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      10-07-2023, 01:10 AM   #6579
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i got gout last year... isn't that for old dudes?
And old dudettes.

My wife (68) gets it on occasion.

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i got gout last year... isn't that for old dudes?
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And old dudettes.

My wife (68) gets it on occasion.
I have a friend in his early to mid fifties who had it about a year ago.
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      10-07-2023, 01:56 AM   #6581
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I have a friend in his early to mid fifties who had it about a year ago.
My wife gets it from having too much uric acid. She takes medicine for it, I forget what kind, that helps with the gout.
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Too late for that.
Aww.. come-on big E. Can't an old fart keep a secret? I'm still gonna wear the shirt though.
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My wife gets it from having too much uric acid. She takes medicine for it, I forget what kind, that helps with the gout.
...when you can answer forum questions from just looking in your medicine cabinet!

Allopurinol is likely what she was prescribed.

I should add that when I was treated for my gout many years ago, I told my doctor that I would self-amputate my toe(s) with a rusty hatchet if I ever had another occurrence because that would hurt less than the gout.....
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...when you can answer forum questions from just looking in your medicine cabinet!

Allopurinol is likely what she was prescribed.

I should add that when I was treated for my gout many years ago, I told my doctor that I would self-amputate my toe(s) with a rusty hatchet if I ever had another occurrence because that would hurt less than the gout.....
Yes, I asked her, that's what she takes. She gets the high uric acid from kidney disease that's she's been dealing with for a few years.

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^^^^^ I've got this being old crap mastered! ^^^^^
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I hate this freakin tech shit. My car just nailed the brakes for collision avoidance. The closest car was hundreds of feet in front of me.....
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I hate this freakin tech shit. My car just nailed the brakes for collision avoidance. The closest car was hundreds of feet in front of me.....
Maybe there was a little critter on the road and your car was being humane.
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I hate this freakin tech shit. My car just nailed the brakes for collision avoidance. The closest car was hundreds of feet in front of me.....
Can you disable the braking feature of collision avoidance? After three emergency brake applications on my first day of commuting with my i3, I found the magic setting to disable the brakes and just have it beep when it thinks there's an impending collision.....
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Can you disable the braking feature of collision avoidance? After three emergency brake applications on my first day of commuting with my i3, I found the magic setting to disable the brakes and just have it beep when it thinks there's an impending collision.....
I don't know, I imagine I can but I wouldn't if it worked properly. I disabled the other nonsense like the lane departure because the only time I depart a lane it is to avoid a pothole or someone coming into my lane. I've only had one or two collision avoidance things, and it was going around a curve in the roadway where a car was parked. And it didn't slam on the brakes, it just gave me the red car alert on the screen.
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WOW! That sounds dangerous!

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WOW! That sounds dangerous!
It's a good thing I had the pole position at the light and took off when it changed. Had someone been right behind me, I think I would have gotten rear ended.
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Lots of stories of accidents caused by automatic breaking as equipped cars approach tunnels or dark underpass. The cars brake unexpectedly and unsuspecting drivers following them rear end the cars that panic stopped for no reason.
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That`s exactly what I was thinking.
Might be worth checking if you can disable it like vreihen16 did to his i3.

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Had someone been right behind me, I think I would have gotten rear ended.
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It's a good thing I had the pole position at the light and took off when it changed. Had someone been right behind me, I think I would have gotten rear ended.
Sorry for my joke. I guess it’s not a laughing matter. Glad nothing bad happened.
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Sorry for my joke. I guess it’s not a laughing matter. Glad nothing bad happened.
Don't be sorry, I just had to scroll up to see what you posted. I missed it somehow so we are now back on track with You Know You're Old....
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Found an example...
Scary!
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Scary!
And we are suppose to trust all this new tech
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And we are suppose to trust all this new tech
I said it before, I'll keep saying it. I hate this shit. Give me an analog instrument cluster, minimal screen, buttons, and let me choose if I want all this driver assistance stuff. Leave that as an option for those that don't know how to pay attention!

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Oh "pay attention" while driving, wouldn't that be an idea.

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