home brewer Loc: Fort Wayne, Indiana

Dan
I was not bragging; but, just saying I am blessed to have good health. When I reached 69 I returned to the gym after 35 years at sitting at a desk as mechanical design engineer. I still hit the gym 5 days a week to lift free weights to gain strength and over come hockey knee injuries and back injuries from other bad ideas I had in the past. I am at best half as strong as I was at 22 and maybe even 40. At 73 getting stronger is a slow process. It is frustrating to know that I can no longer do what I used to do.

At the end of most days the left knee hurts enough that I am thinking of seeing the doctor who last year told me after looking at the latest X-ray that he was surprised I was not in a lot of pain. A year ago I was not in much pain

Mr. SONY Loc: LI, NY

What I went through with him when his car battery died.
He asked me to recharge it for him.
He believed his battery wasn't worn out; it just needed a charge.
To get his car started so he could go to his mechanic and buy a new battery,
I had to use two battery chargers in parallel on boost mode plus my MB 300E to get his car started.
Went to his mechanic and bought a battery.
He wouldn't let him change it because he didn't want his mechanic to recharge HIS battery and sell it to someone else.
So, he took his old worn-out battery home and had my oldest son replace it for him.
He had my son put that worn-out battery in his trunk so he could find, 'a good person' to recharge that worn-out battery.
See I wasn't a good guy because I wouldn't, couldn't recharge that worn-out battery.
That battery sat in his trunk until he could no longer drive.

Some of the stuff that man believed would make you laugh your head off.
Only Manhattan Island was New York City.
Not Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island or The Bronx.
How about The Throgs Neck Bridge went to Connecticut, not The Bronx.

I built a house with no studs in the walls.
Spent 7 years listening to that idiot tell me there is vent in the crawl space bring dirty air into his apartment.
I showed him the heating system right to face, explained everything as to how it worked.
Showed him brochures, and installation manuals.
It was all over his head.
That stupid man still insisted he was right and there was vent in the crawl space.
Then the moron began complaining to me that the fan in the central air-conditioning compressor outside was blowing dirty air into his apartment.
Again, there was no way explaining to him that that fan was just pulling air through the coils to cool them after the freon was compressed.
That was so far over his head.
Showing him that there were only two copper pipes and an electrical cable connecting the air-conditioner to the home
how did the air get inside the house. His response, 'it just did'. LOL.

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

At 83 it's not a question of getting stronger, just maintaining what's there. I do the gym 5 days a week because I don't have the farm any more. But arthritis is getting to me anyway. And a pacemaker. And cataract removals. Getting old is not for wimps. And much of being old is thinking old.

Just remember that the greatest cause of injuries in old men is thinking they are young men. Been there, done that.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

Jerry, you and I are almost of the same 'age'. I'd like to share something with you, and all UHH members who would be motivated to read this. When anyone me my age (and so few do), I will tell them the age of my birth certificate. Then I will add: "My brain does not believe that number, every." If they push further, "what age does your brain believe you are?", I'll tell them 35, 40 at the most.

Do I do everything now that I did when 35? I've cut back on two things: (a) climbing a 40 foot extension ladder, and (b) rollerblading. That's it. I continue to teach, now into my 55th. year, because it is still fun to do, and it is great 'mental health'. And while my students are typically 22-26, we connect rather well before class. Yes, it is a 'mental state', more than a 'physical state'.

Stephan G

Why would you put on a 77 year old roof on your house. Something to do with your neighborhood specs? Or registry?

And with some, Aging does come with diminishing wisdom.

I do forget who said that.

Serious for the moment: What is becoming rarer is the exposure to experienced Artisans. This makes age a deal-breaker. Modern people have become unaccustomed to experienced older folks who can do the job.

elliott937 Loc: St. Louis

Okay, time to mix humor with reality. Go to Youtube.com, and enter Millenials. You'll see several, the one I want you to see and to laugh, the one titled YOU'VE GOTTA LOVE MILLENIALS by Micar Tyler. You'll see four images of him, side by side. THEN, get ready to see the 'truth', and to laugh your sides out.
Bill

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

It's getting close to Christmas. Soon you will see an old man on the roof of many different houses, probably not too far away. He may be accompanied by several reindeer.

He's MUCH older than 77.

Canisdirus

Actually I think saying your age is advantageous.

It filters through a bunch of phone calls that you would not receive from employers who are not going to hire you.

The ones that know your age...see your willingness and experience....those are the only calls you want.

No calls...you have your answer...though not desirable...but there it is at least...you know.

edmixon Loc: Orange County CA

Bravo!!! Thx.

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

Years ago the Sheriff of Sedgwick County, Kansas was filmed standing on the seat of his motorcycle chatting with the driver of an 18-wheeler while the two vehicles cruised down the highway at speed. This was before the 55 MPH era. He ran for higher office, but was not successful. I wonder if that film had anything to do with his later election results.

Lucasdv123

I will be 68 in February and in mid August I installed a camera surveillance system. My son was doing the ground work and I was the guy in the attic running the wires in 130 degree heat.i also had a 30 year old kid that called me last week wanting my help taking out an old telephone system and placing single line telephones.the customer was going in with 2 lines and a fax.i disconnected all the wiring going to the old system,toned out existing wiring,placed 5 new phones and connected the fax machine I a couple of hours.this job was a walk in the park with 48 years of telephone experience under my belt.i even got paid $150 for that walk in the park and got him to volunteer to help me for free whenever I get a similar job so he could learn more.i told him he need to work smarter not harder.my hat is off to all of us experienced old guys with all that wealth of knowledge and experience on whatever it is that we know.those young pups may be stronger than us but don't even get close.good luck.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Funny, but I picked 37 as the age I "really" was. Works for me.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

He was just trying to flatter you.