Feeling Old...

[accadacca]

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Lately I have been feeling old. Below are a list of items that made me wonder:

1 - I buy tires for my truck that don't make as much noise. Cause I don't like the noise anymore. :eek2:

2 - I feel that I need body armor to ride the spine (on the Wasatch crest trail.) :roll:

3 - A young buck at work asks, "So how fast have you taken that BMW (motorcycle)?" I respond, "I don't know perhaps 100, when I was passing someone" :lame:

4 - The drunk neighbors piss me off when they stay up late. :assault:
5 - I think firework are annoying... :wedgie:
6 - I have to write little notes to help me remember stuff. Like a carburetor setting that I did last summer. :bootyshake:

Anyone in the same boat? Or am I the only 31 year old that feels
OLD...could a mid life crisis be coming on? :fakelaugh: :ne_nau:

[derstuka]

:frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated:

Lately I have been feeling old. Below are a list of items that made me wonder:

1 - I buy tires for my truck that don't make as much noise. Cause I don't like the noise anymore. :eek2: :

I do the same, and also buy tires that will last longer, as opposed to being the coolest and most aggressive.



2 - I feel that I need body armor to ride the spine (on the Wasatch crest trail.) :roll:

I used to wear more body armor when I was younger, however, now I actually wear less...mostly because of the added weight going uphill and how hot you get from wearing it.



3 - A young buck at work asks, "So how fast have you taken that BMW (motorcycle)?" I respond, "I don't know perhaps 100, when I was passing someone" :lame:

Makes me thing of what an ass I was growing up always topping out my FZR600 around 140-145 with only a helmet and a cheesy jackets, even a few times t-shirt and shorts. We used to do 1/4 mile runs down my street with only a t-shirt and shorts on, NO HELMET! I cannot even remember the last time I had my FZR1000 topped out.



4 - The drunk neighbors piss me off when they stay up late. :assault:

I really agree with this. It really pisses me off when people have total disregard for who they live by, and throw parties all the time.



5 - I think firework are annoying... :wedgie: :

I see the Sea World fireworks from my place every single night (during the summer) at 9:54pm, so you could say that I don't care for them as much anymore...though I still do LOVE to get some illegal ones and set them off.



6 - I have to write little notes to help me remember stuff. Like a carburetor setting that I did last summer. :bootyshake:

Shit, I have to put little reminders in my cell phone for dr appt's and such, otherwise I will forget them! I swear that I forget so many little things sometimes.



Anyone in the same boat? Or am I the only 31 year old that feels OLD...could a mid life crisis be coming on? :fakelaugh: :ne_nau

Yeah, I feel old sometimes now, but it sure does make me feel good when I smoke some young bucks on the trail.

[savanna3313]

:frustrated: :frustrated: :frustrated:
Anyone in the same boat? Or am I the only 31 year old that feels
OLD...could a mid life crisis be coming on? :fakelaugh: :ne_nau:

I think you are WAY too young to be feeling a mid-life crisis coming on darlin'. :nod: I'm old enough to be your....well....er, umm......your baby-sitter at one time - yeah, that's it :five: and I don't plan to have a mid-life crisis for years to come. Sounds to me like you've just been working too many hours and need a break from the routine. :cool2:

I do identify with the post-it notes though.......it's practically wallpaper in my office. :haha: Age is purely a state of mind - if you've got one left. :lol8:

[rockgremlin]

I share your same thoughts, although I think with age comes wisdom. As we age safety becomes more of a priority, and shapes most of our decisions. I can remember a time when I did intermediate-advanced slot canyons in a t-shirt and shorts. Now I wouldn't do it without a helmet, wetsuit, first aid kit, and a bunch of other backup safety gadgets.

Inconsiderate jackasses are much more annoying now than ever (like your neighbors). Just move to Monticello (pop. 2100) - it's nice and quiet here! :haha:

[Shan]

Hey I'm 30 and that sounds like me.

But I don't take it as getting older. Heck I don't feel old at all, minus a few aches and pains here and there.

I can't believe people my age have multiple children already! I don't even feel old enough to think about children yet.

[rock_ski_cowboy]

I share your same thoughts, although I think with age comes wisdom. As we age safety becomes more of a priority, and shapes most of our decisions. I can remember a time when I did intermediate-advanced slot canyons in a t-shirt and shorts. Now I wouldn't do it without a helmet, wetsuit, first aid kit, and a bunch of other backup safety gadgets. :haha:

Uh oh. I got old early :eek2:

[rockgremlin]

I share your same thoughts, although I think with age comes wisdom. As we age safety becomes more of a priority, and shapes most of our decisions. I can remember a time when I did intermediate-advanced slot canyons in a t-shirt and shorts. Now I wouldn't do it without a helmet, wetsuit, first aid kit, and a bunch of other backup safety gadgets. :haha:

Uh oh. I got old early :eek2:

I think you just "wised-up" sooner than me... :lol8:

[Sombeech]

To combat this disease, I've started hitting the treadmill 3X a week, and hitting a trail once a week.

