Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

When I was a quasi-judicial official in the Reagan Commerce Department my area extended to aircraft engines. So we got to go to the Air Force Association annual trade show. A gazillion hawkers hawking gazillion dollar things. I went for the free handouts, but I digress. I found a pack of matches with the logo: Air Force One. I agree the prez needs a plane, but does the plane need free give aways? The plane doesn’t need to look for new customers.

I take your point about saving hardworking taxpayers a buck or two, but I also expect that Joe and Bernie and Liz are able to snag some matches or peanuts or a ballpoint pen on their charter, so it doesn't seem particularly unfair to them.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

I take your point about saving hardworking taxpayers a buck or two, but I also expect that Joe and Bernie and Liz are able to snag some matches or peanuts or a ballpoint pen on their charter, so it doesn't seem particularly unfair to them.

I get it, probably one time flyers stole towels or whatever so they added the matches?

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop

In Joe's defense, Trump has proven that you can say a lot of stupid stuff and still win.

If you’re Trump. Recall in 2016, GOP competitors tried to say dumb things and were not given the same pass.

Soft bigotry of basement level expectations?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Read Dr Sarno.

This guy...sounds like a quack?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Excellent.

When I was in college, I once kicked the Prince of Monaco out of my room for smoking a cigarette, but kicking Bezos out of your village for being an ass is even better.

Are you an episode of The Good Place?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Adder

My body feels so much less broken down than it did 10-15 years ago, to which I credit being much more active.

But I walk and bike and do not run or otherwise do much that’s meaningfully impactful on the joint.

My back is like herpes: It's normally fine and under control but flares up on occasion. I actually feel pretty good all things considered.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

My trainer (44) and I (46) have agreed that from here on out something will always hurt.

That reminds me: I need to ice my hip.

Pain don't hurt.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall

Nope. But we've hosted parties for both NBC and Fox--last week on the same night!

No one was injured.

TM

Are you still lawyering?

[Greedy,Greedy,Greedy]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Are you an episode of The Good Place?

Actually, I am a part in a David Foster Wallace novel, and an occasional walk-on in Mad About You.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

Actually, I am a part in a David Foster Wallace novel, and an occasional walk-on in Mad About You.

I liked A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. This led me to buy Broom of the System, which I simply could not finish.

For some reason I have been gifted multiple copies of Consider the Lobster. I should probably read one of them one of these days.

Infinite Jest is just too much a commitment. And too many people whom I've later determined have poor taste in literature have insisted it's the greatest book of all time.

BTW, if you read the econ pundits, Tyler Cowen really shit the bed with his latest, Big Business. It reads like something written by Steve Forbes and group of novice conservative anthropologists.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

This guy...sounds like a quack?

Listen, don't listen. Fixed me.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

Pain don't hurt.

Pain is just weakness leaving the body.

Or sometimes it is your disk herniation impinging on your spinal nerve root.

[Adder]

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield

ETA: Trump is exploiting his position in using AFO for rallies.

You won't find anyone more opposed to 45 than me: no he isn't.

He’s enjoying the use for political gain with the insurmountable alibi that there’s no other way for him to travel.

Given this sentence, why did you feel the need to write the rest of them?

[Adder]

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?

My back is like herpes: It's normally fine and under control but flares up on occasion. I actually feel pretty good all things considered.

I twinged it picking up the kid earlier this summer, so it's not like I'm immune to back pain, but it just doesn't happen all that often and it's nothing that rest and ice/heat can't deal with in a few days.

Although I did still bike commute the next day because biking hurt less than the walk to the bus stop.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski

Listen, don't listen. Fixed me.

Based on what I have read (not much) about him, he seems to be focused on back pain that cannot be explained by physical problems. But if you have identified a physical problem that is causing the back pain (e.g., herniated disks), then it does not seem like his methods are applicable. Is this not the case?