Rant! 'Getting Old'

[batcat]

:ranton:
I hate it that I am 'slowing down' even if I am in my mid-fifties!
This morning I filled a 6 cubic mtr skip in 4hours.
I am now soooooo paying for it with an ache here and here and here etc etc etc
I remember when I could do that, then dig another ditch in the same afternoon and then go to the pub for a night out with the boys grumble grumble grumble
Of course being a typical male, I am now whinging to the SOH :sad1:
God I hate getting old......
:rantoff:

[munruben]

Yeah what we could do all day once, now it takes us all day to do it.:)

[Spooky]

You know what I hate about getting old?

Umm, wait a minute....


No hang on - I know this!

Err... - darn, never mind :(

[Toolin Around]

Im hoping when I hit the later years growth hormone will be much cheaper to obtain. It may kill ya but the way I see it, I could live for 20 more years where all I'm doing is existing or live for 10 years and get every minute out of every day.

[batcat]

You know what I hate about getting old?

Umm, wait a minute....


No hang on - I know this!

Err... - darn, never mind :(

half past seven :U

[echnidna]

I've seen blokes who are old at 40 and others who are young at 80

Maybe I'm wrong but as I see it, if you stay as active as possible you can live to a ripe old age and be fit & well & mentally alert.

I'm pushing 65 but I'll still go fell a tree if I need to use it for timber or firewood etc.

[Doughboy]

I hate it when you get an SMS from your apprentice and there are numbers and letters all jumbled around and it take five minutes to work out that said apprentice is bringing a new recipe book to work for my appraisal.


For gods sake why cant they just call........

[dennford]

It's all a matter of your attitude. Getting old can't be avoided but thinking old is destructive. Echidnas comment is nice but unfortunately some people are not physically able to go out and cut down that tree - lucky for you Bob.

As for myself I consider myself a very lucky man, Yes I do have arthritis - severe at that; I have a new hip and a solid steel arm with the prospect of the other hip and arm needing to be "fixed" in the forseeable future. add to that my dismal financial state and you may think that I'm at the bottom of life: NO! don't let these things suppress the spirit, in the past year I have helped so many other people Ithat I don't know how I have had time for myself, but I certainly have. With a wife and family that are second to none, we have achieved much. Amidst pain and far too often hospitalisation I still look after a half acre garden, do my wood projects and in the past year had a birthday present from my daughters of a full on aerobatic flight and recently went for a holiday with my eldest daughter (marine biologist) daughter swimming with whalesharks and manta rays.

Don't let age (should I say ageing?) get you down. ageing is not easy but niether is growing out of childhood - it is called life.

Denn

[echnidna]

Denns right on the mark, its all about attitude to life.
And being active within your own capabilities,
swimming with sharks, that's not for a feeble man.

I might be able to fell a tree and cut it up,
but I can't split a barrow load of firewood with an axe.
I can't even push a lawn mower.
Yet I can dig holes, always detested digging holes.

[wheelinround]

:roflmao::wtcslap:

Should this not have been posted into the Woodworkers With Disabilities:U

All these things we cant do means we are not able = disable.

I know I should talk my younger years
1st pic me on the right not only did I drive but I maintained the vehicles body n soul.
2nd pic about 10 yrs on

I was disabled then too but not in the whels I am now there is a long long story attached to why.

[munruben]

They say the second sign of growing old is losing your memory, I don't remember what the first sign is.:(

[dennford]

Why not just concentrate on what you can do, yet don't forget the things you used to do - they all helped to build your life.

Denn

[Sprog]

God I hate getting old......


I do not think you would appreciate the alternative very much :-)

[DavidG]

I always thought that getting old gave you the rights to buy horse power to replace man power. ie MORE TOOLS.......:2tsup::U

[K_S]

:ranton:
I hate it that I am 'slowing down' even if I am in my mid-fifties!
This morning I filled a 6 cubic mtr skip in 4hours.
I am now soooooo paying for it with an ache here and here and here etc etc etc
I remember when I could do that, then dig another ditch in the same afternoon and then go to the pub for a night out with the boys grumble grumble grumble
Of course being a typical male, I am now whinging to the SOH :sad1:
God I hate getting old......
:rantoff:

I understand your sentiment (young man:D),
but how long since you've worked that intensely.

For big hard tasks were supposed to work up to it.

Take heart your probably as fit as most and fitter than some - just out of training.

You may as well enjoy life while your getting old cos there's no way back:D

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

You may as well enjoy life while your getting old cos there's no way back:D

Oh, I dunno... I know of a couple of blokes who've managed to regress to the diapers, bibs and mashed food stage. :rolleyes:


I know I can do the same work that I did as a lad - better and faster at that! The "trick" is to work smarter, not harder. However, there're some jobs that cost me afterwards no matter how "smart" I am about it. I gave up flooring when, every day for a week, I had to crawl out to the car at knock-off 'cos I couldn't stand upright. And that was with all the flash tools that reduced the need for bending over or kneeling down. :sigh:

I'm blowed if I know how my ex-boss managed to spend his whole life doing it, working well past retirement age... :no:

[Tonyz]

Newmans eh? well that brings back memories.

I think my quote below says it all. Thats what I beleive in anyway and the way I live this life.

[Rossluck]

The cruel part is looking back and thinking about what we should have done. You know,

like buying an acre at Surfers Paradise when they went for $5,000.

And now we know that 18 year old girls wanted us as much as we wanted them! Doh!

And it wouldn't have hurt to travel around the world before marriage and kids.

But we were right about our music. It is the best.:2tsup:

[batcat]

It's all a matter of your attitude.Denn


I understand your sentiment (young man:D),
but how long since you've worked that intensely.
For big hard tasks were supposed to work up to it
Take heart your probably as fit as most and fitter than some - just out of training

Agreed on both counts...
I dont 'feel' old.
Working with 400 kids 3 days a week keeps me young and on my toes.

And yes, I think I am reasonably fit compared to some others my age.

I've been working on my 6 pack - it's almost a KEG :U

[Daddles]

I know an old bloke in America who reckons he can now ride his push bike a lot further than he used to be able to ... because by the time he's halfway through the ride, he can't remember how bad the first half was :C

Richard

[bentley]

When I was about 18 they told me it was growing pains they never told me it would last into old age. Anyway if you feel a little pain when you wake up in the morning at, least you know your still alive.

[rgum]

Batcat. I find I can drink a few more beers now I'm older. :rolleyes:
I just want my bloody teeth back. Fighting like mad to save the rest. Don't worry....my breath is beautiful....SWMBO makes sure I brush. :rolleyes:

I know that feeling. Used to dig holes all day for posts. NOW???
Forget it. :C
Argghh ....my aching bk.

[Gingermick]

You mustn't have drunk enuf beer wine spirits when you were younger. My liver is stuffed and I'm only 33