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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

I turn 40 this year. I was joking with my friend Dave (who passed that milestone last year) today and mentioned I was just waiting to see which part would drop off. We made some crude speculations along those lines and laughed about it.

A few hours later I bent to open a bag of dog food and got some nice stabbing back pains that settled into a steady ache, which hasn't gone away yet. Usually my rhetorical questions don't get answered quite so quickly...

Before the medically-minded mention it, this is not an age-related thing. Lower back pain is a common ailment, especially for people like me with lifelong bad posture who spend the vast bulk of their lives riding a desk. I just enjoyed the irony.

I'm off to take a nice 4-in-the-morning walk around the woods and a hot shower, just thought I'd bitch a bit.

Ow. Ow. Ow.

Posted by Stan the man (Member # 6249) on :

[ROFL]

sorry. However, I used to get back pains here and there when I unlaoded trucks. I guess I should've worn the back brace that nobody else wore either....

Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :

I sense another Dave Barryesque column appearing...

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Chris,
Bursitis hit hard in my shoulder last year when I was 40. For those of you who think it is an old age thing, though, it isn't. It happens to people who, uh, raise their hands a lot.

Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :

Know-it-alls get bursitis? Uh-oh. [No No]

[edit:Then it will ravage through Hatrack like the 3nd plague of Egypt. ]

[ March 06, 2005, 08:57 AM: Message edited by: Mormo ]

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Morbo, I just got an image of a class full of Hatrackers waving their hands and saying "Ooh ooh, I know, I know"

The teacher would have to employ the popsicle-stick method of calling on students.

Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :

Ooh ooh, Mr. Card! [Wave]

Morbo

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Quiet hands, Morbo.

Posted by Mormo (Member # 5799) on :

Actually, that was a parody of Horshack in "Welcome back, Kotter", the 70s TV show. [Smile]

Err, I mean to say, yes ma'am.

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

This would make a good column.

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

[Laugh]

When my dad turned 50, his back went out, like, the next day. I hate to laugh at pain, but it's such a funny situation.