Dying
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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.
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.
I used to eat the lollies. I was never one to stick them in my ears.
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I remember teachers at primary school doing the lunchtime patrol smoking...2 of them were right old battle axes, think it might have been them who made me hate smoking
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@taniwharugby said in Aging:
I remember teachers at primary school doing the lunchtime patrol smoking...2 of them were right old battle axes, think it might have been them who made me hate smoking
Yeah, we used to have a bunch of primary school teachers who'd smoke on the grounds too. Although, it was growing up in a house where my mother smoked that made me hate smoking.
She was convinced I would take up smoking even though I professed to hate it ... neither my sister or I have taken up smoking.
I've just spent the week in Melbourne and I'm always amazed how much worse smoking is here compared with Sydney (and Sydney is worse than NZ).
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I remember vividly my first day of primary school. A little Maori boy must have misbehaved and the teacher called him to the front of the class. She picked him up, pulled out a large leather belt and wailed on his arse. I can recall the strap being used all through primary school. Imagine that happening now.
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I first flew to London 40 years ago last month - that makes me feel old. Four stopovers including Bombay (as then was). A succession of very wizened old Indian guys clad onl in loincloths and turbans walked through the plane on their haunches with a dust ban and brush sweeping the carpet. Each emptied the ashtrays - I was in non smoking.
Smoking when I grew up was everywhere Buses, planes, cinemas, pubs, restaurants. Fucking hate it.
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So I had my first ever child minding experience ever at the weekend. I have managed to reach my advanced age and never had to do this before but I had to look after a 17 month old boy from Saturday night to yesterday afternoon.
Now I feel old. Really old.
The kid had never been away from his parents before so he would cry unless I kept him entertained. Not having a clue my entertainment involved me doing prat falls leaping about and other very physical "comedy" Every fucking muscle in my body aches today.
How do they manage to have more shit come out than food goes in?
R.E.A.L.L.Y. O.L.D.
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One thing that fucking sucks about aging - digestion issues. Dairy gives me a crook gut now. Lactose free cheddar is a godsend, but trying to find a decent ice cream substitute, holy shit (I will fight to the death for dessert.) Not only crazy expensive (11 or 12 bucks for like 450ml) but taste like the bottom of a goddamned birdcage. I do have sorbet, but need to watch the sugar/artificial flavour and colour content also.
I'm pissed off even writing this.
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@Mokey Yeah my wife, and son (poor bugger) are the same. Ben n Jerries diary free is awesome. Expensive, but worth it.
In the future it should improve, wife wen to UK recently, so much lacto-free stuff there.
As we get more and more asian population, the market will get bigger here. Like dealing with alcohol (from thousands of years brewing tea instead of brewing beer), asians as a whole have much higher levels of lactose intolerance in their population. -
One thing that fucking sucks about aging - digestion issues. Dairy gives me a crook gut now. Lactose free cheddar is a godsend, but trying to find a decent ice cream substitute, holy shit (I will fight to the death for dessert.) Not only crazy expensive (11 or 12 bucks for like 450ml) but taste like the bottom of a goddamned birdcage. I do have sorbet, but need to watch the sugar/artificial flavour and colour content also.
I'm pissed off even writing this.
I used to date a poor lass allergic to most things. (Gluton/Dairy/Onion/Grass/etc) There is a great Dairy-free ice cream/dessert available in one of the major NZ supermarkets which she could eat, I was naturally extremely dubious of the flavour but if given the choice I would choose it over regular ice cream. Can't for the life of me remember it but it was either in New World or Countdown, had something to do with Almonds, was chocolate flavour and had a similar consistency of ice cream.
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@Mokey Also my current squeeze is lactose intolerant, she has these special pills you can take now which counteracts lactose, meaning she just needs to knock back a pill or two and she can eat any dessert she wants without any problem. I assume they are in NZ too now
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@Machpants I tried the choc fudge brownie one, and it was not bad. So fucking expensive though. Yikes.
Outside of Caramel Chew Chew, which I haven't seen for years, the Cinimon bun is my fave ice cream ever, and it's diary free.
But yeah hurts the wallet and the waist line
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trying to find a decent ice cream substitute,
Coconut yogurt is really yummy and you can make something like this:
https://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-dairyfree-raspberry-coconut-froyo-recipes-from-the-kitchn-216369
Not sure if there is a store bought one like that available.My wife is celiac and I have been reasonably successful at finding solutions to culinary problems. Much easier in NZ than Hong Kong and never visit Italy or France if you are gluten intolerant.
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@Rembrandt said in Aging:
@Mokey Also my current squeeze is lactose intolerant, she has these special pills you can take now which counteracts lactose, meaning she just needs to knock back a pill or two and she can eat any dessert she wants without any problem. I assume they are in NZ too now
People are usually intolerant to lactose if their body doesn't produce enough Lactase. Lactase pills are a simple solution for most.
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Re: Coconut Yoghurt
The wife likes this but it's stupidly expensive in NZ for what it is so I have been making it for a fraction of the price.
I do use a spoonful of 'normal' live yoghurt as a starter which is cheap as I have that to hand anyway but you can also just buy biotic supplement capsules and use those.
I use Pams Coconut Cream at 99cents a tin. Once you have grown some good bacteria in it you need to thicken it. I use Arrowroot (tapioca starch) just as the commercial products do. You need to warm to about 66C (no more) and whisk in a teaspoon of Arrowroot, mixed with a little water, per can.
Way cheaper than the $11-12 a jar in the Supermarket.
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this thread has degenerated. It's got really fucking old now.
Next you'll be crapping on about how amazing Judith Durham is
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@Crucial I do exactly the same. Use the probiotics as a starter and even had success with an easiyo to get the temperature right. Haven't tried the icecream maker on it yet either but it should work fine.
Why the f is the stuff so expensive ready made?
Slightly of topic, but how amazing is Judith Durham?
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De Niro foot stomping a grocer shows more vitality than some of you.
