I used to play rugby with Mikey, this stocky, witty, grey haired and balding German dude. He was in his 50s when I first met him. He could barely walk for like years, oldest of our team. Yet he was a tighthead cornerstone of our scrum, and a permanent fixture of almost any game, his work rate shaming any youngster in the squad.
Last time I met him was about a year ago. He finally called time on playing and was having last pints before going full on sober for a long time because arthrosis finally won and he was scheduled for knees replacement.
Morals: go on and have a craic while you can, because there will be a day when you can't anymore. Also Mikey, you're fucking legend.
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GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 1y
He'll hopefully be ok with his visit to the
hospitallocal medical facility.Montagge@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 1y
Lol when did he post that?
GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y
Just after Hogan died iirc.
Unpigged@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
At 56 that's respectable.
I used to play rugby with Mikey, this stocky, witty, grey haired and balding German dude. He was in his 50s when I first met him. He could barely walk for like years, oldest of our team. Yet he was a tighthead cornerstone of our scrum, and a permanent fixture of almost any game, his work rate shaming any youngster in the squad.
Last time I met him was about a year ago. He finally called time on playing and was having last pints before going full on sober for a long time because arthrosis finally won and he was scheduled for knees replacement.
Morals: go on and have a craic while you can, because there will be a day when you can't anymore. Also Mikey, you're fucking legend.
GeekFTW@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 1y
And at Dustins age, with recovery time/work, we may have seen his final match.
bitjunkie@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
I thought this was Cody at first and was like holy shit I might actually want to see the Cena match now
lmc@opensocial.at · 1 pts · 1y
@bitjunkie lol