On Growing Old

[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.

[George K]

@Catseye3, I may have posted before.

I remember a day in August when I was around 13 years old. I was pushing a lawn mower around the front yard of my house. I was sweating like crazy and was ready to die.

I promised myself that I will always have enough money to pay someone else to cut the grass.

My hatred of gardening, etc was born on that day.

My hatred has thrived, and now, in a condo, it's irrelevant, but not lessened.

[Catseye3]

@George-K said in On Growing Old:

My hatred of gardening, etc was born on that day.

I don't hate it exactly. I sort of feel about gardening the way Dorothy Parker felt about writing. She hated to write, but she loved having written.

[Larry]

I recently bought a commercial grade zero turn lawn mower. In the past I had work crews who took care of those things, but when I sold out I don't have any employees any more. My yard is about 8 or 10 acres, so it takes a while to mow. So far im enjoying riding around playing with the machinery. Other than that, i pay some guys to weed eat and all that stuff. I just enjoy the fresh air and riding around part.

[Copper]

I planted over 150,000 wild flowers this year.

I didn't actually count the seeds, I just added up the totals on the seed bags.

And hundreds of more substantial plants.

If you are old, you must garden.

[Jolly]

@Copper said in On Growing Old:

I planted over 150,000 wild flowers this year.

I didn't actually count the seeds, I just added up the totals on the seed bags.

And hundreds of more substantial plants.

If you are old, you must garden.

Second Hand Lions, indeed.

[Jolly]

@Renauda said in On Growing Old:

@Jolly

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

That's good and it helps.

[Horace]

I turned 50 a few weeks ago. Already lost both my knees so I figure the worst is over.

[Mik]

@Horace said in On Growing Old:

I turned 50 a few weeks ago. Already lost both my knees so I figure the worst is over.

It’s cute that you think that.