Doped up high profile pensioners
Doped up high profile pensioners
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Tim Cognito

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866 posts

27 months

Thursday 18th September
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Has anyone else wondered how high profile pensioners are/were able to maintain the schedules they do? I'm thinking your Joe Bidens, Donald Trumps, top tier Royal Family, various rock stars etc.

Lots of international travel, endless interviews/public appearances where you have to be "on it", live speeches, massive workloads.

Most pensioners I know are asleep on the sofa by 10 if they have a busy day out at the garden centre. How do these people do it? Do they sneak in a lot of r&r? Are they drugged up to the eyeballs?

48k

15,855 posts

168 months

Thursday 18th September
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Sleeping tablets for the long journeys and down time, maximising rest opportunities.

anyoldcardave

1,081 posts

87 months

Thursday 18th September
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Money helps.

Doing nothing makes anyone sleepy, nearly a pensioner, hour on the Sofa and I can easily nod off, 20 hour 1000 mile road trip, no problem.

Slow.Patrol

3,506 posts

34 months

Thursday 18th September
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They can afford top healthcare.

I expect they get monthly blood test which checks vitamin levels and stuff.

They could also have a personal chef that prepares and cooks healthy meals.

I recently made some adjustments to my diet which has made a massive impacts on my energy levels.

CLK-GTR

1,644 posts

265 months

Thursday 18th September
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I reckon not having to do any of the chores of life helps.

Get ferried around everywhere, fed and watered, told where and when to be. You dont lift a finger until somebody tells you to wave at a crowd or hands you a pre written speech to read.

The President is a little different but your average royal hasnt washed a dish in their life.

MDMA .

9,931 posts

121 months

Thursday 18th September
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My Dad is 78, Mum is 83. Both very active, up at 5am, still go to the gym every day. Out and about, driving, holidays, doing things every day. You’ve just got to keep your mind and body active. They aren’t ones for sitting about on the couch all day watching TV.

cirian75

5,009 posts

253 months

Friday 19th September
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MDMA . said:
My Dad is 78, Mum is 83. Both very active, up at 5am, still go to the gym every day. Out and about, driving, holidays, doing things every day. You ve just got to keep your mind and body active. They aren t ones for sitting about on the couch all day watching TV.
Olds mans 71 on Tuesday, the moment he see temps above 12c and low chance of rain, out he goes on his motorbike.

jayymannon

275 posts

97 months

Friday 19th September
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Slow.Patrol said:
They can afford top healthcare.

I expect they get monthly blood test which checks vitamin levels and stuff.

They could also have a personal chef that prepares and cooks healthy meals.

I recently made some adjustments to my diet which has made a massive impacts on my energy levels.
Is there anything particular that you added and/or removed?

I've always struggled with fatigue, tried pretty much everything including exercise, supplements etc. Sleep is fine.

My diet is generally decent but could probbaly be improved if I tried.

Portofino

4,990 posts

211 months

Friday 19th September
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There is that rumour with Trump & the usually elastoplast ‘ed back of his hand that he gets regular intravenous for something.

The Royals & the super rich get the best of everything generally. Anything wrong & they get whipped over to the best consultants in minutes. Food etc etc.

Although I do wonder if now & again if they go sod it , & order an Indian from down the high street & sit in front of Ant & Dec on a Saturday night!

Edited by Portofino on Friday 19th September 09:32


Edited by Portofino on Friday 19th September 09:33

missing the VR6

2,470 posts

209 months

Friday 19th September
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MDMA . said:
My Dad is 78, Mum is 83. Both very active, up at 5am, still go to the gym every day. Out and about, driving, holidays, doing things every day. You ve just got to keep your mind and body active. They aren t ones for sitting about on the couch all day watching TV.
Exactly this, my dad is 85 and only really started slowing down 2 years ago when mum died unexpectedly.

If you don’t use it, you lose it.

Slow.Patrol

3,506 posts

34 months

Friday 19th September
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jayymannon said:
Is there anything particular that you added and/or removed?

I've always struggled with fatigue, tried pretty much everything including exercise, supplements etc. Sleep is fine.

My diet is generally decent but could probbaly be improved if I tried.
I ditched tomatoes, potatoes, aubergine and bell peppers. I have osteoarthritis and it seems to help.

I'm also going to ditch wheat. I'm awaiting a new cook book.

The Mad Monk

10,967 posts

137 months

Friday 19th September
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Tim Cognito said:
Has anyone else wondered how high profile pensioners are/were able to maintain the schedules they do? I'm thinking your Joe Bidens, Donald Trumps, top tier Royal Family, various rock stars etc.

Lots of international travel, endless interviews/public appearances where you have to be "on it", live speeches, massive workloads.

