When Nirvana"s smells like teen spirit and The Offspring were playing on the classic rock station. When a lady in the grocery store parking lot pointed out my Ninja Turtles shirt and said "How retro".
When did you realize you were old?
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I noticed two years ago at 60 , I was slowing down. Ten years ago I had no problem digging up 30 feet of storm sewer in front of my house at a depth aof 36 inches. This past summer both my brother (61) and I were beat digging up 25 feet of field tile about 33 inches down on our small farm.
I leaned on plenty of shovels in my youth and thats a pretty big hole. I know lots of guys younger than you that wouldn't even attempt it.
The older I get the more it hurts the next day. However my dad was doing this sort of stuff till the day he died at 85, albeit at a much slower pace. I hope I am as lucky.
It kind of hit me a while back. I was scrolling Reddit and someone posted a picture of a phone jack in their "new" house asking what it was. It was at that point I felt old...
When???? I am 71 and will let you know when I feel old..... 
A friend's dad was in his early 80s and used to walk several miles from his condo to a veterans' hospital to play the piano "for the old people".
I want to be like that, although I guess I'd have to learn to play an instrument.
I want to be like that, although I guess I'd have to learn to play an instrument.
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At 62, I realize that I am not young.
But I don’t think I’m old!
I still ski, workout, spend all day working on cars, etc. - maybe not as easily as I once did, but I haven’t started crossing activities off my list.
But I don’t think I’m old!
I still ski, workout, spend all day working on cars, etc. - maybe not as easily as I once did, but I haven’t started crossing activities off my list.
I am 70 and still feel pretty good. I am able to go hunting and fishing and feel blessed. I guess when I received my first SS payment it made me feel old at 66 1/2. I still work 20 hours per week at a large local car dealership in customer service and like my job. I did nothing for 2 years after retirement and was really bored so I went back to work and really enjoy my job. Picture taken in October.
A good friend got this way but loved wrenching his fun Euro cars that ultimately get sold on Bring a Trailer. He ended up building a wide taller single car garage that accommodates a $2000 car lift to solve that.
At 54 don’t feel old yet. Dreading that day.
Do yoga, do yoga, do HOT YOGA, such as Bikram.
It's stretching and the heat (with resultant sweating) is cleansing.
It'll stop the hands of time and might even reverse them.
And, just because people hear and repeat stupid things, I must add, it's not a religion. It's just a workout.
A COMPLETELY UNVERIFIABLE GUESS:
Had any of us gotten our garage lift when we were young, maybe we wouldn't've aged as fast as we did?
It's stretching and the heat (with resultant sweating) is cleansing.
It'll stop the hands of time and might even reverse them.
And, just because people hear and repeat stupid things, I must add, it's not a religion. It's just a workout.
A COMPLETELY UNVERIFIABLE GUESS:
Had any of us gotten our garage lift when we were young, maybe we wouldn't've aged as fast as we did?
Update.... I just went out to shovel the 6 inches of snow and sleet and had to stop...Back is hurting....I FEEL OLD.....When???? I am 71 and will let you know when I feel old.....
I am also the oldest person in my work group. There is one guy in another group that uses a walker and he looks like he is 80.
When the Playboy models were younger than me.
I told a 40 year old yesterday that I have clothing older than they are.
Hasn't hit me yet.
Still really limber. I never really have felt THAT bad when I was 40 pounds over weight even when I was in my 40's. I could still hike OK, but still becoming a symptom-less diabetic is NEVER a good thing.
Anyway, I'm nearing 68 and healthier than I've been since I was in my early 30's.
You really should work on it before too late.
Still really limber. I never really have felt THAT bad when I was 40 pounds over weight even when I was in my 40's. I could still hike OK, but still becoming a symptom-less diabetic is NEVER a good thing.
Anyway, I'm nearing 68 and healthier than I've been since I was in my early 30's.
You really should work on it before too late.
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Yeah I crapped in a box!
