Minor Confession Thread

In reply to CAinCA :

I saw a doctor (well, PA-C, anyway) back in January. Fasting labs came back better than expected and he didn't seem overly concerned about anything. No stress test, not sure about calcium scan. We should have another visit in the next few weeks and can discuss it then.

This doesn't seem to be an every day thing, for whatever that's worth. Not that I usually feel fantastic, but I don't normally have trouble with everyday tasks. Most likely I just got my butt kicked this week and have to confess (minorly) that I was ill prepared for middle age.

In reply to DarkMonohue :

How sedentary are you?

I'm still recovering after my illness earlier this year that left me not getting around much.  I started a new job three weeks ago.  The weekend before, I was barely able to be there for four hours setting up my toolboxes. First day, I could barely walk after six hours.  After the first week I was questioning if I could even work anymore because of how trashed my legs and back felt at the end of the day, and how I started every day feeling as worn as I normally ended them.

I'm feeling better now.  Not 100%, but I definitely feel better than three weeks ago, and my 100% is based on memories of 18 year old me so probably not valid anyway.

One thing that is going to be an adjustment is that I can't sit around.  I HAVE to get moving first thing in the morning or I will feel physically like crap all day.  This helps a lot and seems really backwards to exert yourself to feel energetic, but that's middle age I guess.

In reply to Pete. (l33t FS) :

Not sure how to answer that. I work a desk job, but I try to get out for 15-20 minute walks at least once a day and maybe two or three if schedule and weather allow it.

Today I am digging up a water line in the yard and not having any real trouble. It's tiring work but I can do what I need to do.

I'm going to set up a stationary bike in my basement and try to ride for a half hour every morning instead of laying in bed phonescrolling.  And get more protein, I've been on a carb heavy diet and that can cause fatigue too.

NickD said:

Antihero said:

I think the GMT400 is pretty much the best looking trucks ever made and really can't see anything looking better in the future.

They really were the high-water mark of GM truck styling, although I think the '17-'18 Silverados were pretty good looking too. But the GMT-400s are just great trucks in general. Comfy, tough, dead-nuts reliable workhorses.

A friend of mine has owned a few newer GM stuff and always complained about them even though he keeps getting them 

He got in my 97 k1500 and was stunned at how comfy it was. We drove up to a job site thru a foot of snow and he couldn't believe it, kept telling me how much he liked them. 

Told him to buy one ....." But they are old...." 

In reply to Peabody :

I like the GMT400 better myself and I admit I like the Fords of that generation better 

Admittedly though 70s Fords were what I grew up with so I'm biased

RacetruckRon said:

I have an secondary interview with a company on Monday. My first interview was a one on one teams call that was scheduled for an hour, it lasted for 2.5 hours.  This follow up interview has 9 people from this company on the Teams invite, from peer level engineers to the VP of Engineering. I'm not worried about choking in front of directors and VPs, I've been in tougher situations with VPs of bigger companies. I'm genuinely curious how this interview is supposed to flow and if all of these people are actually going to be on this call. 

Update, I got the job.  I'm now having a really hard time deciding how much notice my current job gets.  I only need to stay with the company for the next two weeks for insurance until my wife's doctor's appointment.  I kinda want to see the look on the GM's face when I tell him I'm done on a Thursday afternoon.

In reply to RacetruckRon :

Congratulations.  
 

When I decided to move on from the Automotive parts plant after almost 25 years they had become so disrespectful to all of us I decided not to give any notice.  I actually had plans to tear a strip off my department manager's ass in front of everybody but the jerk booked vacation that week. It was at the end of my career and the burning of bridges wasn't a concern, but I can tell you it was particularly satisfying.

In reply to Peabody :

You should have deferred leaving until he returned.  

For years my dad would say "I'm glad I'm closer to the end than the beginning". I feel this way more every day. 

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

A guy at work said, "Man... ever since I turned forty, everything hurts."

Me: "Dude, I've got some bad news for you. It's not going to get any better. I'd kill to feel like I was forty again. I've hurt myself sleeping..."

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

This morning was struggle to tie a neck tie day as the arthritis in my shoulder decided it hadn't been getting enough attention. 

We're at the beach in Pensacola for the last half of this year's spring break vacation... and I've checked and found that a nearby U-pull-it yard has a 2013 Leaf that I'd love to see if it has some parts I can use for the DMC's conversion project. No, I didn't bring tools along to do this, but the truck does have a small tool kit I keep there for emergencies, and yes The Dancer would probably kill me if I suggested taking the time to go and check it out. 

I start my new career on Thursday. I'm going to be a "long-term sub" in the Auto Mechanics program at a local high school.

In reply to AngryCorvair (Forum Supporter) :

Excellent. There's going to be a generation of eastern Michigan shop rats with an exceptional understanding of sheet metal tabs, hand modeling and Bernoulli's principle. 

I don't like this about myself, but I'm quietly rooting against someone, simply based upon his own obstinate stupidity. 

We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner Saturday night.   The waitress didn't realize we had rolls and brought us a second basket.  Something clicked and I decided to order a bigger steak to go with it, and a second basket of fries.  Got a to go box for the extras and had a nice steak and egg breakfast even though I didn't have anything but eggs in the house.  The rolls and fries reheat pretty well the next day. 
 

As much as I can't stand Marilyn Manson's "music", I don't hate his cover of In The Air Tonight.  It's almost like the only way to berkeley up that song is if you are intentionally trying to.

I confess it feels odd to stop by my local Nissan parts department after ordering $4.67 of parts and stand there and look at a $36,000 Nissan Altima and a $56,000 Nissan Z. 

This boots probably cost $.31 each back in the day.
 

I was sitting in this local restaurant totally knackered from a concrete pour. It wasnt huge but a few stupid things out of my control happened and I'm super short on help, so I worked my ass off. I'm not particularly old but the miles are very high there , I've done a lot of concrete and much of it with less help than needed.

The 2 guys that were working there were chatting about music, a new album they found and other small things. And then I realized that they were so mellow, which I mean could have been helped by outside sources, because the only thing at stake was my $12.99 burger if they failed or weren't totally awesome.

Literally everything I touch and do puts at the very least several thousand, if not tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line. Could even be millions if you count having to get entire sudivisions placed just right. If I suck, the mark on the world is gonna be not small , not huge either but not small 

I kinda envied them for having no worries. I'm sure they have no real money either but still ...no worries.

I gotta start working less, but goddamn is it hard to turn down everything.

I feel like I'm binge watching an entire season of Young Frenchy.

In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :

Google is failing me. Is Young Frenchy a TV series?

The thing that drives me absolutely crazy about watching Yellowstone is that every single time Beth gets out of her Bentley, she closes the door by grabbing the glass.  It makes me physically cringe.

My Facebook feed is filled with cylinder head resurfacing videos. I watched them for most of my training ride home. 

In reply to Wally (Forum Supporter) :

Did you see the one where they had to mill almost 4 or 5 hundredths out of some pre war head? That's a spark plug gaps worth of meat. It was gnarly.