@Mate1212

That's easy; they're not.

Source: until recently I'd been riding for nearly 20 years and I've never been approached by a woman taking an interest in my bike or the fact I ride. Plenty of dudes have wanted to ask me about it, not a single woman.

The internet is not real life. That goes triple for social media "influencers."

@MentORPHEUS

I remember you sharing about that here. Verily, it sucketh. The hospital staff are great, of course, and I'm glad they're here to help me, but I miss my bed and my cats.

No running for me of any sort for a while. The glute muscles in my left hip have never fully recovered after the accident and my left knee is still sensitive to anything high impact. The best I could do before this surgery was a sort of hobbling power walk. We'll see if I can get back better function with this round of PT.

@woodsmoke Damn, man! I got mauled by dogs a few years ago which resulted in several days in the hospital. So, I can relate how miserable an experience it is for the type of guys who take pride in their independence and agency.

Some would consider it paradise, lounging in bed all day while getting fed and cared for by young nurses. Me, well I couldn't get out of there fast enough, and felt distraught almost to tears when my discharge almost got postponed another day while they got aftercare details figured out.

Hope it heals well, and that this time next year you are benching/hiking/otherwise to the levels you aspire to.

Don't jog though, especially on pavement. It fucks up your shins even if it leaves your femur alone.

I can't shake the feeling I've done this before...

Lower break in my femur was only partially healed so I had another surgery to address that. No big brace or boot this time, no being laid up for 2 months; I've already gotten up and put weight on it to walk around a bit - with the help of a walker, but mostly only for balance.

With any luck the PT guy will say I'm alright to take stairs and I'll be discharged tomorrow. Please God. If I never eat hospital food again it'll be too damned soon.

@woodsmoke

And for being gh3y.

@First-light

I'm in northern Utah rather than southern California but we've a similar climate between the two and that just looks like standard late autumn scrubland in a desert to me. Everything looks dried out and dead this time o' year.

@Typo-MAGAshiv

Eat vcards for your pre-coffee fuck up!

And for being gh3y.

@polishknight I don't like most fast food, but Arby's gyros really are fucking good

And I second what @woodsmoke said, that it can be posted under weekend "humor" flair.

THIS is what women do to each other!!!

You should use that for your title.

@polishknight

I don't see how that breaks rule 1, though it's definitely weekend fare under the humor flair.

@MentORPHEUS

When did you move to Australia?