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      11-19-2022, 02:33 PM   #5523
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I just turned 75 and don't look a day over 80.
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I just turned 75 and don't look a day over 80.
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I think most of us here should stay off your lawn.
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I just turned 75 and don't look a day over 80.
I turned 75 some months ago. I believe you and I are supposed to be driving old well-maintained Oldsmobiles or Pontiacs in the fast lane on the freeway at 10 under the speed limit with our left turn signals on.

Actually, I have to admit that I have slowed down on the road in the last year or two. I drive my M3 mostly in the slow lane at 5 over or so and let the speed demons hurry by.
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I turned 75 some months ago. I believe you and I are supposed to be driving old well-maintained Oldsmobiles or Pontiacs in the fast lane on the freeway at 10 under the speed limit with our left turn signals on.

Actually, I have to admit that I have slowed down on the road in the last year or two. I drive my M3 mostly in the slow lane at 5 over or so and let the speed demons hurry by.


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You know you`re old when after spending 5 and a half hours painting baseboards every joint and muscle in your body hurts

Knees, lower back, hands, you name it, it hurts
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You know you`re old when after spending 5 and a half hours painting baseboards every joint and muscle in your body hurts

Knees, lower back, hands, you name it, it hurts
I hurt after 5-1/2 hours of doing anything, including sleep.
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I hurt after 5-1/2 hours of doing anything, including sleep.
I took a lot of breaks, that`s why it took me 5-1/2 hours
But still, I can`t believe how much my body hurts.
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You know you`re old when after spending 5 and a half hours painting baseboards every joint and muscle in your body hurts

Knees, lower back, hands, you name it, it hurts
I repaired a small leak in our irrigation system yesterday. It was just a cracked 1/4" drip line, but in an awkward spot near our AC unit, plus had to do a little bit of digging. It took about 30 minutes.

Then I had to take the rest of the day off, including a long soak in my spa to relax sore joints and muscles, along with a big glass of Chard.
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I repaired a small leak in our irrigation system yesterday. It was just a cracked 1/4" drip line, but in an awkward spot near our AC unit, plus had to do a little bit of digging. It took about 30 minutes.

Then I had to take the rest of the day off, including a long soak in my spa to relax sore joints and muscles, along with a big glass of Chard.
Little things that we used to do around the house with ease are becoming harder and harder to do now.
I`m not even as old as some of you guy`s, but I can already see a difference from a few years ago.
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Little things that we used to do around the house with ease are becoming harder and harder to do now.
I`m not even as old as some of you guy`s, but I can already see a difference from a few years ago.
Seriously. Like sitting at the dinner table. I'm thinking of buying a nice office chair for the dining room because my back is killing me after just 20 minutes or so on the dining table chairs.
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Seriously. Like sitting at the dinner table. I'm thinking of buying a nice office chair for the dining room because my back is killing me after just 20 minutes or so on the dining table chairs.
Lol, you made me laugh. I can`t sit still on a dining room chair for 20 minutes either.
You are going to look funny sitting at the dining room table on a office chair. Your wife is going to think that you are really getting old
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Seriously. Like sitting at the dinner table. I'm thinking of buying a nice office chair for the dining room because my back is killing me after just 20 minutes or so on the dining table chairs.
That's where I'm feeling it too, my back. Ugh!

Getting X-rays this week to make sure it's just an old man's back, and nothing else.
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Younger brother and I are redoing my garage. New workbench, etc. Lots of time sitting or kneeling on the floor to work on electrical connections, etc. Why is it so damn hard to get up off the floor once you pass 50 or so? Now I understand "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
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Younger brother and I are redoing my garage. New workbench, etc. Lots of time sitting or kneeling on the floor to work on electrical connections, etc. Why is it so damn hard to get up off the floor once you pass 50 or so? Now I understand "I've fallen and I can't get up!"
Squats and lunges help. At 67 I can still get up off the ground and off my knees pretty good, although it's not as easy as it used to be.
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You know you`re old when after spending 5 and a half hours painting baseboards every joint and muscle in your body hurts

Knees, lower back, hands, you name it, it hurts
I'm getting up there too - here's what's been working well for me all over the house but not the garage ( where it was intended to be LOL) for my birthday last year I got a rolling mechanics chair. Height adjustable of course. So painting baseboards, sorting papers on a bed, changing outlets, working on things you used to bend down to do become so much less painful.; just sit, on that well padded seat adjust; and roll!......... The nylon wheels are still virgin to garage floors. Ill get another one for the garage

Try it sometime, youl be glad you did!
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I threaded two 7-conductor sprinkler cables up through and under my juniper bushes a few days ago, plus installed a new WiFi Rainbird controller on the upper patio. I used a broom handle to thread the cables through the brush. The hill is steep.

Next, I sat on a 10 inch high step stool and finished the wiring connections to nine valves. All worked great.

Everything else I hire out. That includes the yard maintenance; cleaning windows; cleaning rain gutters, etc. I love watching those blokes from my spa while sipping on a glass of Chard.

So yeah, I can still do some work, but I know my limits.
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I don't feel very old (46), but had a eureka moment in the car today hah. Howard Jones' "Things Can only Get Better" comes on over the radio and I remembered absolutely loving that song when I was a kid. For some reason, it also brought back memories of my parents playing Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, and other many "oldies" when I was about the same age as when Howard Jones' song was first released.

Let's break this down.

Jones' song came out in 1985, I was nine years old.

Let's say a Sam Cooke song my parent's played was from 1962, so that "oldie" was only 23 years old when I listened to it as a kid.

Jones' song is now 37 years old, NOT 23 years old like that "oldie" from 1962 when I listened to it in 1985.

Yeah, I'm old now.

What I do find interesting however, is that it seems music from when I was a kid (say mid 80s-early 90s) still plays on many radio stations, while the traditional "oldies" from say the 50s-60s really only play on stations specific to that era. I guess that makes songs from the 80s/90s really not feel like "oldies" since they still feel contemporary due to the radio play they still receive.

Was just sort of an odd recognition of my age now. Heh.
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