Posted by Sounder on September 25, 2026, 18:09:04, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

and I usually wind up doing the heavy stuff, and man it puts a beatdown on me. Previous Message One, we're having the front and west side of our house professionally landscaped. Seeing the cost of that, I decided to do the backyard myself. Neither my mind nor my body are really up to that kind of work. Twenty years ago, I would have enjoyed it, ten years ago I at least could have done if. Now I can do an hour in the morning and, if it's not too hot, an hour in the afternoon and I'm done. Two, next week I'm having an MRI of my prostate and bloody hell, the prep for that is worse than for a colonoscopy. And the experience of the actual procedure will be worse as well. This whole thing sucks.

Posted by Tuscy on September 25, 2026, 17:58:39, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Lots of limbs to trim and pick up. About a dozen sweet gum trees and all the spiky gum balls that come with them. I still enjoy it for the most part and it's currently not too much but, man, I can already tell I'm not going to want to be doing this for years on end. Going to have to decide if I want a hefty lawn care expense in retirement or just move somewhere with a much smaller yard. We'll see. Previous Message One, we're having the front and west side of our house professionally landscaped. Seeing the cost of that, I decided to do the backyard myself. Neither my mind nor my body are really up to that kind of work. Twenty years ago, I would have enjoyed it, ten years ago I at least could have done if. Now I can do an hour in the morning and, if it's not too hot, an hour in the afternoon and I'm done. Two, next week I'm having an MRI of my prostate and bloody hell, the prep for that is worse than for a colonoscopy. And the experience of the actual procedure will be worse as well. This whole thing sucks. "I wouldn't mind the DP here." - jumpingdan

Posted by opossum jenkins on September 25, 2026, 14:30:16, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Previous Message One, we're having the front and west side of our house professionally landscaped. Seeing the cost of that, I decided to do the backyard myself. Neither my mind nor my body are really up to that kind of work. Twenty years ago, I would have enjoyed it, ten years ago I at least could have done if. Now I can do an hour in the morning and, if it's not too hot, an hour in the afternoon and I'm done. Two, next week I'm having an MRI of my prostate and bloody hell, the prep for that is worse than for a colonoscopy. And the experience of the actual procedure will be worse as well. This whole thing sucks.

Posted by DocWalk20 on September 25, 2026, 13:52:39, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

didn’t know what the hell they were talking about.” Previous Message One, we're having the front and west side of our house professionally landscaped. Seeing the cost of that, I decided to do the backyard myself. Neither my mind nor my body are really up to that kind of work. Twenty years ago, I would have enjoyed it, ten years ago I at least could have done if. Now I can do an hour in the morning and, if it's not too hot, an hour in the afternoon and I'm done. Two, next week I'm having an MRI of my prostate and bloody hell, the prep for that is worse than for a colonoscopy. And the experience of the actual procedure will be worse as well. This whole thing sucks.

Posted by osklister on September 25, 2026, 12:26:41, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Posted by TarheelIllini on September 25, 2026, 12:05:46, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Posted by complainant on September 25, 2026, 12:03:53, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Posted by Potomac on September 25, 2026, 11:36:14, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Posted by Taz on September 25, 2026, 11:31:44, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Posting secretly all this time. My dad just had the front and side of his house landscaped last week and is now doing the backyard himself. Previous Message One, we're having the front and west side of our house professionally landscaped. Seeing the cost of that, I decided to do the backyard myself. Neither my mind nor my body are really up to that kind of work. Twenty years ago, I would have enjoyed it, ten years ago I at least could have done if. Now I can do an hour in the morning and, if it's not too hot, an hour in the afternoon and I'm done. Two, next week I'm having an MRI of my prostate and bloody hell, the prep for that is worse than for a colonoscopy. And the experience of the actual procedure will be worse as well. This whole thing sucks. Sometimes you just need to yeet a bobcat * Being an Illini fan is a goddamn curse.*

Posted by IlliniSax05 on September 25, 2026, 11:02:36, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Posted by Stu on September 25, 2026, 10:59:17, in reply to "I am going to register two complaints about getting old, so feel free not to read."

Which is like spreading colonoscopy diet out for two weeks. Following that, the radioactive iodine treatment itself involves extending the diet three more days, and drinking to s of water, social distancing because I’m sweating and exhaling radioactive iodine, and washing clothes daily while constraining what areas I sit in to limit contamination I did it before, I’ll do it again. Previous Message One, we're having the front and west side of our house professionally landscaped. Seeing the cost of that, I decided to do the backyard myself. Neither my mind nor my body are really up to that kind of work. Twenty years ago, I would have enjoyed it, ten years ago I at least could have done if. Now I can do an hour in the morning and, if it's not too hot, an hour in the afternoon and I'm done. Two, next week I'm having an MRI of my prostate and bloody hell, the prep for that is worse than for a colonoscopy. And the experience of the actual procedure will be worse as well. This whole thing sucks. Chicken Little poster child