OmCheeto Retires: Friends Celebrate Success

[lisab]

Nine weeks and no sign of missing work .

Sounds like you're having a fantastic retirement - I'm so jealous, and so happy for you!

 

[OmCheeto]

Nine weeks and no sign of missing work .

Zero. As an indicator of why not, half of the people who I worked with, including my boss, had threatened to quit the day I retired. Though only one of the eight put in their two week notice that day.

Sounds like you're having a fantastic retirement - I'm so jealous, and so happy for you!

Well, it's not all ice cream and beer...

My back is recovering slowly. But it always did. I've suffered from on and off bouts of work related sciatica for the last 15 years. But being that I seldom mentioned it, and my boss seemed to be a bit jealous, he worked me like a dog up until my second to last day.

This year, my sciatica manifested itself in a new and hideous way. Every morning, around 1 am, I would be jarred awake with the most horrific charley horse in my left leg. So for the last 8 months, I've had about 2-3 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

It's much better lately. But the chronic dull signal from my back reminds me; "Don't go back there. They really don't give a ****."

So I don't.

Take care of your backs people. You only get one.

ps. Yes... I went to the doctor last year for it. X-rays, MRI, etc. etc. They told me there was nothing wrong. They said I was suffering from a common ailment, called "old".

pps. I'm estimating another 30 days, and my sciatica will be gone, for good. :!)

 

[Drakkith]

0nly 30 days till it's gone, huh? You must be close to finding the fountain of youth there, Lazarus.

 

[edward]

Zero. As an indicator of why not, half of the people who I worked with, including my boss, had threatened to quit the day I retired. Though only one of the eight put in their two week notice that day.

Well, it's not all ice cream and beer...

My back is recovering slowly. But it always did. I've suffered from on and off bouts of work related sciatica for the last 15 years. But being that I seldom mentioned it, and my boss seemed to be a bit jealous, he worked me like a dog up until my second to last day.

This year, my sciatica manifested itself in a new and hideous way. Every morning, around 1 am, I would be jarred awake with the most horrific charley horse in my left leg. So for the last 8 months, I've had about 2-3 hours of uninterrupted sleep.

It's much better lately. But the chronic dull signal from my back reminds me; "Don't go back there. They really don't give a ****."

So I don't.

Take care of your backs people. You only get one.

ps. Yes... I went to the doctor last year for it. X-rays, MRI, etc. etc. They told me there was nothing wrong. They said I was suffering from a common ailment, called "old".

pps. I'm estimating another 30 days, and my sciatica will be gone, for good. :!)

It is a bit odd how the sciatica comes and goes. Try pressing on the the pelvic bone just at the point where it starts to curve up and around to the front. Do it so hard it makes you want to scream. Then take a few deep breaths and do it again.

If that cramp in your leg is in the calf the next time it happens put one finger on your upper lip just below your nose and press until it hurts for about 15 seconds. Hey it works for me.

I have a lower back problem called spondylolisthesis. The wonderful world of medicine offered me a brace that went from my nipples down to my gonads. I declined their brace and made one out of the shoulder strap from an old piece of luggage.

Take care and enjoy retirement my friend.

 

[Mr.maniac]

NOW! NOW!
Hold on why not first take a bath in a HOT SPRING
in japan and meditate for a few days there.
OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

 

[Drakkith]

NOW! NOW!
Hold on why not first take a bath in a HOT SPRING
in japan and meditate for a few days there.
OMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

Man's got a good point. Don't resist it, Om.

 

[OmCheeto]

Man's got a good point. Don't resist it, Om.

Always the first name that pops into my head when I need sound medical advice: Mr. Maniac.

My sciatica is induced by lifting heavy objects. There are no drugs, nor any "hot and/or cold" methods that cure my bouts. It invariably takes 3 months for things to return to normal. Hence my "30 days" comment.

Funny, my sister was visiting from out of state and dropped by my house last Thursday. I discussed my sciatica with her, as an excuse to having been almost completely non-productive over the last 66 days.

So on Saturday, she called me from my brother's house, and left a message on my answering machine, requesting I come over to help move furniture.

I pretended I wasn't home.

 

[lisab]

My dad developed sciatica during knee-replacement surgery (I guess they position the leg at a weird angle while the patient is sedated... ?). He said recovering from the sciatica was more painful, and took much longer, than healing from the knee surgery.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

Not what I envision when someone mentions sharing pants with a girl

 

[Drakkith]

Not what I envision when someone mentions sharing pants with a girl

Got that right.

