(do we have a 'wonders of the modern world' thread because 6W light bulbs should be included there)
― koogs, Wednesday, 19 June 2024 18:18 (one week ago) link
heck, white LEDs alone are an amazing achievement
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 June 2024 18:19 (one week ago) link
Funny how most of the posts itt are about bodies. That’s the one thing we all have in common I guess
― calstars, Wednesday, 19 June 2024 18:19 (one week ago) link
the £400 daylight bulbs probably put out a few more lumens than the £3 screwfix ones - you can still get £200 daylight lamps for artists, but yes the price is probably a triumph of marketing over technology.
― ledge, Wednesday, 19 June 2024 19:48 (one week ago) link
heck, white LEDs alone are an amazing achievementhttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2014/press-release/
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 19 June 2024 23:01 (one week ago) link
yep!
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Wednesday, 19 June 2024 23:44 (one week ago) link
lol. everything hurts.― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, June 8, 2024 4:23 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, June 8, 2024 4:23 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 19 June 2024 23:56 (one week ago) link
snoball even warned me about this shoulder shit! fml
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 June 2024 07:31 (one week ago) link
I had a bad case of subacromial bursitis last year. Got lucky with a GP appointment - physio specialist was in that week. I showed him how I could get this hand all the way up my back (not bad for an old-timer is what I was aiming for), but this other hand? No way, Hipsway. Not even behind my back. He identified the issue immediately, pressed HARD into my bursa and got me to magically do what I couldn't previously, and then gave me exercises to do.
As with all other "do this for 20 mins every day for the rest of your life, don't skip a step" routines that I'm supposed to be doing, I did it half the time for a few weeks and it totally worked.
― Michael Jones, Thursday, 20 June 2024 10:47 (one week ago) link
i had intense pain in my right knee a few weeks ago out of nowhere that persisted for a week, i was about to go to the doctor but then it gradually got better and is mostly fine now (my suspicion is that i need to drop 20 lbs to fully get rid of it). Typical in that i was waiting for some terrible news about a chronic condition but it was just a slow healing process due to age and not great personal habits. of course that bad habits are eventually gonna get me...
― buzza, Thursday, 20 June 2024 11:51 (one week ago) link
out of desperation, i've just tried my old glasses, the ones i used up until 2 months ago and lol, blind. sunglasses too. guess i'm stuck with these for the near future even though i think they are making me light-headed.
i had frozen left arm a few years ago that they couldn't find anything wrong with despite ultrasounds. got better on its own but took an entire year. there'd be times when i'd drop something and grab for it with the bad arm without thinking and would swear because of the pain. right one is just about 90% again after the same happening to that last january.
― koogs, Thursday, 20 June 2024 13:18 (one week ago) link
fucking hell, people!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 June 2024 13:42 (one week ago) link
I had something similar happen with both of my shoulders, but the right was significantly worse than the left. Couldn't raise my right arm over my head, couldn't scratch my own back. Got weekly acupuncture for a couple of months which helped a little, but it gradually went away on its own. I still don't think I have full range of motion, but it doesn't just hurt all the time, so I'll take it.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Thursday, 20 June 2024 14:01 (one week ago) link
it’s just confusing. I have good shoulder mobility. I stretch. I exercise. ??? am currently in the doctor’s waiting room. will report back.
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 June 2024 14:23 (one week ago) link
So they think it’s shoulder “impingement”. Which may get better in a few weeks. They are booking me for an ultrasound to be sure. Pretty happy with this result!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 20 June 2024 14:58 (one week ago) link
Xposts back although my eyes are well short&longsighted lensy at the same time, but my overall eyesight has been improving the past two tests. Possibly due to sacking the contact lenses.
I'm due another about now so who knows ...
― Mark G, Saturday, 22 June 2024 08:56 (one week ago) link
(Tried varifocals briefly, frankly sucked, and my eye doctor said 'Yeah let's just go for two pairs,' and it's been gravy since.)
The problem with the two-pair solution is that "where the fuck are my reading glasses?" is a very real problem now.
― trishyb, Saturday, 22 June 2024 10:18 (one week ago) link
I just lift up my glasses when I need to see close up.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 22 June 2024 13:01 (one week ago) link
right there with you
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 22 June 2024 13:17 (one week ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/hyHWxyX.png
The way Sen. Carl Levin wore his glasses like this used to irrationally piss me off. Like it was an intellectual way to offer some Shade Tippin' .
But now, I get you, Carl. I get you.
― pplains, Saturday, 22 June 2024 14:41 (one week ago) link
Battle not with eyeglass wearers lest ye becom etc.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 22 June 2024 17:32 (one week ago) link
Sen. Levin was just channeling Ben Franklin
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Saturday, 22 June 2024 17:34 (one week ago) link
I just lift up my glasses when I need to see close up.― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 22 June 2024 13:01 (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Saturday, 22 June 2024 13:01 (five hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ditto, but I found I have to use my readers when working ont’ laptop. But I get drowsy if I have them on too long and/or walk around with them on…
― Mark G, Saturday, 22 June 2024 18:09 (one week ago) link
But see, most people who wear glasses look their glasses, even in official portraits.
Feel like Levin would've wore earbuds all the time, even when he wasn't listening to music or podcasts.
― pplains, Sunday, 23 June 2024 03:02 (six days ago) link
I lookawful without my glasses on. All sorta washed out. Maybe it is just that I'm so used to it, having worn em since 16?
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Monday, 24 June 2024 01:35 (five days ago) link
When my father turned 50 I laughed when a short while later Saga (UK travel and insurance company for the over 50s) sent him a brochure through the post that seemed to arrive like a laser guided bomb. Today they sent me an email.
― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:24 (five days ago) link
Ask not for whom Saga trolls.
In re glasses, one vanity benefit I get from them in my 50s is that they somewhat obscure the ever-growing shadows under my eyes. Way better than any kind face cream would, I'm sure.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 24 June 2024 17:49 (five days ago) link
Snoball - ha! I've very nearly made it through the first year of my fifties without Saga tracking me down.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 24 June 2024 21:14 (five days ago) link
Yeah, I started to get marketing mail from Michael Parkinson
― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 07:02 (four days ago) link
I got my first mail from Saga the day after my 50th birthday. The only one I get repeated mail from is a retirement village outside Malvern (which admittedly looks very nice).
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 07:39 (four days ago) link
We actually took advantage of a special over 50s hotel discount earlier this year. We were by far the youngest people there.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 07:51 (four days ago) link
I might have claimed pensioner discount for F at the outdoor museum in Bucharest last year. She wasn't best pleased (but the lady on the desk took it all in good spirits and gave her it anyway).
― Overtoun House windows (aldo), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 08:52 (four days ago) link
My wife takes great joy in claiming discounts based on me.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 12:36 (four days ago) link