Things I just can't do (well) anymore (o;

[OK Hog Shooter]

I'll be 62 in December... my dear Pappy will be 89 in September. I'll share a coupla my favorite sayings as they both seem to be apropos here.

I have no idea where I picked this one up - I've slept since them and forgot! "Age is just a question of mind over matter. If you don't mind it don't matter."

This one is a favorite quote of my Dad and me. I believe it's attributed to Satchel Paige. "How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are."

I had some other comments to make, but I forgot what they were.

Blessings,
Hog

 

[cussedemgun]

The down-hill side of 70

I have noticed the days are shorter than they used to be.
Not nearly enough time in one now-a-days to complete a day's work.

Don't know if they shortened the nights too, but sure seems I don't get to sleep long enough.

My old friend Clayton had a saying "feels like my motor's racing & my butt striped a gear".

Now we know why they call us "over the hill" the only thing that's speeded up in my life is time itself.

Jim

 

[arjay]

I don't worry as much as I used too. Let them solve it for themselves.

 

[kraigwy]

The older I get, the better I was.

 

[youseemym&p]

im still very young. at 26. however they say you should treat your body as a temple. and i have spent about 20 years treating mine as an amusement park. and its starting to show.

I used to run for hours, and not care. now i get winded going up stairs.
I had a doctors appointment the other day and she told me that joint wise. my bodies age is pushing 43.

I have 2 fused discs in my neck, a replacement knee on the right side, 2 metal pins in my wrist, metal plate in my skull. 1 3 year old gunshot wound to the leg. and i officially no longer feel like a spring chicken.

i've beat myself to this point haha. All of my friends can outdo me in almost any physical activity *besides range activities*.

so although i am not over the hill.......i understand the struggle getting up it.

 

[deadin]

It ain't the getting down on the floor to do something, it's the getting back up that kills me......

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
I am pushing 75 and wish I was still working. Forced Disability Retirement four years ago which made my Wife and Children happy.
They thought that I was TOO OLD to be "Patrolling The Streets".
At present, my eye sight, hearing, and balance is going down hill but I am very thankful for each day above ground that I have.
Jimmy

 

[blackdeuce]

I'm only 50, but there are several things that I can't do as well as I used to. I just can't remember what they are.

 

[wbraswell]

I know the M29 doesn't get out as often as it used to. I don't like the way my hands feel the next week or so. When I was young, I wished I was an athelete, now I'm so thankful that I wasn't.
I just turned 59. Hill? What hill, I don't remember any hill.

 

[Straightshooter2]

I'll be 63 in July which is not good because my brain still thinks I'm 18. It attempts to get me to do things now that I did back then. The problem is after 3 back operations, 30 years crawling around on my knees in the bins of airplanes unloading luggage, mail and freight along with a recently rebuilt shoulder, the brain and body don't agree on what they should be doing. I think the body would most likely extend the middle finger to the brain but the arthritis setting in won't let that middle finger extend straight out.

CW

 

[DeadAye]

When did they start making the sights on rifles so fuzzy?
I'm another at 62.5 and I really don't remember the sights being that fuzzy. I guess getting older does make you forget.

OTOH - I'm GREAT in bed --- I can fall asleep as soon as I lay down -- Sometimes I don't even wait that long...

 

[pawncop]

62 in October, overall pretty good, the aches and pains to come on faster, last longer and are more irritating. My energy level is slowing, and I can tell it.

When I feel like griping, I recall "Getting old sucks, but the alternative is unacceptable."

 

[mooshoo]

six fused discs right knee replaced in pain all the time, at 54 I feel like the angel of death tugging on my coat tail's, I still look at pretty girls and shoot pistols and rifles every saturday!!! can't wait for the weekend!!

 

[PALADIN85020]

I'm reminded of Willie Nelson's famous comment when he turned 75: "I've outlived my ******!"

Thank God I haven't reached 75 yet...

John

 

[Firearmsrookie]

I don't know where I heard this but "it beats the alternative." I am 58 and some mornings I really feel it but...see above.

 

[McGivern]

Be 77 in June and my brain keeps writing checks my body can't cash. My father-in-law gave me a small plaque many years ago that hangs in my kitchen:
Don't resent growing old, many are denied the privilege.

 

[fat tom]

I'll soon be 65. Broke my back in a fall 18 months ago. Before that,I could do most anything I wanted. Now,I'm in pain every day,but I still am hoping for many,many tomorrows. Even though it's hard,you just got to suck it up.
f.t.

 

[vytoland]

like all new machines................this one has several worn parts, after 66 years of use.

 

[rimfired]

Osteo arthritis has my neck in constant pain. Consequentially
I'm my own pain in the neck. ;-}

 

[feralmerril]

Well, I have a jump on things. Thats because I was born lazy, untalented and fat. Things havent changed much. I will be 71 the 29th. My biggest dissapointment is not getting my flying medical. I do hope to get it about a year from now but it looks iffy.
Last year I had a knee opperation and now both knees feel weak. I get tired and sore and winded if I do much. Recently I bought a bunch of gym machines but havent used them much yet. I am looking to hire someone to work out for me.
My taste has never changed for me since I was a kid I love the same stuff. Guns, shooting, driveing, rideing, flying etc. I just wish I had done more of it. I had my nose removed due to cancer about 4 1/2 years ago and it took a lot out of me and set me back in a number of ways.
Still, I am better than I deserve to be.