Just Whining about Getting Old!

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I have been here so long that I don't remember when I started! That's a great thing. Over the years I have watched many good people come and go. Well now it's my turn to step up on the soapbox to start whinnning about not being able to do this or that like I used to.
I have (like everybody else) a very long list of I can't do this or that anymore things that nag me every morning when I try to get up.

I think I used to be able to jump up out of bed and just grab that 25lb pack and 10 pound rifle and race to where ever I was hunting and hike 5 miles to my spot and then walk another few miles just scouting around tracking for new sign.

Now I wonder who the hell that young fool was? Yes, it was me and no matter how much it hurts now as an old man, the only thing worse I can think of would be to not have done it when I could.

Feel free to share your whine, the soapbox is empty.

 

[Pawnee Bill]

Getting old is not for sissies! And who is that old man that stares back at me in the mirror!!

 

[UrsusMagnus]

I have been here so long that I don't remember when I started! That's a great thing. Over the years I have watched many good people come and go. Well now it's my turn to step up on the soapbox to start whinnning about not being able to do this or that like I used to.
I have (like everybody else) a very long list of I can't do this or that anymore things that nag me every morning when I try to get up.

I think I used to be able to jump up out of bed and just grab that 25lb pack and 10 pound rifle and race to where ever I was hunting and hike 5 miles to my spot and then walk another few miles just scouting around tracking for new sign.

Now I wonder who the hell that young fool was? Yes, it was me and no matter how much it hurts now as an old man, the only thing worse I can think of would be to not have done it when I could.

Feel free to share your whine, the soapbox is empty.

That infantry-type stuff is a young man's game, I've had to lighten the load considerably but still get "out there" couple times a week. Our human ancestors were hunters, we gotta keep movin' or we will wither

 

[gkgeiger]

I’m 82, at some point not long ago, I woke up looked in the mirror and said who is that guy? I don’t like what I see. Oh well, it is what it is. At least I’m still getting up.

 

[jelenko]

It is so weird looking at the person in the mirror

 

[joshb]

I suffer from the great decline, too. I’m going to too many funerals. It gets depressing. I fight it and push myself. I think about all the stuff I used to do and I’m glad I did it when I could! I have some great stories I can bore the youngsters with! “Racing out the door” is now a “meander” around 9-10 AM! I can still do the 4:00 AM wake up, but I pay for it!

 

[358WCF]

 

[Forum Boss]

I'm actually heading to a memorial service in one hour. Sad.

The lesson is that life has a beginning and an end. Every day is precious.

Do all you can do to help friends and family and bring fulfilment to them.

 

[JayHHI6818]

Few weeks ago our son said he had five weddings to go to this year. We told it it’s better than funerals we’re going to!
Oct 17 I had a mild heart attack and bypass surgery for 5 bypasses.

 

[Rick in Oregon]

Well, now dealing with a lifetime of injuries from Vietnam, a plane crash, Harley crashes and a life full of wanton disregard for my own safety, no more humping mountains for elk, roaming desert hills for muley's, climbing sagebrush hills for chuckar are all in the rear view mirror. Now getting out for a week of bench shooting varmints (ground squirrels & pd's) and the occasional rockchuck is the new self-imposed limit to continue living some semblance of a 'normal' life.

Still here, just moving much slower these days. But.......

 

[Knotwild]

I'm not concerned about where I have been, or what I have done; I'm looking forward to my next home. And I have been promised life in that home.

Phillipians 3: 12-14

12 Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus.

13 Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,

14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

 

[Will Henry]

I was thinking about this yesterday when I had to walk down to the machine shed for some tools.
When I was a kid, I hardly ever walked, I ran. When I was in my early teens, I strutted. Later on, after my stint in the Army, I marched. In my middle-aged years into my early 60's, I strode purposefully. I could carry a heavy pack and cover some ground. When I hit seventy, I couldn't deny it, I was slowing down.
Yesterday as I was returning to the house, I found myself alternating between a plod and a shuffle. Old man locomotion. WH

 

[AP2020]

I will be turning 64 this September. Retiring next year from my day job. Yes as I get older, time seems to slip through my hands like water! However, I think of my parents who lived long and fruitful lives [Mom lived until she was 89, Dad lived until he was 93 = he was one of the last living Bataan Death March Survivors in the Philippines in WWII]. So I have at least some longevity in my genes.

I am still relatively healthy, normal blood pressure, slight gut, but I still ride the indoor cycle everyday. Can I hike 5 miles while carrying a pack and rifle, probably. Would I still want too? Probably not! 1 or 2 miles is enough for me. My Dad always said that you CANNOT STOP MOVING. So I suppose that is pretty simple and effective advice.

 

[NF1E]

Attending physical therapy, I count my blessings. I may be old an broken, but there are folks in much worse shape I see there. Many of them much younger.

 

[OMW57]

I have a small paperback book my wife got for me years ago, Title "A Bikers Guide To Life"
fun little book! lots of silly sayings & tips for life, The one that always made me laugh, NEVER FIGHT AN OLD MAN, IF YA WIN, THERE ISN'T ANY GLORY IN IT, AND, IF YA LOSE, NOBODY WILL LET YOU FORGET IT!
Alway live life to it's fullest! And enjoy what you have today, It may be gone tomorrow!
EVERYBODY HAVE A GREAT DAY!

 

[hogpatrol]

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.

 

[JEFFPPC]

For decades we were a group of 15. Traveled to various matches across several states in different disciplines . We won a lot and had good times. Same with hunting. I was the oldest of the group. Many years later there are two of us left. I am the only one still shooting. Time wins in the long run. Sad.

 

[Richard308]

It is so weird looking at the person in the mirror

I was just a kid when that song came out. Seems like yesterday.

 

[Steve Donlon]

I have to keep telling myself to stop forcing my self to keep doing stuff that is doing me no good. We get to a point that we can not recover overnight and it takes a day or two so we can regain our strength. If we keep pushing ourselves, it does more harm than good. Hard lesson! It's pretty pathetic to read how little exercise we should only do a day now. P.S. I woke up this morning feeling really good because I remembered to take my short siesta yesterday. It really helps in your recovery time if you are more active than advised.

 

[D Coots]

Don't let the Old Man in......