Yo!

[BG]

What’s up everyone? Hope all is well. Tried to get on here a bunch of times in the past but my password wouldn’t work, tried a few times this week and got it! 💪🏽

[Cylon357]

What’s up everyone? Hope all is well. Tried to get on here a bunch of times in the past but my password wouldn’t work, tried a few times this week and got it! 💪🏽

Man, it has been a minute! Same old riff raff running around... we got all three kinds still: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.

Some of us check two or more boxes


No, I'm not naming names...

[Mooseman33]

brotha how have u been. How is he health?

[BG]

Glad to hear. Things are good here, living the Florida life for what that’s worth these days. Heath, not to bad, still need both shoulders replaced, but had both hips replaced already 😂. But I can’t complain my doing and I’ve learned to live with it. Bad thing is I’ve become a lazy bag of 💩. Working on that one 😜.

Who else is around? You guys still training?

[almostgone]

Glad to hear. Things are good here, living the Florida life for what that’s worth these days. Heath, not to bad, still need both shoulders replaced, but had both hips replaced already 😂. But I can’t complain my doing and I’ve learned to live with it. Bad thing is I’ve become a lazy bag of 💩. Working on that one 😜.

Who else is around? You guys still training?

Hey, buddy! Still running in the hamster wheel of life here. Lifting, but not as frequently as I want to.

The server went on a bit of road trip recently, so it's been difficult to login occasionally.

[BG]

Hey, buddy! Still running in the hamster wheel of life here. Lifting, but not as frequently as I want to.

The server went on a bit of road trip recently, so it's been difficult to login occasionally.

My man A to the G !!! Great to hear. You still going strong, well done.

[Cylon357]

Glad to hear. Things are good here, living the Florida life for what that’s worth these days. Heath, not to bad, still need both shoulders replaced, but had both hips replaced already 😂. But I can’t complain my doing and I’ve learned to live with it. Bad thing is I’ve become a lazy bag of 💩. Working on that one 😜.

Who else is around? You guys still training?

Still training, still eating like garbage lol. I get that under control and I will be golden.

Florida living is odd ATM I must admit... housing costs up, homeowners insurance harder to get and more expensive when you can get it... things will reverse themselves if and or when retirees decide to spend their golden years (and money) elsewhere

[wango]

Glad to hear. Things are good here, living the Florida life for what that’s worth these days. Heath, not to bad, still need both shoulders replaced, but had both hips replaced already 😂. But I can’t complain my doing and I’ve learned to live with it. Bad thing is I’ve become a lazy bag of 💩. Working on that one 😜.

Who else is around? You guys still training?

Are the new hips treating you well?

[almostgone]

My man A to the G !!! Great to hear. You still going strong, well done.

Progress is ridiculously slow compared to a decade ago.

[BG]

Still training, still eating like garbage lol. I get that under control and I will be golden.

Florida living is odd ATM I must admit... housing costs up, homeowners insurance harder to get and more expensive when you can get it... things will reverse themselves if and or when retirees decide to spend their golden years (and money) elsewhere

Training is the most important, you can buckle down on the diet at anytime, but exercise will keep you healthy.

Ya man it’s as expensive down here and showing no signs of stopping. My wife pays her mom’s HO insurance and car. Fixed income folks are being pushed out along with poor and the young can’t afford to live on their own. Same thing happened in Long Island, crazy I moved here and it turned into where I live. What part you in?

[BG]

Are the new hips treating you well?

Yes they are great, get a little sore if I do to much and I don’t believe as flexible……..but I don’t do much stretching but tying my boots 😁

[BG]

Progress is ridiculously slow compared to a decade ago.

Progress is progress. You still working same place and as much as you were?

How is the misses and animals?

[Mooseman33]

florida is a bitch for homeowners insurance. gotta love how all our homes have tripled in value the last 5 years.

[Cylon357]

Training is the most important, you can buckle down on the diet at anytime, but exercise will keep you healthy.

Ya man it’s as expensive down here and showing no signs of stopping. My wife pays her mom’s HO insurance and car. Fixed income folks are being pushed out along with poor and the young can’t afford to live on their own. Same thing happened in Long Island, crazy I moved here and it turned into where I live. What part you in?

Central Florida, kind of between Orlando and like Eustis.

I like it out here, but man, I'm starting to see why people just do the snowbird thing

[BG]

florida is a bitch for homeowners insurance. gotta love how all our homes have tripled in value the last 5 years.

Yes I believe my house doubled but so has all the bills to go along……only thing that didn’t is my income 😩

[BG]

Central Florida, kind of between Orlando and like Eustis.

