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Started by Popeye the Sailor, January 13, 2009, 02:58:34 PM

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Popeye the Sailor

January 13, 2009, 02:58:34 PM
I'm not sure if anyone else here has noticed, but there seems to be a global epidemic of this particular thing.


I'm not sure exactly when it happened, but around 4-5years ago when I was in my early twenties, the ground seems to have gotten harder. Somehoe laying on concrete, steel gratings, and gravel for extended periods causes all sorts of discomfort. I mean-that stuff didn't hurt before-why now?

What made today's diamond plate worse than my feather bed?


This is clearly a major environmental issue.
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Drunken Monkey

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January 13, 2009, 03:02:20 PM
That'd be a dreaded global aging.
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herm

#2
January 13, 2009, 03:08:49 PM
i thought you were talking about my titanium member for a second...
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Popeye the Sailor

#3
January 13, 2009, 03:10:15 PM
Quote from: Drunken Monkey on January 13, 2009, 03:02:20 PM
That'd be a dreaded global aging.


I'm as good as I ever was. Tis the ground, I swear.
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Grampa

#4
January 13, 2009, 03:13:52 PM
Great.... Dave gave the earth an erection [roll]
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Buckethead

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January 13, 2009, 03:25:11 PM Last Edit: January 13, 2009, 03:28:35 PM by Obsessed?
Quote from: bobspapa on January 13, 2009, 03:13:52 PM
Great.... Dave gave the earth an erection [roll]



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tonyj311

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January 13, 2009, 03:26:11 PM
Quote from: bobspapa on January 13, 2009, 03:13:52 PM
Great.... Dave gave the earth an erection [roll]
maybe thats why I felt so violated when I went sledding the other day. :o

But I do agree- the ground is much harder than I remember- especially after getting air on the jumps. Maybe I need to change out the sled for a tube. Its like one big 'roid doughnut!
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somegirl

#7
January 13, 2009, 03:42:41 PM
Quote from: MrIncredible on January 13, 2009, 02:58:34 PMI'm not sure exactly when it happened, but around 4-5years ago when I was in my early twenties, the ground seems to have gotten harder. Somehoe laying on concrete, steel gratings, and gravel for extended periods causes all sorts of discomfort. I mean-that stuff didn't hurt before-why now?

Maybe it's not the ground. ;) :-*
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Statler

#8
January 13, 2009, 04:20:52 PM
It's still buy a flounder a drink month

ducpainter

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January 13, 2009, 04:26:10 PM
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somegirl

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January 13, 2009, 04:30:03 PM
Quote from: just another painter on January 13, 2009, 04:26:10 PM
nope...

it's definitely gotten harder.

hmmm, I didn't have any trouble on my recent kayaking/camping trip, didn't even bother to bring a pillow with me.
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ducpainter

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January 13, 2009, 04:34:46 PM
Quote from: somegirl on January 13, 2009, 04:30:03 PM
hmmm, I didn't have any trouble on my recent kayaking/camping trip, didn't even bother to bring a pillow with me.
How fast were you going when you slammed your head to the ground?

Trust me...

it's gotten harder.   [laugh]
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 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
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    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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Big Troubled Bear

#12
January 13, 2009, 10:05:54 PM
Now that you mention it ???
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DCXCV

#13
January 14, 2009, 08:08:14 AM
The hardening ground is just a symptom of a greater issue.  Gravity is getting stronger.  That makes the ground mush together more and then you get harder ground.  We need to fix gravity.
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Drunken Monkey

#14
January 14, 2009, 09:19:41 AM
Actually, I'm now starting to think that what we have in global shrinkage.

Remember how big everything was when you were kid? Okay, so what happened to make everything smaller?

And as everything shrinks, it gets denser and therefore harder.

This also explains why my leathers from the late '80s are kinda stiff and don't even come close to fitting anymore.
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