THE Prepping thread - a new beginning :)

moneyistooshorttomention

Doveling wrote: »

Happy birthday MITSTM, have a lovely evening! :beer:

I think the Queen looks like a beautiful, well-groomed ninety year old

Very few of us will have the same WOW! factor at ninety that we had at nineteen :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks.

Nope - I was still plain at 19 personally. I "came into my own" at some point in my 30's up till about 50 - and then it started going downhill....

Yep...I know if age can even affect Debbie Harry and Sophie Loren then us "mere mortals" don't have a lot of hope on that front....

GreyQueen

I kinda think being on holiday for several months of each year, being waited on hand and foot, having fashion designers, tailors, hairdressers and beauticians at one's beck and call might just have a little bit to do with one's level of polish and glow. On the other hand, having a total nitwit as your son and heir could motivate you to keep going as long as possible, too.:rotfl:

I've just been having (private) physical therapy on a troublesome hip joint and am investing in self-care in respect of the structure rather than fretting about the surface appearances. Because I'm going to be a long time reaching the new improved state retirement age and need to be as limber as possible. If you're gonna kick a$$, you need to be able to raise your leg high enough.

My attitude to running is that I did it under duress as a schoolchild but I do not voluntarily run anywhere as an adult. Human beings are superbly designed to walk long distances and we can wear down much faster animals due to our great staying power. We even thrive with intense bouts of sprinting, the so-called high intensity training model.

We do not do well pounding up and down on unyielding surfaces like tarmac for hour after hour. I can't see the sense in beating up one's joints, replacement is an imperfect science and most of the joints are going to have to last us for life and should be cherished, not pummelled.

I am shortly going to immerse myself in a deep bath with a mug of epsom salts dissolved into it. Transdermal absorption of this essential mineral and great benefit to aches and pains. I will be a sybarite and take a portable radio tuned to a classical station and a glass of wine also.

mardatha

That sounds like a lovely relaxing evening GQ. And I share your view of HM lol but wasn't going to say it out loud. But I have to say that she looks grumpy and ungracious as all hell to me :D
but then I dare say I would look like that to her as well :rotfl:

GreyQueen

Aaahhh, that was nice. I had my solar charged radio (preptastic!) parked on the sink tuned to Classic FM, listening to Chopin. That nocturne was a bliddy good 'un, if one can be so vulgar.

Lounging around getting some more vino down my neck, I have a leftover-from-crimble wine box to tidy up, don'tcha know.

I've been warned to expect Extensive Bruising tomoz. Never mind, it's in a good cause (being able to walk without limping slightly is high on my 2018 ambitions).:D

G'night all.

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moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

I know if age can even affect Debbie Harry and Sophie Loren then us "mere mortals" don't have a lot of hope on that front....

OTOH, there's Helen Mirren :drool:

thriftwizard

If you're gonna kick a$$, you need to be able to raise your leg high enough.

Thank you, GQ, that's an excellent candidate for quote of the year, even in early January! And to that end, I'll keep on dancing...

moneyistooshorttomention

Sorrees Bob - you've not convinced me. She certainly puts the effort into looking her best and looks better than some - but........

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I personally don't give a toss what the rest of the planet thinks of how I look, I'm clean and so are my clothes, usually neatish and try very much to fade into any background I happen to be against. There is so much in life that is very much more important than worrying about getting older and the thoughts of strangers about your appearance.

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I read a blog every day that used to be FRUGAL IN SUFFOLK and is now IN A QUIET SUFFOLK LANE, a lady called Sue who had a smallholding and then her husband was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and they have been adjusting their lives and where they live to cope with the future and what it may hold for them. Todays post is very relevant to this thread and holds a great deal of practical and pertinent planning to prepare for an uncertain future, one that possibly faces all of us too so is well worth a serious read and contemplate. Perhaps we need to pull this particular thread back to it's original purpose as a 'prepping' site and concentrate on just how we would (will?) manage life should the ease in which we live today and the convenience of modern life be suddenly not available to us for any of a large number of reasons, we seem to have diversified of late and prepping doesn't feature highly in our meanderings.

Karmacat

thriftwizard wrote: »

Quote GQ:
If you're gonna kick a$$, you need to be able to raise your leg high enough.
Thank you, GQ, that's an excellent candidate for quote of the year, even in early January! And to that end, I'll keep on dancing...

I agree :j

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I personally don't give a toss what the rest of the planet thinks of how I look, I'm clean and so are my clothes, usually neatish and try very much to fade into any background I happen to be against. There is so much in life that is very much more important than worrying about getting older and the thoughts of strangers about your appearance.

I agree with this too - I do like looking good, but that's for me, not strangers. And I don't make the effort often, it has to be said.

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I read a blog every day that used to be FRUGAL IN SUFFOLK and is now IN A QUIET SUFFOLK LANE, a lady called Sue who had a smallholding and then her husband was diagnosed with cancer a few years ago and they have been adjusting their lives and where they live to cope with the future and what it may hold for them.

Thanks for this - I keep starting on that and then fading out. Sounds important.