I've got calluses older than you.
Feeling like an old man at 40
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mexicanjoe
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I'm just 54 , with four special needs children and a wife that is 14 years younger. My body hurts from numerous arrests during an LE career that saw me working undercover, going into Mexico with Texas Rangêrs looking for an escapee, working a 1430 sq mile area solo can get exciting at times..... I have, however, slowed down and only work 60 hours a week now as a professional driver. The aches and pains still remind me I am not bulletproof nor immortal. I still send rounds down range, and thoroughly enjoy cast bullets for my RM. ( which I wear as a court/ BBQ gun). Life is good, I hope to live to daddy's age:91.....here's the kicker: when he died, mom was only 36!! A lifetime of farming/ranching will do that to a man.... More on that later......su amigo: mexicanjoe
Reminds me of what a friend told me several years ago. A couple of pretty young girls walked by and he said: "I've got socks older than them".
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GatorFarmer
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Yeahh, I would actually. What goes well with a liter and a half jug of Port? Might go down easier. Apparently I am supposed to drink a glass a day for my heart. At my age. Ruins drinking completely when it becomes what you are supposed to do...
Oh, you meant the other, more presumptive sort. As I said, I am aware of the irony and the every day above ground is a good one point of view.
I simply find it...darkly amusing...how time plays out. When I was a boy "thirty years ago" was the World War 2 era. Now it is when "Top Gun" came out. Houston Rick nailed that.
Besides, when I sold insurance, and put in my data, I came up with a life expectancy of 59.5 years. Bacon. Not just for every meal, for snacks too.
Now that the smart guys have changed their mind about eggs being bad for you, i'm sure the same thing will happen with bacon.
I had been through a couple of major motorcycle wrecks and surgerys by the time I was 40. I started taking Karate lessons with my son so he would stay involved right after I turned 40, it was really tough in the beginning but eventually I got into the best shape I have ever been in my life, felt like a million bucks. When my son got tired of the penalty pushups and quit, I stayed with it despite him leaving. I stayed with Karate for about 5 years. Our school was a "fighting" school, we padded up and fought once a week, control was stressed and those who could not control their strikes to the head and groin were severely penalized by Sensei by an equally harsh shot to the head or groin issued by him. I was amazed to learn that some other Karate disciplines never spar, its like ballet to them, how do they ever know if they can use what they learn to defend themselves?
I'm coming up on 64 this year, another month will mark my 3rd year of retirement. I walk 3-5 miles every other day and shoot muzzleloaders 3 days a week, competing with a group of 25-30 guys once a month, won second place last year.
You got a long row to hoe if you expect to make it to the "golden years"...which I might add some consider to be highly overated. Truthfully I feel as good as I did when I was 40, even after knee surgery and a complete prostatectomy ten years ago
I'm coming up on 64 this year, another month will mark my 3rd year of retirement. I walk 3-5 miles every other day and shoot muzzleloaders 3 days a week, competing with a group of 25-30 guys once a month, won second place last year.
You got a long row to hoe if you expect to make it to the "golden years"...which I might add some consider to be highly overated. Truthfully I feel as good as I did when I was 40, even after knee surgery and a complete prostatectomy ten years ago
tbgunner88
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I'm 27 and I am always impressed when age is brought up on this forum. Maybe it's just a regional thing, but most over 40 around here have trouble even figuring out how to turn on a computer. And I'm not trying to be mean but a good portion of the people around 60 and over are only educated enough to spell their name, not because they were slackers and didn't try, but because they quit school as soon as they were old enough to go to work in the fields or coal mines. Just the other day my wife and I were eating at a restaurant with my son who is almost 2 years old, when an elderly gentleman came up with a big smile on his face and in amazement of my son watching a cartoon on my wife's iphone. So when I see the age of some members here, i am impressed to say the least.
Protected One
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Hehehe. Old at 40 huh? My daughters almost your age!
Most of the things you mentioned are what I call "badges of honor", because most of the stuff that young folks do today isn't worth doing anyway.
Clubs and bars are where you go when you want trouble to find you.
Hold onto that "old school knowledge" , that way the young uns will have someone to turn to when they need to know important stuff!
Reddog
Absent Comrade
Age?
Gunner,
The joy you saw in the old man's eyes was probably just from being in the presence of a young child. Don't shut old people out. They can tell you and your son about things that you are too young to have experienced.
I'm thinking many other things that are better left un-said.
Dick
Gunner,
The joy you saw in the old man's eyes was probably just from being in the presence of a young child. Don't shut old people out. They can tell you and your son about things that you are too young to have experienced.
I'm thinking many other things that are better left un-said.
Dick
tbgunner88
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Not sure where you get that I'm shutting old people out, I have more respect for the elderly then anyone else I know that's my age. I was just making a point about the difference between how it is locally and what I see on the forum. And you are free to say what else you want.
LVSteve
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Dunno why y'all rave about having barbers. I used to date the girl that cuts my hair, she is very easy on the eye and a darned good laugh. I win, methinks.
Oldiron
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At 65 I have the body of a 20 yo. He is buried out back of the barn. Was one of my daughter's boyfriends. Just kidding I think??? Larry
Getting OLD ain't for SISSIES.....................
Big Cholla
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No, I Win! No, I Won!
Well, I not only had my hair cut by the best looking barber/hair stylist that I had ever seen, but I also married her. She hasn't cut anyone else's except her Dad's hair for the last 30 years. She is 71 now and looks not a day over 50. .........................
Dunno why y'all rave about having barbers. I used to date the girl that cuts my hair, she is very easy on the eye and a darned good laugh. I win, methinks.
Well, I not only had my hair cut by the best looking barber/hair stylist that I had ever seen, but I also married her. She hasn't cut anyone else's except her Dad's hair for the last 30 years. She is 71 now and looks not a day over 50. .........................
LVSteve
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MOONDAWG
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40?
I've got socks older than 40.
Getting old ain't for sissies.
And work don't hurt, don't work.
It's just another turn in the rocky road of life.
I've got socks older than 40.
Getting old ain't for sissies.
And work don't hurt, don't work.
It's just another turn in the rocky road of life.
Big Cholla
Member
Socks, No..........
Socks? No, but I do have a pair of dress shoes that are just 40. I was married in them in 1975. I wore them just two weeks ago while attending a formal occasion. ................
Socks? No, but I do have a pair of dress shoes that are just 40. I was married in them in 1975. I wore them just two weeks ago while attending a formal occasion. ................
