AKA walkable communities are communism.* Archived Message
Posted by Warrin'_Illini  on May 16, 2025, 12:59:30, in reply to "This is an underrated factor in the difference in healthiness between city folks"
 Previous Message and suburbanites. It also explains the French Paradox. Previous Message ...everyone has a truck and a golf cart. They drive the golf carts around. Last I was home I walked the 4 blocks to "downtown" to get something to eat and people acted like I was a degenerate for walking. When they visit before we do anything they want to know SPECIFICALLY and exactly how many blocks we might be walking. I'm 6 blocks from the beach. It's basically flat. That's too far to walk. Previous Message
He worked his ass off in a factory and upon retiring seems very content to sit on the couch and eat and drink all day. He's overall in horrible health and is currently in a nursing home doing a rehab stint recovering from his second bout of cellulitis in the last couple of months. His mobility has gone from mediocre to pretty much nil and has had multiple falls in the last year.
The girlfriend is pretty frustrated with him because he doesn't commit to rehab and if/when he makes it home will just park himself back on the couch..
I've kept my thoughts to myself but I look at his health over the two years I've known him and I can project where this is going, and it's not great. I don't really want to broach the subject of "your dad is living his life his way and that's just how it is"... I think they've tried to coach him up on "right now is your chance to turn it all around" and that seems like a very narrow and maybe impossible window to sneak through... just kinda sucks.
(on the flip side, my dad also worked in a factory until retirement, and has committed himself to staying as healthy as possible to draw as much money from Caterpillar's pension system as he possibly can, I think largely out of spite)
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- Retirement sidejack pole: When you "retire" are you actually going to quit working? - ATL May 15, 2025, 8:28:37 [poll]
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- Lulz at your dad* - ATL May 16, 2025, 10:19:27
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- these threads are terrible for my mental health * - biclops May 15, 2025, 12:01:41
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- maybe I'll get a part time gig at a lego store so I can get discounts
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- 30% job outside my profession, 30% volunteerism, 20% golf, 20% hookers/blow* - voiceofreason May 15, 2025, 8:31:06
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