Getting old
Jul 4, 2021 11:21:47 #
You don't realize how old you are until you sit on the floor and then try to get back up.
I'm at that age where my mind still thinks I'm 29, my humor suggests I'm 12, while my body mostly keeps asking if I'm sure I'm not dead yet.
I see people about my age mountain climbing; I feel good getting my leg through my underwear without losing my balance.
It's weird being the same age as old people.
Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the house.
A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer than men who mention it.
I'm at that age where my mind still thinks I'm 29, my humor suggests I'm 12, while my body mostly keeps asking if I'm sure I'm not dead yet.
I see people about my age mountain climbing; I feel good getting my leg through my underwear without losing my balance.
It's weird being the same age as old people.
Having plans sounds like a good idea until you have to put on clothes and leave the house.
A recent study has found women who carry a little extra weight live longer than men who mention it.
Jul 4, 2021 11:42:02 #
Jul 4, 2021 11:48:30 #
Jul 4, 2021 11:49:37 #
The only good thing about getting older is that it beats the alternative.
Jul 4, 2021 12:01:07 #
UTMike wrote:
The only good thing about getting older is that it beats the alternative.
Boy howdy!
Jul 4, 2021 12:02:48 #
“Can you imagine us years from today
Sharing a park bench quietly.
How terribly strange to be seventy. “
Sharing a park bench quietly.
How terribly strange to be seventy. “
Jul 4, 2021 12:27:39 #
Jul 4, 2021 13:07:50 #
wrangler5
Loc: Missouri
UTMike wrote: The only good thing about getting older is that it beats the alternative.
Well, I'm not sure my mother would have agreed during the last few years she was "alive" - in a hospice.
Well, I'm not sure my mother would have agreed during the last few years she was "alive" - in a hospice.
Jul 4, 2021 13:35:29 #
wrangler5 wrote:
UTMike wrote: The only good thing about getting older is that it beats the alternative.
Well, I'm not sure my mother would have agreed during the last few years she was "alive" - in a hospice.
Well, I'm not sure my mother would have agreed during the last few years she was "alive" - in a hospice.
I guess you didn't get his drift.
Jul 4, 2021 14:13:15 #
nimbushopper wrote:
You don't realize how old you are until you sit on... (show quote)
The response to "Does this dress make me look fat"?s NOT no. it's your fat that makes you look fat.
Jul 4, 2021 16:15:33 #
Jul 4, 2021 18:08:12 #
nimbushopper wrote:
You don't realize how old you are until you sit on... (show quote)
the doctors I see, always start off by saying " at your age"....... lucky to be alive..............i cannot get uo from the floor either.LOL
Jul 4, 2021 20:35:05 #
When I was young (last millennium) I was able to cross my legs and lower myself to the floor and sit on my heels. I could then reverse the process and stand up without using my hands.
That ship sailed a few decades back. Now I need to use my hands and some extra leverage and maintain my balance somehow.
It would be nice to be 70 again.
That ship sailed a few decades back. Now I need to use my hands and some extra leverage and maintain my balance somehow.
It would be nice to be 70 again.
Jul 4, 2021 22:41:34 #
ricosurfs
Loc: Santa Cruz, Ca.
nimbushopper wrote:
You don't realize how old you are until you sit on... (show quote)
I'm 67and a half years OLD/young with a brand new hip "9 months ago." I like the line about having trouble standing up. My problem was until yesterday, popping up from a prone position to standing up on my surfboard. I just had to re-learn it by bending my back leg before popping up. It really helped and now I'm a surfer again. Lucky me because my Osteopath and PT guys both said I'll never be able to do it. Hopefully you to will get YOUNG again.
Jul 5, 2021 05:45:10 #
nimbushopper wrote:
You don't realize how old you are until you sit on... (show quote)
I was 93 in January, and have had some of the problems noted - though not quite so bad - for the past year or so. As I may have relayed previously, I coached and played full court basketball until a bad motorcycle accident in Phoenix at about 85, where I was in the hospital for over a month with broken toes, broken leg and broken neck. I still ride, but don't play BB any more. In the mid-span of my life I never saw a doctor for anything for probably 50 years, but your age WILL catch up eventually; it's just something to deal with! - and make the best of.
Loren - in Beautiful Baguio City
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