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Re: Things that make you feel old
The fact that next week is my 20th wedding anniversary
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Zoe Bell
(Post 12470231)
The fact that next week is my 20th wedding anniversary
I understand that means China, so here you go. Spoiler:
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Learning that my first friend and longest friend in Canada died at 5am this morning. He was 6 months older than me. He’d been through a most difficult time medically in the past 2 years, so I’m thankful his considerable suffering is over.
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by plasticcanuck
(Post 12470249)
Learning that my first friend and longest friend in Canada died at 5am this morning. He was 6 months older than me. He’d been through a most difficult time medically in the past 2 years, so I’m thankful his considerable suffering is over.
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Oakvillian
(Post 12470167)
Wow, Steve - that must have been seriously tough news to hear. Here's hoping that you can cope with the slowing-down thing and keep on keeping on for a good few years yet.
We’re off to see the cardiologist this morning and hoping he has more info for us and more of a plan as to where we go from here. Cheers Steve |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Entropy.
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The picture quality on these clips is just like on the photos I used to collect from the daily express back then.:o
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Tinpusher63
(Post 12471734)
We’re off to see the cardiologist this morning and hoping he has more info for us and more of a plan as to where we go from here.
Good news it is NOT heart failure. :thumbup: Bad news is he is not sure what the issue is, and he’s running out of things it could be. :confused::( As a result I’ll be going back to see the pulmonologist to have my lungs checked out again. I’ll also be having another echocardiogram (last one was about two years ago). Thirdly, he wants to do a right-side catheterization. They put a catheter into the right side of the heart and check pressures. He also mentioned it would be a fluid challenged one. For that they pump saline solution into the right chamber and measure the pressures on both side of the heart. He is also a little concerned about the possibility of pericarditis or stiffening of the sac around the heart. If it is Pericarditis it's a problem because the surgeons would be extremely reluctant to try to remove the Pericardial sac because of all the scarring from the two previous bypass surgeries. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Great news, my 60 free travel pss has appeared, no more train/bus tickets for me. Just got to fill up on free prescriptions now...
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Tinpusher63
(Post 12472528)
Well we saw my cardiologist yesterday.
Good news it is NOT heart failure. :thumbup: Bad news is he is not sure what the issue is, and he’s running out of things it could be. :confused::( As a result I’ll be going back to see the pulmonologist to have my lungs checked out again. I’ll also be having another echocardiogram (last one was about two years ago). Thirdly, he wants to do a right-side catheterization. They put a catheter into the right side of the heart and check pressures. He also mentioned it would be a fluid challenged one. For that they pump saline solution into the right chamber and measure the pressures on both side of the heart. He is also a little concerned about the possibility of pericarditis or stiffening of the sac around the heart. If it is Pericarditis it's a problem because the surgeons would be extremely reluctant to try to remove the Pericardial sac because of all the scarring from the two previous bypass surgeries. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Tinpusher63
(Post 12472528)
Well we saw my cardiologist yesterday.
Good news it is NOT heart failure. :thumbup: Bad news is he is not sure what the issue is, and he’s running out of things it could be. :confused::( As a result I’ll be going back to see the pulmonologist to have my lungs checked out again. I’ll also be having another echocardiogram (last one was about two years ago). Thirdly, he wants to do a right-side catheterization. They put a catheter into the right side of the heart and check pressures. He also mentioned it would be a fluid challenged one. For that they pump saline solution into the right chamber and measure the pressures on both side of the heart. He is also a little concerned about the possibility of pericarditis or stiffening of the sac around the heart. If it is Pericarditis it's a problem because the surgeons would be extremely reluctant to try to remove the Pericardial sac because of all the scarring from the two previous bypass surgeries. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
This week a colleague failed to get to work. He had a flat tyre and had to wait a long time for a tow truck. I wondered why he didn't just change the tyre and he had no idea that one could do that. It turns out that the car, a Tesla Model S, doesn't even have a spare tyre (in a pinch you can steal a wheel off a nearby BMW and that will fit).
I take the ability to change a tyre for granted but it now seems to be a skill akin to using a starting handle. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12493903)
This week a colleague failed to get to work. He had a flat tyre and had to wait a long time for a tow truck. I wondered why he didn't just change the tyre and he had no idea that one could do that. ...
