A body in motion stays in motion. Just keep moving doing what you can and be sure not to injure yourself. The nagging injuries are the worst, and they often keep you from staying in motion. Just don't lie to yourself about what you can and can't do. It is hard to accept slowing down, but you have to do it.
Saying goodbye to your youth?
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StrawHat
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I am fast approaching 70. My wife's father spent the last decade of his life holding down a couch. I will NOT allow that to happen to me. Today, Herself and I spent the day cleaning out our kiln and cleaning my shop and the warehouse. Yes, she is a couple of years my junior but we still accomplished more than couples a decade younger.
Use it or lose it! That is our motto.
Tubing becoming an issue? Try kayaking or canoeing. Legs get stiff? Pull into the bank and stretch!
Life is too short to sit idle!
Or use a common revolver!
Kevin
Use it or lose it! That is our motto.
Tubing becoming an issue? Try kayaking or canoeing. Legs get stiff? Pull into the bank and stretch!
Life is too short to sit idle!
Or use a common revolver!
Kevin
Getting old ain't for sissies........70 next month.
garddogg56
Member
Just turned 68 and the boys talked Mr into buying a four wheeler to help retrieve my deer.
That sure sounds like a ton of fun! I have this quote on my race car trailer door…for those days when I need a smile:
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!
Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967.
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!
Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967.
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I turn 74 in September. Been retired for 8 months now, and the last year at work was not fun. On my feet too much, on hard floors too long. When it became difficult to climb stairs, and even harder to descend them, I knew I needed to put in my papers. I walked around five miles a day, including a quarter+ mile each way to and from work. Many weeks on a cane every couple of months, and I still keep one in the car just in case.
Had my lenses replaced due to cataracts, and being treated for glaucoma and macular degeneration, which will last the rest of my life.
When your body says it's time to slow down, you have to do it.
Had my lenses replaced due to cataracts, and being treated for glaucoma and macular degeneration, which will last the rest of my life.
When your body says it's time to slow down, you have to do it.
At 78, I refuse to give up my youth. However, my youth doesn't want to hang around an old man.
55
I am almost 60 now...When I turned 53-55, I started noticing aches and pains I never seemed to have before. My lower back started hurting when I got out of bed too.I was always really active, but 23 years total in LE and then hard physical factory jobs before that has taken its toll.
I went to the chiropractor for the first time in my life and he had xrays done. I have bone spurs in my neck and lower back. It's a natural part of bone calcification as some people age.
Luckily my job now is not physical like I used to do...Frankly, I doubt I could do it anymore, especially in this heat down here.
I am almost 60 now...When I turned 53-55, I started noticing aches and pains I never seemed to have before. My lower back started hurting when I got out of bed too.I was always really active, but 23 years total in LE and then hard physical factory jobs before that has taken its toll.
I went to the chiropractor for the first time in my life and he had xrays done. I have bone spurs in my neck and lower back. It's a natural part of bone calcification as some people age.
Luckily my job now is not physical like I used to do...Frankly, I doubt I could do it anymore, especially in this heat down here.
The saying youth is wasted on the young is oh so true.
63 retired 2 years ago, play golf 3x a week, do light weightlifting 3x a week and try to walk as much as I can.
I have some minor pains here and there, but my issue was 30 years in a desk job. Major weight gain during Covid working on it slowly. I didn't gain it overnight it isn't going away overnight. Playing for the long game now.
63 retired 2 years ago, play golf 3x a week, do light weightlifting 3x a week and try to walk as much as I can.
I have some minor pains here and there, but my issue was 30 years in a desk job. Major weight gain during Covid working on it slowly. I didn't gain it overnight it isn't going away overnight. Playing for the long game now.
You are paying attention to your "inner voice" which is my first suggestion for a safer life. You don't want to be laid out on the ground waiting for the ambulance (or the angels) thinking " Dadgummit ... I KNEW I should have stopped (or changed) this."
I stopped doing solo "two wheel track over the prairie adventures" when I realized I might die because of a flat tire
Love the recliner in the field!! Thats Awesome.
You are paying attention to your "inner voice" which is my first suggestion for a safer life. You don't want to be laid out on the ground waiting for the ambulance (or the angels) thinking " Dadgummit ... I KNEW I should have stopped (or changed) this."
I stopped doing solo "two wheel track over the prairie adventures" when I realized I might die because of a flat tire
Wonderful............But ya needs some trees. For squirrels and shade.
Our bodies are preprogrammed to break down over time. I don't dwell on linear time. As Joe Nuxall said "I am rounding third and heading for home". Until I cross the plate I am living the best life I possibly can.
I am content.
I am content.
The older i get, the more things i used to do. But am more grateful for the the things previously taken for granted, like waking up in the morn.
Some things no longer done, should have stopped doing even earlier. Like proving myself to others.
Some things no longer done, should have stopped doing even earlier. Like proving myself to others.
charlie sherrill
Member
I knew I was going down when I had to start taking Viagra at 75.
Grayfox
US Veteran
My youth left me a long time ago and didn't even bother to say goodbye. 
Stay out of the tubes and get a big comfortable raft for you to stay in to guard the beer, bait, burgers, and dry clothes. You can film the trip. Oh yeah, get an outboard motor. You can tend the troops.
Smiles, Mike 69
Smiles, Mike 69
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I'm up early to walk 4 miles before going to the range. 71 in 3 weeks. I know I'm getting old when I think about girlfriends I romanced back in NJ (left 45 years ago) and wonder: "Is she still alive?" Joe
From my files:
One Saturday morning, I turned the dial on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap meet. Along the way, I came across an older-sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. He sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business, I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say.
'Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital.' He continued, "Let me tell you something, Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities.' "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years.
Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3,900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in detail," he went on, "and by that time, realized that if I lived to be seventy-five, only had about a thousand Saturdays left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores before I rounded up one thousand marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large clear, plastic container right here next to my gear.
Every Saturday, since then, I have taken one marble and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight. Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign off and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday, then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can use is a little more time."
You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna this morning, and then I was going to meet with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "Come on, honey, I'm taking you and the kids breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked. Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Key, can we stop by a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles."
One Saturday morning, I turned the dial on my ham radio in order to listen to a Saturday morning swap meet. Along the way, I came across an older-sounding chap, with a tremendous signal and a golden voice. He sounded like he should be in the broadcasting business, I was intrigued and stopped to listen to what he had to say.
'Well, Tom, it sure sounds like you're busy with your job. I'm sure they pay you well but it's a shame you have to be away from home and your family so much. Too bad you missed your daughter's dance recital.' He continued, "Let me tell you something, Tom, something that has helped me keep a good perspective on my own priorities.' "You see, I sat down one day and did a little arithmetic. The average person lives about seventy-five years.
Now then, I multiplied 75 times 52 and I came up with 3,900, which is the number of Saturdays that the average person has in their entire lifetime. It took me until I was fifty-five years old to think about all this in detail," he went on, "and by that time, realized that if I lived to be seventy-five, only had about a thousand Saturdays left to enjoy. So I went to a toy store and bought every single marble they had. I ended up having to visit three toy stores before I rounded up one thousand marbles. I took them home and put them inside of a large clear, plastic container right here next to my gear.
Every Saturday, since then, I have taken one marble and thrown it away. I found that by watching the marbles diminish, I focused more on the really important things in life. There is nothing like watching your time here on this earth run out to help get your priorities straight. Now let me tell you one last thing before I sign off and take my lovely wife out for breakfast. This morning, I took the very last marble out of the container. I figure if I make it until next Saturday, then I have been given a little extra time. And the one thing we can use is a little more time."
You could have heard a pin drop on the band when this fellow signed off. I guess he gave us all a lot to think about. I had planned to work on the antenna this morning, and then I was going to meet with a few hams to work on the next club newsletter. Instead, I went upstairs and woke my wife up with a kiss. "Come on, honey, I'm taking you and the kids breakfast." "What brought this on?" she asked. Oh, nothing special, it's just been a long time since we spent a Saturday together with the kids. Key, can we stop by a toy store while we're out? I need to buy some marbles."
twodog max
Member
We all age at different speeds and a lot of that is based on how we lived our early years. Those things we did take a toll on the body. Then your genetics enter the picture too.
I like to walk and for years walked every day rain or shine. I have not walked much in the last year because my walking partner, the wife, has been having health issues that prevent her from joining and I don't like leaving her alone. Also my old lab is getting joint issues as most old labs do and he cannot tag along either. I expect to soon just start back but it won't be the same.
Like many older guys several friends from youth have already checked out and many more can barely get around so I consider myself blessed to still be able to.
I can't drag deer like I used to nor do I beat the deep hollers of the Ozarks for turkeys anymore but I still get out there but with the realization there are many things I should not try with me being 71 in a few weeks. However you just got to keep on plugging away and I expect to for a while longer.
As said in Shawshank Redemption get busy living or get busy dying. I choose the living option.
I like to walk and for years walked every day rain or shine. I have not walked much in the last year because my walking partner, the wife, has been having health issues that prevent her from joining and I don't like leaving her alone. Also my old lab is getting joint issues as most old labs do and he cannot tag along either. I expect to soon just start back but it won't be the same.
Like many older guys several friends from youth have already checked out and many more can barely get around so I consider myself blessed to still be able to.
I can't drag deer like I used to nor do I beat the deep hollers of the Ozarks for turkeys anymore but I still get out there but with the realization there are many things I should not try with me being 71 in a few weeks. However you just got to keep on plugging away and I expect to for a while longer.
As said in Shawshank Redemption get busy living or get busy dying. I choose the living option.
twodog max
Member
We all age at different speeds and a lot of that is based on how we lived our early years. Those things we did take a toll on the body. Then your genetics enter the picture too.
I like to walk and for years walked every day rain or shine. I have not walked much in the last year because my walking partner, the wife, has been having health issues that prevent her from joining and I don't like leaving her alone. Also my old lab is getting joint issues as most old labs do and he cannot tag along either. I expect to soon just start back but it won't be the same.
Like many older guys several friends from youth have already checked out and many more can barely get around so I consider myself blessed to still be able to.
I can't drag deer like I used to nor do I beat the deep hollers of the Ozarks for turkeys anymore but I still get out there but with the realization there are many things I should not try with me being 71 in a few weeks. However you just got to keep on plugging away and I expect to for a while longer.
As said in Shawshank Redemption get busy living or get busy dying. I choose the living option.
I like to walk and for years walked every day rain or shine. I have not walked much in the last year because my walking partner, the wife, has been having health issues that prevent her from joining and I don't like leaving her alone. Also my old lab is getting joint issues as most old labs do and he cannot tag along either. I expect to soon just start back but it won't be the same.
Like many older guys several friends from youth have already checked out and many more can barely get around so I consider myself blessed to still be able to.
I can't drag deer like I used to nor do I beat the deep hollers of the Ozarks for turkeys anymore but I still get out there but with the realization there are many things I should not try with me being 71 in a few weeks. However you just got to keep on plugging away and I expect to for a while longer.
As said in Shawshank Redemption get busy living or get busy dying. I choose the living option.
