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  • NTAN Offline
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    Also: my right knee seems marginally fucked. Rugby injury that didn't seem that serious when it happened 10 years ago.

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    @Wairau @Rembrandt try this one?

    Matt McCorkindale

    Matt McCorkindale

    If you’re into keeping, fit, healthy and strong this is my take on it. After 20 years in the fitness industry working as a personal trainer I’ve learnt a thing or two, what to do and definitely what not to do.

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    @NTA mate, all the best with all of that. Fucking getting old suuuuucks!!!!

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    @NTA said in Aging:

    As someone who is subject to ED and has tried Viagra, it bloody works! Problem is I get a migraine - really bad one - 36 hours later. Who knows what else its doing to my cardiovascular system? The fine balance between the anxiety of not performing (a delightful spiral of its own) and going through physical pain and possibly long-term detrimental effects.

    Did you watch Game Changers on Netflix? They got 3 men to eat a plant based diet and measured the amount and length of erections. Whilst not exactly scientifically rigorous they found much better erections after ditching the meat. Kind of makes sense as animal products often lead to narrowing arteries which can restrict blood flow.

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    @chimoaus mumble mumble 6 inches mumble

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    @chimoaus what do people eat when they ditch meat....
    Alot more veges. Meat is not bad for people.

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  • NTAN Offline
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    @chimoaus said in Aging:

    @NTA said in Aging:

    As someone who is subject to ED and has tried Viagra, it bloody works! Problem is I get a migraine - really bad one - 36 hours later. Who knows what else its doing to my cardiovascular system? The fine balance between the anxiety of not performing (a delightful spiral of its own) and going through physical pain and possibly long-term detrimental effects.

    Did you watch Game Changers on Netflix? They got 3 men to eat a plant based diet and measured the amount and length of erections. Whilst not exactly scientifically rigorous they found much better erections after ditching the meat. Kind of makes sense as animal products often lead to narrowing arteries which can restrict blood flow.

    Have not seen it, but heard that.

    Also seen advice that says it's more about reducing cholesterol than anything, which plants help with.

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    Skin cancer check today.

    Two need cutting off, one needs freezing.

    Yay.

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    @muddyriver said in Aging:

    @chimoaus what do people eat when they ditch meat....
    Alot more veges. Meat is not bad for people.

    If I ever turned vegetablist, it wouldn’t be because I love animals, it would be because I really hate plants and would take pleasure in knowing they died for me.

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    @Catogrande said in Aging:

    @muddyriver said in Aging:

    @chimoaus what do people eat when they ditch meat....
    Alot more veges. Meat is not bad for people.

    If I ever turned vegetablist, it wouldn’t be because I love animals, it would be because I really hate plants and would take pleasure in knowing they died for me.

    A mate trolled a vegan colleague about drinking beer, and the exploitation of yeast. You know they breed billions of tiny yeast organisms, hold them in pens, and then unleash them on sweet wort just to watch them die and then filter them out of the beer. How can anyone in good conscience drink the product of their labours?

    Some funny stuff right there.

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    @nzzp Sort of funny but it’s beer mate. Don’t be messing with my head about beer

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    @Catogrande said in Aging:

    @nzzp Sort of funny but it’s beer mate. Don’t be messing with my head about beer

    what are ya, a vegan?

    Coming back from the US this week, NZ is absolutely blessed with high quality beer. We live in paradise people, don't sneeze at it.

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    @NTA said in Aging:

    As someone who is subject to ED and has tried Viagra, it bloody works! Problem is I get a migraine - really bad one - 36 hours later. Who knows what else its doing to my cardiovascular system? The fine balance between the anxiety of not performing (a delightful spiral of its own) and going through physical pain and possibly long-term detrimental effects.

    Christ on a bike, big Sam may have trouble rising to the occasion, but the size of your balls cannot be underestimated.

    Not satisfied with being one of the very few Aussies regularly posting on a kiwi rugby forum, you've also admitted to being a bit of a softy.

    Full credit to you fella, seriously. A Kirwan moment.

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    Right so starting this week, the runup to Christmas looks like:

    1. $800 - echocardio stress test
    2. $200 - skin cancer removal
    3. $220 - dermatologist follow up to 2 + maybe a biopsy*
    4. $???? - fuck knows how much (probably thousands) on an esophageal echocardiogram to see if the hole between my atria is the cause of migraine and other vascular issues.

    And the fucked thing is Medicare will cover some of this, but private health won't cover the rest. Fluffybunnies.

    *If you get a mole/lesion under your fingernail or toenail, medical types get very nervous and/or excited.

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    I was having lunch with my MIL today and the topic of smoking came up and how times have changed. She remembered when smoking on a plane was allowed, she then says "Oh I still have the AirNZ handout from 1969"
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    Anyone else remember those smoking candy sticks as kids? Funny how times change.
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    Aussies were a little more to the point.
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    You know when you are on an old plane when you see the ashtrays in the armrests.

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    @chimoaus My first flight as a kid was from Hamilton to Christchurch in 1983 to stay with relatives in the school holidays. I remember there was only a curtain separating the non-smoking and smoking sections on the 737. Out of interest I checked, and you could still smoke on domestic Air NZ flights until 1988. 1997 for international flights.

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    @Crucial said in Aging:

    You know when you are on an old plane when you see the ashtrays in the armrests.

    Yep I remember all the buses having ashtrays in the back of the seats. My mum was a heavy smoker so I was used to smoke in the car, house etc. I would struggle today if someone tried to smoke in the car with me.

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    @Bovidae said in Aging:

    @chimoaus My first flight as a kid was from Hamilton to Christchurch in 1983 to stay with relatives in the school holidays. I remember there was only a curtain separating the non-smoking and smoking sections on the 737. Out of interest I checked, and you could still smoke on domestic Air NZ flights until 1988. 1997 for international flights.

    Interesting, I flew a few times as a kid so they must have been smoking, but I can't remember, only remember the nice hostess giving me lollies for my ears.

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    @chimoaus You can still buy those Space Man candy sticks, although they look to have removed the red colour at the end.

    Firecrest Systems

    Carousel Confectionery

    Carousel Confectionery

    We are a manufacturer of premium confectionery in New Zealand

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