I take the ability to change a tyre for granted but it now seems to be a skill akin to using a starting handle. I'm useless with my hands (if it's to do with work that is :sneaky:) but I remember watching my dad change one once. I must have been in my teens as he died when I was 20 and I thought "I could do that" but I never had the chance to actually do it. It seemed less complicated that doing the same with a bicycle. |
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I feel old complaining that the new BE app has made everything look weird and not user friendly! Can we make it look like it used to? |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 12493932)
I feel old complaining that the new BE app has made everything look weird and not user friendly! Can we make it look like it used to? and where's the report button gone? |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 12493935)
Everything is skewiff - I don't like it at all.
and where's the report button gone? I've reported two annoyances on the thread in Site Feedback: the "who quoted me" bit has disappeared from the user profile (again...), and there are adverts between posts, every third or fourth post, which is a real bugbear in other forums and extremely annoying. There's a way to turn off the "infinite scrolling" thing which I also was about to complain about, but IBJoel had got there first with instructions to disable it. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 12493932)
I feel old complaining that the new BE app has made everything look weird and not user friendly! Can we make it look like it used to?
Originally Posted by Siouxie
(Post 12493935)
Everything is skewiff - I don't like it at all.
and where's the report button gone? |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Every change takes some getting used to. When crank-starting a car keep your thumb over the top of the handle in case it kicks back. My first car (47 Chev) had a start button on the dash and the dimmer switch was on the floor (same place as old start pedals).
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 12493932)
I feel old complaining that the new BE app has made everything look weird and not user friendly! Can we make it look like it used to? |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12494068)
All the background stuff; the emoticons, the formatting bar, the header, are now so big it's hard to find the posts. It's certainly less usable.
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Here is the thread to report about the glitches, annoyances and things that no longer work properly.
Your input could make a difference. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 12493918)
:blink:
I'm useless with my hands (if it's to do with work that is :sneaky:) but I remember watching my dad change one once. I must have been in my teens as he died when I was 20 and I thought "I could do that" but I never had the chance to actually do it. It seemed less complicated that doing the same with a bicycle. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12494391)
I put the tyre on back to front.
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12494391)
i changed a tyre once. Since we've been talking about Switzerland I'll add that it was in Geneva. Turns out I put the tyre on back to front. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12494437)
That's an achievement without taking two wheels off the car.
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12494454)
or was it inside out?
https://www.farfeshplus.com/pic_serv...ar/car-560.jpg |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12494454)
or was it inside out?
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Co-workers lol. At least most of the mainline pilots are older which makes me feel not as old.
the regional pilotd are all very young though. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12494497)
Co-workers lol. At least most of the mainline pilots are older which makes me feel not as old. the regional pilotd are all very young though.
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 12494505)
...he looked about 19. I thought "Oh God, it's Doogie Howser!" His partner in the practice was about the same; they were both great and probably just young-looking. ;)
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12494464)
Oh yes, if you put it on inside out and it was unidirectional that'd also be back to front. Wow!
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12494552)
you could do that in olden days you see. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
I've done that too! In the olden days, in France in a Citroen, of course but not a deux chevaux.
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Originally Posted by bats
(Post 12494956)
I've done that too! In the olden days, in France in a Citroen, of course but not a deux chevaux.
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Your about the same age as my dad.
I have not yet had a doctor who was younger yet. All have been over 40 and most over 60. But the day will come when the doctor looks like doogie...lol
Originally Posted by caretaker
(Post 12494505)
I'm 63 and when I saw my sister's neurologist he looked about 19. I thought "Oh God, it's Doogie Howser!" His partner in the practice was about the same; they were both great and probably just young-looking. ;)
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by Jsmth321
(Post 12494982)
Your about the same age as my dad.
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Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 12494959)
aww. Deux chevaux â¤ï¸ I learnt to drive on one of those. “Une deux pattes “!! https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1953-citroen-2cv/ |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 12495018)
When they first brought the 2cv out they challenged the public to roll one over. They said they would pay 500 francs to anybody who could do so. Nobody ever did. The suspension was so soft! I remember my Dad replacing the chassis on one of them in his barn. He loved those cars. |
Re: Things that make you feel old
Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 12495032)
When they first brought the 2cv out they challenged the public to roll one over. They said they would pay 500 francs to anybody who could do so. Nobody ever did. The suspension was so soft!. What was the handbrake like? A teacher at school had one and it was easy to push to a different place to where he left it. :lol: |
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Originally Posted by DandNHill
(Post 12495032)
When they first brought the 2cv out they challenged the public to roll one over. They said they would pay 500 francs to anybody who could do so. Nobody ever did. The suspension was so soft! I didn't know that, I remember the DS was supposed to be almost impossible to roll. The DS steering wheel impressed me when I was young, as well. In the days before safety belts they eliminated the steering column that would go through your chest in case of a head-on. |
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