grayray Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) On 5/26/2020 at 5:15 AM, nampla69 said: You're 36 hours younger than me Bitch so f**k you. You think of where you were at when you were a fat f**k with busted hips and now ................... you've been amazing and genuinely an inspiration to everyone who knows you and a tribute to what walking can do !! Been doing martial arts since my 20s and discovered Tai Chi a few years ago love that stuff great for mind and body. My goal is now to get back to playing tennis again and get Larry back to Subic Bay again .... I trained every day without fail from 13 till I got hurt on the job at 45, only stopped playing Rugby League at 40,now iam suffering from all that contact. compressed fractures to the T4-5-6 in the neck,stopped all exercises only did enough to please the docs and insurance company,hurts just to get out of bed now days, its not the loss of getting any sort of decent hard on that worries me,it is I no longer can defend myself,shit! I have trouble getting dressed and putting shoes on somedays can be a bit hard. regards grayray Edited May 28, 2020 by grayray 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 24 minutes ago, grayray said: I trained every day without fail from 13 till I got hurt on the job at 45, How did she hurt you Ray ??? .......... ....... warned you about them Papuan pygmy women with them bones in their noses .... vicious bastards. Hurt while on the job ... story there mate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lirchenfeld Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 4 hours ago, Nightcrawler said: I too smashed by shoulder up in Pattaya just over 10.years ago. I had pins and all sorts screws put in, not to mention a big operation scar, done in Pattaya International Soi 4. Stayed for a couple of months and had physio but really painful. When I got back to UK the specialist told me there was a screw sticking out in the joint. So they cut me open again, removed all the hardware and manipulated the joint. But I will never be able get proper rotation again my left arm All my fault, I came off of a motor scooter and I had been drinking (a lot). Hard lesson learned. All my fault too. Too much alcohol. Right arm for me. I had been in WS and was somewhat un-sober, was walking back to my hotel in Soi Honey, when some girl outside a massage shop shouted to me and asked if I wanted massage or maybe just boom boom. Ok I thought and went in. Got undressed and went to the shower, stepped out of the shower and boom down I went. Girl came running to see what had happened. Somehow i managed to scoop myself on my arse from the showers to the massagebed and get up and sit on it. Girl said you hurt shoulder you need tiger balm and she started rubbing that unto my shoulder. After a few minutes I decided to get dressed and leave. It was just too painful. Never paid. Was the cheapest but certainly also the roughest massage ever 55555 Get back to hotel, tried to sleep, but couldn't. In the morning i walked to Pattaya Memorial at Klang. Got x-ray'd, during the waiting i started texting my insurrance company, who told me to say to the hospital that the hospital should send the x-ray's to the insurrance company. Doctor (with huge money signs in his eyes) told me I needed surgery, gave me an arm sling in some cheapish green nylon mesh, told me I could leave, but would be required to come back later that day for the surgery. So I left. 2 hours later my insurrance company phoned me, told me they had arranged flight back home, taxi from hotel to swampy and taxi from airport to my home. Had to wait 3 days before the flight. I never went back to Memorial. Went out the same evening to LK Metro. Met an agogo girl there, and ended up staying with me the next 3 days untill I could get home. I didn't really like going out, I was afraid to bump into other people and hurting the shoulder even more. So we stayed indoors all the time doing nothing, except for her going out to do some food shopping and us watching the Paris-Nice cycling race on TV in the evening. Girl told me I looked like a traffic light, as my shoulder chest and part of my belly was turning red, green and yellow. She fed me, washed me, got me dressed. She even asked if she should wipe my arse, but I told her no. Never asked for money except the barfine on the first night. Got home, with Turkish Airways via Istanbul. Airline gave me a hole seating row just for me and a stewardesse on the flight to Istanbul came and fed me the dinner and the breakfast. Also they gave me a free pass to their lounge on the 4 hour layover at Atatürk Airport, despite the ticket from the insurrance company was just the cheapest of the cheapest single seat. Got to hospital the day after returning home. Doctor there told me they wasn't sure if it really was going to be necessary with surgery, but they would cut me up anyway just to make sure the ligaments are still attached to the bones. They pushed my arm a little bit but all else looked fine. Got a small 2cm incision which has mostly vanished since then. Lacking some upwards movement, but that is it. Old age. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 23 minutes ago, Lirchenfeld said: All my fault too. Too much alcohol. Right arm for me. I had been in WS and was somewhat un-sober, was walking back to my hotel in Soi Honey, when some girl outside a massage shop shouted to me and asked if I wanted massage or maybe just boom boom. Ok I thought and went in. Got undressed and went to the shower, stepped out of the shower and boom down I went. Girl came running to see what had happened. Somehow i managed to scoop myself on my arse from the showers to the massagebed and get up and sit on it. Girl said you hurt shoulder you need tiger balm and she started rubbing that unto my shoulder. After a few minutes I decided to get dressed and leave. It was just too painful. Never paid. Was the cheapest but certainly also the roughest massage ever 55555 Get back to hotel, tried to sleep, but couldn't. In the morning i walked to Pattaya Memorial at Klang. Got x-ray'd, during the waiting i started texting my insurrance company, who told me to say to the hospital that the hospital should send the x-ray's to the insurrance company. Doctor (with huge money signs in his eyes) told me I needed surgery, gave me an arm sling in some cheapish green nylon mesh, told me I could leave, but would be required to come back later that day for the surgery. So I left. 2 hours later my insurrance company phoned me, told me they had arranged flight back home, taxi from hotel to swampy and taxi from airport to my home. Had to wait 3 days before the flight. I never went back to Memorial. Went out the same evening to LK Metro. Met an agogo girl there, and ended up staying with me the next 3 days untill I could get home. I didn't really like going out, I was afraid to bump into other people and hurting the shoulder even more. So we stayed indoors all the time doing nothing, except for her going out to do some food shopping and us watching the Paris-Nice cycling race on TV in the evening. Girl told me I looked like a traffic light, as my shoulder chest and part of my belly was turning red, green and yellow. She fed me, washed me, got me dressed. She even asked if she should wipe my arse, but I told her no. Never asked for money except the barfine on the first night. Got home, with Turkish Airways via Istanbul. Airline gave me a hole seating row just for me and a stewardesse on the flight to Istanbul came and fed me the dinner and the breakfast. Also they gave me a free pass to their lounge on the 4 hour layover at Atatürk Airport, despite the ticket from the insurrance company was just the cheapest of the cheapest single seat. Got to hospital the day after returning home. Doctor there told me they wasn't sure if it really was going to be necessary with surgery, but they would cut me up anyway just to make sure the ligaments are still attached to the bones. They pushed my arm a little bit but all else looked fine. Got a small 2cm incision which has mostly vanished since then. Lacking some upwards movement, but that is it. Old age. I wish now that I had gone straight back to UK but I was on a 4 month trip. I should never have had the operation in Thailand and it want much fun walking around with my arm in sling . My wife, then girlfriend looked after me and also got the damage to the bike repaired at Thai price. Looked as good a new for 1500 baht. So easy to injure oneself when we are pissed up and not pay attention to the lurking dangers I hit a speed bump and got thrown straight off the bike and landed full weight on my shoulder. I went into shock and felt no pain though but my arm was flipping about. A Thai guy came to my aid, parked up the bike and took me to hospital on the back of his bike.. I saw him a few weeks later and bought him a few beers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Concerning motorbikes, never rode one in my life (well yes a Moped at 15), and sure would never have tried it in Thailand (or VN, or here). When I arrived here I noted there were quite a bit of Vespa's around, and I went "well, that looks cool, very 60's / 70, I would look good on this .." But the Miss went "do you really think its a good idea to start learning driving a Vespa in Bali at 65 ?" And she was right, so forget the idea... Would still have looked cool, with her on the back, Miss Saigon style.... OK, back to old age ! 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boydeste Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Thai Spice said: Concerning motorbikes, never rode one in my life (well yes a Moped at 15), and sure would never have tried it in Thailand (or VN, or here). When I arrived here I noted there were quite a bit of Vespa's around, and I went "well, that looks cool, very 60's / 70, I would look good on this .." But the Miss went "do you really think its a good idea to start learning driving a Vespa in Bali at 65 ?" And she was right, so forget the idea... Would still have looked cool, with her on the back, Miss Saigon style.... OK, back to old age ! It sounds like your Miss is more switched on than what ya may think! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 19 minutes ago, boydeste said: It sounds like your Miss is more switched on than what ya may think! Sometimes she makes good points. And probably preserving her capital alive is also a reason ....😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayray Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, nampla69 said: How did she hurt you Ray ??? .......... ....... warned you about them Papuan pygmy women with them bones in their noses .... vicious bastards. Hurt while on the job ... story there mate you're a funny bugger mate,"bone in their noses" I was not on the "job" as you think. I was a at work supervising the laying of concrete under water,concrete is pumped thru tremi pipes so it can be placed under water,and the operator was not paying attention and lowed the bender in the pipe on me head,bastard. according to the specialists reckons I was 1/16th of a inch from brown bread. just think if that would have happened,all those PI and L.O.S. BGs would not have the pleasure of this old aussie fart slobbing over their bodies. regards grayray Edited May 26, 2020 by grayray 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 12 hours ago, Skalliwag said: Years of packing into the back row are really starting to show now. I would never had guessed. Whatever floats yer boat mate. 🤣 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I forgot about my motorcycle accident. Nothing that 90K baht of surgery and the best part of a year's rehab couldn't put (mostly) right. It turned by "bad" knee into my good one. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 3 hours ago, Jambo said: I forgot about my motorcycle accident. Nothing that 90K baht of surgery and the best part of a year's rehab couldn't put (mostly) right. It turned by "bad" knee into my good one. 😀 Remember that cast well ........think I wrote something rude about Arsenal and the new Emirates stadium on the back of it .... .... put paid to playing for Finchley Old Boys for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 9 minutes ago, nampla69 said: Remember that cast well ........think I wrote something rude about Arsenal and the new Emirates stadium on the back of it .... .... put paid to playing for Finchley Old Boys for a while. I remember it all too well. The cast went almost up to my nuts and the only way I could sit on the bog was with my leg on a wee stool. Then, I could not reach to wipe my ass so it was a choice between using the bum spray which often distributed poop all over the place or the alternative being the embarrassment of having Sai assist. 😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coxyhog Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 In retrospect I think I was lucky that from the age of 10 I was very short sighted & had to wear glasses.So no contact sports for me. I think my knee problem is the result of too many years crawling around aircraft cabins & freight bays doing inspections.You can use kneepads & whatever but you're still putting weight on the joints. As for motorcycles I used to rent them in Thailand in the 1980's when there was a lot less traffic but I was young & stupid & I would never do it now.Still ride my Harley in the UK though,albeit only occasionally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1000 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Something that is always in the back of my mind. I am all to aware that my dad and his brothers, all died in their sixties. My mum was 92 when she passed away, but women do tend to outlive men by 20 odd years. Having said that, I seem to be following my mums genes re Diabetes and other stuff etc.. Regrets... we should not look back but I wish I had realised that marriage was not for me at an earlier age. The financial and emotional fall out was considerable. Looking ahead, focus on the present with as much optimism as is possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galenkia Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 17 hours ago, jcolorado said: Since my teen years I wore glasses or contact lenses due to short-sightedness until age 65 when I had to have cataract surgery. My distance vision immediately improved to 20/25 in both eyes. Only use glasses for reading now. Unfortunately night blindness is on the increase. Long distance is fine but I sometimes struggle with small print and use 1.5 reading glasses. Only really needed to use them last couple of years. Night vision is pretty poor but it's always been like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 17 hours ago, jcolorado said: Since my teen years I wore glasses or contact lenses due to short-sightedness until age 65 when I had to have cataract surgery. My distance vision immediately improved to 20/25 in both eyes. Only use glasses for reading now. Unfortunately night blindness is on the increase. At my worst I was -6 ( shortsighted) then had LASIK surgery when I was about 32 and had perfect vision for about 12 years , then started needed glasses again for reading / work .. I'm now about +2.5 but can still drive without Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 It's good to read that we are still coping and that as far as we know, none of our members have died as a result of the virus Stayin' alive is what it's all about and hopefuliy we won't have ride this shit for too much longer. It's