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All-In [38592]
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Being old is crap
Mar 28, 2022, 1:21 PM
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My advise to yall is never get old.
My heart and cardio used to be strong. Even after 50 I went to Camp Lejeune and set the geezer NC record for 10miles and 1/2 Marathon.
At 70 did OK at a dozen 5Ks with a best time of 22:50 which was good considering I weighted 190.
Today I as I near 76, spread 40 bags of mulch. It about killed me.
I wore my Garmin watch.
Average heart beat was 125 going all the way up to 149. It took me an hour. At 60 could have done that in 30minutes and heart rate might have reached 110.
Getting old is crap. Watch says I need to rest for 72 hours, and I agree.
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Re: Being old is crap
Mar 28, 2022, 1:26 PM
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Spreading 40 bags of mulch is tough on anyone. Good job. At 76, quite a feat. If I could just grow tomatoes like you.
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Legend [17626]
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I'll take your advice.
Mar 28, 2022, 1:27 PM
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Wait, does that mean I have to die?
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Re: I'll take your advice.
Jan 26, 2024, 1:04 PM
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No, just grow old and suffer like the rest of us.
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Re: I'll take your advice.
Mar 28, 2022, 2:17 PM
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tug,i just turned 75 last dec. and consider it a blessing and an accomplishment to have lived this long.look how many people die at a much younger age.there are a whole host of things that i know i'll never do again,but at the same time there's whole ####load of stuff i don't HAVE to do again starting with having to be controlled by an alarm clock and on and on.so much freedom to do so many things i didn't have time or energy for as i walked by on my way to work.instead of bemoaning the fact that as you age,there are restrictions,mostly physical,that come along as well,concentrate on your accomplishments.give yourself a pat on the back for having reached them,and then find things you can accomplish(within reason) that will remind you again that life is still good.from having read your previous posts it seems that you've done pretty well,so find and enjoy what you CAN still do,and forget about what you can't.
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All-In [38592]
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consider it a blessing
Mar 28, 2022, 3:07 PM
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hoo -- fun post.
Do you ever take advantage of being old. I do. Folks will help you when you don't need it (I am lazy).
Relatives are nicer (thinking you might leave them something). The ratio is more old women than old men. Those biddies really butter up now that their choices are less.
My sleep schedules is ###, varies each day. I might stay up till 2am or go to bed at 8. I might sleep till noon or be up before the Sun. I don't use a clock, not even a calendar.
I eat good food, I drink the extra beer as why not?
My favorite things are bird watching on my as$ from my porch chair and pretending to fish. Yardwork is my main exercise. My life is good!
I often wonder how I ever had time to go to a job.
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Mar 28, 2022, 6:00 PM
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wish that could be mine -
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Re: Being old is crap
Mar 28, 2022, 1:40 PM
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I wouldn’t beat yourself up…you are in better shape at 76 than I am at 52…
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I'm 50 and know for certain I'll never see a sub 23 minute
Mar 28, 2022, 1:41 PM
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5K ever again.
So congrats, at 76 you're in better shape than most 50 year olds.
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I'm 50 and know for certain I'll never see a sub 23 minute
Mar 28, 2022, 2:15 PM
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You don't know that. You might get interested when you hit 60. Footrace times are about how much time we put into training and how much interest we have. It is like golf or bowling or fishing.
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You should be proud of yourself
Mar 28, 2022, 1:42 PM
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I know some people in their 20s and 30s who can't even do that.
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first of all, they wouldn't want to do it.***
Mar 28, 2022, 1:48 PM
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Better than being six feet under!!!!***
Mar 28, 2022, 2:16 PM
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Amen Bro******
Mar 28, 2022, 4:47 PM
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A reminder I am a soft 52 year old piece of poo***
Mar 28, 2022, 2:28 PM
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I am a soft 52 year old piece of poo***
Mar 28, 2022, 2:49 PM
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Sure that is not true. Like me, maybe you just need to walk around the block more often.You are a young man.
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Re: Being old is crap
Mar 28, 2022, 2:55 PM
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I agree it gets worse but be glad you still can do it
but please don't OVER DO IT
I ran in the same problem with shoveling snow and ice this winter
BE careful
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Re: Being old is crap
Mar 28, 2022, 3:05 PM
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Never too old to humble brag
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humble brag
Mar 28, 2022, 3:16 PM
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My trophy Bride is still a "looker". Of course it helps that my eyesight is ~
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Heisman Winner [105590]
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When I turn 76, assuming I live that long, I just want to
Mar 28, 2022, 3:14 PM
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get a boner regularly, planned or not.
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Re: When I turn 76, assuming I live that long, I just want to
Mar 28, 2022, 3:18 PM
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Peckers work OK in old age. Attracting a babe is very hard unless you have $$$.
