Don't age, it isn't worth it. I'm falling apart

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Cowboy - yeehah!
Well isn't this just peachy.

Last week, just before xmas my molar crown fell out. Sure, I was munching on Turkey and stuffing, but come on - crowns are supposed to stay in the mouth. Meh - went right on munching.

Then, over the wknd, I've always had a problem with one of my knees, and sure enough, right after skiing it locked up almost tight. The doc says it's some kind of cartilage stuff that builds up around the joints as you age. After a few hours and a glass or two of wine, it comes back around. But after a day in a ski boot my big toe is still numb.

Yesterday I got a hair cut. Hmm, just not as much hair leavings as I was used to a few years back. My comb-over ain't makin' it too well these days.

I was looking at the instrument panel, and the darn thing is getting a bit fuzzy again, in the evening. I'm already wearing bifocals, and the opto said it might be time for tri. GAH!

Today, I knelt down to check the tire pressure on the Porsche(no TPMS on the oldies) and each time getting back upright was tougher, and tougher. I'm vertical again, but it was a job.

Oh well, vertical is better than horizontal I guess. And stay the hell off my lawn!:redface:

/rant(sorry)
 
Life span development. Middle adulthood changes. You are aware and seem to know things could be worse. Keep a healthy mind throughout.
 
I'm 65, but not feeling it.

YET. :mad2:

"And then Billy traveled in time to when he was sixteen years old, in the waiting room of a doctor. Billy had an infected thumb. There was only one other patient waiting-an old, old man. The old man was in agony because of gas. He farted tremendously, and then he belched.
'Excuse me,' he said to Billy. Then he did it again. 'Oh God he said, 'I knew it was going to be bad getting old.' He shook his head. 'I didn't know it was going to be this bad.'"

(Bolded - mine for inflection)

Slaughterhouse Five - Kurt Vonnegut
 
On the upside, I have the brain and the pecker of a teen(my kids are more mature than I am). I often wonder about all those boner pill ads. They say '1 in 3 men suffer from ED', blah blah blah. Now I've prolly doomed that as well. DOH!
 
docmirror said:
On the upside, I have the brain and the pecker of a teen(my kids are more mature than I am). I often wonder about all those boner pill ads. They say '1 in 3 men suffer from ED', blah blah blah. Now I've prolly doomed that as well. DOH!
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I feel your pain........

Literally....

Gettin old sucks,,,:rolleyes:
 
Get a room. :yikes:

I do need more workout. I ski in winter, spring, and don't do much else in summer or fall. I think I'm going to join a gym in Jan, and do some regular workouts. I could drop about 20 lbs and wouldn't hurt me a bit.
 
docmirror said:
Well isn't this just peachy.

Last week, just before xmas my molar crown fell out. Sure, I was munching on Turkey and stuffing, but come on - crowns are supposed to stay in the mouth.
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Get it back on ASAP if it isn't already. If you wait too long, your teeth (what's left of them) will move and you will have to get a new crown made.

Remember - you are only as old as you feel. (which puts me into the three digit range some days...)
 
The ONLY thing I can say for getting older is that it beats the alternative.
 
it doesn't get any easier,as long as my flying skills don't suffer,I'm good to go. loose weight.exercise,keep a sharp mind ,and you can slow down the process.
 
Thank you Lord for giving me another day -- and enough sense to enjoy it.
 
This whole conversation is a mute point without some numbers. How old are you "COWBOY"?
Dale
 
The calendar says 58, but with parts falling off here and there - feels older.

I know, it could be - and will be worse.
 
You should make plans for your old age, you must have goals in life. Below is my life plan.

Live to be 108 years old.

Get shot at 108 by a jeaolus husband.

Since I will be shot in the butt while exiting the bedroom window brain damage will occur resulting in my demise.

The really bad part of this will be that when I am shot my second wife will be sooo distraught that she will likely fail her freshman year at college. Oh well she will have many years to recover.

Whats your plan ??????
 
I don't feel any older than I did 30 years ago. Most of the time I don't act much older. But every now and then I'll get out of my chair and find myself easing into the act of walking. I have no idea when that started.

A good friend of mine told me to stop enjoying breaking wind. With a warning. "Eventually, not all farts are dry."

Something else to look forward to I guess.
 
Nothing good can come of this thread.

Bill "headed to Rio for another last Harrah" Watson
 
Vaflier said:
Live to be 108 years old.

Whats your plan ??????
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I like your plan.

My great-grandfather made it to 103:

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I'm hoping to at least tie that! :yes:
 
FastEddieB said:
I like your plan.

My great-grandfather made it to 103:

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I'm hoping to at least tie that! :yes:
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Be careful what you wish for....... I hope to live as long as I have my wits about me and am able to get around reasonably on my own.
 
