HOW DO YOU DEFINE OLD AGE?

[crazyphil]

I doubt I'm the oldest guy on here, I'm only 83.
Lately, about the last year or so, I find myself thinking more
about the past and less about the future. Previously most of
my thoughts were about the future and seldom about the past.
Is this typical? Anyone else have a similar change?

 

[oddshooter]

I'm with you, Phil.

It got so bad that I started writing a book about my past. I had a lot of great mentors. That task has turned out to be a lot tougher than I thought. Being honest and candid can still get you into trouble. I finally decided I wouldn't publish until I was dead, which cleaned up a lot of my thought processes.

The danger I see is trying to live in the past. I'm pretty sure you can only live in the present.


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[NYlakesider]

I doubt I'm the oldest guy on here, I'm only 83.
Lately, about the last year or so, I find myself thinking more
about the past and less about the future. Previously most of
my thoughts were about the future and seldom about the past.
Is this typical? Anyone else have a similar change?

Only 73 Phil but I tend to think a lot about the future and to be honest kind of glad I will not see it.

I did have a rather interesting past (did a lot) and some of those memories are quite good!

 

[URIT]

Checking the last box.

 

[BAM-BAM]

How do I define "old age"......... TTSH

Just turned 65 and in the middle of building a lake house retirement home in the Laurel Highlands of Pa....... so I'm hoping for a long, and active future!!!!

That said....... turning 65 did come with some reflection of the past 45 year (since college).

 

[nachogrande]

SO MANY TO CHOOSE FROM

I'll go with, when you start making noises either verbally or your bodies snap/crackle/ & pop every time you sit/stand/kneel. KNEELING, those were the good old days.

 

[Bekeart]

When they are OLD ...

When they are OLD ... at least ten years older than me.

When they are REALLY OLD ... at least twenty years older than me.

Bekeart

 

[Protocall_Design]

Yep. OLD is 10 or more years older, YOUNG is 10 or more years younger. It's a sliding scale, depending on your current age. JUST RIGHT is whatever age you are now.

Of course I will always be 24. That's old enough to know better and young enough not to care.

 

[nachogrande]

OLD IS A (STATE) OF MIND.

Here, OLD is defined as "how long has he been dead for?"

 

[Tex1001]

I posted my theory a few months back:

"I have a theory that what makes us feel old is actually the loneliness of being left behind after friends and loved ones have crossed the bridge."

Old age has made me a philosopher.

 

[Simson-Suhl]

Life, 0 to 20 Spring, 21 to 40 Summer, 41 to 60 Fall, 61 to 80 Winter. As I will turn 81 this coming February, I suppose I am in the very deep Winter!

 

[oldman10mm]

Old is when I'm not able to do the things I want to do. I'm 72, just turned that 2 days ago. This past season, did many rollercoaster rides and pulled (alone) complete rear end out of my Camaro and installed (alone) a different complete rear end.

 

[vonn]

Some days I am older than others.

 

[hoosierone]

Losing old friends and relatives. Just the beginning. Thinking back over the years, I was fortunate but did/said a lot of stupid things that I wish I could undo. Tried not to hurt anybody but know I did a few times along the way. Can't imagine living without my wife, but still have thoughts of that first love in high school who broke off with me abruptly.

Overall, my family is my success. Kids and grandkids all doing well.

 

[Rustyt1953]

My mind thinks it's 25. Thanks to a worn out sump pump and cancer shrapnel my body thinks it's 100.

Next up is curb feelers for my crocs.

 

[spricks]

I define old age... " when I lose the ability to accomplish the things I love to do "

It really helps to stay active and exercise every day. Sure life gets in the way and somedays you just don't have the time to exercise....but keep that the exception, and get back at them the next day....you know you feel better after doing them...they keep you alive.

spricks

 

[Golddollar]

My mind thinks it's 25. Thanks to a worn out sump pump and cancer shrapnel my body thinks it's 100.

Next up is curb feelers for my crocs.

Thanks to my CPAP machine my mind now feels a lot younger. Doesn't do anything for my old knees and feet though.

 

[Maddog 521]

Old age is unique for sure.
In February of 2009 I got a handicap placard for my vehicle. I told my wife I'd probably expire before the placard would. I told her the same thing when I got the next. The third one has me very worried.

 

[ladder13]

Old age is

when you visit the bathroom more than once a night.

 

[Salty RI]

I have to think about the future, I cant remember what I had for breakfast. [emoji1]

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