posted by admin on Mar 12
Wear the right clothes for what you are doing
It does not matter much what you wear for digging the garden but almost anywhere else it does. People judge a man by how he dresses, socially or at work. Select what you wear with care; never be sloppy.
This means that you should think hard before you buy an item and visualize when, where and how you are going to wear this particular item. Never buy needlessly.
Going to work, take time to put the right shirt and tie together with the right suit or jacket and pants. Going to dinner dress with the same exactness whether the dinner is formal or informal. And going to the beach do not look as if your clothes have come out of the jumble bag or are a relic of your schooldays. If you can get your clothes right not only do you look right but you feel right.
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posted by admin on Mar 12
A small ulcer usually develops on the man’s penis or woman’s vulva about three weeks after intercourse with an infected person. It is a highly infectious disease where organisms multiply at such a fast rate that within thirty minutes of being infected the organism has infected the bloodstream.
The first sign of syphillis is the small ulcer on the penis which may appear as a pimple or hard chancre. The ulcer could appear around the mouth or anus. Glands then begin to swell. If any of these symptoms develop within ten to ninety days of intercourse a man must visit a doctor to have the ulcer diagnosed.
Syphillis is easily curable and it is believed that if it were possible to treat everyone currently infected with the disease, within a period of one month the disease could be eradicated completely.
The cure is by a course of antibiotics like penicillin injected over a period of about fourteen days.
Unless a man is treated when the ulcer is present the disease can continue to develop and six to eight weeks later he may begin to suffer headaches, sore throat and skin rash. Some men develop grey, flat growths in the mouth and around the anus.
It is customary for a check-up to be carried out by means of blood tests for about twelve months to ensure the disease has been cured.
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posted by admin on Mar 12
The male-menopause is a prelude to middle age and during this time of transition and upheaval we should take stock and appreciate the finer points of life and face the future with a plan for success rather than with no plan at all or with a spirit of gloom. If in a few years time you are going to be middle-aged why not lay the foundations at forty-plus for aging with style? Why look old when over the years you can improve like a good bottle of chateau burgundy. Maybe we cannot all look like Paul Newman or Clint Eastwood after fifty, or Cary Grant after sixty, but every man in his early forties can plan nonetheless to go into his middle years getting the most out of life. Having identified the symptoms and embarked on survival remember the next real problem is going to be one of aging and knowing that there is no such thing as eternal youth. Nor is it possible to extend one’s own lifespan radically. We are stuck with a body that is programmed to age but we can slow down its decay and make the most of it while there is life left in it.
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posted by admin on Mar 12
For all of us, from the age of twenty it is downhill all the way. It is a fact, unless we are taken off by an accident or serious illness, instead of dying at our peak (in terms of looks, fitness and ability), when we breathe our last our bodies are in an advancing state of decay and collapse. Perhaps the Great Creator has it wrong. It would have been kinder and more enjoyable if our lives moved on an upward curve so that we popped off to the next world at a high peak rather than fade out exhausted at the end of a long run, our faculties worn out. However, that is how it is. The route unchangeable. Although some of us weather the years better than others, from the age of twenty our bodies are programmed to age.
All is not lost of course. If growing old is inevitable, feeling irreconcilably old is not. If a wise man in his thirties keeps his body rich in strength, energy and sexual drive, by his forties he should still be able to consider himself a good specimen even if the edges look slightly tarnished. Fortunately the changes come slowly and recent studies show that if you get to seventy in good condition then you have another twelve to twenty years ahead of you yet.
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posted by admin on Mar 12
Some New York therapists refer to the desperate hankering for change that engulfs an M-M man as the mid-life lust for change. And just as the sense of failure can dog them, so many constantly view their future with a jaundiced eye at the prospect of a terrifying continuation of stale and meaningless years and feel impelled through self-preservation to break out at any cost and make a dramatic change to their lives.
From adolescence the future holds promise of continuous improvement. New experiences, greater expertise, more money, more sex, a wife, children, a home, promotion and once these are achieved, what next? At forty-plus?
Given half a chance most people at some moment of their lives would carry out change. But for menopausal men this yearning can become imperative need.
No two men will have exactly the same reaction but their self-doubts and questions at this time will run along the same lines: what would make me happy and satisfied? (in my eyes and those of my family and friends. Approbation is important at this juncture.) Not every man, for example, wants to swap his wife for a younger model or move house to a new locality and, although work is important for financial security and some succeed immeasurably by taking up different work, not every bored bank man wants to be a painter, nor every sculptor a travelling salesman nor every retail store executive a worker with missionary zeal at a charitable organization.
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