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It's 1 Degree C today. Positively tepid.

Went to the shops and purchased 4 items, 2 of which were cheese and sugar.

Got to the till and the cheese has no bar code so I went back to swap it.

Pay for my stuff then got in the car that has a black interior.

I get home and the bag of sugar has a hole in it so it now looks like I have a serious habit.
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Computers.

I once had my laser printer working so that I could print from two computers and an iPhone. Now, today, when Mrs. wants me to print out a photo, no print. Not only the printer. The computer has slowed down; everything takes forever. I doubt that it's a virus or something like that. Windows Security and troubleshooter find nothing amiss.

She says it's time for a new computer, but I don't want to spend the money on one now.

Frustrated.
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Ha. Mad Max Avatar.

In other news my cell phone battery failed after 7 years of faithful service so I got it replaced by an independent small phone shop that I know launders drug money. I went there rather than by the actual providers official shop as it was half the price.

Oddly enough I got better Customer Service in the "Dealers" shop.
Maybe your sugar came from the phone shop?
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I see what you did there.

Oh. and the Kymco is refusing to unlock its seat.
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I once had my laser printer working on one now.

Frustrated.
Don't get me started on printers....computers aren't all that far down the list either.
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Jess,

Loved that California Dreaming tune. Hey, some of you guys have much better weather, especially for year round scooter riding.

For four short years in my life, I was living the California Dreaming weather.
It started in San Diego in the USN. Then I was stationed in Naples Italy that has identical weather to San Diego. A USN Chief in my Division, in San Diego, had a convertible Triumph Sports car without a rag top roof (the roof had wore out). The Chief never replaced to the roof - did not need it most of the year in Sunny California.

So, why am I Nanook of the North? Family is here. I had a chance to move South into milder climate - but the lady of the house (then with our small kids) wanted to stay near her folks.

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I've been using an RSS reader since the old Google Reader days. When they shut it down in 2013, I hunted around and ended up using a roll-yer-own reader - Tiny Tiny RSS. I was able to install it on my webhost and configure it to function almost exactly the way Google Reader did.

It worked great.

Until I installed a SSL certificate the other day.

Now it won't work at all, and I can't figure out why. So I gave up on it.

Today I installed FreshRSS. It works fairly well. I'm sure I'll get used to it.

What's pissing me off is that I hadn't backed up my feeds before installing the SSL Certificate, so now I have to hunt down all the feeds I was subscribed to and add them, and some of them aren't functioning properly.
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I heard today that a friend and work colleague has terminal cancer of the colon and won't survive for long.

Whats pissing me off this is the 4th friend or family member that will die of cancer in the last 5 years without either of them reaching retirement age.

When will a cure be found to end this bastard of a disease?
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I'll let you know when they sort my little issue out.

If you think that you're having a bad day I'll challenge you to go to any Oncology waiting room on a Monday morning.

It's a real leveller.
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Cancer and meeting the Grim Reaper.

It seems our modern world has produced a ton of carcinogens that is knocking people over at all ages. So, I am glad to wake up everyday.

There is another medical theory that all the wonderful vaccines produced are spreading animal DNA into our bodies from their development.

So, if I start swing between the oak trees behind my house, it is just the monkey in me from all the vaccinations in my life.

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google utterly destroyed the usefulness of image search. it now only does magical ai searches with none of the useful switches
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google utterly destroyed the usefulness of image search. it now only does magical ai searches with none of the useful switches
Boooh!

Bastards.
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Boooh!

Bastards.
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It didn't piss me off but it kind of broke my heart.

I was sitting in my favourite Coffee Shop this morning when an ageing Mod walked in.

He was totally committed with his puffed up green bomber jacket, ( be decked in club patches ) drain pipes and cherry reds and a scowl that would have curdled milk.

His head was shaven and to make up for his lack of hair he'd replaced it with tattoos which had faded and smudged.

He was polite enough but he had the physiology of someone who was looking for conflict. Head down, shoulders up and a bit twitchy.