I like it out here, but man, I'm starting to see why people just do the snowbird thing

Me too, would love to go to Long Island for summer. Traffic is horrible in Orlando, I’ll never go back, no joke I sat at a red light for 25 minutes to get back on I4. Took me 15 minutes just to see the light and then another 10 to get through it. Two cars at a time we’re getting through the light plus there was two gas stations on each side filtering into the intersection. I almost lost my Cool I just didn’t wanna upset my wife. She was the one that picked a shortcut.

[wango]

Yes they are great, get a little sore if I do to much and I don’t believe as flexible……..but I don’t do much stretching but tying my boots 😁

Glad to hear. Modern orthopedic surgeries are amazing. BTW, I’ll need shoulders as well (hips done 15 years ago). The results and recovery these days is night and day from the past, shoulders are really improving.

[wango]

Still training, still eating like garbage lol. I get that under control and I will be golden.

Florida living is odd ATM I must admit... housing costs up, homeowners insurance harder to get and more expensive when you can get it... things will reverse themselves if and or when retirees decide to spend their golden years (and money) elsewhere

Just had our long time agent over last week. They are dropping coverage out here like crazy, we consider ourselves lucky.
Even though - we are paying through the nose for homeowners, earthquakes & yes, with the weather changes, floods.

[almostgone]

Progress is progress. You still working same place and as much as you were?

How is the misses and animals?

Yeah, man. Same craptacular schedule and long commute. Seems like it gets worse every day. The whole Greenville/Spartanburg area is a beehive of construction. I'm ready to retire, but the 401k isn't quite full enough yet.

The wife is hanging in there. She's better than I deserve probably, but I can't tell her that, lol. She might start slacking on me. She still doesn't drive and at 60 years old, I'm not seeing it happen.

We're both ready for more mastiffs, but I told her that wouldn't happen until she bites the bullet and has the hip and knee replacement done. For now, she has the 2 cats and the rescue beagle.

How's Mrs. BG doing?

[BG]

Glad to hear. Modern orthopedic surgeries are amazing. BTW, I’ll need shoulders as well (hips done 15 years ago). The results and recovery these days is night and day from the past, shoulders are really improving.

I had bad shoulder surgery 2 years ago so I’m nervous, but I have a really good surgeon and he’s a reverse replacement specialist so I’m happy, he is also going to use another shoulder muscle and attach it for my rotator, mine is totally gone, shriveled up in my shoulder. I ran out of time off so I’m trying to save up……gotta stop using my pto for dumb days off 😆

Your hips still good 15 years later?

[BG]

Yeah, man. Same craptacular schedule and long commute. Seems like it gets worse every day. The whole Greenville/Spartanburg area is a beehive of construction. I'm ready to retire, but the 401k isn't quite full enough yet.

The wife is hanging in there. She's better than I deserve probably, but I can't tell her that, lol. She might start slacking on me. She still doesn't drive and at 60 years old, I'm not seeing it happen.

We're both ready for more mastiffs, but I told her that wouldn't happen until she bites the bullet and has the hip and knee replacement done. For now, she has the 2 cats and the rescue beagle.

How's Mrs. BG doing?

she’s doing great I will tell her that you asked.

Why hasn’t she done the hip? I was in terrible shape and the second one only took me 2 weeks and I was walking a mile. 4 weeks back to work. Tell her I have it figured out…… I’ll give her all the tips 😂

[almostgone]

she’s doing great I will tell her that you asked.

Why hasn’t she done the hip? I was in terrible shape and the second one only took me 2 weeks and I was walking a mile. 4 weeks back to work. Tell her I have it figured out…… I’ll give her all the tips 😂

Man, you look up "stubborn" in the dictionary and the only you'll see is her picture. Dragging her to the normal 6 months primary care Dr. appointments is like trying to pull teeth with a set of tweezers. I think she's slowly coming around to the idea.

I definitely hit you up for details of your hip replacement.

I had carpal tunnel surgery done on both of my hands at the same time and she asked me if they would replace her hip and do surgery at the same time. I told her the way to find out would be to make an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon and ask. She rolled her eyes and mumbled something about " I guess I do need to call them".

[BG]

Man, you look up "stubborn" in the dictionary and the only you'll see is her picture. Dragging her to the normal 6 months primary care Dr. appointments is like trying to pull teeth with a set of tweezers. I think she's slowly coming around to the idea.

I definitely hit you up for details of your hip replacement.

I had carpal tunnel surgery done on both of my hands at the same time and she asked me if they would replace her hip and do surgery at the same time. I told her the way to find out would be to make an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon and ask. She rolled her eyes and mumbled something about " I guess I do need to call them".

