You know you are getting older when..............

[T-shooter]

Same here , I have had heat stroke to many times in 2011 during a massive forest fire here were we lost everything so I can't do the summer heat anymore... My reloading room is in my back bedroom so everything I load has been sitting on shelves ready to go for months now , just to hot to go shoot... Summer here is about the same and when winter comes it goes from 100 to cold in one day , we didn't have fall this year so I am scared if I don't get this done asap it will be in the 30s one morning which is coming... I shoot big rifles or rifles in general during the winter , so that times coming for me I hope... Last year it rained all winter so I didn't even shoot them just stuck with pistols... Well good luck to you sir on your project and most of all be safe on the tall stuff.. we have a front coming through so I am stuck waiting till Tuesday to get started up again... I am not complaining I could use a few days to let some of the sore in my back and shoulders ease up a little....

Shawn Adams

I can relate to that. I don't handle heat too well any more. Here, a blazing hot week is followed by rain and high winds, mud, and more heat, and overnight it will be in the 30's and 40's. Last year the ground was wet for 5-6 months and killed several areas of grass. Then we had an ice storm in mid November that looked like a tornado hit from all the downed limbs. Just not a lot of quality time to get out and shoot. Like you I've been pressure washing the house and doing some painting while the weather holds out. I'm 16 years older than you. A word of advise. Keep telling yourself that you aren't 25 again and know when to quit or get help. Injuries at this age don't heal nearly as quick. At 52 I built a 24x40' pole barn 95% by myself, and was riding a bicycle every summer 1,000-1,500 miles and swimming at least a mile a day in the summer months. Those days are gone. No more riding, no more heavy lifting (except me out of a chair), no more ladder work. The wife just went through 6 months of chemo this summer and is clear off cancer. It hasn't been a very good year. One reason I took up shooting about 10 years ago was it is easy on the body.

 

[pirate ammo]

I am not complaining I could use a few days to let some of the sore in my back and shoulders ease up a little....

Shawn,I was out all weekend cutting up trees and splitting them up with a 10LB mall whats a little paint?

 

[Rsadams]

Shawn,I was out all weekend cutting up trees and splitting them up with a 10LB mall whats a little paint?

Lol , it's not the paint it's the ladders..... Should be able to finish one side today and start on the other tommorow.... Then a 2nd and maybe a 3rd coat....

Edit , this weekend was in the mid 90s to.... Glad you got the trees down....FYI Pirate live about 2 miles from me...

 

[Rsadams]

I can relate to that. I don't handle heat too well any more. Here, a blazing hot week is followed by rain and high winds, mud, and more heat, and overnight it will be in the 30's and 40's. Last year the ground was wet for 5-6 months and killed several areas of grass. Then we had an ice storm in mid November that looked like a tornado hit from all the downed limbs. Just not a lot of quality time to get out and shoot. Like you I've been pressure washing the house and doing some painting while the weather holds out. I'm 16 years older than you. A word of advise. Keep telling yourself that you aren't 25 again and know when to quit or get help. Injuries at this age don't heal nearly as quick. At 52 I built a 24x40' pole barn 95% by myself, and was riding a bicycle every summer 1,000-1,500 miles and swimming at least a mile a day in the summer months. Those days are gone. No more riding, no more heavy lifting (except me out of a chair), no more ladder work. The wife just went through 6 months of chemo this summer and is clear off cancer. It hasn't been a very good year. One reason I took up shooting about 10 years ago was it is easy on the body.

Sorry to hear that... I took up shooting again because the doctors told me to find something outdoors I could do and not kill myself.... It's really helped out alot... Just 5-6 years ago I couldn't hardly ride in an air condition car in the summer... Now at lest I can get some time out during it to go shoot pistols and when really hot I shoot rifles , mainly Rimfire because I can sit at the bench in the shade.... Have a great day sir....

 

[antelopedundee]

How many folks on here have driven an automobile with a manual choke or a floor mounted starter button?

Or with a pushbutton to open the door.

 

[pirate ammo]

Lol , it's not the paint it's the ladders..... Should be able to finish one side today and start on the other tommorow.... Then a 2nd and maybe a 3rd coat....

Edit , this weekend was in the mid 90s to.... Glad you got the trees down....FYI Pirate live about 2 miles from me...

Have your wife tape and paper then come over and get my airless sprayer.

 

[T-shooter]

Sorry to hear that... I took up shooting again because the doctors told me to find something outdoors I could do and not kill myself.... It's really helped out alot... Just 5-6 years ago I couldn't hardly ride in an air condition car in the summer... Now at lest I can get some time out during it to go shoot pistols and when really hot I shoot rifles , mainly Rimfire because I can sit at the bench in the shade.... Have a great day sir....

My setup along with a 12v fan and barrel cooler. My range is 300 yards from the house.

 

[butchlambert]

Or with a pushbutton to open the door.

My door handles pulled down about 90deg. I finally got a 55Chev with push button doors.

 

[Rsadams]

Or with a pushbutton to open the door.

+1 I have...

 

[Rsadams]

My setup along with a 12v fan and barrel cooler. My range is 300 yards from the house.
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Very nice....

 

[antelopedundee]

My door handles pulled down about 90deg. I finally got a 55Chev with push button doors.

Was reminded of that when someone recently posted this item from their bucket list on another site. 1968 California Special mustang

 

[hogpatrol]

You're old if you remember when the vinyl records were only 78 rpm.

 

[Walt Krafft]

I have not read them all. How bought the Herter's catalog? I spent hours with it. The same as the World Wide Want today.

 

[hogpatrol]

S&H Green stamps and I faintly recall some sort of gold stamps. Also, free drinking glasses with each fill up at the local gas station. Also, when they lowered prices in what was known as "gas wars".

 

[Walt Krafft]

Went to nyc to visit the World Fair. Went to the opening of "The Pink Panther" after my parents went to a green stamp d&p show. Good times.

 

[antelopedundee]

S&H Green stamps and I faintly recall some sort of gold stamps. Also, free drinking glasses with each fill up at the local gas station. Also, when they lowered prices in what was known as "gas wars".

Gold Bond stamps IIRC

 

[antelopedundee]

I have not read them all. How bought the Herter's catalog? I spent hours with it. The same as the World Wide Want today.

Warn't anything in it that wasn't model perfect.

 

[D Coots]

You're old if you remember when the vinyl records were only 78 rpm.

How about the thick 78's?

 

[jr600yd]

Any of you boys remember the “Hardy Boys Mysteries” or you ladies “Nancy Drew”?

 

[ShootDots]

Any of you boys remember the “Hardy Boys Mysteries” or you ladies “Nancy Drew”?

I remember them quite well! I also remember that they were not particularly interesting to me at least. Back then I was more interested in Westerns than anything. You know, come to think about it, I still am!! LOL!!!