People who drag their fork across their teeth.. The wife and I went out for dinner tonight and the couple at the table behind us, jesus.. Sounded like he was filing his teeth down or sharpening some kind of Longhorn shank or shiv..

Nails down a chalkboard..

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Aches and pains.

I read an article that said aging is not a steady process; it happens suddenly, several times over a lifetime. Everything's fine for years, and then it's not. Your wellness takes a permanent dip. I think I have hit one of those spots.

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Aches and pains.

I read an article that said aging is not a steady process; it happens suddenly, several times over a lifetime.  Everything's fine for years, and then it's not.  Your wellness takes a permanent dip.  I think I have hit one of those spots.

Try adjusting your diet. Sugar and alcohol are major contributors to inflammation and pain.

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Aches and pains.

I read an article that said aging is not a steady process; it happens suddenly, several times over a lifetime.  Everything's fine for years, and then it's not.  Your wellness takes a permanent dip.  I think I have hit one of those spots.

Try adjusting your diet. Sugar and alcohol are major contributors to inflammation and pain.

Being old doesn’t help either.

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Try adjusting your diet. Sugar and alcohol are major contributors to inflammation and pain.

Being old doesn’t help either.

I wouldn’t know. 

Now get off my lawn.

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Pain free, baby!!

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Try adjusting your diet. Sugar and alcohol are major contributors to inflammation and pain.

Being old doesn’t help either.

So true.  

I don't eat much sugar, at all, and not very much alcohol.  But I've reached the stage in life when my favorite drugs are caffeine and ibuprofen.

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Being old doesn’t help either.

So true.  

I don't eat much sugar, at all, and not very much alcohol.  But I've reached the stage in life when my favorite drugs are caffeine and ibuprofen.

The two big bottles of 200mg ibuprofen from Costco are a great deal.

Um, at least that’s what I’ve heard.

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So true.  

I don't eat much sugar, at all, and not very much alcohol.  But I've reached the stage in life when my favorite drugs are caffeine and ibuprofen.

The two big bottles of 200mg ibuprofen from Costco are a great deal.

Um, at least that’s what I’ve heard.

I look at the expiration date on these big bottles of Ibuprofin, and it's like if I take 8 per day, I'll get them all in me before the expiration date.

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The two big bottles of 200mg ibuprofen from Costco are a great deal.

Um, at least that’s what I’ve heard.

I look at the expiration date on these big bottles of Ibuprofin, and it's like if I take 8 per day, I'll get them all in me before the expiration date.

Does ibuprofen really expire? At least in that date range. Or is it a ploy to get consumers to buy more? I tend towards the latter, but maybe it’s because I’m cheap. Morally and financially.

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I look at the expiration date on these big bottles of Ibuprofin, and it's like if I take 8 per day, I'll get them all in me before the expiration date.

Does ibuprofen really expire? At least in that date range. Or is it a ploy to get consumers to buy more? I tend towards the latter, but maybe it’s because I’m cheap. Morally and financially.

Well, actually, according to the internet, it doesn't go bad on the sell-by date.  It goes bad a year or more after that.  

I think the sell-by date is so stores won't sell you something that will go bad soon.

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So true.  

I don't eat much sugar, at all, and not very much alcohol.  But I've reached the stage in life when my favorite drugs are caffeine and ibuprofen.

The two big bottles of 200mg ibuprofen from Costco are a great deal.

Um, at least that’s what I’ve heard.

Tablets, or the liqui-gels? I practically live on those little blue gel pills!

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

The two big bottles of 200mg ibuprofen from Costco are a great deal.

Um, at least that’s what I’ve heard.

Tablets, or the liqui-gels? I practically live on those little blue gel pills!

The tablets, which work well for me. I don't take them too often. Sometimes I go for weeks without ever needing any. However, I have a diclofenac prescription for some shoulder and knee flare ups going on from my Navy days. That stuff is magical, but I refrain from taking it too often because it has side effects with chronic usage, so it's saved for when the ibuprofen just doesn't cut it.

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Tablets, or the liqui-gels? I practically live on those little blue gel pills!

The tablets, which work well for me. I don't take them too often. Sometimes I go for weeks without ever needing any. However, I have a diclofenac prescription for some shoulder and knee flare ups going on from my Navy days. That stuff is magical, but I refrain from taking it too often because it has side effects with chronic usage, so it's saved for when the ibuprofen just doesn't cut it.

I have four herniated disc’s in my neck, you only have six discs in there to begin with. I had an ablation on it a few years ago so now I can keep it under control with ibuprofen. I like the gel caps because they dissolve so quickly so they don’t sit in your stomach. I don’t know if it actually makes a difference, but it sounds right in my head, so I go with it.

