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and I don't like it one little bit. Since my eyes are also getting old I decided to install an under cabinet fixture in my kitchen so I picked up the light the last time I was in town and got started yesterday right after breakfast. I figured I'd be done by noon and I was but it turned out to be noon today. I grant you fishing wire in insulated walls is time consuming and I had to redo the gerry rigged florescent fixtures the old farmer that owned the place before me had installed before I could tie into them but I still figure it would have been a 4-5 hour job back in the day. I still need to pick up the tools and clean up but I had to stop for some ibuprofen and beer. I'm whipped.....
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Welcome to the club, Charlie! I'll bet your project was done right, though! I think you have a few years on me, but I know it's not the years as much as the miles. Every year I add to the list of things I can't/won't do anymore. Guys our age have earned supervisor status. If only we had someone to boss around...
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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And, I'm powerful afraid it will get worse before it gets any better.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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My dad is 65(?) years old and still going pretty damn good considering. Outside with me everyday since last November.
He will never retire. It'd kill him.
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I worked as a carpenter for 30+ years until my back did me in Barry. And then as a superintendent for another 14 until a tumor in my neck forced me to retire and I can tell you without a doubt that having someone to boss around isn't near as fun as one might think. Imagine a child care center for forty year old's. I've made it to 67 though so I guess I'm doing ok...be doing a lot better if it wasn't for this dam back.
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Charlie, You must be doing something right though because you're doing a lot better than some I know. My BIL is in his mid-50s and is a physical wreck.
Back issues mess up a lot of people. That's what happened my BIL.
What did you do to your back?
Hang in there, spring is a comin'
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Charlie, You must be doing something right though because you're doing a lot better than some I know. My BIL is in his mid-50s and is a physical wreck.
Back issues mess up a lot of people. That's what happened my BIL.
What did you do to your back?
Hang in there, spring is a comin' It's just worn out from hard work Lonny. The last MRI I had shows three vertibra (SP?) that have actually fussed themselves together. I guess that happens when you wear out the padding stuff in between em. I can still shoot squirrels and coyotes and run my little trap line though so I can't bitch to much.
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The joints seem to last only so long. My first was the left shoulder, and I'm right handed. Shoveling, or thronging hay bales I suppose the left does the lifting, and the right steers.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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At 73 I have to say "Screw the golden years!"
"There's more to optics than meets the eye."--anon
"...most of us would be better off losing half a pound around the waist than half a pound on our rifle."--dhg
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I can still shoot squirrels and coyotes though. You sure can! I seem to remember you spilling some blood in this spot.
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Yes, screw the golden years, you say! Any better ideas than to live longer?
I recall Jack Palance doing one arm pushups at the age of 70. I need to get into shape!
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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I am 71 with a heart stent, bad knees, AFib, and can't hear hardly at all. Got my cataracts removed and now I can see again.......see that I am in bad shape.
But it beats the alternative.
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I can still shoot squirrels and coyotes though. You sure can! I seem to remember you spilling some blood in this spot. I love it up there....that's definitely a special piece of dirt....
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I'm almost 67, got arthritis, bad hearing, bad shoulders, but I ain't about to quit. Wrestled 3 calves down yesterday, banded 2 and tagged one, and felt like I'd done a days work afterword. But, I wouldn't have it any other way. Got a full days work ahead of me today....got to do some work in the high tunnel, prune and spray some fruit trees, would like to plant some peas, and need to spread fertilizer on pasture and hay ground. I've learned that it all doesn't have to be done today, and that a little after lunch nap sometimes makes the day go by better.
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I guess Rick needs to open a geezer forum!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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The joints seem to last only so long. My first was the left shoulder, and I'm right handed. Shoveling, or thronging hay bales I suppose the left does the lifting, and the right steers. One is labor, the other management!
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender
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ironbender, This is the Geezer forum, (Code is Rural Living, Psst, don't tell anyone!)
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o "May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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If this is the Gezzer forum, I'm in the right place, I have been hunting and guiding 5 day's a week since oct. 1 we have taken over 350 white tails about 250 pigs and just over 100 exotics, don't know how many coyotes and bobcats, and then throw in some damn good Quail and Dove hunts, this week is the last week of hunting season and I am glad it's over for another year.
I am gett'in to damn old for this crap, I need some time to build a couple of rifles and fix a couple of hand guns and load some ammo for next year, hell i'm only 80 years old and still have a lot to do, but I think I will rest up next week for a few days first. Rio7
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If this is the Gezzer forum, I'm in the right place, I have been hunting and guiding 5 day's a week since oct. 1 we have taken over 350 white tails about 250 pigs and just over 100 exotics, don't know how many coyotes and bobcats, and then throw in some damn good Quail and Dove hunts, this week is the last week of hunting season and I am glad it's over for another year.
I am gett'in to damn old for this crap, I need some time to build a couple of rifles and fix a couple of hand guns and load some ammo for next year, hell i'm only 80 years old and still have a lot to do, but I think I will rest up next week for a few days first. Rio7 Hard schedule to keep up. You need a youngster or two that know their stuff, and you trust to help you. Enjoying a leisurely cup of coffee rates right up there with a good night's sleep.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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ironbender, This is the Geezer forum, (Code is Rural Living, Psst, don't tell anyone!) Got it.
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli
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