11/06/2024. Doctor, doctor... Doctor/patient communications in 2024:

    Annual physical today. At one point, doctor says to me, something something "at your stage of maturation."
    I said, "My 'stage of maturation'? That's good."
    "Like that?" says he.
    "Yeah. Is that your phrase?"
    "Heard it in a podcast."
    My "stage of maturation" is 69, and I think he was suggesting something about monitoring my heart health using an app on my phone. I was too blown away by the phrase to catch the gist. I'll have to shoot him a text.

Lookit, there are hikes I want to do, and there's a rowing shell in my basement begging to be thrown into a quiet lake. But I do enjoy a certain "stage of maturation," and I fully intend to enjoy a good bit more of the same. To that end, we were talking about how to ensure that I didn't hike or row my way into any sort of cardiac "event." I have a long history of over-doing on bicycles and on foot, turning challenging rides and hikes into figurative death-marches. I'd rather not turn an epic adventure into a literal death-march.

Maybe something like this would help keep an eye on things...

We are living in the Star Trek timeline when a device like that is
available at such a low price-point. Click the pic to go shopping.