New Experiences

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Good job on the new thread, it’s not as bad as you think it’s going to be, is it?

My last really new experience was the summer before Covid when I tried paddle boarding! Loved it :surfing_woman:

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Great to see this new experience of you starting a new thread,Boot.

I hope this will be the first of many to come!..:+1::+1::+1:

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Thank you.

Paddle boarding is great fun, isn’t it?
I’ve only done it around the shores of Greece, so didn’t mind falling in the warm sea a few times!
My eldest sis tried it for the first time last year on a river in UK - her grandchildren took her for a picnic by the river on her 75th birthday and took their paddle boards to teach Granny how to do it - she tells me she enjoyed it - and didn’t fall in once! :+1:

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Great Start Boot!

Having new experiences make life more fun!

I’m going to try one, to see how it goes!

:muscle: :fire: :sleeping_bed:

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All power to your elbow, Ted. :grinning:

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A good thread Boot… :+1:
I had to stop running last year, but my love of the wild places led me to start a new hobby that would still fill my appetite for trips out into the country. I decided to start ‘Trig Point Bagging’ as an outdoor person yourself I don’t think I need to explain what a trig point is.
I managed to collect about 21 last year and found it so exciting, visiting many out of the way places and always with a spectacular view. I’ve already made a list of some of the trigs I intend to visit as soon as the weather gets better. I’m a bit of a fair weather walker since I retired.
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Experience the loud noised emitted from a MRI scanner as a patient being scanned. Now I fully understand why they fit each patent with ear defenders. MRI scanners can reach peak sound pressure levels of 125.7 to 130.7 dB and have an average equivalent intensity of 110 to 115 dB (twas in the leaflet) which as a patient new to the machine, was a tad alarming.

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@LongDriver , Yeah, l compare it to being inside a submarine that is being
depth charged ?
I have survived 3 of those attacks so far !!
My latest new experience is struggling to get me ‘long johns’ off ??
Donkeyman! :+1::+1:

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I think I’d find it a tad alarming too. I hope the scan helped to diagnose the issue and get it successfully treated. :hugs:

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You don’t want to be taking those long johns off yet awhile - I know the Spring flowers are blooming but remember the old wives tale -
ne’er cast a clout til May is out! :wink:

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Thanks.

Trig bagging sounds a great motivator to get out and about to explore new areas.
I’ve never thought of it before but when you think of the wonderful views there is from most trig points - and I’m nearly always tempted to take a few photos when I reach one - I can see why trig bagging is a growing activity.

I’ve got a bit lazy about exploring new walking routes for days out from home. I tend to take the same favourite walks in the same areas of hills, dales and moorland - maybe a bit of trig bagging would get me exploring new places.
Thanks for the idea! :+1:

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Twas to check my brain just in case my pulsatile tinnitus had another cause other than vestibular blood vessels. Luckily for me, nothing unexpected was found. Pulsatile tinnitus can have sinister causes, but for me it was run of the mill; completely incurable, but run of the mill.

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So change them more frequently!! Leaving them on until they become one with the skin is a tad niffy :astonished::point_right::wink::+1::grin:

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@LongDriver , Oooer! Zat wot it is??
No wonder nobody cums round anymore !!
Donkeyman! :-1::-1:

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You might want to adjust your spelling there Donks :astonished::point_right::wink::grin:

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I had plenty of new experiences when V and I got together. :wink: :wink:

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@Percy_Vere , We are talking NEW experiences here Percy !!
Donkeyman! :roll_eyes::roll_eyes:

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I had a full body one a couple of years ago, At the time I was as high a kite from a mixture of morphine, Tramadol and high strength anti biotic

So, keep you eyes closed they said. Well, you know me, I don’t like being told what to do, so as soon as I was in I opened mine. Very claustrophobic, lid right close to your face, like being in a coffin. But being high I got the giggles thinking they should put a sign above you saying “We TOLD you to close your eyes!”

And yes it was noisy, but I was high and I got bored. And it was like a disco. So I decided to sing. Shania Twain as it happens :crazy_face:

When they pulled me out, they looked at me dubiously and said “Are you alright, we’ve never had anyone sing before!” And I just couldn’t stop giggling :rofl: They gave me another sedative and I think they were all glad when I conked out!

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They WERE new at the time, Donks :wink:

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@Percy. Vere,. Thought so! :grin::grin: