Originally Posted By Gambalunga
My body

If my body were a car, this is the time I would be thinking about trading it in for a newer model. I've got bumps and dents and scratches in my finish, and my paint job is getting a little dull. But that's not the worst of it.
  • My headlights are out of focus, and it's especially hard to see things up close.
  • My traction is not as graceful as it once was. I slip and slide and skid and bump into things even in the best of weather.
  • My whitewalls are stained with varicose veins. It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed. My fuel rate burns inefficiently.
    But here's the very worst of it:
  • Almost every time I sneeze, cough or laugh, either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires.


Peter, this hits a nerve (pun)at this time, as my shoulder op has gone from bad to worse. Was taken to local emergency dept on Saturday with shoulder nerve pain, so intense that 20mg of Morphine had no effect, nor the other two pain injections they gave. I wound up being given two lots of Ketamine and now know what it's like to be inside a pinball machine ( 1st set of hallucinations) and fly to the moon (2nd set). Transferred at midnight to largest city hospital. Pain has almost disappeared but still in until Wednesday to try and find the cause.
I hate getting old, the chassis is starting to deteriorate.

budster

Graeme: 2011 +4