When my uncle, 18 years older than me, kicks my butt up any mtn bike trail (and he's a novice), that's when I decide that AGE is not the factor I should really fear.

[rockgremlin]

AGE is not the factor I should really fear.

I agree. I've seen many 50 year olds who have a better physique than your average 30-yr-old.

Another thing to consider is...notice the ages of all of the most popular professional body builders (Jay Cutler (32), Ronny Coleman (41), etc). Most of them are into their 30s and 40s, and they look absolutely amazing! :stud:

[Sombeech]

Most of them are into their 30s and 40s, and they look absolutely amazing! :stud:

Yeah, I know how it feels to look absolutely amazing also.

[Shan]

50 is the new 30!

The owner of a local bike shop is 55 I think and just took up biking. He already kicks our butts.

What is the secret to being so active later in life? What do I need to do? Do I control it, or are some people just going to be more beat up than others?

My dad who is only 51, but looks 70 thinks people who ski/bike/hike past 40 are just freaks of nature and got lucky. He really does.

[rockgremlin]

Well, there are people that are more genetically "gifted" than others, but I think on the whole if you maintain a steady exercise routine, and eat right, you should maintain a pretty decent physique throughout your life regardless of age.

[rock_ski_cowboy]

my grandpa is like 78 or something and still walks with his dogs 2 miles a day. That along with a high fruit, grain, and vegetable diet (but not vegetarian) and choosing his fats wisely ( canola or olive oil) and him and my grandma are both in stellar shape. My other grandpa was a farmer, worked hard until he was 75 and was in awesome shape (regardless of the crap he ate) until cancer came.

Its no secret, excercise and a healthy diet make alot of the difference, with genetics and luck coming to play as well.

[Shan]

I remember reading about agine in a National Geographic. They had some other factors that really play into centarians.

-having a close family or friends network
-having a religion or faith
-then a healthy diet.

I don't have the first 2! I must be screwed then.

[hesse15]

i feel old too
going 35
when is better for the sake of the view to do not wear a thong anymore on the beach, i am fearing that soon will come the day i have to wear short for public decency (gello does not look nice in bikini!!! :cry:

[Iceaxe]

The drunk neighbors piss me off when they stay up late.

Good thing you don't live next to me..... I party my ass off 24/7 :cheers:

I bet my wife and I are the only older couple in all of Draper who the cops visit several times a year and tell us to quite the party down. :rockon: :drums:

I think you are just bummed because the neighbor didn't invite you to the party. :cry1:

Sheeetttt..... there will be time enough for sleeping when you are dead. :banana:

:rockit:

[R]

I turned 43 today, and I might be in the best shape of my life. Factors contributing to this might include...

-Hiking more than ever
-Living in the country and working outside a bunch
-Playing tennis more-or-less weekly
-Vegan diet (it's impossible to be morose or obese when you are constantly farting)
-Married to a wonderful woman, extinguishing all those years of miserable loneliness
-Too old and senile to realize how old and senile I am

-?

[DickHead]

Everyone here (I think) knows what I do. Its a job that required a mentally acuitiy that favors the young. Back in '81 Regan fired about 70% of the controller workforce. In the '90s, Clinton hired a small number back to kiss some union booty. Most came back to smaller airports so they could get some of thier retirement. Then there's Steve. Steve is 57, has been back for a few years. He's an extremely astute controller, and one would never guess he had an almost 20 year hiatus from separating airplanes. He also is a mountaineer, kayaker, back country skiier. He is an animal, and can hike anyone of the younger guys at work, and almost any he comes across, into the ground. He logs thousands of vertical a week. Again, he's 57.

[Sombeech]

it's impossible to be morose or obese when you are constantly farting

Now I've got a reason!

[DaveOU812]

I'm only 22 but I'm the exact same way as you older folk. My knees hurt when it rains. My shoulder hurts to move. Anytime someone talks to me my immediate answer is "HUH?" or "WHAT?" I write everything down so as not to forget it. In fact I know I have one waiting at my house but I can't remember what it says. How does that work? I'm not even old yet but I feel like I'm 35 sometimes.

[greyhair biker]

Oh what's a little pain now & then?! I'm pushing 42 in August & still do stuff the younger ones can't! Fourtycal & I can absolutely kick butt still on the bikes & we're pretty close to the same age. I DO NOT PLAN ON 'GETTING OLD' ( grey doesnt count!) For the 4th I took some teenagers biking for a few hours & then we came home and floated the Green River for 3 more hours, & then partied the rest of the night - I'll just take longer to mend is all :ne_nau: " I got something to say, it's better to burn out than to fade away!" :rockon:

[greyhair biker]

You don't really believe all that do you? :ride: :cripple:

[Cirrus2000]

Turned 41 in May. After 14 years of non-physically demanding work, I'm finally getting back into shape - a shape that is much less round. I started climbing stairs - up and down. I work in an airport control tower, 316 stairs up to work from ground level, and go up and down the whole way 3 to 6 times per shift. I'm also making a point of hiking at least once a week, 2500 to 4000 feet vertical, and 8-10 miles. (Bought a Jeep last week to get me there... Hey, that alone makes me feel younger - wind in the hair, bugs in the teeth.) I'm also eating better - less fat and crap, smaller (slightly) portions.

