@usetobunkin a few more ideas. Do creative things; make stuff, even if only plastic kits, mend or restore old things, take up drawing or painting. If you don't know how to, look up adult education classes. Do a bucket list trip - safari, Golden Triangle in India, cruise the Croatian coast. Enjoy relaxed sex in the afternoon, rather than last thing at night.
The sex in the afternoon is not so relaxed if you've got to keep an eye on the clock for the Mrs getting home from work.
Got my 30th coming up soon, many of you will say I'm still young but definitely starting to feel my body asking me to turn the brakes on a little more than I used to be able to do in my early-mid 20s, as far as I have been told, it only gets worse from here!
You’ll get a second breath at 40 when you will have more staying power than at any other point. Hangovers disappear and you can consume quantities far greater than in your 20’s.
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You are joking me? I’ve gone rapidly the other way (I’m 48). Just two to hree pints and I don’t sleep great and feeling the effects in the morning. 5 pints plus and I’ll be suffering for 2-3 days guaranteed. My love and hate of drink are now in equal measure. Depresses me body just can’t process alcohol no more and suspect I’ll have to knock it completely on the head within a couple of years.
Do you drink a measure of water equal to that of the beer consumed? It’s a bit of a pain drinking 2-3 pints of water before going to bed, especially as you will now probably have to get up to have a wee several times during the night, but it works. It may also help to drink water before drinking beer. It’s mostly a question of hydration in avoiding hangovers.
I swear by this approach too. Grab a water at the bar before heading off. Bottle on the way home and a pint of water when you get home. Strong antihistamine and bed. Feel pretty tired the next day but no real hangover. Any lingering effects the next morning can be beaten by a berocca and a bacon roll.
@usetobunkin a few more ideas. Do creative things; make stuff, even if only plastic kits, mend or restore old things, take up drawing or painting. If you don't know how to, look up adult education classes. Do a bucket list trip - safari, Golden Triangle in India, cruise the Croatian coast. Enjoy relaxed sex in the afternoon, rather than last thing at night.
The sex in the afternoon is not so relaxed if you've got to keep an eye on the clock for the Mrs getting home from work.
Buying tickets for Tyler, the Creator. Going with my 14 year old daughter and one of her friends. I really don’t get the music. But that’s probably me being close to 50.
Buying tickets for Tyler, the Creator. Going with my 14 year old daughter and one of her friends. I really don’t get the music. But that’s probably me being close to 50.
Being an older Dad to, i used to take my son to see films i had no interest in but used it as an opportunity to have a snooze.
Buying tickets for Tyler, the Creator. Going with my 14 year old daughter and one of her friends. I really don’t get the music. But that’s probably me being close to 50.
Being an older Dad to, i used to take my son to see films i had no interest in but used it as an opportunity to have a snooze.
One of my mates used to get in for free. He told the staff at the cinema that he obviously wasn’t there to watch a kids film, but just there to look after the kids while they watched the film. Worked every time.
Those Covid years have definitely sped things up a bit. Or at least make it feel like it's gone faster.
When I think of things I done just before Covid, it don't feel like 5+ years ago
Had this very discussion with Mrs Stig yesterday. We were both questioning whether we might have some low-level form of long-covid* or whether that's what we would have expected to happen with those few extra years anyway.
*Not the sort of thing that might stop someone from working, or make them feel ill enough to try and see a doctor; just enough to slow us down a bit and feel more tired and lethargic.
Those Covid years have definitely sped things up a bit. Or at least make it feel like it's gone faster.
When I think of things I done just before Covid, it don't feel like 5+ years ago
Had this very discussion with Mrs Stig yesterday. We were both questioning whether we might have some low-level form of long-covid* or whether that's what we would have expected to happen with those few extra years anyway.
*Not the sort of thing that might stop someone from working, or make them feel ill enough to try and see a doctor; just enough to slow us down a bit and feel more tired and lethargic.
Now you’ve done it. You brought in Covid. Anyway, I did start to wonder about the impact of it the other day.