The trouble was he looked all of 70 years old and that just made it funny and sad at the same time.

Mate, you've lost. Give it up.
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I heard today that a friend and work colleague has terminal cancer of the colon and won't survive for long.

Whats pissing me off this is the 4th friend or family member that will die of cancer in the last 5 years without either of them reaching retirement age.

When will a cure be found to end this bastard of a disease?
I don't know about the UK, but the average US diet is horrible and I'm sure it contributes to it. Added to the fact that there are so many different types of cancer. Look up Blue zones where people live in the world - their diet and exercise regiment will astound you.
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It didn't piss me off but it kind of broke my heart.

I was sitting in my favourite Coffee Shop this morning when an ageing Mod walked in.

He was totally committed with his puffed up green bomber jacket, ( be decked in club patches ) drain pipes and cherry reds and a scowl that would have curdled milk.

His head was shaven and to make up for his lack of hair he'd replaced it with tattoos which had faded and smudged.

He was polite enough but he had the physiology of someone who was looking for conflict. Head down, shoulders up and a bit twitchy.

The trouble was he looked all of 70 years old and that just made it funny and sad at the same time.

Mate, you've lost. Give it up.
Too old to rock and roll, too young to die.
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When I say it was sad to see this 70 year old trying to be angry it really was.

It was kind of pathetic.

However, when you're that age and you are dressing like a teenager there's a problem.
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When I say it was sad to see this 70 year old trying to be angry it really was.

It was kind of pathetic.

However, when you're that age and you are dressing like a teenager there's a problem.
5-10 years ago my wife and I were in line at a burger joint to order dinner, and the guy in front of us was in full-on punk rocker getup - studded leather jacket, tight jeans, boots, studded belt, spiked/studded leather wrist bands, etc., etc. He even had a 6"-8" mohawk, spiked up.

Except he also had a bald spot in the back, due to Male Pattern Baldness®, so there was a gap between the top of the mohawk and the back of the mohawk.

I was impressed that he didn't care that his age was affecting his hair, and still chose to rock the 'hawk.
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Last time I checked there wasn't a consensus on how a 70 year old should dress?

I've been told many times I'm too old to be riding scooters!
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Yes, because you'd like to see a elderly woman wearing hot pants, heels and a spangly gold crop top.

I'll admit there aren't any rules but there is a level of dignity involved and old men dressing up like they did 50 years ago is frankly weird.

Begrudgingly I have to admire that level of sticking with what you know but it's not 1965 anymore and it looks dangerously close to Cosplay.

Yes, Us motorcycles and scooters riders have to dress in a certain way but that's about protection rather than identity.

Back then maybe they were someone, but now they just look desperate.
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Speaking of inappropriate dress - I worked in an office in a large aerospace firm. We had a dress code of ties for men, modest dresses for the women. One day, one of the women office workers came in to work in hot pants (remember those?) She was probably 40-ish at the time, was fairly short, and about as large across as she was tall. She got sent home to change, which didn't take all that long, as she lived in the trailer park across from our office building. I'm still tempted to gouge my eyes out to get rid of the image in my mind Bleh emoticon . And that was about 40 years ago!
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Talking of trailer park, someone really needs to have a word with Madonna.
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Talking of trailer park, someone really needs to have a word with Madonna.
I tried. She was mean to me.

Your turn.
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She won't answer my calls.
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She won't answer my calls.
Well I guess that's that, then.
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It didn't piss me off but it kind of broke my heart.

I was sitting in my favourite Coffee Shop this morning when an ageing Mod walked in.

He was totally committed with his puffed up green bomber jacket, ( be decked in club patches ) drain pipes and cherry reds and a scowl that would have curdled milk.

His head was shaven and to make up for his lack of hair he'd replaced it with tattoos which had faded and smudged.

He was polite enough but he had the physiology of someone who was looking for conflict. Head down, shoulders up and a bit twitchy.

The trouble was he looked all of 70 years old and that just made it funny and sad at the same time.

