Author Topic: What Makes You Feel Old? (Read 6147 times)

230RN · « **Reply #25 on:** October 10, 2015, 11:13:57 PM »

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I quit [being] worried about being "the best" at something and now take life for the sheer enjoyment.

Gave up that particular worry after I retired.

Recently sent Son2+Spouse a 14th anniversary card.

I refuse to enumerate the physical stuff.

But you know, I think I'll change my avatar now from this:

I don't need any more reminders, now, do I?

Terry

Andiron · « **Reply #26 on:** October 10, 2015, 11:22:52 PM »

Quote from: BryanP on October 10, 2015, 10:51:45 PM

My ever increasing need for reading glasses. That and my inability to stay up late and bounce back the next day anymore. I spent last night until 1:30 this morning upgrading our SCCM systems and I had to take a 2 hour nap this afternoon to recover.

Know how that goes.

My back is trashed and I can't stay up for days at a time with no sleep anymore.

Triphammer · « **Reply #27 on:** October 11, 2015, 12:12:54 PM »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldQrapQ4d0Y

That's my story.

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #28 on:** October 11, 2015, 12:39:38 PM »

Quote from: zxcvbob on October 10, 2015, 04:46:28 PM

I'm 55 and get along pretty well w/o glasses (let's see if I pass the vision test for my drivers license again in a couple of months)

If your memory is still good, try Googling the eye chart.

Doggy Daddy · « **Reply #29 on:** October 11, 2015, 12:40:42 PM »

Quote from: scout26 on October 10, 2015, 02:54:51 PM

I would answer this but I can't find my reading glasses...

I had a smart-ass reply for this, but by the time I read to the end of the thread I forgot what it was.

JN01 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 11, 2015, 04:18:14 PM »

Quote from: HeroHog on October 10, 2015, 03:57:55 PM

Oh yeah, passing out from standing up getting off the toilet, THAT made me feel pretty old...

Try turning the exhaust fan on next time.

JN01 · « **Reply #31 on:** October 11, 2015, 04:23:18 PM »

I occasionally forget that I can no longer pick up anything moderately heavy while turning/twisting my back without popping something painfully out of place. Thank God for chiropractors.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #32 on:** October 11, 2015, 05:06:34 PM »

Arthritis and burying friends

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BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #33 on:** October 11, 2015, 06:07:03 PM »

You people

*runs for cover*

brimic · « **Reply #34 on:** October 11, 2015, 07:04:13 PM »

I don't feel old yet, just less young.

cambeul41 · « **Reply #35 on:** October 11, 2015, 07:18:27 PM »

At 74? — a bad back, bad knee (from a motorscooter "misunderstanding" with an ox cart on the Asian Highway 45(?) years ago) and having to take into consideration two things before undertaking any activity: 1) how far I will have to walk, 2) how long it will be between bathroom visits.

vaskidmark · « **Reply #36 on:** October 11, 2015, 08:04:45 PM »

Quote from: cambeul41 on October 11, 2015, 07:18:27 PM

At 74? — a bad back, bad knee (from a motorscooter "misunderstanding" with an ox cart on the Asian Highway 45(?) years ago) and having to take into consideration two things before undertaking any activity: 1) how far I will have to walk, 2) how long it will be between bathroom visits.

Remember when you could ride across the country, stopping only when the gas tank was empty and you made the bladder the same? Never even a Gatorade jug of lemonade.

stay safe.

Hutch · « **Reply #37 on:** October 11, 2015, 09:59:31 PM »

Making a trip to the range with without a magazine. Trip to the range with the wrong ammo. Finding the batteries are dead in BOTH home defense rifle optics when you get there. Partially setting up the coffee pot and having a hot mess to wake up to in the morning. Realizing that you're just not as sharp, quick-witted or resourceful as you once were. (I turned 60 just last week). I don't really trust myself to run my progressive press any more.

Otoh, I appreciate family and friends more. I've whittled down some of the bucket list items. I realize there are some leisure activities I'm just not going to do any more. It's okay. Timed fire high power rifle matches are right out. (I can't readily drop into a sitting position, belly too big, hips and knees too bad). I'm not gonna go scooting and shooting with the high-speed/low-drag gamers any more, either. I gave away my golf clubs. I'm likely on the short list to get retired from my company, and I'm at peace with that. Never had it better with my three adult children. Getting old ain't all bad.

HeroHog · « **Reply #38 on:** October 11, 2015, 10:14:07 PM »

I still wanna ride in a helicopter before I kick it dagnabit!

Northwoods · « **Reply #39 on:** October 11, 2015, 10:36:50 PM »

Hernia surgery isn't helping my sense of youthful vigor.

zahc · « **Reply #40 on:** October 11, 2015, 11:11:14 PM »

When I was a kid, I remember seeing my uncle's model airplanes. They were always in the same place. "Why don't you fly them?" I would ask. "No time". I never understood why anyone would have those awesome planes and not fly them. Now I understand. Part of it is the rat race, part of it is parenting. There is not 1 minute of the day that is free. Never again will I experience the phenomenon of "free time".

I used to have all the time in the world and no resources. Now I have resources but they are allocated, and no time. Youth is truly wasted on the young.

vaskidmark · « **Reply #41 on:** October 12, 2015, 06:49:14 AM »

Quote from: HeroHog on October 11, 2015, 10:14:07 PM

I still wanna ride in a helicopter before I kick it dagnabit!

You do know that being Life Flighted would count, don't ya?

Be careful how you word those wishes.

BTW - if you do end up doing that I'm coming down there and will beat you severely about the head and shoulders.

stay safe.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #42 on:** October 12, 2015, 10:10:22 AM »

Quote from: brimic on October 11, 2015, 07:04:13 PM

I don't feel old yet, just less young.

