You know you're getting old when.....

Gutterflesh

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My friends son asked what it was like growing up in the 80s and 90s.

I started off talking about the birth of the internet, music, culture, movies and then it all went off the rails.
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Lanx

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you start argueing with your body

i wake up and look at my leg and say, don't you do it

and my leg said
"i'mma do it"

and i said
don't you dare do it!!!

and my leg said
"charley horse"!!!

so i end up gripping in pain and punching my calf muscle and now i'm limping around and putting electrolyte powder in my fucking coffee. this happens once a year
 
Haus

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lurker said:
Sadly,

Iconic US film company Kodak warns it may go out of business​

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I was at an Estate Sale on Friday (another way to know I'm getting old...) and it was for a guy who was a photographer who passed away. They had these "fill this bag for $5" bags in the garage. So I grabbed a bag and started filling it with anything I could melt for my metalcasting (brass, bronze, copper, mostly) and saw a pewter plate, so I grabbed that too. The plate turned out to be a Kodak memorial plate from 100 years in business, put out in 1980. Seems it sells on 2-bay for like $25 bucks so I might not melt it now...
 
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Koushirou

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Lanx said:
you start argueing with your body

i wake up and look at my leg and say, don't you do it

and my leg said
"i'mma do it"

and i said
don't you dare do it!!!

and my leg said
"charley horse"!!!

so i end up gripping in pain and punching my calf muscle and now i'm limping around and putting electrolyte powder in my fucking coffee. this happens once a year
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Last week, I woke up 4 different times through out the morning to 4 different fucking charlie horses. Fuck this shit.
 
Borzak

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Haus said:
I was at an Estate Sale on Friday (another way to know I'm getting old...) and it was for a guy who was a photographer who passed away. They had these "fill this bag for $5" bags in the garage. So I grabbed a bag and started filling it with anything I could melt for my metalcasting (brass, bronze, copper, mostly) and saw a pewter plate, so I grabbed that too. The plate turned out to be a Kodak memorial plate from 100 years in business, put out in 1980. Seems it sells on 2-bay for like $25 bucks so I might not melt it now...
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Surprised it's taken this long. I used to astrophotography with actual film cameras and used slide film and the most often used and often only available at the time was Fuji film.
 
Denamian

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Lanx said:
you start argueing with your body

i wake up and look at my leg and say, don't you do it

and my leg said
"i'mma do it"

and i said
don't you dare do it!!!

and my leg said
"charley horse"!!!

so i end up gripping in pain and punching my calf muscle and now i'm limping around and putting electrolyte powder in my fucking coffee. this happens once a year
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It's fucking torture, but immediately get on your feet and stretch the calf. Back when I got those a lot, that was the only way to ensure I wouldn't be limping around all day.
 
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lurkingdirk

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Denamian said:
It's fucking torture, but immediately get on your feet and stretch the calf. Back when I got those a lot, that was the only way to ensure I wouldn't be limping around all day.
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Yup, another option is immediately get in the shower and let hot water stream over your legs while you stretch them. It works very well.
 
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