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Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:34 pm
by speedie
eephus wrote:
seby wrote: Wed Jan 21, 2026 10:51 pm
DrAwkward wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 6:51 pm
I am currently reading this thread on my phone with my glasses lowered on my nose, because I need bifocals now and am resisting getting larger frames to compensate. Soon I will need to cave and get huge, blocky, hipster glasses like all my older pals. I will join you all soon.
Right there with FM DrAwkward - I am resisting bifocals like crazy, but my little depth-window of clarity is getting smaller every day….
You don't need big frames. Try progressives--they work fine on smaller lenses, though some people evidently are irritated by them. i love 'em.
Gunna have to.. I currently have 2 pairs, one for up close work and one for far away stuff, and it's irritating me no end..
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 12:08 am
by DrAwkward
DrAwkward wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:55 pm
joe_lmr wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 8:02 pm
they can put progressive lenses in just about any frame now
Tried 'em last year with my preferred frames and they gave me the worst headaches. Couldn't get used to them! I don't think the lenses had enough real estate to give each distance enough room to work.
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 12:23 am
by defendyachtrock
Last year I had a really bad bout of back pain that would not go away. My usual solution to this was to go get a vigorous massage to really sink it in, and it’d feel better like two days later. Not so much this time.
It’s been so bad I got a referral from my doctor for physical therapy. The exercises I learned did help quite a bit… when I remember to do them. Thankfully the back pain comes and goes, as opposed to the two week to 1 month span where it just felt like it was broken in half all the time.
Beyond that, most of my signs of aging appear to be manifesting in white hairs and having to resist throwing around the contents of my wallet whenever I’m in a store’s cookware section. No, Chris, you do not need another stainless steel pan.
Is BIPAP usage another indicator of aging?
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 9:14 am
by cakes
eephus wrote: Wed Jan 21, 2026 11:28 pm
seby wrote: Wed Jan 21, 2026 10:51 pm
DrAwkward wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 6:51 pm
I am currently reading this thread on my phone with my glasses lowered on my nose, because I need bifocals now and am resisting getting larger frames to compensate. Soon I will need to cave and get huge, blocky, hipster glasses like all my older pals. I will join you all soon.
Right there with FM DrAwkward - I am resisting bifocals like crazy, but my little depth-window of clarity is getting smaller every day….
You don't need big frames. Try progressives--they work fine on smaller lenses, though some people evidently are irritated by them. i love 'em.
It takes time to get used to them, but they are always a little inconvenient. Beats not being able to read.
Speaking of glasses, I've gotten so tired of pushing them up, that I got some stoppers on the arms to hold them to my ears, which are hairy and have hearing damage in the high frequencies with asymmetric stereo imaging.
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 9:27 am
by enframed
Oh yeah readers. I love my Dollar Tree/Dollar General reading glasses. Such great frames. I have like five pair cuz I lose them: two in the car, one in backpack, one in jacket, one in wine bag. Not quite ready for progressives, the doc says.
And, piss stream feels weaker.
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 9:42 am
by Frankie99
Needing reading glasses on top of my progressive lens contacts.
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:02 am
by Dave N.
I leave a trail of readers wherever I go. Thank god for Dollar Tree/Family D.
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:06 am
by rsmurphy
enframed wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 9:27 am
And, piss stream feels weaker.
Tamsulosin makes living much easier. One in the morning and right before bed. I also sit to pass water. More hygenic, you understand.
From the mightiest pharaoh to the lowliest peasant, who doesn't enjoy a good sit?
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:18 am
by cakes
rsmurphy wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:06 am
I also sit to pass water. More hygenic, you understand.
Yes to this. I hate standing and peeing. Give me a few minutes to sit down in a quiet place and take a breather, god damnit.
Re: Signs You’ve Reached (or Are Now Reaching) Old Age
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:52 am
by Kniferide
I've got a tooth ache, a kidney stone, and a pinched nerve in my neck all at the same time, so yeah... old