Thread: Getting old sucks

Originally Posted by Graeme

I mentioned to one of my sons that I had to swing on a long piece of pipe to loosen the nuts on my PM after having driven home with a flat inner rear which I wasn't prepared to change just on dark and with rain approaching. He suggested using the jack under the socket handle which I'll try on the other wheels, none of which I've needed to remove in the 9 years of ownership.

In the past I have used a long bar that touched the ground on the end and have then driven in the appropriate direction to crack the nuts. Not ideal but needs must. Didn't have that option yesterday. Going to invest in a long breaker bar.

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2 things that have started happening of late which I think suck & I find insulting.
Customers have stated saying "Ask the old fella!" when referring to me.
And people, including my Boss, have stated asking "When ae you going to retire?"
Maybe they just want to get id of me.

SWMBO does say my heavy breathing is more intense, doesn't say if it's sexier?
Jonesfam

I now find that a 6 rung ladder is equivalent to a 5 metre ladder of yore.

'Climb It' change, perhaps?

Originally Posted by Saitch

I now find that a 6 rung ladder is equivalent to a 5 metre ladder of yore.

'Climb It' change, perhaps?

Indeed. My first job, post Army, was driving a 57' cherry picker at Australian Iron and Steel at Kembla. No operating it from the ground, either. Had to go up. Now I get a nosebleed standing on a chair.

Originally Posted by Tins

Indeed. My first job, post Army, was driving a 57' cherry picker at Australian Iron and Steel at Kembla. No operating it from the ground, either. Had to go up. Now I get a nosebleed standing on a chair.

To me, once you star thinking old, you get old. I made a promise to myself some time ago, I will not live in the past, I will try to live in the moment, and I will try to have have a positive outlook for the future. I suppose two out of three isn't too bad. One thing I've noticed, Grand children are wonderful to have you feel young again, but when you have them for an extended period, you know you are not as young as you once were. The old farts motto? " The older I get, the better I was". boom boom....

Staying active at a level that works for you is important. Sitting all day in front of the TV will kill you. Just find something that you like to do so it becomes part of the routine.

Push the mower yourself not paying the local kid to do it for you. Walking each day somewhere for an hour. Be it around the block or drive somewhere that is scenic for variety.

Parents are in eighties and just completed a 6 week driving lap of Queensland up the coast as far as Port Douglas then turn left and came back inland. Know people who would find that challenging who are 20 years younger. Their thing is dancing ballroom and Scottish country. Both give you a good work out and if you enjoy it is just fun

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Exactly, can't think of anything worse than going to a gym or using weights.
Just do plenty outdoors, walk and generally just keep active.

Nice starter, look up 'Turkish Get - Up' - using a light kettle bell or whatever. A 2 - 3 litre milk container (with water) works fine, as it duplicates the 'instabillity' of a bell - handle far from C of Mass.
Hurts less than a metal lump, when dropped....

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Physio told me last Century that ability to get up from a supine position was the most important skill as we age.