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I'll be 71 in a couple weeks. I hit the gym 5 days a week, hike and climb hills for 2.5-3.5 miles afterward. I've lost 40 lbs since I retired and dropped my A1c by from 10 to 5.9 in the last 10 years. Doing it mostly so I can pheasant hunt with my son and our buddies. We've been to South Dakota twice this year. According to the phone app I walked up to 10 miles a day on those hunts. Glad not all of it was cattails!
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IDK, I'll be 70 this year, it's starting to sound old....
"...A man's rights rest in three boxes: the ballot box, the jury box and the cartridge box..." Frederick Douglass, 1867
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Campfire Kahuna
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At the young age of eighty, I wonder what the Good Lord want's me to do for Him.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Yeah , me too , but I’m gonna keep on with it long as I can
Get past this leg thing I’m going to get back into some hiking and graduate to a loaded pack , I hope
Kenneth
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![[Linked Image from brain.northwestern.edu]](https://www.brain.northwestern.edu/images/aging-trajectory.png) The reason retirement was set as 65 is it an expiration date. Your product is not selling. At 72 I can still do chin ups and push ups like a young man, but counting down from 100 by 7's is hard. I retired at 57, the week Obama was elected. I did not want work and pay him taxes... grumpy old man syndrome.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Spent seven hours in the truck yesterday moving farm equipment and picking up a load of lumber for barn siding. The old man met me when I sat down last night.
Back aches. Sore muscles. Bumps and scrapes. All signs that I am still alive! Thank you, Lord!
Joshua 1:9
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Campfire Kahuna
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We shall never be this young again. Enjoy life.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Hangovers hurt more than they used to
Actually, so does everything else.
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70 in
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The number one reason old men get hurt is because they think they are still young men. It's tough. Started 10 years ago when I realized my then 70 year old Dad wasn't near what he used to be. Now, I realize this 54 year old isn't what I used to be. The guy who used to grab logs and they moved, or didn't, now puts a certain amount of stress on his body....and just knows to stop. And I have a 6 foot tall, gorilla of a drywaller, future son in law, who is stronger than i ever was. Road clearing, logs and rocks I would have easily carried off the road 30 years ago? That boy lifts over his head and Tarzan throws into the woods. Dad drives the truck, I run the saw, Nathan makes us feel worthless!😟
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Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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How old would you be if you didn’t know the day you were born?
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Campfire Kahuna
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Sachel Paige, "How old would be if you didn't know how old you waz?"
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 I had known I was going to live this long I would have taken a LOT better care of myself. I never planned to live past my 30's. It sucks when a plan falls apart.
I am always looking for factory wood stocks!
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70 in
march, still fighting him In July and still fighting him too. New knee 6 months ago and back in a gym, gonna keep at it until I can't.
Never take life to seriously, after all ,no one gets out of it alive.
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I have been trying to keep the old man out for the last five years. He snuck in the back door. Both my knees within bad within 6 months I am in week 7 or PT trying to get some ROM back.Stroke set me back last year.
Toby does another song "I ain't as good as I once was, but I am good once as I ever was". I got my elk and deer last season solo ,but it definitely was "one of".
If God wanted you to walk and carry things on your back, He would not have invented stirrups and pack saddles
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I must be good. About 20 seconds was all I could take of that music. Maybe another 20 years before I'm old enough.
Don't just be a survivor, be a competitor.
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I’m trying not to let the old man in. I feel I’m losing!! You and me both. Let's stay strong gents.
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Yessir, I understand completely.
Randy
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I turned 76 this past November, quadruple bypass surgery 2 years ago. The old man has is foot in the door.
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