I've lost 25 pounds in the last 4 months. Another 15 and I'll weigh what I did at 21.

Yeah, I wear earplugs when I go see Bad Religion or the Dropkick Murphys, etc., but that's just so I can hear the airplanes calling the next day at work. I've got a few more years before retirement, and can't afford to medical out yet.

My knee hurts, but it's done that since I dropped 1500 pounds of granite on my leg 15 years ago. My big toe hurts - apparently it's trying to fuse to my foot. My body aches after a hard hike. Whatever - that's what vitamin I is for. All hail ibuprofen and the miracle of modern chemistry.

Old? No way! And if this is my version of a mid-life crisis, I welcome it.

[stefan]

And if this is my version of a mid-life crisis, I welcome it.

sounds more like a midlife resolution :2thumbs:

[Iceaxe]

Last night a friend told me.....

"Damn, I must be getting old. I used to get horny when it got dark, now I just get sleepy."

:roflol:

[wojo342]

I turned 46 this year and feel great. I credit that to staying busy, enjoying the outdoors, clean living and a good wife. I still have aches and pains but who doesn't? It's all a matter of perspective. If you want to get old, and act like it, you will. Other wise, the old adage "your'e only as old as you feel" is true.

[Shan]

I turned 46 this year and feel great. I credit that to staying busy, enjoying the outdoors, clean living and a good wife. I still have aches and pains but who doesn't? It's all a matter of perspective. If you want to get old, and act like it, you will. Other wise, the old adage "your'e only as old as you feel" is true.

Well what if you're aches and pains make you feel 92 and you're only 30. Yet you do eat well, stay active, lift weights, and all that? And you're physical therapist even knows where you live.

[stefan]

Hey I'm 30 ....

I can't believe people my age have multiple children already! I don't even feel old enough to think about children yet.

totally feel the same way!!

[accadacca]

Someone down the street had fireworks going off on Wednesday night! :frustrated: Perhaps they couldn't read the calendar? :fakelaugh:

I am getting OLD and PISSED!! :lol8:

Rockgremlin and I used to raise hell with fireworks and even light fires in the gutters. Hell, we used to tie those popper fireworks with the strings on both ends to old ladies doors in the neighborhood.
That was a laugh when we knocked, ran and they opened... :roflol:

[stefan]

What is the secret to being so active later in life? What do I need to do? Do I control it, or are some people just going to be more beat up than others?



as far as i can tell, it's basically doing it continually. i've spoken to many older people who are very active...50-80 years old. what i gather is that the older you get you can look forward to slowing down a bit and needing more time to recover...but your endurance stays with you for the long run. the most important thing is to keep a regular pace, cause you lose your fitness quickly. i think this is what you CAN control.

what you can't control seems to be how long you can go before your body just can't take it anymore. i know a guy who did some serious canyoneering/backpacking through his early 70s, and within a span of a couple of years had to completely stop and now is very stiff and has some pain. it completely shocked me how rapidly it occurred. i looked up to this guy and still do. i just hope i can go as long as he did!

[wojo342]

I really think alot of it is genetics too. My father is a rock and he is in his late 60s. He can out-walk me, outlift me...whatever. He has always been that way. His dad is still alive in his 90s. Grandpa's body is great but he suffers from Alzheimers. I hope I inherit some of those longevity genes.

[Shan]

Wow, that is great! You do have good genes on your side!

No male on my dad's side has lived past 50. So my 51 y.o. father thinks he's only got a few more years to spare so why bother living a healthy life. He's very aged. However, I don't know if that is genetics there or just poor lifestyle choices. Sad either way.

[rockgremlin]

I really think alot of it is genetics too. My father is a rock and he is in his late 60s. He can out-walk me, outlift me...whatever. He has always been that way. His dad is still alive in his 90s. Grandpa's body is great but he suffers from Alzheimers. I hope I inherit some of those longevity genes.

I may have Alzheimer's.....

....but at least I don't have Alzheimer's.

:roflol:

[greyhair biker]

I look at my Dad, who, at 65 is dreadfully old - at least in his own mind. He hasn't taken good care of him self and is now paying for it. I decided years ago that I wasnt going to end up like him and I can honestly say I am in much better shape than he was at my age. I might act like him in lots of ways but what can you expect eh? Last year I took my family to Kauai and taught my 17 year old how to surf...is that cool or what!!!? My job is entirely physically demanding so I get a workout all the time. when I 'rest' I fall asleep(heehee) NOW, on another note...my massage therapist and my chiropractor know me intimately...I could NOT afford NOT to go to them every couple of weeks...and me & ibuprofin, we be mates! :ne_nau: