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OK..did you guys start this thread just to make me feel better?
I catch so much crap here for being old ( 67) and I see I'm in the middle of the pack!
As someone has often said " its not the years, its the miles" and Ive been fortunate to have turned my odometer over at least twice...
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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OK..did you guys start this thread just to make me feel better?
I catch so much crap here for being old ( 67) and I see I'm in the middle of the pack!
As someone has often said " its not the years, its the miles" and Ive been fortunate to have turned my odometer over at least twice... a man's or woman's heart only beats an x number of times in a lifetime. if not a man nor woman, i have no clue how often their heart beats, as no data available. when one comes to the end of the number of heartbeats issued at the beginning of the assignment, well that is that.
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I enjoy the Bible and philosophy. In the Bible the age of majority is twenty. Therefore I concluded one is a youth for twenty years. God tells us we get seventy years or maybe eighty. So I turned "old" at age fifty despite being able to still jump into the back of a semi truck.
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation."
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Campfire Oracle
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a man's or woman's heart only beats an x number of times in a lifetime. if not a man nor woman, i have no clue how often their heart beats, as no data available.
when one comes to the end of the number of heartbeats issued at the beginning of the assignment, well that is that.
Soooo...all those people that exercise to speed up their heart rate ( i.e. cardio) however temporarily, are shortening their lives? Or are we each issued a different X in the amount column?
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Campfire Tracker
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My Dad passed last year at 88. At 86 he was still hale and hearty and going strong. Two years later after the loss of his wife, selling his place in the country and moving into an apartment, seemed to bring on a bunch of health issues. At 88 he was frail and ready to go home. I don't know that he gave up but I think all the changes and the lack of activity brought on the health issues. I sure miss him.
Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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Old is when you can no longer do the things you like. Really old is when you secretly hope to not get any older.
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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a man's or woman's heart only beats an x number of times in a lifetime. if not a man nor woman, i have no clue how often their heart beats, as no data available.
when one comes to the end of the number of heartbeats issued at the beginning of the assignment, well that is that.
Soooo...all those people that exercise to speed up their heart rate ( i.e. cardio) however temporarily, are shortening their lives? Or are we each issued a different X in the amount column? i hear ya, loud & clear. but actually the jury is still out? that is, some argue that the DNA rules all. others say that exercise can help us gain an edge.
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I just went to a funeral of an old family church friend. He was 96 and served aboard the USS Teton in WW2, the flag ship for the battle of Leyte Culf. Attended the Japanese surrender. He had five daughters, two of which are older than me and in their 70s. I hadn't seen them n many years, but noted how old they looked. They commented to me . . ."you haven't changed" . . . which I took as a compliment. I turn 67 in a week, but don't think I look too old, but I don't look forward to turning 70 (Lord willing of course - James 4:14) . . . "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." If you haven’t changed that means you looked just as old the last time they seen you:)
My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
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Campfire Regular
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30 minutes of cardio daily. Stay within 10 lbs of ideal weight. Always control blood pressure. May wanna throw a Cardiologist in there, every coupla years after 50....
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The big glaring aging factor I can "see" on a person is cigarette smoking. Smokers start looking "old" in their 40's and certainly 50's. 60yr old smokers look older than many 80yr old non-smokers.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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depends.....are we wookworking or sheep hunting ?  Not really a sheep hunt, but I was 71 when I shot my Dagestan Tur in Azerbaijan in 2017. I still apply for sheep and goat tags here in Montana.
SAVE 200 ELK, KILL A WOLF
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Early 60's here, hoping to live to retire at 70. In my 70's I hope to be able to get to do the things that I didn't have the time or money for in my 60's 
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Campfire Outfitter
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I believe that aging is a combination of luck, DNA and the will to resist. I moved through 7 miles of Wyoming back country yesterday w/ just 2 miles done on a forest service 2 track. I am 72 and didn't move fast but still had a great time. Great weather may have contributed to my progress. Never give up!
mike r
Don't wish it were easier
Wish you were better
Stab them in the taint, you can't put a tourniquet on that.
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The big glaring aging factor I can "see" on a person is cigarette smoking. Smokers start looking "old" in their 40's and certainly 50's. 60yr old smokers look older than many 80yr old non-smokers. That is a fact!
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Campfire Ranger
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I believe that aging is a combination of luck, DNA and the will to resist. I moved through 7 miles of Wyoming back country yesterday w/ just 2 miles done on a forest service 2 track. I am 72 and didn't move fast but still had a great time. Great weather may have contributed to my progress. Never give up!
mike r i think the will to resist is a subset of the dna basic structure. walking in the woods and related is never a bad thing. getting paid for it for some 30 years isn't bad either. what we're into now is fast emergency responses.
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We can learn from our dog; Dogs have no sense of physical infirmities much less dwell on them, they just carry on doing regular dog stuff to the best of their abilities.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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Campfire 'Bwana
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a man's or woman's heart only beats an x number of times in a lifetime. if not a man nor woman, i have no clue how often their heart beats, as no data available.
when one comes to the end of the number of heartbeats issued at the beginning of the assignment, well that is that.
Soooo...all those people that exercise to speed up their heart rate ( i.e. cardio) however temporarily, are shortening their lives? Or are we each issued a different X in the amount column? Stress is stress, regardless.
Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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We can learn from our dog; Dogs have no sense of physical infirmities much less dwell on them, they just carry on doing regular dog stuff to the best of their abilities. Good point Birdy....... many things we can learn from dogs...
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PS, if you think Trump is “good” you’re way stupider than I thought! Haha
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
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71 here. My ol' mama is 101 and still kicking although her kicks are barely clearing the floor these days. She's got a month before her clock takes another tick.
I can still climb a pretty good mountain if there might be an elk up there but I can't run up it any more. I don't have any serious aches or pains but that can change overnight and without warning.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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