I'm starting to see a lot of comfort in simple, predictable, mundane tasks.
Classic burnout I suppose.
- Dittoduckseason
- Take rest, listen to your bodyOBBTKN
- This is a thing for us. We could start an entire thread figuring it out because I don't think it's an "I" thing, as much as it is an "us". We need to strike...canoe
- I mean unionizecanoe
- Hearing this. I remember some one he said they quit and took delivery driver job of something which sounds so appealing/refreshingdee-dubs
- so you just turned 30 is what you're saying?ArchitectofFate
- Heard about a graphic designer becoming a bus driver. He loved it because he knew what he was exspected to do, and it wasn't mentally taxing.Nutter
- @dee-dubs I think that was Horp.Continuity
- This is one of those things that can happen at any stage of life. Take time off, re-inspire yourself, get outside, physical activity and all the other cliches.CyBrainX
- BusterBoy5
I'm in my 50's...still haven't grown up. Working on a startup for the past couple of years with very little income as a result FFS...I'm too old for this shit! If it doesn't work out, I'm pretty farked.
Good times!
- canoe3
My hands, what the fuck, I need to start lotion-ing!
- bainbridge6
My parents are in their 70s and talk about being old. I didn't know it would happen this fast, and to them too.
I'm almost 40 and feel tired.
I'm single and feel like there's so much to do.
But also would like to raise a child and feel too old to start. But am also single.
But also I've done so much and life seems meaningless now and like I've had a good run.
Time and life is odd.
- You’re not old to old to have a child, I’m 44 and have a 3 year old daughter. But you will feel even more tired. And you’ll never find your life meaningless.dmay
- “Old to old”... it’s 22:30 and the 3 years old is still running around the living room... I’m tired...dmay
- Had the same "mood" and discussed with a few buddies today over coffee and they confirmed it. It's a thing apparently, you're not alonegrafician
- 48 and have a 4-year-old. I'm a better Dad today than I was with others—14 &18.misterhow
- 42 with a 3yr and 3m. 100% with dmayrobotinc
- Enjoy your 40s. They'll seem like your youth when you're in your 50s looking back.formed
- If your parents are in their 70s they must have been nearly as old as you when you were born right? Stop being such a wimp...yuekit
- Doing the math that's about a decade's difference.palimpsest
- He said "in their 70s" so it could be 0-9 years.yuekit
- We need to get to the bottom of this.
How old were your parents when they had you, bainbridge?palimpsest - Technically it's possible that Bainbridge's parents were older than him when he was born based on what he said. "I'm almost 40" how old is almost?yuekit
- You were right! There could have never been a decade's difference. min:4, max:7.
https://observablehq…palimpsest - Technically we both were. You said "nearly as old as you" and I said "about a decade".
I'm only closer by one point. :Ppalimpsest - lol, well doneyuekit
- Bainbridge what do you have to say about all this?yuekit
- It's also possible Bainbride just turned 36 while the parents are nearly 80. You really need to do the analysis on the day level to get an accurate number.yuekit
- Don't tempt me.palimpsest
- jagara6
Single eyebrow hairs going rogue.
- Krassy13
- at 9:30pmKrassy
- Age 57: sneak out of the pub to get home
Age 87: sneaksted - I do love a good French Exit.Wolfboy
- 27: The Irish Exit is a hilarious game.
37: The Irish Exit is a craft so polished that you list it on your CV.garbage - @garbage i'm still sorry :)sted
- Age 97: sneakmaquito
- Age 107: snakemaquito
- have a party at home...neverscared
- flolgarbage
- nb3
Suddenly out of nowhere, my absolute #1 favorite forum is:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cleanin…
Didn’t see that coming
- ben98-2
Going to bed is the best thing in the World