That’s interesting they did both hands at the same time………..leaves me wondering many things 😆

Tell her if she gets a good surgeon, that goes in from the side and use a robot to set the hip so your legs are the same length it’s a cake walk, a few days of some good pain but it goes away quickly and you feel so much better. My back pain went away, I even slept better. The robot is really cool. They take a scan of your legs before and you put it in the robot and it automatically knows how to set your hip so that it’s the same exact length, they screw it to your upper hip, it’s pretty crazy

[wango]

I had bad shoulder surgery 2 years ago so I’m nervous, but I have a really good surgeon and he’s a reverse replacement specialist so I’m happy, he is also going to use another shoulder muscle and attach it for my rotator, mine is totally gone, shriveled up in my shoulder. I ran out of time off so I’m trying to save up……gotta stop using my pto for dumb days off 😆

Your hips still good 15 years later?

Doing find despite some falls. Hoping for 20-25 years out of them.

Both my rotator cuffs are gone which makes movement odd at times. Going to wait till the pain is not tolerable.

Glad you have a good specialist; congrats.

[BG]

Doing find despite some falls. Hoping for 20-25 years out of them.

Both my rotator cuffs are gone which makes movement odd at times. Going to wait till the pain is not tolerable.

Glad you have a good specialist; congrats.

I wouldn’t wait too long, at least get one done because you want to take a good amount of time off in between surgeries because they start adding up, recovery takes longer as you get older or they just take a toll. I had three surgeries in two years and I aged like 20.

[almostgone]

That’s interesting they did both hands at the same time………..leaves me wondering many things 😆

Tell her if she gets a good surgeon, that goes in from the side and use a robot to set the hip so your legs are the same length it’s a cake walk, a few days of some good pain but it goes away quickly and you feel so much better. My back pain went away, I even slept better. The robot is really cool. They take a scan of your legs before and you put it in the robot and it automatically knows how to set your hip so that it’s the same exact length, they screw it to your upper hip, it’s pretty crazy

LMAO....the guys at work had all kinds of questions. Mainly how do you wipe after you drop a deuce? I just told them I never have to go in wrist deep to get clean. I did wear gloves while taking care of emptying my guts; it helped hold the gauze in place. But yes sir, I did have both done at the same time. Dr. said 2 hands would heal as fast as one hand. They were both in pretty bad shape. I feel like I could've done back in 4 weeks, but both my employer and the Dr. said 6 weeks.

I'll relay the hip info to the wife here in a few. Thanks!!

[BG]

LMAO....the guys at work had all kinds of questions. Mainly how do you wipe after you drop a deuce? I just told them I never have to go in wrist deep to get clean. I did wear gloves while taking care of emptying my guts; it helped hold the gauze in place. But yes sir, I did have both done at the same time. Dr. said 2 hands would heal as fast as one hand. They were both in pretty bad shape. I feel like I could've done back in 4 weeks, but both my employer and the Dr. said 6 weeks.

I'll relay the hip info to the wife here in a few. Thanks!!

😆 that was one thing I was thinking!

How are your hands now?

[almostgone]

😆 that was one thing I was thinking!

How are your hands now?

The right one is almost 100% The left was the worst one in regards to the carpal tunnel issues, plus the nerves in the left arm aren't back up to par. On the other hand, I'm still working, so I'm not going to complain.

[BG]

The right one is almost 100% The left was the worst one in regards to the carpal tunnel issues, plus the nerves in the left arm aren't back up to par. On the other hand, I'm still working, so I'm not going to complain.

It seems learning how to deal with getting old is the name of the game these days…….sucks donkey ass 😜

[almostgone]

It seems learning how to deal with getting old is the name of the game these days…….sucks donkey ass 😜

That's the truth, lol.

[Bio-Active]

Hey BG I’m still here

[BG]

Hey BG I’m still here

Bio! How are you doing? Shoulders holding up?

[lovbyts]

The site has been tweaky off and on the last couple of months. Ive found it no accessible for days or more and then it works fine.

[almostgone]

The site has been tweaky off and on the last couple of months. Ive found it no accessible for days or more and then it works fine.

They've been working on it. It's been better recently, but there's still a few bugs. The editing toolbar and the "Like" button doesn't seem to work for most of us

[kelkel]

BG been thinking about you! Glad you stopped back in! Miss seeing you around here!kel

[BG]

BG been thinking about you! Glad you stopped back in! Miss seeing you around here!kel

Kel! Hope all is well. Glad to be speaking with the crew, feels good.

[kelkel]

Stop by more frequently brother!

[Cuz]

Hope life is treating you well bro

[BG]

Hope life is treating you well bro

You too.

[BG]

Hope life is treating you well bro

Congratulations on vet.