PaulS said:
Be careful what you wish for....... I hope to live as long as I have my wits about me and am able to get around reasonably on my own.
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I was young then, but my recollection is that he was reasonably healthy and mentally sharp to the end.

One thing I am grateful for is that by the time I am no longer mobile, as long as my mind is sharp technology will make it possible to still engage with a wide variety of people. Play chess with someone from Latvia. Maybe see parts of the world I missed via virtual reality.

So many more options than our predecessors.

As far as getting around on your own, "Hawking" is a documentary on Netflix that helps put that in perspective. Highly recommended.
 
Well, upon reflection and with a bit more white wine in me, I guess things aren't all as bad as I first thought.

My mind is as sharp as it was in my 20s, however my short term memory is surely not as good. My long term memory is just as good, and I can still see and recall my teen GF from back in the early 70s. Despite a few aches and pains, I'm still skiing as fast as my athletic kid in her 20s. I am able to do a near full day work outside with just a few breaks. Strength is no problem yet, but endurance is well down from my 30s.

It's just that things I would take for granted 20 years ago, are now a bit of a hassle. Driving as noted in another thread has become a challenge when more than 5 hours. I used to drive a van with a big tank for 6-8 hours easy. Not anymore. And where my vision used to be exceptionally keen, I know that now I'm lucky to pick out a Cessna at 5 miles on a clear day. I used to anger my flying buddy back in the 70s when I would point out traffic, and it was just a dot, and he couldn't see anything at all. Also, a couple slices of pepperoni pizza after 5 PM is going to cause serious issues later in the night.

I've had a heck of a run. If it ended tomorrow I wouldn't feel cheated, or regretful. I kissed the girl, I poked the bear, I tasted almost anything from anywhere. I've been places some of you will never go, and I've seen things that many will never see. If the price of that is falling apart bit by bit, I guess it was worth it. No one gets out alive.
 
I thought boners were to keep you from wetting the bed at night.
 
write-stuff said:
I thought boners were to keep you from wetting the bed at night.
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Uh - don't know about that. I have a completely different use for one.

You see when a boy and a girl like each other really, really alot.......

:yes:
 
There are do'ers and observers in life.

I think in the end you were a Do'er versus an observer. The observer doesn't have as many requirements to quantify having had a full life. The do'er does.

Also, one is not better then the other. I learned in my early 30s I was a do'er and not an observer. I do things, I create, I drive, I work, I go.

The observer is fortunate that he can always observe. The do'er must at some point realize that he can no longer do and it must be difficult. I am not there yet.

My body has changed a little and I can't do what I used to be able to do but what I want to do has changed as well so it is okay.

I don't know how old you are but you "kissed the girl", "poked the bear", "tasted" a lot in passed tense. Now all you have left is your boner it seems.

I guess what I am saying is you have to be doing something and if you cannot do something, you have to change the goal so you can continue to do. You will not be happy as an observer. That is when your quality of living will die off quickly.

So doc, you hang on to that boner with all your strength and do with it what you can as long as you can. Because much like you, I would rather DO something with that boner than simply sit around observing boners.

You will have plenty of time to observe boners later and observe them you will. But now you have one. You have a white wine infused bonafied boner. Now is the time to stop observing it and go do something with it.

Today is about your boner Doc! Yours and yours alone.
Go get em Cowboy! YeeHah!!!
 
Anyone ever see "Cocoon"? Maybe I can find one of those egg pods.

As for still doing stuff, I'm in the process of putting T&G on my CO house. The job is about half done, and I've put up a ton of board feet, and still have a lot to go. Last month I started the restoration of another Porsche 928 by doing the motor mounts, timing belt, water pump and seals. That's the hobby stuff. On the work front, I'm working on a new flexible kind of network for Intel to solve a problem they have, and buying some new properties to develop later this year. So yeah - I'm still out there, still have my hand on the tiller, still moving the ball down the field. I just wish the stuff I used to be so good at was as easy now as it was then.
 
ClimbnSink said:
If you think you are old you will be old. Many use that as an excuse to be lame. Yes physical limits change but not as much as people believe. We take kids to a 12' jumping rick across the lake and the number of 30-40 year old dads that stay in their boats is appalling. Always get out of the boat.
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Very thought provoking. Thanks, that was well worth the read. Some things I thought of along the same lines, but this reinforced the philosophy of 'young as you feel'.
 
My last medical turned out I couldn't see anything, my blood pressure was scary high, and I'd shrunk an inch. I know it beat the alternative and everything, but really? Last thing I needed was to be shorter.
 
I'm only 24 - have been for a wile now. Not sure how long as I quit counting ;)
 
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