Getting old is a PITA

49 now, joined this current forum when I was 28, I was on the one prior to this though in 2001 for sure.

I can't say I feel any different to be honest, I walk a few miles a day, do at least 50 pushups a day. Sometimes go out at the weekend till 5am, showing the 20 year olds how to actually dance like a headless chicken!
 
Penfold101 said:
I’m 42, had my first child 6 months ago. He was 5 days old when we got chatting to a 95 year old in Sainsbury’s out doing her weekly shop by herself.
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Was working at a woman's flat the other week. She was 92 and living on a first floor flat. She had a stair lift but didn't use it. She kept going out to put rubbish in the outside bins.
I kept saying I'll take that down for you but she wouldn't have it. She said it's my exercise and I like to go outside.

My heart was in my mouth every time she went down them.
 
dcsarge said:
@DXP55 Well if nothing else you have motivated me to find the right spares and replace the kitchen tap cartridges. The drip has been getting worse but I kept putting it off :p.
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Don't get motivated too much -About 4 yrs ago I had my head under the sink renewing pipes and putting isolator valves on and a new tap -The tap cartridges were done last year but we had a water metre fitted in July and copper dust got in the tap so the joints had a load of vasaline on from last time and I have got in habit of not wrenching thing up bar tight.
 
sprite1275 said:
Was working at a woman's flat the other week. She was 92 and living on a first floor flat. She had a stair lift but didn't use it. She kept going out to put rubbish in the outside bins.
I kept saying I'll take that down for you but she wouldn't have it. She said it's my exercise and I like to go outside.

My heart was in my mouth every time she went down them.
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This reminds me when we went to St Ives for the day in summer.

We couldn't find parking so parked at the top of the hill at the leisure centre. Walking down the hill towards the beach and an old chap, collapsed and died in front of us. Anyway at the end of the day, we were walking back up the same hill and I saw this little old lady walking up the hill, got to have been in her late 80s, early 90s and all I could think about was the chap from earlier. This lady walked up that hill better than me and said she does it all the time. Meanwhile I thought I was going to need an oxygen mask for myself.
 
I'm 60 and retired a year ago, used to write advanced software for control systems.

Mentally I feel the same as I always have, I read, keep up to date with computer software & hardware, currently I'm doing an OU course in Geology.

I go to the gym a couple of times a week, go walking & cycling, climbed three mountains in the Lake District a few weeks ago.

Feel much fitter than I did a year ago - keep active as you get older it helps a lot.
 
DampDog said:
I don't know about it being a PITA but there is a realisation that my best years are now behind me. I'm closing in on 63 and the past few years have been awful. What's the saying, you know you're getting old when you go to more funerals than weddings. During the past couple of years I've lost 2 very close friends all within a few years of me. I grew-up with one of them and the other, has been a mate for 25+ years. I miss them very much; they were my sounding boards, someone to share life's ups and downs with and have a rant at all the usual calamities the world throws our way. On top of that my aunt died very suddenly which rocked the whole family to its core.
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For me it is when it changes from going to your friend's parents funerals, to your friends, that you realise you ARE the older generation.
 
I was just staring my career with my "current" employer when I joined the forums as a young 31 year old with no idea on life, had recently moved back home to live with my mum (she was diagnosed with cancer, so I didn't move back because I had no money and all because she could do with the help, and I will fight anyone who says otherwise ;)). Now 16 years later, I own my own house (mortgage free), have a career in a good industry (telecoms and IT), earn a decent wage and am pretty healthy (if a little chubby). I can't even say I miss the hair I had back then as I started losing that at 18.

I read somewhere that you get an age spurt at 44 and 60 and must admit I definitely started feeling less young when I hit 44, but at least I have my sister who will always be older than me and hits 50 next year, so I get 2 years to rub that in before I have the same fate.
 
I'm 34, but feel 64 with three kids 5 and under haha.

I work with a lot of students. Recently mentioned a story about the Rugrats, and not one of the students knew what I was talking about. Absolutely devastated tbh.
 
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I lost my job as IT Manager at the start of the year when the company went under, I turned 60 in the summer and I'm now thinking I'll probably not work again. I'm getting by on a private pension that kicked in when I hit 60, but missing having a proper salary. I'm also now looking after my 88 year old Mum, so working full-time again wouldn't be ideal - the joys of getting older !
 
When I started this thread it was one month after my younger bro died - He was 77 and would have been 78 on 24th Nov.
For 5 weeks after his death the wife and I had to travel from Whitchurch to Halesown in Brum to clean out his 68ft narrow boat - a shed and a rented garage. All were full of junk virtually full blown horder.
The 114 mile return trip was a nightmare -A41 -M54 -M6 -M5 and at 80 I can assure you all it wasn't a nice ride - I stayed on motorway because it was all going in the same direction.

His health hasn't been good for years -He lived with Mom till she died in 2005 and she didn't feed them both with good food. One day when I worked in Brum I popped in dinner time and at 12.30 she said I have to put spuds on for brother L as he will be home at 2.00.
They must have been mush.
He was also a heavy smoker which didn't help - His coughing was not nice to hear.

So at the time of writing we were wacked -I have never seen so much junk - He even stored his P60 all the way from mid 80's so you can imagine what else he horded.
He did have some good tools though - I have bagged Snap-on 3 tier tool box with loads of AF/Whit spanner and also not so much Metric - Loads of power tools and millions of resisters ? don't ask me.
Can anyone remember Robot magazine ? Never heard of it till found two very large plastric boxes full to brim of them.

So yes when I posted, life at that point was a PITA - It's getting sorted but he still hasn't been cremated - His solicitor is the executor.
We have a funny family -My younger bro (parasite) said oh oh when I told him then he asked what has he left for us- This was wednesday and he said can you get it all done by Sat as we are off on holiday. I have not heard from him since.

This is a bit of a ramble but life is quietly going back to normal .
It also make you realise- there but for the grace of God.
He did die quickly which is the only good thing.
 
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