 

[OmCheeto]

Not what I envision when someone mentions sharing pants with a girl

You only get one 30th birthday.

The image is kind of "crinkly", as someone decided the photo was humorous enough to have printed up on T-shirts. I somehow got one. I'm not sure how many were made, but there's is a kid about half my age at the river who saw me wearing mine one day and blurted out; "I've got one of those!"



Moral of the story?

Don't waste your life being afraid to share your pants(and/or shirts) with your friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlho3xJucr8
Live life, by The Kinks
The album, Misfits, was released 36 years ago.
Seems somewhat timeless.​

Just got back from spending 3 days with 4 friends at the coast. 3 are in their 70's. The 4th just turned 60. I have pictures of us all, still trying to kill ourselves.

 

[RonL]

You only get one 30th birthday.

The image is kind of "crinkly", as someone decided the photo was humorous enough to have printed up on T-shirts. I somehow got one. I'm not sure how many were made, but there's is a kid about half my age at the river who saw me wearing mine one day and blurted out; "I've got one of those!"



Moral of the story?

Don't waste your life being afraid to share your pants(and/or shirts) with your friends.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlho3xJucr8
Live life, by The Kinks
The album, Misfits, was released 36 years ago.
Seems somewhat timeless.​

Just got back from spending 3 days with 4 friends at the coast. 3 are in their 70's. The 4th just turned 60. I have pictures of us all, still trying to kill ourselves.

I'm almost 72 and doing things that would kill me shouldn't be too difficult...

 

[OmCheeto]

I'm almost 72 and doing things that would kill me shouldn't be too difficult...

Thanks for showing up for the party Ron!

Believe it or not, I think of you often. At least, that is, every time I think of a compressor.

 

[RonL]

Thanks for showing up for the party Ron!

Believe it or not, I think of you often. At least, that is, every time I think of a compressor.

Thanks Om,
Congrats on your retirement, hope you have as much fun and enjoyment with your time as I have had and am having with mine.
I have little doubt that you will

"squeeze it tight, make it hot and always let there be more air":thumbs:

 

[OmCheeto]

Ok, today makes six months.
I've pretty much been on vacation the whole time.
I just plugged my clock radio back in, as I think I should get back to work tomorrow.

ps. I also unplugged my phone again, as the you-know-whats thought they had me back on the hook again.

 

[lisab]

Ok, today makes six months.
I've pretty much been on vacation the whole time.
I just plugged my clock radio back in, as I think I should get back to work tomorrow.

ps. I also unplugged my phone again, as the you-know-whats thought they had me back on the hook again.

I think a six-month break is entirely reasonable.

But if your weather is anything like ours up here, I hope you can do most of your work indoors - it's coooooold out there !

 

[OmCheeto]

I think a six-month break is entirely reasonable.

But if your weather is anything like ours up here, I hope you can do most of your work indoors - it's coooooold out there !

Yup. It's freezing here too. But the only thing left to do outside is to rake the leaves, and that can wait till spring. :)

 

[OmCheeto]

Today and tomorrow, anyways.
It's supposed to rain on Monday and Tuesday.​

 

[nsaspook]

Today and tomorrow, anyways.
It's supposed to rain on Monday and Tuesday.​

How's the garden going this year? So far this looks like a great planting year in this part of Oregon.

 

[Evo]

Congrats OM!

 

[phion]

Retired at 30??

 

[OmCheeto]

How's the garden going this year? So far this looks like a great planting year in this part of Oregon.

Grandly! Nearly all of the parent strawberry plants survived the winter.

June 2014​

I now have 3 gutters full of them.

May 30, 2015​

Please note, that there are no longer laurel bushes in the background. It took me at least two weeks to dig up the stinking roots.

Om's top ten list of weeds:

10. English Ivy (pfft!)
9. Dandy lions
8. Deadly nightshade
7. Morning glories
6. Small trees
5. Slightly larger trees
4. Stinky Bob
3. Hawthorne bush
2. Blackberries, and their inbred relatives

#1. Laurel bushes. They are not a hedge. They are a nightmare.

 

[AnTiFreeze3]

Two thoughts:
1.) I briefly was confused by the notion of Johnny Cash being black and crispy smooth, instead of white and gravelly smooth.
2.) If you're ever in need of a sciatica-free land-sculpter, I'm your guy. Being two weeks into my reign of employment--working for a landscaping and maintenance company--I believe I know about all there is to it, except mulching in the rain. That I refuse to do.