The middle aged thread

Some of us have to make do with only an X-ray machine at home :'(

I've also fallen asleep, but during other sessions I like to conjure up imaginary banging dance tunes out of the equipment noises.

I fell asleep in an MRI scanner today.

I did that last week. Despite them pumping Heart FM through the headphones.

I now get to look forward to adding one more item to my "surgically repaired joints" list. It's a surprisingly long list.

I pretended I was listening to an aphex twin b-side when I had my mri scan.

Yep, sounds like Slimelight's industrial floor.

Despite them pumping Heart FM through the headphones.

Torture enough. Sleep was your salvation surely?

Last Jan I was in the middle of a three month lay-off from cycling due to neck pain. as long as I didn’t ride it wasn’t an issue. Currently experiencing similar when I don’t ride and getting nothing when I do.
Controlled the whole crappy business with tai-chi which I was really reticent about but has been a great help.
Basically middle age is one long drawn-out series of niggles interspersed with odd days of comfort which you take totally for granted because your brain automatically goes back to ‘I am in my twenties and bloody invincible’ mode.

Anyone able to recommend some small reading glasses (ideally that would fold into wallet size)? I am getting fed up of forgetting to take mine out with me!

Had similar a couple of months ago. Long term wear and tear to rotator cuff, a couple of tight tendons, onset of arthritis and some weak muscles in my back combined into a perfect cluster fuck of pain doing innocuous actions like cutting bread or passing salt at the table but I could do some bits of gardening and heavy lifting. Osteopath, rest, ice, massage and some strengthening exercises have helped considerably.

Me too. I always attributed the numb little and ring fingers on my left hand to bad bike fit and stupid bravado riding when I was younger. Turned out that I've got arthritis in my neck causing cervical facet syndrome. It used to cripple me every few weeks but a year or so of yoga, strength training and physio has basically stopped it in its tracks for now. Just had my first flare up in over a year.

Unfortunately, my lower back seems to be on the blink now. Kind of hoping that I haven't got arthritis at the top and bottom.

I'm 40 years old and I have arthritis in my neck and painful varicocele. Yaaaaaaay.

Yes.

These are brilliant and never leave my pocket;

Annoyingly there is no company name on them, and I bought them on a flight to Switzerland a good few years ago - but a search should find them.

Really good optics, well protected in the case and tiny.

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I recall that @JurekB has been seen out and about with some glasses that fold down into a container no bigger than a presta valve cap (I may be exaggerating slightly, but I was impressed).

I think heavy lifting in the gym does long term damage to your joints that shows up in your sixties.
My right shoulder is totally rekt and unfixable.

Might buy a Grevil and get rid of four other bikes. In a few years convert it to flatbar grandad bike.

Counterpoint- you’ll be a hench pensioner

I always wanted to sample one and make a track from it.

I'm not sure I agree. My old man is still lifting and has been for years.

Same thing gets said about running all the time "it's bad on the joints". Actually, if you look at the numbers runners have better leg function. I'm sure Alex Hutchinson (sp?) wrote a bunch on this kind of thing.

There may be a line which is overdoing it though. That's a harder thing to pin down. But generally, strength work is a good idea for everyone, especially older people to delay muscle loss.

Reminds me I need to start going to the gym again.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pince-nez

Haha! I meant the make and model of that particular set of modern pince nez!

It did have a logo on the case, but it has worn off.

They look great, thanks!

Hyperextended my knee slightly by riding over a tree root on a bike path whilst I was wearing flip flops on holiday.
I used to boardslide down handrails.

I hope you were wearing socks with those flip flops - otherwise you’re in the wrong thread.

Only Australian adults are allowed to wear thongs (flip flops for you heathens).

You were probably tripped by one of our roaming inspectors.

That’s not a thong, this is a thong;

(See what I did there?)

https://youtu.be/2nmCOH4ZCCk

Why do old people wear so much beige?

As I advance past middle age, will my ability to tolerate colour drastically diminish? Or is it some weird pass-ag fuck you to younger people and their sense of vitality?

I've often wondered the same. I kinda get why some old ladies wear so much purple and have blue rinse hair now

Easy. Black, Blue and white all go seamlessly with beige.

No worries about colour clashes if they are your staple colours. From a practical point of view that provides hugely more combinations from a limited wardrobe.