Same here. I'm 42 and in many ways healthier than I was in my late 20s to early 30s. However, my eyes don't work as well as they used to, requiring drugstore "cheater" glasses for detail work and not being able to see clearly anything closer than about 12" from my face. I have persistent issues with my feet and I'm accumulating a number of aches and pains that aren't the result of injury, but just aging. Except for my feet, the other aches and pains don't slow me down, but do remind me that I'm not a kid anymore.

What does make me feel old is the realization that I'm one of the elders in my family now that all but one grandparent are gone, along with a significant portion of my aunts and uncles.

Chris

wmenorr67 · « **Reply #43 on:** October 12, 2015, 10:18:33 AM »

Reading glasses, as for losing them or not having them, looking to maybe buy something like this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0020X11JY?keywords=folding%20reading%20glasses&qid=1444659288&ref_=sr_1_21&s=hpc&sr=1-21

Also when I am at drill and find out that I graduated high school or even basic training before a lot of these "kids" were born.

Ben · « **Reply #44 on:** October 12, 2015, 10:39:34 AM »

Quote from: wmenorr67 on October 12, 2015, 10:18:33 AM

Reading glasses, as for losing them or not having them, looking to maybe buy something like this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0020X11JY?keywords=folding%20reading%20glasses&qid=1444659288&ref_=sr_1_21&s=hpc&sr=1-21

Also when I am at drill and find out that I graduated high school or even basic training before a lot of these "kids" were born.

I've broken out the "magnifying glass" in my Smart Tools app on my phone quite a few times now when I've forgotten (or out of stubbornness, "forgotten") my reading glasses. A big plus in dark restaurants is that it also utilizes the phone's light, because my night vision is kinda going to crap too.

Though interestingly, like mtnbkr, in many ways I feel like I'm in better physical shape than I was 15 years ago, through, in a large part, diet and exercise. Wearing hiking boots that don't make my feet sore, I think I can cover more ground with less being out of breath than I did in my 40s, and I think I have at least as much muscle mass, which is supposed to start taking a big hit at my age. I give much credit for this to body weight training via suspension straps, and taking my aggressions out on the heavy bag.

I do have to be a LOT more careful when I lift heavy stuff though. I can still lift pretty heavy crap, but I have to take the time to position stuff (both my body and what I'm lifting) just right to keep from pulling something in my back and paying for it for the next week. A lot more stopping and thinking before I do stuff. :)

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #45 on:** October 12, 2015, 10:44:17 AM »

Remembering using an old regular phone at my dad's as a kid.

Tweaking my ankle and not knowing how.

Marnoot · « **Reply #46 on:** October 12, 2015, 10:52:59 AM »

I'm in my mid-30's, but some "old man" stuff has been creeping in for some time now.

The aforementioned micturation syncopy about got me out a couple times in my late 20's. Both times I was able to semi-controlled-fall onto the ground before actually blacking out, and fortunately both times in my home rather than a public restroom. Both times I had jumped up from laying down to run upstairs to the bathroom.

Actually blacked out once a couple years ago. Jumped out of bed right out of sleep to investigate a noise, found it to be my wife up with the baby, and as I turned around to go to bed I started going out. Managed to direct my momentum in the general direction of the couch as I blacked out, so fortunately I avoided any contusions.

The "old man hairs" have begun. Out the top of my ear, the crazy eyebrow hairs, etc.

Assorted aches and pains. Lower back pain. Developing a repetitive stress injury in my mousing fingers from work.

Haven't been cut up too much yet, though had my gallbladder (possibly needlessly) removed last year.

Just getting started, I guess . . .

Boomhauer · « **Reply #47 on:** October 12, 2015, 10:56:28 AM »

My knees and my carpel tunnel pain in my wrists. Hurt my knee several years ago jumping off of a tractor and did not realize the damage done till the last couple years.

Carpel tunnel from doing a *expletive deleted*it ton of typing and computer work through both college and the old job. I don't see how clerks do this *expletive deleted*it for a career.

mtnbkr · « **Reply #48 on:** October 12, 2015, 11:03:49 AM »

"old man hairs"

I forgot about that (another symptom?). My ears get damn hairy if I don't keep them trimmed. I don't mean just my ear canals, but all over. Nose hairs aren't too bad, but I have the crazy eyebrow hairs.

Speaking of random injuries, I was running down the beach to my kids and stubbed my big toe on a divot in the sand, tweaking it (the toe, not the divot). No big deal, it hurt for a few days, then cleared up. However, periodically, the joint will hurt and swell up. Last time I was a the podiatrist, I had her take a look. I have calcification around the joint. Yay.

I can't even say I hurt it kicking somedood's ass. I hurt my toe kicking the beach's ass.

Chris

grampster · « **Reply #49 on:** October 12, 2015, 11:19:37 AM »

I like getting old. I'm 72 now. It means I don't have to work anymore. It's like being a kid only you have money. As for aches and pains, when you arrive at a certain point you don't remember feeling any different, so it's a normal state that I don't pay much attention to.

I think the only thing that sort of bothers me is I used to be able to sit down and read a good book, even sitting up till the wee hours if it was a good one. Now, I sit down to read and within a short time, I find myself waking up.

Another benefit is being able to do what you want, when you want. Why focus on what you've lost or losing when there is so much to enjoy by being here. I find myself enjoying simple stuff that I never noticed when I was young.

Another amusement is watching young people think they've actually thought of something "new" or found a "new" way of doing things when us older folks know that those new things are old things that we discarded many years ago because they didn't work or were not useful.

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Author Topic: What Makes You Feel Old? (Read 6147 times)