You got it, I hit the big 45 wall this year as well. 40 was not at all that depressing, but 45 sure grabbed me by the doo-doo.

The steady degradation of my body is now becoming noticable.
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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
-- Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)