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What in the Wide Wide World of Sports is agoin' on here???

Graphics and analytics in sports.  They are so [BLEEP] overdone.  It’s gotten to the point where half of them look made up now.  Baseball and football are by far the worst.  There’s got to be some sort of graph out there that analyses whether a player is better if they pee or poop before a game and the cross section is number of minutes before the game.

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Aches and pains.

I read an article that said aging is not a steady process; it happens suddenly, several times over a lifetime.  Everything's fine for years, and then it's not.  Your wellness takes a permanent dip.  I think I have hit one of those spots.

I saw a similar article and decided not to read it all. Like if I don't read it then it won't happen. Lol. But I think I've reached a similar point but for different reasons. Men don't hit menopause. Y'all can hit andropause though. 

Hormone imbalance can seriously affect a lot of things mentally and physically. 

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The tablets, which work well for me. I don't take them too often. Sometimes I go for weeks without ever needing any. However, I have a diclofenac prescription for some shoulder and knee flare ups going on from my Navy days. That stuff is magical, but I refrain from taking it too often because it has side effects with chronic usage, so it's saved for when the ibuprofen just doesn't cut it.

I have four herniated disc’s in my neck, you only have six discs in there to begin with. I had an ablation on it a few years ago so now I can keep it under control with ibuprofen. I like the gel caps because they dissolve so quickly so they don’t sit in your stomach. I don’t know if it actually makes a difference, but it sounds right in my head, so I go with it.

Both of those drugs can cause ulcers over time.  Make sure your doctor is aware how much you've been taking and for how long.  They may recommend an endoscope after your annual physical.

Good friend of mine almost bled out from an ulcer that had festered a while and hit an artery one day.

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My fellow southpaw Mark Brunell will probably always be my favorite Jaguar.

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"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie? I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky. The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing; Rush in and die, dogs - I was a man before I was a king."

It’s not trivial, but it’s become so common these days that it has taken on an air of triviality. Notifications of data breaches is almost a monthly occurrence now.  The service I use sent me an email with notification of 14 breaches. Most were general in nature saying that my SSN, email address and other sundry information was exposed. No particular company or organization involved, just a notification that it’s dark outside and my window shades are open.

I’ve pretty much resolved myself to the fact that all on my personal info is out there and there’s nothing I can do about it except to monitor my credit report and hope for the best. It seems like another step towards requiring biometrics for everything in the future.

I thought of you when I got a monthly email today from an outfit I use to get my info removed from data broker lists and other lists. They're called Incogni and their job is to remove info sold to data brokers that results in a lot of spam emails, texts and phone calls. They even work to remove people's names and info from those 'people finder' websites. 

Incogni doesn't help with your specific annoyance of data breaches (or maybe it does in a different way) but it does help cut back on a lot of BS. It also helps to not have unnecessary apps on your phone and to use an email service like duck.com which blocks a butt load of trackers. 

They send me a monthly report by email and I can log on to the website to see more details. I think it's about $80/year. 

https://incogni.com/

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It’s not trivial, but it’s become so common these days that it has taken on an air of triviality. Notifications of data breaches is almost a monthly occurrence now.  The service I use sent me an email with notification of 14 breaches. Most were general in nature saying that my SSN, email address and other sundry information was exposed. No particular company or organization involved, just a notification that it’s dark outside and my window shades are open.

I’ve pretty much resolved myself to the fact that all on my personal info is out there and there’s nothing I can do about it except to monitor my credit report and hope for the best. It seems like another step towards requiring biometrics for everything in the future.

I thought of you when I got a monthly email today from an outfit I use to get my info removed from data broker lists and other lists. They're called Incogni and their job is to remove info sold to data brokers that results in a lot of spam emails, texts and phone calls. They even work to remove people's names and info from those 'people finder' websites. 

Incogni doesn't help with your specific annoyance of data breaches (or maybe it does in a different way) but it does help cut back on a lot of BS. It also helps to not have unnecessary apps on your phone and to use an email service like duck.com which blocks a butt load of trackers. 

They send me a monthly report by email and I can log on to the website to see more details. I think it's about $80/year. 

https://incogni.com/

I do a pretty good job staying on top of spam on my own (and I eat it too). Ever since the VA lost a laptop with millions of SS numbers, mine included, in the early 2000s, data breaches and ID theft have been a constant problem for me. Luckily, I've been able to thwart or reverse it after it happens. Some guy up in Illinois has used my SSN to open a T-Mobile account and buy a truck. I even receive a yearly letter from the SS Administration telling me they are aware of someone else using my SSN. 

It's part of my life now. I've accepted it.

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