I am 42 on Saturday. I have just shaved off the ginger beard I have sported since 2006, I now look like a startled and pudgy grey owl. And also like my mother.
― thomasintrouble, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
I'm 44, everything seems fine. Don't feel that old, but also sometimes feel a little intimidated knowing that I'm around the half way point and I cannot imagine the second half being more eventful than the first, at least not in a good way.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
Touch of Grey listening party anyone ?
― calstars, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
I am 49 and have been thinking a lot about the liklihood that this "second half" (if I should be so lucky) will be less eventful, less colorful, and about the imperative to compensate with commemsurate wisdom, and awareness, and how that seems like an extremely tall order
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
it feels like I wild need a bonus 49 years *after* the "second half" to be cool with just sitting in a lawn chair needing a lot of naps thinking baout things
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
I am 46 and don't look it at all. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't get random injuries the cause of which are difficult to ascertain. Foot and neck the last two weeks.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Thursday, 27 June 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
Everything hurts. EVERYTHING HURTS.
My knees make crunching chip sounds. I cant tolerate a drink anymore. BLARGH.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
Feeling you on that.I’m enjoying my first case of cellulitis!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
fucking shoulder got me of late and a sudden case of apnea. What used to be fighting for gains is now fighting to keep above water.not for weaklings, as they say.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
cellulitis is v. unpleasant
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
Ngk
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 28 June 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
Mmm, cellulitis sounds like a joy. I had a bad attack of shingles earlier this year (Jan/Feb), all over my upper back and shoulders, and down my right arm from elbow to hand (including fingers and palm). It lasted close to a month, and I've still got one dark spot on my inner elbow that seems permanent.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 28 June 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
I am 46 and don't look it at all.
― calstars, Friday, 28 June 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
My hair turned white over the last two months. I don't even care, I don't have enough of it to be bothered about, but no, I don't look like I did fifteen years ago.
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Friday, 28 June 2019 02:30 (four years ago) link
i'm salt and peppering at the temples but I'm likely to be full white by 50. looking forward to it tbh!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 June 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
Ive been fully silver since my 20s. Still wondering when to stop dyeing it red.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 28 June 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link
hair started falling out a decade ago. shaved it clean and never looked back.colleagues at work recently got annoyed with me for not being in my 30s, and last month a guy tried really hard to get me to go to an under 35s meetup (i kept telling him it would be creepy and he kept saying “nah it’s fine because everyone’s under 35”)
― times 牛肉麵 (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 28 June 2019 07:48 (four years ago) link
oh i’m 45
gonna need some ID
― nashwan, Friday, 28 June 2019 07:53 (four years ago) link
when i sneeze it feels like my skeleton's going to blow apart
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 16 September 2019 23:58 (four years ago) link
(offers Tracer a handkerchief)
― A is for (Aimless), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 00:46 (four years ago) link
I feel you. I got the flu three years ago and ended up with a cough for three months afterward. At one point, I coughed so hard a tore a rib muscle, which was fun, because it then hurt to cough.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:07 (four years ago) link
a = I
I'm on the first day of a cold today. Can't wait to see how long it'll last, and how much all my bones will ache while it's here.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:30 (four years ago) link
We spent 45 years together, my left ACL and I. Too bad about that poorly executed dismount from that (not even very tall!) horse.
RIP ACL, in more ways than one.
I'll miss you along with your buddy, intact meniscus.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:36 (four years ago) link
ouch!
reminds me, I can't remember what thread it was posted in but I hope ulysses' shoulder surgery recovery is going ok
― Dan S, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:49 (four years ago) link
crutches are implements of the devil
― fremmes with neppavenettes (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 01:51 (four years ago) link
^^^this. So much more difficult than I thought they would be, and now my shoulder and wrist hurt more than my knee!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 02:09 (four years ago) link
thanks dan! It's two weeks post surgery and i went to my first live show with a friend in full cast-and-brace drag. Not dead yet motherfuckers!shit still hurts a lot though and i can't really use my arm yet for more than typing. prognosis is a month to lose the cast and maybe three to six to start to not hurt anymore after physical therapy?sorry about your acl quincie, that sounds terrible! i understand your crutch pain; the sling is just about breaking my neck!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 04:36 (four years ago) link
cast and sling at a show - what a hero! that’s some dedication. i hope the rehab time is not too painful. for a week after I broke my shoulder i had the old fashioned round the neck triangle sling .... fuuuuck that, it was like carrying a fkn millstone. now in the newfangled sling (hopefully only a few more days, then 2 months of physio) - new sling is for sure better, but it still gets exhausting carrying your own arm’s dead weight esp in summer. last thing i want to do is put on my messenger-style crossbody bag for work now, I’m already carrying plenty ugh
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 04:45 (four years ago) link
in some ways the worst part of shoulder surgery recovery for me was feeling that I couldn't wash myself properly, not being able to use one arm
the whole process felt like it went by quickly though, thinking back on it
― Dan S, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 04:49 (four years ago) link
er sorry not "Cast"... sling and brace! luckily no cast for me. Slings do COMPLETELY suck though. I'm not looking forward to PT. Also: not carrying a backpack in new york is like leaving home without pants. what the fuck am i supposed to do without a water bottle in this city?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 05:00 (four years ago) link
xp to dan: i washed my right armpit with my left arm today and it felt like a tangible if small victory
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 05:01 (four years ago) link
lol I remember that experience
― Dan S, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 05:06 (four years ago) link
health & healing, forkson sneezing: broke a couple of ribs earlier this year, & for months had to stand and brace myself against a doorframe if I felt a sneeze coming on
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 05:43 (four years ago) link
As of July I'm the right age to join this thread, but uh, looks a bit grim? I mean I already have arthritis and WPW syndrome, what other wonders will the decade have in store?
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 05:51 (four years ago) link
you 40-something year olds should just revel in the fact that you're still sweet babies
― Dan S, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 06:04 (four years ago) link
I do!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 06:05 (four years ago) link
on here, yes! but at work most of the people I encounter are 17-23 y/o and I am some sort of creature from before the dawn of time.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 06:12 (four years ago) link
you are at the best age seriously
― Dan S, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 06:23 (four years ago) link
I was at a bat mitzvah party at the w/e and I couldn't: a) dance, bcs the music was aimed at 13 y/o girls and I didnt know any of the tunes, or b) talk to people, bcs I can't hear what they're saying in that atmosphere. So I end up sitting alone with a drink, which is fine by me, but looks rather rude. Or as if I'm having a terrible time.
― fetter, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 07:06 (four years ago) link
so i might have nerve damage to my left foot which is fun
aside from my body falling apart my '40s are fucking fantastic, best time of my life
― sock fingering, baby (rushomancy), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 00:26 (four years ago) link
It's been a year for me for sure. More annoying random pains, then there was the bilateral hernia surgery, some physical therapy starting next week, a sleep study in a month's time...none of it really surprising but truly, I'm not young anymore. 18 months to 50!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
"Ric Ocasek was 75? Damn! That must mean, what, he was 50 when Heartbeat City came out? That can't be right?"
"1984 was 35 years ago."
...
"Damn!"
― pplains, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link
;_;
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 03:04 (four years ago) link
yup. got my 35th wedding anniversary coming up in a few weeks. it tallies.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 03:17 (four years ago) link
well i say fuck it, let's put this plane in reverse
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 03:18 (four years ago) link
(places seat back in fully upright position, fastens belt, grits teeth)
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 03:39 (four years ago) link
which means next year we will be as far in the future of 1984, as 1984 was to 1948.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 04:05 (four years ago) link
We can talk about "the Twenties" next year too, ugh.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 04:57 (four years ago) link