You know you're old when...

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

...and the attendant put it in for you!!!!!

...when you were that attendant! ....and gave out Blue Chip Stamps too.

[sygazelle]

Originally Posted by M_Six

...and that wallet had a permanent ring on one side from the expired condemn impression...

I've heard that some guys had this problem.

[Boomer 2019]

Expired? If that was the case then I feel really bad for you. Geeze! Talk about a misspent youth.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

I've heard that some guys had this problem.

Not me! In my younger days, I was sporting a stylish nylon mesh wallet with velcro closure...that didn't leave imprints of my expired condemn or my emergency pay phone dime.

Off to Amazon to find one just like it for my old age.....

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Off to Amazon to find one just like it for my old age.....

Sounds like mine. Here it is ---->>> https://www.amazon.com/Trifold-Hook-..._id=2475895011

[R BMW]

Mine was blue and I still have it with expired CC in a drawer.
Now I carry a Carbon Fiber money clip, no need for the condemn.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by R BMW

Mine was blue and I still have it with expired CC in a drawer.
Now I carry a Carbon Fiber money clip, no need for the condemn.

Mine was red, and came from the parts department at a Honda motorcycle dealership in the late 1970's.

After decades of tri-fold leather wallets, I have gone "superleggera" ever since I was sent home to die in 2016 with the 24/7 IV infusion pump. My wallet per-se is an around-the-neck passport carrier that only leaves our home safe for road trips, and the bulk of my purchases are done using ApplePay on my Apple Watch. I have not had back pain since I stopped sitting on a wallet.

My doctors condemned me because my heart isn't healthy enough for those activities, so no reason to carry anything in my wallet.....

[Lady Jane]

If you rode in the front seat strapped into this.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

If you rode in the front seat strapped into this.

Or you rode in the front seat not strapped in at all...

[Lady Jane]

One for Laura: 70's girl gym wear.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Or you rode in the front seat not strapped in at all...

I didn’t have that problem; no car in the family till I was 16.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

If you rode in the front seat strapped into this.


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We didn’t have any car seats. I don’t think we had seat belts. When my parents took us home from the hospital when we were born, they put you in a cardboard box with your name, date of birth, weight and length. My grandmother kept those damn boxes under her bed and used them for storage.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

One for Laura: 70's girl gym wear.



Attachment 3337636

Pretty close to my gym suit from Catholic school 6th to 8th grade mid ‘70s.

Edit- when I first started school (public school) girls weren’t allowed to wear pants. We had to wear dresses or skirts. I think that ended in 3rd grade. So maybe 1972ish?

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Or you rode in the front seat not strapped in at all...

...and have the lump in your head from hitting the dashboard to prove it!!!!!

[Esteban]

Lower back's been aching... again. Got x-rays last week; mild arthritis is what it shows. Surprising how bad mild arthritis can hurt in your back. Had the same thing last year and x-rays showed the same thing.

Taking Tylenol twice a day (does nothing) and rubbing lidocaine on it several times a day. No injuries and just regular chores around the house. It did go away last year, now it's back. Guess that's what happens when you get old.

Don't like it affecting my exercises and walks. Makes it difficult to do them. Took a little break for a week to help it heal but now I’m going to get back to it. Just have to be careful. Lots of warming up and stretching, which I always do anyway.

[M_Six]

Wifey and I have started working out with a trainer dude twice a week. He's been mostly easy on us, but still...I've been aching the day after the workouts. Mostly stiff joints. Makes it hard to stand up and walk after sitting for a bit. The cardio doc said I could take Meloxicam if I really needed it, but I'm still resisting. Not sure it would do much anyway, like your Tylenol. Like you say, just need to be careful.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Lower back's been aching... again. Got x-rays last week; mild arthritis is what it shows. Surprising how bad mild arthritis can hurt in your back. Had the same thing last year and x-rays showed the same thing.

Taking Tylenol twice a day (does nothing) and rubbing lidocaine on it several times a day. No injuries and just regular chores around the house. It did go away last year, now it's back. Guess that's what happens when you get old.

Don't like it affecting my exercises and walks. Makes it difficult to do them. Took a little break for a week to help it heal but now I’m going to get back to it. Just have to be careful. Lots of warming up and stretching, which I always do anyway.

Originally Posted by M_Six

Wifey and I have started working out with a trainer dude twice a week. He's been mostly easy on us, but still...I've been aching the day after the workouts. Mostly stiff joints. Makes it hard to stand up and walk after sitting for a bit. The cardio doc said I could take Meloxicam if I really needed it, but I'm still resisting. Not sure it would do much anyway, like your Tylenol. Like you say, just need to be careful.

If your stomach can tolerate it and blood thinning isn’t an issue for you I’m a huge fan of aspirin. I have a feeling I’ve posted about it here already. “The wonder drug that works wonders!” It does for me! I discovered it in the Army. I would take three aspirin before a PT test and I could do more pushups and sit-ups and run the two miles faster. Reduced my pain and inflammation. Anytime I’m going to do something kind of physically strenuous I take it. I haven’t been walking around Chicago as much recently, but I used to walk all over the city and I would take aspirin first and then I wasn’t achy after I got home.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

If your stomach can tolerate it and blood thinning isn’t an issue for you I’m a huge fan of aspirin. I have a feeling I’ve posted about it here already. “The wonder drug that works wonders!” It does for me! I discovered it in the Army. I would take three aspirin before a PT test and I could do more pushups and sit-ups and run the two miles faster. Reduced my pain and inflammation. Anytime I’m going to do something kind of physically strenuous I take it. I haven’t been walking around Chicago as much recently, but I used to walk all over the city and I would take aspirin first and then I wasn’t achy after I got home.

I can't take aspirin. It makes me bleed. Even before I found that out whenever I took aspirin it hurt my stomach. I think I was in my late 40s and had a new doctor who started me on a regimen of one baby aspirin a day. After a few weeks I started coughing up blood and it didn't take long to figure out it was the aspirin. That's why I now take Tylenol.

[garyfried]

You know your old when your wife of 48 years passes away. Thinking companionship might be nice but where to start. A long time without trying to date someone.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by garyfried

You know your old when your wife of 48 years passes away. Thinking companionship might be nice but where to start. A long time without trying to date someone.

So sorry for your loss.

[Llarry]

Originally Posted by garyfried

You know your old when your wife of 48 years passes away. Thinking companionship might be nice but where to start. A long time without trying to date someone.

What a terrible blow -- so sorry!

When my wife of 16 years passed away, I also felt lost. I live in a rural area with no family close, etc. But in the internet age, there are online dating sites and I eventually did that -- and it worked out well. As with everything on the web, some care is required, but I found success that way.

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I can't take aspirin. It makes me bleed. Even before I found that out whenever I took aspirin it hurt my stomach. I think I was in my late 40s and had a new doctor who started me on a regimen of one baby aspirin a day. After a few weeks I started coughing up blood and it didn't take long to figure out it was the aspirin. That's why I now take Tylenol.

What about ibuprofen or naproxen? They both reduce inflammation, which Tylenol does not do.