Having recently turned 80 I can testify to the fact that the downward curve of your life steepens the older you get. Many things I used to do easily I can't do at all any more.
lament on old age.
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My greatest foe is gravity.
I used to wish things hurt less. Now I'm at the age where I wish less things hurt.
I can’t stand the heat at all anymore! When I cut my grass nowadays I cut fit about 5-7 minutes then have to get in my truck with the A/C going full blast for about 5 minutes to cool off. Takes a long, long time to get the grass cut, but I don’t have anything but time. My neighbors are even used to seeing me do this routine now. I used to be able to cut all the grass, weed eat, and blow off the concrete in an hour. Now it takes me a couple of days. The young don’t have the patience to get old!
Larry
Larry
You have got that Right!
At my age what was no problem I have to have my great grandson mow the lawn .....
I give him $100 to do it.
Great kid is but I still wish I could do it...
What he did in 45 minutes took me over an hour and a half....
At my age what was no problem I have to have my great grandson mow the lawn .....
I give him $100 to do it.
Great kid is but I still wish I could do it...
What he did in 45 minutes took me over an hour and a half....
I got lucky in the gene pool, parents lived 201 years combined. 75 on 11/22/25. I play Pickleball and highly recommend it for health. I played for 2 hours cooling off with ice water and a small towel between games. Lots of injuries over a lifetime, getting out of bed in the morning feels like my lower back is set in concrete. Doctor told me I would be in pain for the rest of my life at 42 due to nasty car wreck (almost decapitated) at 37. Got a new doctor, an inversion table and an air mattress. Manual labor, most of my adult life, took it's toll but sustained exercise seems to have helped.
Moved to a condo March 3, 2022, so no yard work but still like to help the wife in the house. Not hurting right now so I will keep moving and enjoying the time I have left. Built two houses in my 50's then sold them for tax free cap gains which are sitting in the credit union for interest income. No house or car payments for the 32 of the 35 years we have been married. Makes saving a breeze. I can afford to get most anything I want, but not much I need anymore. New car got 65,5 MPG last tank, should last me until I quit driving.
Moved to a condo March 3, 2022, so no yard work but still like to help the wife in the house. Not hurting right now so I will keep moving and enjoying the time I have left. Built two houses in my 50's then sold them for tax free cap gains which are sitting in the credit union for interest income. No house or car payments for the 32 of the 35 years we have been married. Makes saving a breeze. I can afford to get most anything I want, but not much I need anymore. New car got 65,5 MPG last tank, should last me until I quit driving.
What's the alternative?
cherrypointmarine
Member
One of my range buddies made a wise observation at lunch one Tuesday . We were talking about things we needed to do . He cleared his throat and stated " When you're retired there's always tomorrow , and when there's no more tomorrows you just won't care ."
I am 80. I just got upper dentures. That is not a fun thing. I still have fair vision, work on the forge once in a while. Make muzzle loading rifles, and shoot modern guns every other week or so. I thank God for what I have. I try to walk about 5 miles a day. This time of the year in SC that means early or late walking or slowly melting.
I have it easy and know it and am grateful. I say a prayer for my friends who have harder challenges.
And if it rains when I want to walk I just go right ahead; nobody can see your tears when it is raining and I still miss my wife
I have it easy and know it and am grateful. I say a prayer for my friends who have harder challenges.
And if it rains when I want to walk I just go right ahead; nobody can see your tears when it is raining and I still miss my wife
God Bless you for that post Heinz
I'm the 87 year old guy who posted that I hate being old.
"What's the alternative?" was asked.
Well how about the Good Fairy waving his or her wand and making me 20 and my wife 18.
"What's the alternative?" was asked.
Well how about the Good Fairy waving his or her wand and making me 20 and my wife 18.
"I can still do a good days work, but it takes me 2 or 3 days to do it now."
I am at the age, now, where I need to take a few rest, while mowing with the gas mower,
to catch my wind.
I know that work or exercise is good for you at my age but it needs to be gentle to this old body.
to catch my wind.
I know that work or exercise is good for you at my age but it needs to be gentle to this old body.
MOONDAWG
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Mr. Vito
Member
I'm 82, and in the last year or two I really notice the negative changes of aging. But complaining about it will not suddenly make me young again. I've lost two close old friends within the past year, so I remind myself that things could be a lot worse. Just last night I had dinner with a friend that I used to work with, whose Dad is a year younger than I am. He said his Dad was increasingly showing confusion, and was totally inactive whereas he used to be a real outdoors person. My friend was amazed that I still walk my dogs daily for about an hour doing a 2.5 mile route. So I guess I should remind myself that things are still pretty good. I attribute two things to my doing pretty well: the dog walking daily, and that I still ride a motorcycle keeping my outlook young, even if I now ride 3 wheels instead of 2.
YeshuaIsa53
Member
Try to make new friends with people old enough to be your children, then look in the mirror in the early morning. Sometimes we forget our age...and why we are at the fridge.
BEATS THE ALTERNATIVE...................
My son sent a pic of us on our last fishing trip.............I wondered who the old guy standing beside him was.
There is one goofy looking OLD man that shaves in my mirror every morning. I yell at him to get out and leave me be. He just stares at me with a stupid look on his face.
I ain’t as good as I once was. But I’m as good once as I ever was!!!!!!!
RIP Tobey.
RIP Tobey.