come as a bit of a body now especially for older members of society and those at a higher risk When this is all over and we can get back to normality I think I will certainly appreciate more, many of the things that I once took for granted. Since losing a lot of weight, I am now 32 inch waist again. I need complete new wardrobe and can't wait to be able to buy a load of new clothes in the normal sizes rather than xxx. But obviously I am still going to dress for my age . I also want to have a nice suit made. I have a feeling that I maybe attending some funerals in the near future. But,dress a little younger, feel a little younger perhaps 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, Nightcrawler said: It's good to read that we are still coping and that as far as we know, none of our members have died as a result of the virus Stayin' alive is what it's all about and hopefuliy we won't have ride this shit for too much longer. It's come as a bit of a body now especially for older members of society and those at a higher risk When this is all over and we can get back to normality I think I will certainly appreciate more, many of the things that I once took for granted. Since losing a lot of weight, I am now 32 inch waist again. I need complete new wardrobe and can't wait to be able to buy a load of new clothes in the normal sizes rather than xxx. But obviously I am still going to dress for my age . I also want to have a nice suit made. I have a feeling that I maybe attending some funerals in the near future. But,dress a little younger, feel a little younger perhaps Your size you should be able to get a good quality suit on the high street. Over the years I have bought a couple of suits Made for me in Thailand and wasn't that happy with the results , the fit was good but the material wasn't that great .. same for formal shirts , companies like TMLewin https://www.tmlewin.co.uk and Charles Tyrwhitt can't be beaten for quality and price ( I worked in an office and these shirts lasted for years ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightcrawler Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 I go for this smart but casual look for an afternoon stroll on Beach Road😄😄😄😄😄😄 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Stillearly said: Your size you should be able to get a good quality suit on the high street. Over the years I have bought a couple of suits Made for me in Thailand and wasn't that happy with the results , the fit was good but the material wasn't that great .. same for formal shirts , companies like TMLewin https://www.tmlewin.co.uk and Charles Tyrwhitt can't be beaten for quality and price ( I worked in an office and these shirts lasted for years ) I'm a Charles Tyrwhitt ex-junkie ........... going through cold turkey now. Got pissed off when I found they were all made in China but British ideas and designs whatever that means. Love their merino v necks and mainlined on cashmere zip necks hard stuff ........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 4 minutes ago, nampla69 said: I'm a Charles Tyrwhitt ex-junkie ........... going through cold turkey now. Got pissed off when I found they were all made in China but British ideas and designs whatever that means. Love their merino v necks and mainlined on cashmere zip necks hard stuff ........ I was mostly TM Lewin , four sometimes five shirts for £100 .... was cheaper than I was paying in the 90's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Just now, Stillearly said: I was mostly TM Lewin , four sometimes five shirts for £100 .... was cheaper than I was paying in the 90's Still got a few TM Lewin good quality shirts no doubt. Then I moved on to the harder stuff with brass collar stiffeners and cufflinks ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 3 minutes ago, nampla69 said: Still got a few TM Lewin good quality shirts no doubt. Then I moved on to the harder stuff with brass collar stiffeners and cufflinks ............. Same , always double cuff ...been wondering If I should start selling my cufflinks , before they are completely out of fashion ... got about a dozen pairs of Dunhills ... still got a Dunhill cigarette lighter as well .. probably should have sold that a long time ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 2 minutes ago, Stillearly said: Same , always double cuff ...been wondering If I should start selling my cufflinks , before they are completely out of fashion ... got about a dozen pairs of Dunhills ... still got a Dunhill cigarette lighter as well .. probably should have sold that a long time ago Women love a nice double cuff ........... (filthy minds on here think it is some bizarre kinky practice). Got addicted to waistcoats as well couple of years ago ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, nampla69 said: Women love a nice double cuff ........... (filthy minds on here think it is some bizarre kinky practice). Got addicted to waistcoats as well couple of years ago ..... Only tend to wear one with the dinner suit , I can't do a cummerbund ... Edited May 26, 2020 by Stillearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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