On Growing Old

[Mik]

What's a philopher?

[Aqua Letifer]

The reason why young kids think their parents know so much is because they intuit that their parents are more comfortable with change and the unexpected. I'd argue there's nothing new about that.

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in On Growing Old:

What's a philopher?

Um . . . it's a philosopher who's missing his ass S.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik said in On Growing Old:

What's a philopher?

A bald guy who wears tatty sweaters and tries to get your kids into Leninism.

[Mik]

@Catseye3 said in On Growing Old:

@Mik said in On Growing Old:

What's a philopher?

Um . . . it's a philosopher who's missing his ass S.

So....

[Jolly]

I've wandered around hospitals most of my adult life and seen more people die than Cecil B. DeMille. And my wife has been from anywhere relatively normal to a wheelchair and everywhere in between at one time or another.

I'm familiar with old. It's not the optimum, but it is what happens if you live long enough. Best advice I can give, is have something you need or want to do, every morning you get up. It can be a big project or a very small one. But get up and move.

[Catseye3]

@Jolly said in On Growing Old:

But get up and move.

I'm not depressed about getting old, exactly. I'm just cogitating on aspects that are more difficult than I had realized they would be.

[Mik]

@Jolly said in On Growing Old:

I've wandered around hospitals most of my adult life and seen more people die than Cecil B. DeMille. And my wife has been from anywhere relatively normal to a wheelchair and everywhere in between at one time or another.

I'm familiar with old. It's not the optimum, but it is what happens if you live long enough. Best advice I can give, is have something you need or want to do, every morning you get up. It can be a big project or a very small one. But get up and move.

Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

[Jolly]

@Catseye3 said in On Growing Old:

@Jolly said in On Growing Old:

But get up and move.

I'm not depressed about getting old, exactly. I'm just cogitating on aspects that are more difficult than I had realized they would be.

Years ago, I built a carport and storeroom onto the house...I cut the timber, helped saw it and friends helped me build it. Ain't no way I could even build the forms for the slab (well, maybe, if you held a gun on me ). Anyway, the old man that finished the slab, worked and rounded the concrete up to the backdoor, instead of the normal one inch or so drop.

He looked at me and said, "Son, one day you'll be old, too. Nice to be able to wheel a walker or wheelchair through without having to pick it up".

I wish I had been smart like that about the whole house.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in On Growing Old:

Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

That's what I tell my wife about the beer in the fridge.

[Renauda]

A couple of years ago I just decided I wasn’t going to do that old man thing. I keep active and busy and don’t think about growing old. I don’t celebrate my birthday since I treat everyday as my birthday.

[Mik]

@Doctor-Phibes said in On Growing Old:

@Mik said in On Growing Old:

Yep. Things that don't move stagnate.

That's what I tell my wife about the beer in the fridge.

It is especially true for beer.

[Jolly]

@Renauda said in On Growing Old:

A couple of years ago I just decided I wasn’t going to do that old man thing. I keep active and busy and don’t think about growing old. I don’t celebrate my birthday since I treat everyday as my birthday.

Your time is coming.

[Renauda]

@Jolly

Am older than you.

[George K]

@Renauda said in On Growing Old:

@Jolly

Am older than you.

Get off my lawn, youngster.

I'm probably the oldest person here (72).

What's pathetic is that your mind is OK, but your body says, "Fuck YOU." Going for walks, sitting on a horse, etc are so much more difficult than they were 5 years ago.

My health is actually pretty good - all issues seem to be well-controlled with medications, but the deterioration is relentless, and it really PISSES me off.

Fearful of turning 60 @Doctor-Phibes ?

I laugh in your face.

[Jolly]

@Renauda said in On Growing Old:

@Jolly

Am older than you.

You're only as old as you feel.

[Renauda]

@Jolly

I also have watched my weight and kept in fairly good shape all these years.

[Renauda]

@George-K said in On Growing Old:

@Renauda said in On Growing Old:

@Jolly

Am older than you.

Get off my lawn, youngster.

I'm probably the oldest person here (72).

What's pathetic is that your mind is OK, but your body says, "Fuck YOU." Going for walks, sitting on a horse, etc are so much more difficult than they were 5 years ago.

My health is actually pretty good - all issues seem to be well-controlled with medications, but the deterioration is relentless, and it really PISSES me off.

Fearful of turning 60 @Doctor-Phibes ?

I laugh in your face.

I’m not Phibes, and I turned 60 some years ago. I happily take full advantage of senior discounts at stores and venues. And yes there are times that Rub A355 is my friend. Haven’t gone as far as DSMO ointment like a few of my friends. Had sciatica attack last June after spending a morning up a ladder dead heading the Lilac bushes. Won’t do that again. To hell with dead heading lilacs. Never enjoyed gardening, don’t and won’t miss it.

[George K]

@Renauda said in On Growing Old:

To hell with dead heading lilacs. Never enjoyed gardening, don’t and won’t miss it.

Indeed. I've always hated any kind of yard work.

F-Dat.

[Catseye3]

@George-K said in On Growing Old:

Indeed. I've always hated any kind of yard work.
F-Dat.

LOL. I think George and Renauda just did some righteous bonding.