Regular check ups over the years have basically brought back positive numbers and results except about a year ago my iron levels came back low. For some reason it’s never been tested and so whilst I seem to have records of tests going back years to track I didn’t have anything for iron levels. This brought about lots of other tests to see what was causing it with scans, and cameras down my throat and up my arse. The upshot was nothing was found and i’m just increasing my iron intake. No big deal and combined with a bit of exercise I’m not so tired anymore. Then I noticed more and more people seemed to be having the same issue. Post Covid, it just made me think it’s either a coincidence, or it’s not…
Those Covid years have definitely sped things up a bit. Or at least make it feel like it's gone faster.
When I think of things I done just before Covid, it don't feel like 5+ years ago
Had this very discussion with Mrs Stig yesterday. We were both questioning whether we might have some low-level form of long-covid* or whether that's what we would have expected to happen with those few extra years anyway.
*Not the sort of thing that might stop someone from working, or make them feel ill enough to try and see a doctor; just enough to slow us down a bit and feel more tired and lethargic.
Now you’ve done it. You brought in Covid. Anyway, I did start to wonder about the impact of it the other day.
Regular check ups over the years have basically brought back positive numbers and results except about a year ago my iron levels came back low. For some reason it’s never been tested and so whilst I seem to have records of tests going back years to track I didn’t have anything for iron levels. This brought about lots of other tests to see what was causing it with scans, and cameras down my throat and up my arse. The upshot was nothing was found and i’m just increasing my iron intake. No big deal and combined with a bit of exercise I’m not so tired anymore. Then I noticed more and more people seemed to be having the same issue. Post Covid, it just made me think it’s either a coincidence, or it’s not…
blue touch paper lit…
I've seen graphs showing the increased incidences of other illnesses which closely follow the start of the pandemic. I've been saying for some time now that Covid has made people sicker.
Those Covid years have definitely sped things up a bit. Or at least make it feel like it's gone faster.
When I think of things I done just before Covid, it don't feel like 5+ years ago
Had this very discussion with Mrs Stig yesterday. We were both questioning whether we might have some low-level form of long-covid* or whether that's what we would have expected to happen with those few extra years anyway.
*Not the sort of thing that might stop someone from working, or make them feel ill enough to try and see a doctor; just enough to slow us down a bit and feel more tired and lethargic.
Now you’ve done it. You brought in Covid. Anyway, I did start to wonder about the impact of it the other day.
Regular check ups over the years have basically brought back positive numbers and results except about a year ago my iron levels came back low. For some reason it’s never been tested and so whilst I seem to have records of tests going back years to track I didn’t have anything for iron levels. This brought about lots of other tests to see what was causing it with scans, and cameras down my throat and up my arse. The upshot was nothing was found and i’m just increasing my iron intake. No big deal and combined with a bit of exercise I’m not so tired anymore. Then I noticed more and more people seemed to be having the same issue. Post Covid, it just made me think it’s either a coincidence, or it’s not…
blue touch paper lit…
I've seen graphs showing the increased incidences of other illnesses which closely follow the start of the pandemic. I've been saying for some time now that Covid has made people sicker.
From the ONS for the 4 weeks to 5th March 2023 (The latest release so not sure if this analysis stopped at that point).
Apologies if I come across as cynical, but I'm not surprised by the fact that most long covid is self reported, and the groups reporting it the most include those with existing conditions and those not working nor looking for work.
There's a good chance that many on here feel more tired than we did before covid because we are all nearly 5 years older.
I have no doubt that there are genuine cases of long covid.
Long COVID symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of 1.5 million people (79% of those with self-reported long COVID), with 381,000 (20%) reporting that their ability to undertake their day-to-day activities had been “limited a lot”.
Fatigue continued to be the most common symptom reported as part of individuals’ experience of long COVID (72% of those with self-reported long COVID), followed by difficulty concentrating (51%), muscle ache (49%) and shortness of breath (48%).
As a proportion of the UK population, the prevalence of self-reported long COVID was greatest in people aged 35 to 69 years, females, people living in more deprived areas, those working in social care, those aged 16 years and over who were not working and not looking for work, and those with another activity-limiting health condition or disability
Those Covid years have definitely sped things up a bit. Or at least make it feel like it's gone faster.
When I think of things I done just before Covid, it don't feel like 5+ years ago
Had this very discussion with Mrs Stig yesterday. We were both questioning whether we might have some low-level form of long-covid* or whether that's what we would have expected to happen with those few extra years anyway.
