your perspective?

Turning 70 was the affect; the change was the effect.

Nope.

Hit the big seven oh in September. Didn't note a dramatic demarcation point in attitude or perspective, just an acceleration of the trend which started several years ago to give fewer and fewer f*cks about anything.

It didn't change my perspective but it sure changed by knee joints, my urinary habits, my energy, my......

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Turned 70 last month.

Mom passed at 69 and Dad passed at 70.

Kind of reminded me, I might not have much time left.

But, I'm going to keep fighting for every day on earth!

Virgil B.

No big changes. But, certainly began to slow down some. Tuned 80 in October and I'm seeing bigger changes now. Eyes for one thing, as a matter of fact, I'm having cataract surgery today on my left eye. Then the right eye in three weeks. Getting old is not fun. The good news is it's too late for me to die young.

Nope, but turning 80 did!!! 84 now, and still above ground!

My father at 65 was in great form
My father at 70 was a mess
At 65 I was in great form
At 70 I was a mess

If life span is hereditary, I have a good chance of lasting a while. Dad died at 92, Mom and 104.

They tend to get old in my family.I will be 79 in January and if i get my chit together should still be around at 90.Then again, an asteroid might hit my house tonight.I still hunt and fish,just slower then when I was 20.Aches and pains?Try some yoga.If you keep your joints limber ,everything is good.

72 here, I started getting kneezalls last year!

No, but it did get me to "get my affairs in order..."

No real changes but life time warranties don’t ad much value to an item anymore.

Turned 70 yesterday and it got me thinking about time left. Just doing some reflecting.

The oldest male in our family made it to 72, and he lived healthy and stayed fit. So, there is that history to consider.

It has been a wild ride but that has slowed down considerably in the last few years. Amazed I lasted this long.

I was 72 last week. The literal coming of age at 70 didn’t have a big mental effect. I’ve been going through some “life changing events” since 2015 so I suppose the effect has been cumulative on my perspective. But my perspectives on life, family, success, death, have indeed changed over the past 7 years. Though certainly not good, by spiritual definition, I am a much better person thanks to event's I would not have planned and only God can control.

Got to the top of the hill at 40, been falling down the hill ever since, 65 now and still above the ground.

Almost 75. Still feel pretty good. The change in perspective came when I had a colonoscopy and was told next was due in 5 years IF I was still around

70 not much at all, but at about 77 some stuff started to act up/break down - two different serious events in a three or four year span. The 80s much more telling. Every day is a gift - and a challenge to prioritize, keep going at a decent rate and accomplish as many goals as possible. We all differ - only God does not.

Yes.

Yes, prior to 70 used to know where it hurt. Hell after 70 have no idea as everything hurts. GW

Oh, to be 70 again!!

Life at 82 is the slow lane for sure, seems like something or other hurts pretty much all the time. Still, I get around OK, I don't need anyone to help me dress or wipe my butt for me, still get out to the range 2-3 days a week, still able to see well and drive. Even got out this morning with the ladder and hung Christmas lights.

It aint for sissies, but so far it aint too bad either.

I think every age makes a difference.

The Apostille Paul, "When I was a child, I thought like a child,--."

I appreciated getting to 70 and resolved to stay active as long as possible. I had a pretty good bout of colon cancer in my 60s but made a good recovery after a lot of down time with chemo, radiation and surgery. Having to be inactive for months made me appreciate getting to 70 and being able to still get out to hunt, fish, travel etc as much as I used to. I'll be eighty next year. I'm slowing down a little but so far I'm still able to do most of what I used to. Don't know if staying active has helped in that respect or not, probably genetics, good doctors and luck have a lot to do with it too so do it while you can. I've seen too many people get out the rocking chair sooner than they had to, IMO and that seems to accelerate the aging process.

a single number. