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Tank birthday and I'm a Geezer

Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I am going to try to go on my walk this morning. I am not sure if I can make it near the beach as we have snow plowed up 12' high and still have 5' drifts.

But real men like myself and I assume many men here should have no problem.
I am going to clean off my car as I can't see through a foot of snow :eek2:

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Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
This morning I went for a stress test and a carotid artery test. It was just a maintenance thing that I do every 10 years or so. She said not to speak while she was giving me the test, but she was a talker and didn't take a breath, so I couldn't answer. That was hard because usually I can't shut up. But she was cute and probably my granddaughter's age, so I didn't complain as I didn't want to look wimpy.

My arteries are fine, Must be the Prizapro so they gave me the stress test where you get on a treadmill, and it goes faster and faster until it blows a fuse or you have a heart attack. None of those things happened. I went into the room with the treadmill and the nurse or technician, but she could have been the person who sweeps the floor.

I looked at the treadmill and told her that I walk up and down 167 steps to the beach, then walk two miles every morning before the sun comes up.
She didn't believe me. I got on the thing, and she started it. I told her this is for little girly men or old Ladies. So she made it go faster. The number on the screen read 86. That was my heart rate. She said, after this much time, that's fabulous. I kept going, faster and faster. Then the thing raised up so I was running uphill. All the time she was reading my blood pressure, but I thought she just wanted to hold my hand. ;)

She told me, "I can tell you exercise a lot". All I do is walk up and down steps.

I kept going. She said I had to reach a heart rate of 138 for my age. After almost 15 minutes I reached that. She asked me if I wanted to keep going. I said, yes because I didn't get a chance to do my beach walk this morning because I had to be there at 7:30.

I kept going until she got tired of looking at me and I had to quickly sit down so she could take my blood pressure.

I asked her if I did OK. She said, No, which kind of scared me. She then said, You didn't do OK, "you did amazing." I thought she was talking about my physique, but she wasn't. She said hardly anyone recovers that fast, especially at my age. I was very happy, and so was Dale, when I got home.

I hope I don't croak tonight. :eek2:
 
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DaveK

Paul B said:
... so they gave me the stress test where you get on a treadmill, and it goes faster and faster until it blows a fuse or you have a heart attack. ...:eek2:
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LOL, that is just so true. No exaggeration at all. I recall getting a stress test, and I had to sign something saying that heart attack is possible, and they had the defibrillator right there just in case. For me it all went well, but it always makes me wonder.
Take care, DaveK
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
This morning, I am taking my wife to her PT/Pilates appointment, which we do every week. Yesterday we went for her hand PT. This is how we spend much of our time. Today her appointment is 45 minutes away, but the good part is my favorite LFS is right near there so I packed the car with two coolers in case I find some things I want. Not very likely, but sometimes, something unusual comes in and I grab it. :biggrin:
 
MadReefer

MadReefer

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I hear you Paul. I look for odd ones too; that's how I found the Smiths Blenny a few weeks and picked it up. reminds me of a ghost...Haha
 
Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
I donate 100% of the profits from my two books to charity. I post the receipts to prove I am not using the money for Copperband Butterflies or Prizapro.

I am splitting the profits to MS Research, Wounded Warriors and Tunnels To Towers. This ones is only for MS. I didn't receive the other receipts yet but when I do, I will post them.

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Paul B

Paul B

NJRC Member
So I went to 2 LFSs this morning, and each one had nothing. I mean like Nothing, Nada, Zilch. I asked the owner, whom I have known for the fifty years the store has been there, and he said, " It seems the fish come through Dubai. And due to the war, the airports there are closed, so no fish. :eek2:
 
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