I know I've talked many times about the undeniable connection between the mind and the body. Today I discovered a new relationship between the two. I realized that as the body ages, the brain (or at least my brain) doesn't seem to have the where-with-all to compensate. If it did, it would have not have made the decision to use the slippery frame of the go cart as an intermediate step between the workbench and floor. A brain that was smart enough would have realized the risk, not just of slipping and falling, but of the subsequent stopping of this old body on the concrete floor. Fuck it hurt! A lot! It scared the shit out of me too. What if I broke something, and I was gonna have to go in the house and tell Roo? My left hip, and left arm and elbow took the brunt of it.
The point of course is that the same tumble 20 years ago would have been a laugh. Forty years ago I would have turned it into a back flip on the way down. That's where my brain is. Living in the past!!
Fortunately I think I'm gonna be okay. It's been an hour, and the extreme pain that normally comes with a fracture hasn't materialized. Then again, it started hurting more as soon as I typed that. If I can run without any problems tomorrow I'll be okay, but if not, I'm gonna be pretty pissed at my brain.
Twenty three years and nine months ago my brain was a lot smarter than it is now because that was about the time my youngest son was conceived. I know, I know, you're gonna tell me that I was thinking with my other head, but regardless it worked out fine because we ended up with Adrian. A fine young man if I say so myself. Actually a lot of people say it!! Happy birthday Adrian, even if I know you never read this.
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"I've got the brain of a four year old. I'll bet he was glad to get rid of it"---Groucho Marx
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The point of course is that the same tumble 20 years ago would have been a laugh. Forty years ago I would have turned it into a back flip on the way down. That's where my brain is. Living in the past!!
Fortunately I think I'm gonna be okay. It's been an hour, and the extreme pain that normally comes with a fracture hasn't materialized. Then again, it started hurting more as soon as I typed that. If I can run without any problems tomorrow I'll be okay, but if not, I'm gonna be pretty pissed at my brain.
Twenty three years and nine months ago my brain was a lot smarter than it is now because that was about the time my youngest son was conceived. I know, I know, you're gonna tell me that I was thinking with my other head, but regardless it worked out fine because we ended up with Adrian. A fine young man if I say so myself. Actually a lot of people say it!! Happy birthday Adrian, even if I know you never read this.
Easy computrainer ride 1.5 hours.
"I've got the brain of a four year old. I'll bet he was glad to get rid of it"---Groucho Marx
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Peter
I had a customer in Shelburne who was quite an old frail man, but his brain worked quite well yet. On more than one occasion, he used the line "I can do anything now that I could when I was 18" he would give you a few seconds to think about that or react, and then he would follow up with "goes to show you how pathetic I was at 18 eh?"
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I'll make you all the soup you want if you come and build a roof in my back yard!
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