*Not the sort of thing that might stop someone from working, or make them feel ill enough to try and see a doctor; just enough to slow us down a bit and feel more tired and lethargic.
Now you’ve done it. You brought in Covid. Anyway, I did start to wonder about the impact of it the other day.
Regular check ups over the years have basically brought back positive numbers and results except about a year ago my iron levels came back low. For some reason it’s never been tested and so whilst I seem to have records of tests going back years to track I didn’t have anything for iron levels. This brought about lots of other tests to see what was causing it with scans, and cameras down my throat and up my arse. The upshot was nothing was found and i’m just increasing my iron intake. No big deal and combined with a bit of exercise I’m not so tired anymore. Then I noticed more and more people seemed to be having the same issue. Post Covid, it just made me think it’s either a coincidence, or it’s not…
blue touch paper lit…
I've seen graphs showing the increased incidences of other illnesses which closely follow the start of the pandemic. I've been saying for some time now that Covid has made people sicker.
From the ONS for the 4 weeks to 5th March 2023 (The latest release so not sure if this analysis stopped at that point).
Apologies if I come across as cynical, but I'm not surprised by the fact that most long covid is self reported, and the groups reporting it the most include those with existing conditions and those not working nor looking for work.
There's a good chance that many on here feel more tired than we did before covid because we are all nearly 5 years older.
I have no doubt that there are genuine cases of long covid.
Long COVID symptoms adversely affected the day-to-day activities of 1.5 million people (79% of those with self-reported long COVID), with 381,000 (20%) reporting that their ability to undertake their day-to-day activities had been “limited a lot”.
Fatigue continued to be the most common symptom reported as part of individuals’ experience of long COVID (72% of those with self-reported long COVID), followed by difficulty concentrating (51%), muscle ache (49%) and shortness of breath (48%).
As a proportion of the UK population, the prevalence of self-reported long COVID was greatest in people aged 35 to 69 years, females, people living in more deprived areas, those working in social care, those aged 16 years and over who were not working and not looking for work, and those with another activity-limiting health condition or disability
The ONS gave a figure of 2 million people with Covid to 31 March 2024. There are approximately 119,000 children living with Long Covid.
The Covid Inquiry has heard from many people with Long Covid recently. A former nurse gave evidence this morning.
There is no definitive test for Long Covid yet, though there are advances in how the Sars Cov-2 virus affects the body, so there may be in the future.
Thankfully the days of people with ME/CFS which are post viral conditions like Long Covid, not being taken seriously by medical professionals are now over.
Trying to get a paracetamol out of the packet without it breaking
Galpharm (who supply a lot of supermarkets I think) have changed their packaging in the last year and it’s impossible to get the tablets out without breaking them. Struggled with this yesterday
Trying to get a paracetamol out of the packet without it breaking
Galpharm (who supply a lot of supermarkets I think) have changed their packaging in the last year and it’s impossible to get the tablets out without breaking them. Struggled with this yesterday
Dunno if they're the same, but Imodium instants come in a pack that is designed to pull apart. If you press the blister pack together they turn to dust. I ruined several before reading the instructions.
Back to the theme of the thread. Posting of events in the past such as attending fans meeting players or scores from matches and getting agreement on CL with a few corrections like on who the player was or the correct result or score.
I've just seen a post on social media that it's 13 years to the day since someone uploaded a video to YouTube of a bloke losing control of his dog in a deer park and the ensuing chase scene.
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When I think of things I done just before Covid, it don't feel like 5+ years ago
*Not the sort of thing that might stop someone from working, or make them feel ill enough to try and see a doctor; just enough to slow us down a bit and feel more tired and lethargic.
blue touch paper lit…
Apologies if I come across as cynical, but I'm not surprised by the fact that most long covid is self reported, and the groups reporting it the most include those with existing conditions and those not working nor looking for work.
There's a good chance that many on here feel more tired than we did before covid because we are all nearly 5 years older.
I have no doubt that there are genuine cases of long covid.
The Covid Inquiry has heard from many people with Long Covid recently. A former nurse gave evidence this morning.
There is no definitive test for Long Covid yet, though there are advances in how the Sars Cov-2 virus affects the body, so there may be in the future.
Thankfully the days of people with ME/CFS which are post viral conditions like Long Covid, not being taken seriously by medical professionals are now over.
Fenton!!