Mate, you've lost. Give it up.
You've described an aging skinhead rather than an old mod, saying that we still have examples of both types reliving their youth whilst coming up to or enjoying retirement in the town I live in.
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The Trojan Scooter Club banner on the back of his jacket probably threw me.

Do Skinheads ride scooters then ?

Whatever the case he looked angry at some perceived threat.
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I heard today that a friend and work colleague has terminal cancer of the colon and won't survive for long.

Whats pissing me off this is the 4th friend or family member that will die of cancer in the last 5 years without either of them reaching retirement age.

When will a cure be found to end this bastard of a disease?
cancer has been around as long as man been here.
life expectancy is higher now than its ever been.
colon cancer is very treatable, you just need to get your ass to the doctor and get testing done and not wait till you 55-60 yrs old, 40-45 yrs get tested. it does not hurt and can save your life.
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cancer has been around as long as man been here.
life expectancy is higher now than its ever been.
colon cancer is very treatable, you just need to get your ass to the doctor and get testing done and not wait till you 55-60 yrs old, 40-45 yrs get tested. it does not hurt and can save your life.
Literally:)
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cancer has been around as long as man been here.
life expectancy is higher now than its ever been.
colon cancer is very treatable, you just need to get your ass to the doctor and get testing done and not wait till you 55-60 yrs old, 40-45 yrs get tested. it does not hurt and can save your life.
My dad passed from it when he was 49. I've been checked and no issues so far. I do recommend getting sedated. Did mine without cause I needed to drive home. At least it's a quick process.
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The Trojan Scooter Club banner on the back of his jacket probably threw me.

Do Skinheads ride scooters then ?

Whatever the case he looked angry at some perceived threat.
If he was wearing an MA1 patch jacket he'd probably consider himself a scooterboy or scooter-skin?

I think out & out skinheads mainly rode Lammy's and wore Crombies or denim jackets?
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I was diagnosed (late) with IBS, so I began with the colonoscopies early. Mid 40s. My most recent one was accompanied by an endoscopy. So far, so good. The procedure isn't so bad; the prep is ridiculous.

I'm always sedated. And I always hope for the gentleman doctor, close to retirement, with a gray beard and a jovial attitude. It never happens that way. It always seems to be the young woman with attractive eyes over the top of her mask who is prepared to put a camera up my butt. Last time it was accompanied by college intern, Brittney. I don't really remember her name, but in my brain it's Brittney.

I know, I know ... it's all medical and our bodies are machines, but I always wonder if they were to see me at the store, would they think to themselves, "I put a camera up that guys hinder last month." while flashing me a friendly smile as I smile back, oblivious to the horrible truth?

I mean, I would, for sure. But that's me.

I had to have an ultrasound this year in a rather sensitive area, and it was the same scenario. Two young, perky women performing the procedure, both masked so I'll never be able to identify them. So, for a good half hour I was spread out on a table, wide awake, with only Jim and the Twins exposed to the open air as they proceeded to take 45 photos and two videos. All in a day's work for them, I'm sure, but it really adds a level of complexity to making small talk I've never experienced before.
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Yeah, I think I was looking at a Scooter Boy.

Please forgive me if I'm being disrespectful because everyone needs a hobby but it was just kind of saddening to watch this angry old man radiating so much misery when he should be enjoying his retirement.
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I wonder if either Brittney or those two Nurses got promoted at any point seeing as they are so good at working their way up ?

In other news I've never felt so violated as when they last catheterised me.

How do they get a tube with the same circumference as a Bic Biro in the end like that ? I couldn't do that if I actually wanted to.
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Much to that.
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One of the best bits of wisdom my dad imparted on me before his time was up was "Some people aren't happy unless they aren't happy."
Another version of that:
Abraham Lincoln wrote:
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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Hi Jess,

I'm afraid that Lincoln's quote may be wishful thinking (or self-blame, perhaps) as he suffered from crushing depression most of his life. Or at the very least, he didn't include himself in "most folks".

Here is a short article that gives some useful perspective: https://www.namimt.org/news/mental-health-in-history-abraham-lincoln
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