Most pensioners I know are asleep on the sofa by 10 if they have a busy day out at the garden centre. How do these people do it? Do they sneak in a lot of r&r? Are they drugged up to the eyeballs?
For example

The Royals are driven to and from everywhere, no thinking about parking. They meet Mr Joe Scroggins, before that happens someone is whispering in the Royals ear - "This is Joe Scroggins, you met him when you opened the new wing at the hospital 3 years ago. So the Royal can trill "Mr Scroggins it must be three years since we last met, how nice to see you again". Scroggins thinks, "Christ, what a memory".

It's easy when you have all the back up in place.

Then back in the chauffeur driven and another nap.

Sway

33,103 posts

214 months

Friday 19th September
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Portofino said:
There is that rumour with Trump & the usually elastoplast ed back of his hand that he gets regular intravenous for something.

The Royals & the super rich get the best of everything generally. Anything wrong & they get whipped over to the best consultants in minutes. Food etc etc.

Although I do wonder if now & again if they go sod it , & order an Indian from down the high street & sit in front of Ant & Dec on a Saturday night!

Edited by Portofino on Friday 19th September 09:32


Edited by Portofino on Friday 19th September 09:33
IV 'supplements' are pretty common in the US. Where I used to stay, the local strip mall had two 'clinics' offering it.

Once went out and got way too pissed sampling as many of the 80+ craft beers on tap with a colleague. Next day, I was utter death. He breezed in seemingly better than usual.

When I asked how the fk he managed it, he let me know he'd swung by one of these clinics for a "$80 shot in the arm" - pretty much instant hangover cure.

Peterpetrole

1,245 posts

17 months

Friday 19th September
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CLK-GTR said:
I reckon not having to do any of the chores of life helps.

Get ferried around everywhere, fed and watered, told where and when to be. You dont lift a finger until somebody tells you to wave at a crowd or hands you a pre written speech to read.

The President is a little different but your average royal hasnt washed a dish in their life.
I'm going with this.

Not quite the same story, but in the nineties the most successful Japanese golfer Jumbo Ozaki used to click his fingers when he wanted a flunkey to light and pass him a cigarette during a tournament.

Chris Stott

17,905 posts

217 months

Friday 19th September
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Dab of Billy in the morning. Top up through the day.

wink

48k

15,855 posts

168 months

Friday 19th September
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Portofino said:
Although I do wonder if now & again if they go sod it , & order an Indian from down the high street & sit in front of Ant & Dec on a Saturday night!
This was staged, obvs, but quite amusing :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpUyNyeTM9A&t=...

But I could imagine William actually ordering a curry in for real.

dci

639 posts

161 months

Friday 19th September
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They are probably kept topped up with cocktails of the latest TRT and peptide treatments as well as tip top dietary and healthcare provision. It wouldn't surprise me if they were also dabbling in pharma grade stimulants before taking to the stage or a major event.

Take a look at RFK Jr, he's a regular in the gym lifting weights that a lot of people couldn't and ripped at 71 Y/O.

Most people start to struggle to contain the darby kel from their mid 20's onwards yet he, Biden and a few others manage to stay relatively trim despite the socials and everything else that goes with being high profile.


Inbox

1,255 posts

6 months

Friday 19th September
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dci said:
They are probably kept topped up with cocktails of the latest TRT and peptide treatments as well as tip top dietary and healthcare provision. It wouldn't surprise me if they were also dabbling in pharma grade stimulants before taking to the stage or a major event.

Take a look at RFK Jr, he's a regular in the gym lifting weights that a lot of people couldn't and ripped at 71 Y/O.
Well that is physical bit sorted, needs a lot of work on the bits though...

bloomen

8,923 posts

179 months

Friday 19th September
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Mick Jagger at least puts in multiple hours a day of exercise and always has done.

As for others, I would've thought endless stimulation is a help in staying sharp, and having one's needs provided on demand of course.

If you sit on your arse watching Pebble Mill all day you may be more inclined to let inertia and decline sneak up on you. The mind is a powerful thing.

anyoldcardave

1,081 posts

87 months

Friday 19th September
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jayymannon said:
Slow.Patrol said:
They can afford top healthcare.

I expect they get monthly blood test which checks vitamin levels and stuff.

They could also have a personal chef that prepares and cooks healthy meals.

I recently made some adjustments to my diet which has made a massive impacts on my energy levels.
Is there anything particular that you added and/or removed?

I've always struggled with fatigue, tried pretty much everything including exercise, supplements etc. Sleep is fine.

My diet is generally decent but could probbaly be improved if I tried.
Get a blood test for Folic acid, or just try a very good pill, Solgar Folate 1000 ug is the one I use, if you feel a difference, and you will if you are low, mine was dangerously low, then make sure it is included in future blood tests.