A Conversation for The Menopause
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Started conversation Apr 19, 2002
I'm a 39 year old man with no current partner, so why should I find this article "familiar"...?
Well...
I spent three months of last year rewriting an interactive CD presentation on the Menopause (voiced by Fiona Kennedy) to allow it to run on kiosks in doctor's waiting rooms. No, I didn't do it for fun. No, it didn't pay that well either. I think the nightmares will come back after reading this... 
The Menopause is a time of change...
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Pond Wanderer Posted Feb 28, 2003
Wait until you go out and buy yourself a boat or a sports car - these are symptoms of male menopause.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Feb 28, 2003
I can't swim or drive; will buying a really expensive video editing system count? 
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Pond Wanderer Posted Feb 28, 2003
No doubt you could count a video editing system yes - but that means you're doomed already - willing to accept the fact you will get the male menopause.
How do you feel about the rapidly approaching 40th birthday, or have you got past that hurdle now? 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 1, 2003
It came and went last May. 
But I was already fat and balding long before that!
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Pond Wanderer Posted Mar 3, 2003
Oh well! I hope you had a party!
Fat and balding? A trip to the gym might do you some good
As far as the male menopause is concerned, I don't think you really need to worry.
Chemical and hormonal changes do occur in men but not to nearly the same extent as women. What is more prevalent amongst men approaching 50 and beyond is disturbed sleep patterns, failing memory and waning sex drive. This pattern increases as the man gets older.
It may never happen!
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 3, 2003
I can't remember when I last had sex. Is that the failing memory or the waning sex drive...? 
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 4, 2003
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Pond Wanderer Posted Mar 4, 2003
For goodness sake! What are you crying about?
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 4, 2003
Nothing... 
That's the point. 
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Pond Wanderer Posted Mar 4, 2003
http://www.samaritans.org.uk/
Try this just in case
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Mar 4, 2003
I've always wondered; why did they choose to name their organisation after a group of people whose reputation for being callous and unthinking was such that a single good one is still being talked about over 2000 years later...? 
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Pond Wanderer Posted Mar 5, 2003
I'll just have to shower white light and loving kindness over that sweeping statement Peet
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- 1: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Apr 19, 2002)
- 2: Pond Wanderer (Feb 28, 2003)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Feb 28, 2003)
- 4: Pond Wanderer (Feb 28, 2003)
- 5: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 1, 2003)
- 6: Pond Wanderer (Mar 3, 2003)
- 7: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 3, 2003)
- 8: Pond Wanderer (Mar 4, 2003)
- 9: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 4, 2003)
- 10: Pond Wanderer (Mar 4, 2003)
- 11: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 4, 2003)
- 12: Pond Wanderer (Mar 4, 2003)
- 13: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Mar 4, 2003)
- 14: Pond Wanderer (Mar 5, 2003)
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