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2019-Whenever Misc. Grab Bag Thread

Wondering out loud if anyone here has had a hip replaced? I've got a replacement coming in my very near future and I'm feeling some aprehension about it. I'm not afraid of much in this world, but I am feeling some fear on this, especially because my shoulder surgeries only returned ~60% mobility and strength. I don't want to be any more broken down than I already am. Reassurance from experience would be comforting. Thanks.

Jim
 
Pucking Lamplighter said:
Wondering out loud if anyone here has had a hip replaced? I've got a replacement coming in my very near future and I'm feeling some aprehension about it. I'm not afraid of much in this world, but I am feeling some fear on this, especially because my shoulder surgeries only returned ~60% mobility and strength. I don't want to be any more broken down than I already am. Reassurance from experience would be comforting. Thanks.

Jim
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not first-hand myself, but a friend of mine on my beer league hockey team had both hips replaced and came back and played for 12-ish more years on my team. Not the fastest skater, but he did as well as any of us true C-leaguers. He doesn't play league with me anymore but still does the Friday night old-timer pickups. Good luck, Jim!
 
Pucking Lamplighter said:
Wondering out loud if anyone here has had a hip replaced? I've got a replacement coming in my very near future and I'm feeling some aprehension about it. I'm not afraid of much in this world, but I am feeling some fear on this, especially because my shoulder surgeries only returned ~60% mobility and strength. I don't want to be any more broken down than I already am. Reassurance from experience would be comforting. Thanks.

Jim
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My experience is second hand (for now, anyway) also, but my old boss/partner had his replaced 6-7 years ago when he was in his late 60s/early 70s. He recovered nicely. He's an exercise hound (former NCSU linebacker) and would recommend you do plenty before surgery, which is what my orthopedist told me in 2011.
I need both of mine replaced due to AVN from my poison ivy incident right before the 2006 playoffs.
 
Lindsey Vonn tore her ACL in A race last week. She’s still competing in the Olympics. She would have been a leading contender for a medal in the downhill. She had a knee replacement in 2024 and came back at the end of last season and had 7 podium finishes.

She‘s not the only injured Olympian. Snowboarder Chloe Kim has a torn labrum.
 
andyt said:
Lindsey Vonn tore her ACL in A race last week. She’s still competing in the Olympics. She would have been a leading contender for a medal in the downhill. She had a knee replacement in 2024 and came back at the end of last season and had 7 podium finishes.

She‘s not the only injured Olympian. Snowboarder Chloe Kim has a torn labrum.
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I forgot to look and see what the test results were after her crash last week. Was hoping she’d still compete. She’s a hell of an athlete and a good story for the Olympics
 
andyt said:
Lindsey Vonn tore her ACL in A race last week. She’s still competing in the Olympics. She would have been a leading contender for a medal in the downhill. She had a knee replacement in 2024 and came back at the end of last season and had 7 podium finishes.

She‘s not the only injured Olympian. Snowboarder Chloe Kim has a torn labrum.
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copied from the vail daily
The eight-time downhill globe winner listed off the damages during a press conference on Tuesday in Italy: a “completely ruptured” ACL in her left knee plus bone bruising and “meniscal damage.”
she’s already skied and begins training Thursday. She will wear a knee brace but will not take any pain killers.
 
In a sign of the times, the Washington Post laid off about 30% of the staff and shut down their Sports Department today. Some reporters will be moved to the features section, but sports will be covered as a “cultural phenomenon”. They also gutted the Metro section, which covers local news.
 
andyt said:
In a sign of the times, the Washington Post laid off about 30% of the staff and shut down their Sports Department today. Some reporters will be moved to the features section, but sports will be covered as a “cultural phenomenon”. They also gutted the Metro section, which covers local news.
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Yep. I don’t get to travel anymore. They use pool photographers for road games. I still travel if it’s fairly close line Atlanta, Virginia, etc…but no more trips to California, Texas etc…. I am still supposed to cover the game in Ireland next year, but we’ll see if that changes. Pretty soon they won’t even use us at all. Have to enjoy the big games while I still have the best seat in the house
 
andyt said:
In a sign of the times, the Washington Post laid off about 30% of the staff and shut down their Sports Department today. Some reporters will be moved to the features section, but sports will be covered as a “cultural phenomenon”. They also gutted the Metro section, which covers local news.
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Democracy might die in darkness, but the Washington Post is dying in the daylight. I’d attribute the quote, but I saw it from more than three opinion writers today already. It may not be original, but it’s fitting.

So, this reduction in function at the Post has been coming for a while. Of the (remaining) major east coast newspapers, there’s maybe one or two that still have a proper sports desk. And no, I don’t count the NY Times since they outsourced theirs to The Athletic. Used to be that having an NFL team in your market would save the sports desk, but those days are gone too. McClatchy (who owns the News and Observer and the Charlotte Observer in addition to major newspapers in Miami, Kansas City, and Ft Worth have made no secret of the fact that they’re letting their sports desks die by attrition as they buy out senior staff or shift them to freelance and otherwise staff up small desks with recent college grads … relying increasingly on wire coverage

Say what you want about journalism, but society is worse off without a functional press and that day is fast approaching.
 
jeffbear said:
Say what you want about journalism, but society is worse off without a functional press and that day is fast approaching.
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It's why, for all its warts, I've continued to subscribe to the N&O all these years. I was originally planning to be a journalist (maybe sports, maybe not) before computer science took hold of me, and I have a soft spot for whatever's left of a free press. Damn if that paper's owners aren't perpetually making it hard on me though. Gave up my WaPo subscription last year tho.
 
StormChaserBH said:
It's why, for all its warts, I've continued to subscribe to the N&O all these years. I was originally planning to be a journalist (maybe sports, maybe not) before computer science took hold of me, and I have a soft spot for whatever's left of a free press. Damn if that paper's owners aren't perpetually making it hard on me though. Gave up my WaPo subscription last year tho.
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Yep. Social media is the downfall of society. It could be a great thing, but too many bad actors ruining it. AI media on Facebook is scary. It’s infuriating how many people believe blatantly false posting. Someone posted an ad showing an NC State player as ‘sponsoring a local animal rescue’ with an AI photo of him holding a cat. It had over 1000 comments of people praising what a great man he was. Then the same ad popped up yesterday with Caleb Wilson from UNC. Boggles the mind what morons believe these days. Twitter/X is an even scarier place
 
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