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Oculus Spirit [93668]
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^still cuts the mustard, if he can find the jar***
Mar 28, 2022, 4:22 PM
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Re: ^still cuts the mustard, if he can find the jar***
Mar 28, 2022, 4:35 PM
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My doc asked if I need some ######. What I need is the $$ to attract babes.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Well, you're already old so you probably don't have to deal
Mar 28, 2022, 3:15 PM
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with it much longer.
So there's that.
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DIE
Mar 28, 2022, 3:20 PM
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Old folks are more accepting that time is less. Hopefully not short, but surely less.
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Wait, are you telling me to die?
Mar 28, 2022, 4:01 PM
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Thats rich.
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Just hire the neighbors teenaged kid to do the work for you
Mar 28, 2022, 3:16 PM
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what's the going rate these days. I started out at 50 cents an hour, but min wage was probably a dollar an hour back then.
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Re: Just hire the neighbors teenaged kid to do the work for you
Mar 28, 2022, 3:26 PM
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I live in an area filled with older rich yanks (snowbirds). They don't care for my RedNeck a ss. There are no kids near except when their many "privileged" grandkids visit. They are not going to cut my grass. I have no kids or grandkids. I have a cats and some turtles.
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Take that Beng!***
Mar 28, 2022, 3:17 PM
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Take what?
Mar 28, 2022, 3:49 PM
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I spread a full dump truck of mulch week before last. That prob 5X what the OP spread…
Beefsteak®
Message was edited by: bengaline®
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Re: Take what?
Mar 28, 2022, 3:55 PM
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I know - I am in shameful shape. I will haul in more.
For years Burton would haul me loads in his dump truck that were ground up hardwood pallets. That was some good mulch. He got too old to deliver and I got too old for that.
I can still handle the bags like at Lowes. (Side note, next week they will be 4 for $10).
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Lot o points [181005]
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You're young tho.***
Mar 28, 2022, 3:59 PM
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Heisman Winner [119711]
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Not according to everyone in here ??***
Mar 28, 2022, 4:01 PM
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Oculus Spirit [81061]
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Old is 20 years older than you are now
Mar 28, 2022, 4:38 PM
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That goes for pretty much everyone.
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Lot o points [163012]
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LOL, my mom was 90 and still calling other people 'old'
Mar 28, 2022, 6:42 PM
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state of mind as much as state of body.
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Love your signature, my man***
Mar 28, 2022, 3:19 PM
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Trophy Bride
Mar 28, 2022, 3:47 PM
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Here is my 70 year old Bride at a trail race in the rain.
She has two plastic knees inserted by the same docs who work on Clemson Players.
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Heisman Winner [119711]
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Wish my 66 yo bride could hike like yours!
Mar 28, 2022, 3:57 PM
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Lung issues due to infection from Arizona 2015 trip…
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Heisman Winner [119711]
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Good for you, Tug!
Mar 28, 2022, 3:52 PM
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Buncha young cubicle whippersnappers in here think they tough! ????
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Lot o points [181005]
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76, 40 bags of mulch!***
Mar 28, 2022, 3:56 PM
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Yep, you can count?***
Mar 28, 2022, 3:58 PM
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Lot o points [181005]
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Can you take a joke worse than Will Smith?
Mar 28, 2022, 4:00 PM
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lol
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If it was a joke, sure….***
Mar 28, 2022, 4:02 PM
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That's hurts me at 30 something....
Mar 28, 2022, 4:17 PM
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So there's that
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Re: That's hurts me at 30 something....
Mar 28, 2022, 4:40 PM
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At 30 I was a fat happy guy. My goal was to be the best pool player in Charlotte.
Near 40 took up jogging when a neighbor moved in with a "drop dead" type beautiful wife.
Life throws us curves.
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Nice. And funny enough typo.... Meant something ??***
Mar 28, 2022, 4:50 PM
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Oculus Spirit [93668]
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You're still breathing.
Mar 28, 2022, 4:19 PM
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As long as, you've nothing to moan about. I'll be 70 in June. I had my first heart attack at age 32 and at least a dozen since. Two open heart surgeries and a roto rooter on the two arteries which remain open.
I'm praising God for keeping me alive longer than any man in my family. I'm going to heaven but I ain't in no big hurry to git there.
Congratulations on living long and being primarily healthy.
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Re: You're still breathing.
Mar 28, 2022, 4:44 PM
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Same back at you.
We adjust as to what life brings us. Looking back, it is very interesting.
You and I have reached 70, still having some fun. Kids are thinking about 10- 50 years down the road. We are glad if we wake up and see we remain.
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Oculus Spirit [93668]
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The new word is conversate, not converse.
Mar 28, 2022, 6:28 PM
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Converse is a shoe. You are so white.
I don't like the word commentator either. Commenter is all they are.
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Re: The new word is conversate, not converse.
Mar 28, 2022, 6:40 PM
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... does my lack of communication skills reveal I am white or ?
I may have bad grammar or misspell. I hate when my low bred a ss is exposed.
U R the man. Thanks for the slam.
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