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Didn’t miss a stroke !
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I haven't spent this much time afield with a gun in decades.
I need to brush up on my stealth a bit.
I'm loving it.
contender buff
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Never really noticed the kitchen decorations.
It ain't my kitchen. Everything in the home belongs to the lady of the house minus my gun stuff clothes and the 75inch tv I rent.
I'm just a caretaker and night watchman.
I learned long ago that if it doesnt make me I'll I just ignore it if I dont like it.
Makes for a blissful marriage.
The pig ain't naked, lol
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Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
ROFLMAO Funny!
I just about fell our of my chair from laughing so hard at this one!
That's a great one!
Thanks for the laugh Mark!
Hasta
I don't buy that, at least not totally. Yes, it's a risk but it's not a hard and fast rule.
I worked for my sister in a couple of her businesses for a while. Both were relatively neutral experiences, with one being on the OK side and the other falling well short of being something I'd do again even though it was lots of fun, fulfilling work in the beginning. Of course, as the business failed, I have to imagine that much of the stress between us wasn't due to conflict between us, personally, but simply a byproduct of her stress in managing a business that was failing. For the record, both her businesses failed because she was trying to run them with her absolute disaster of a husband as her partner. If there was a way to screw up, he found it. Thank God he's gone, now. But as for sis, herself? I wouldn't hesitate to go into business with her again except for the fact that she'd work me too hard.
On the other hand, both my father and mother worked for me in a business I had. I think I was a lousy boss but they helped me get better and things worked well. In fact, they more or less managed me and I learned a lot. I was managing two employees and my dad had come from a background where he had managed thousands of employees. Some of his wisdom rubbed off on me and he was smart enough to just withdraw if I started stressing him out. IOW, we weren't always perfectly happy with the business relationship and but it never negatively impacted our relationships outside of work. We all learned to compartmentalize.
I've known a few elite athletes who accomplished great things in their youth but paid high prices. Ever looked at the feet of a top-tier ballet dancer? I have. I've also known a number of pro football players who were legends in their day and lauded by everyone they met. Maybe it was worth it to them but by the time I was dealing with them, their cumulative brain injuries had left them living a life I wouldn't want to have to endure for the last 2 or 3 decades of my life.
The biggest problem with approaching health and fitness in our youth is understanding the risks of every possible course of action. Every person is unique and I simply don't think it's possible to come up with a plan that guarantees functional health in our old age.
That doesn't mean we shouldn't try at every age but it does mean we shouldn't get depressed when things go wrong. We're human so sometimes shit happens.
BTW, despite the way I've abused my body in the past, I've managed to lose another 10 pounds recently. I have less than 100 to go and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some of the debilitating joint pain I'm dealing with will lessen when I reach that goal.
ETA: Tonite I'm actually feeling quite good. Lidoderm patches are a gift from God!
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Axxe55
Retiretgtshit stirrer
@benenglish could you expand on those Lidoderm patches please? How do they work and do they require a doctor's prescription?
My lidoderm patches are just ~4x5 inch sticky patches with lidocaine impregnated in them. You put them on the spots with pain and get relief. Obviously they're not as effective as the lidocaine shots you get from a doctor before they cut off a wart or extract a tooth but the medicine is the same and really helps.
The ones I have, pictured here, require a doctor's prescription and were horrendously expensive; less-expensive variants of the same product are available over the counter. My household stocked up on them many, many years ago before OTC versions existed so I have no experience with those OTC products. Luckily, the ones I have don't seem to lose effectiveness when they get old; mine show expired dates from over a decade ago and they still work great.
You're only supposed to use 3 in any 24-hour period. Since they're no longer effective after 12 hours and you're supposed to let the application site rest for 12 hours after every application, they're not a full-time solution by any means. However, I don't need them to be. About the only time I use them is when I have a knee that's gradually gotten worse over the course of weeks and no drugs (like aspirin, acetominophen, prescription anti-inflammatory meds, and pain meds) are helping. In those cases, I find I can slap on three patches and snug them down into tight contact with the skin via Ace bandages. When I do that, the joint will usually go 90% numb within a couple of hours.
That's a blessed relief when I really need it. Even better, the pain seems to remain reduced for weeks after I blast it with a maximum dose of the patches.
Pro-tip - shaving the skin where the patches are going to be applied really helps...but still use the Ace bandages to keep them tightly in contact with the skin. The ones I have just don't stick well. I have no idea how I'd force them to stay in contact with the skin if I were trying to use them on my back, for example.
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