The middle aged thread

NHS don't do syringing anymore.

Ear stuff has been outsourced to opticians and pharmacies.

People I know get their ears done at the local pharmacy where they do a form of micro-suction.

I've used reading glasses for the first time. I pilfered my wife's. I'm 46. I needed to get some fiddly little screws aligned and it was dark (ish), and the things really made a difference. An ophthalmologist I work with occasionally has told me lots of times everyone should start using them earlier than they eventually do. Guess I need to get myself a pair.

Almost all my teeth are literally crumbling. I take calcium supplements to no avail. Today a back molar fell apart.
Dentist wants to do an implant.
I am weighing the benefit of $5000 minimum over the 20 years of life left.

PS for the love of God don’t drink sugary pop.

10 minute discussion with my partner on the way in to work about which slippers I'd like best for Christmas.

Have you looked at Draper of Glastonbury?

https://www.draper-of-glastonbury.com/

I bought my wife some last year and after the initial horror she loves them

This is a discussion I've forgotten to have. Thanks.

There is only one slipper, Shirley? Such comfy and much style.

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Plakolm Austrian hut slippers.

I wear my Draper of Glastonbury slippers while I scour the internet for Record 10 triple chainsets

I like these, and nearly 3 years of use are great. However, if the floor is gritty they sound horrible.

Ahem

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That lack of arch support is asking for trouble. Very nice tho'.

I'm losing the Crocs battle, I'll probably get some in the January sales.

Singapore wellies, important for maintaining ridiculous tanlines when it’s pissing down all the time, as it is at the moment.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology we were about to go into a drought. Cue much rain.

I've only just got rid of my Bedrock bikini sandal tan lines.

Moist.

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oh my word.

You should have kept the knackered ones.

The tyranny of extreme heat and 100% humidity. Still preferable to London. 👹

I'm losing the Crocs battle, I'll probably get some in the January sales.

Join us. Fur-lined crocs, do it.

There is a thread

My heart aches
For 6 legs
Tears fall on two feet.

I just read through the first 10 or so pages of this thread, 12 years ago it was a lot more about childhood nostalgia - pop culture, food, school stuff etc - it's since somehow turned into mild complaining about the aging process in general. Tbh I skipped the middle 100 pages so don't know when this happened. Someone could probably make something out of this incredible discovery, not me though.

Twelve years of ageing has done that.

12 years ago it was a lot more about childhood nostalgia

#Wedidn'thaveaniPadsong

Failing at hashtags seems appropriate here 😀