My Wife Gave Me Something To Ponder

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I was telling her I guess I'm blessed because all the ones in my family are dead.

She said think about it you are the oldest in your family. 

Boy that hit I don't consider myself old at 71.

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[fishinwrench]

I'm starting to consider myself old at 61.  

Not just old, but tired of the BS associated with living.  😅

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  On 3/3/2025 at 3:29 PM, fishinwrench said:

I'm starting to consider myself old at 61.  

Not just old, but tired of the BS associated with living.  😅

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Buckle up, Cupcake.   It gets worse....😆

Gotta be tough to get old.

[Dutch]

One of my old fishing buddies always said, “Getting old ain’t for sissies “.  I am in total agreement.

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  On 3/3/2025 at 3:29 PM, fishinwrench said:

I'm starting to consider myself old at 61.  

Not just old, but tired of the BS associated with living.  😅

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Don't let you say this to a Doctor they will consider you suicidal and drug you. 

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[BilletHead]

  On 3/3/2025 at 5:45 PM, oneshot 1 said:

Don't let you say this to a Doctor they will consider you suicidal and drug you. 

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Not if they truly know wrench. It's totally normal 😀 🤣

[tjm]

  On 3/3/2025 at 5:45 PM, oneshot 1 said:

Don't let you say this to a Doctor they will consider you suicidal and drug you. 

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He's absolutely right with this. There are about vaguely worded  20-50 questions  that they ask every time I visit the VA and all are to prove you are a danger either to yourself or to others. An intended humorous answer is taken as  being serious and will require followup questions. The correct answers are (if you want to walk out at the end of the session) 'I feel great' "my pain level is manageable'' " I sleep well" I'm not afraid of my spouse or family" I feel safe" "75 ain't old" 

[fishinwrench]

  On 3/3/2025 at 7:11 PM, BilletHead said:

Not if they truly know wrench. It's totally normal 😀 🤣

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Not suicidal 😊  But the days where I don't wanna do anything....and I mean ANYTHING...... besides hang out around the house/shop, are getting more frequent with time.  

Forced myself to go try and catch a mess of crappie after lunch, and failed.   I'll freely admit that I didn't "try" very hard. 😅 And I'm not overly disappointed that I didn't have a mess of fish to clean.  👍

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  On 3/3/2025 at 7:57 PM, tjm said:

He's absolutely right with this. There are about vaguely worded  20-50 questions  that they ask every time I visit the VA and all are to prove you are a danger either to yourself or to others. An intended humorous answer is taken as  being serious and will require followup questions. The correct answers are (if you want to walk out at the end of the session) 'I feel great' "my pain level is manageable'' " I sleep well" I'm not afraid of my spouse or family" I feel safe" "75 ain't old" 

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Yea if your Christian you don't fear death here. Do you ever think of dieing in your sleep? Can you think that might be the best way. 

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[BilletHead]

  On 3/3/2025 at 5:45 PM, oneshot 1 said:

Don't let you say this to a Doctor they will consider you suicidal and drug you. 

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  On 3/3/2025 at 7:57 PM, tjm said:

He's absolutely right with this. There are about vaguely worded  20-50 questions  that they ask every time I visit the VA and all are to prove you are a danger either to yourself or to others. An intended humorous answer is taken as  being serious and will require followup questions. The correct answers are (if you want to walk out at the end of the session) 'I feel great' "my pain level is manageable'' " I sleep well" I'm not afraid of my spouse or family" I feel safe" "75 ain't old" 

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    Actually thinking about this I can relate.

I had sinus surgery a week ago today. It was way more than I expected. I figured piece of cake. Nope. I was coming off of anesthesia. I have never had a harder time with just that. No real pain just discomfort. Even though I had the required ride (Pat) I did not feel right at all. What was supposed to take an hour to an hour and a half became two and a half hours. This was just in the second recovery room where Pat was waiting. I was nauseous big time no barfing but on the verge. Foggy headed not in control. I am one who wants to be in control. I didn't feel too pushed to leave but I can remember several times that the nurse came in and asked if I was ready to get out of there. I wasn't because I just wasn't right as I should be at that time. I responded once that I wasn't right and felt safer there as opposed to being on the way home.

  This really set that nurse on edge. She said is there something we should talk about. In a tone that I knew she was really thinking I was scared of something. Really quick I said I'm safe at home but I don't feel at this time I can be safer health wise after the surgery. She calmed down and said we are not rushing you stay as long as you need to. 

   Took me three days to unfog my head. I did not like this.