I am 75 and would be over joyed if I could still do what I could do at 50.
I am 75 and would be over joyed if I could still do what I could do at 50.
Mid 50's checking in here. I resemble the remarks in the OP.
I used to joke my work out buddy-he would say "wait 10 years" He was about that older, so true.
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Originally Posted by P2Vaircrewman
What did I eat for breakfast? Haha, yeah I think it's "normal" to forget something here and there, etc. Actually that's what I hear from doc's. The issue is if it happens way too often. I think it's more of us taking on more than one should. You could go island style-what doesn't get done today, can get done tomorrow! Not a grocery trip made without forgetting something. I joke the cashier(if you have one anymore) when they ask if I found everything-won't know until I get home and remember what I forgot-list are for sissies!
This sums it up for me.
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What I hate is every one older than me telling me all about what horrors and systemic failures I have to look forward to... Let me live in blissful ignorance, will ya???
The eye sight thing is particularly disappointing for me. I was hoping to dodge that bullet, but it is slowly getting worse.
The thing I hate the most is waking up with pulled muscles, joint pain, and other soreness for no reason. Didn't do anything the day before. Just walking and the normal stuff, and I wake up after a good night's sleep injured and limping, or with a sore neck or back. For NO reason! Makes me mad. Also makes me appreciate the magic of my chiropractor. That guy is a miracle worker.
Sex drive hasn't changed and I don't think it will. My grandfather was trying, unsuccessfully, to get the nurse into bed with him for "one more time before he goes" while laying in his hospital death bed at 86 years old. He was ready, willing, and able. Cruel nurse turned him down. I sat next to my 2 year old aunt at his funeral. No joke. My father's 2 year old sister. My aunt. Fathered by my grandpa at 84 years old. I'm told that I'm just like him.
Yeah, I forgot the eyesight thing. Mine isn't bad, but I so used to enjoy having perfect vision. At a glance I could tell you if the date on a dime was 1968 or 1966. Now I need readers for just about everything, my computer monitor is set for "grandpa font" and I need my scripts to drive when it's dark.
At least I was smart enough to use aviators for my prescription glasses so they would be my default shooting glasses.
I miss being ABLE to have sex... but my wife DOESN'T... so it balances out. :dirol:
Eyesight, hearing and not living with joint/back pain would be nice. I don't think I find the same joy in things that I used to. On the flip side, we are secure financially and I even have a little pocket money for toys.
That’s a great starter list. I’ll add memory to it, or at least instant recall of memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by grnamin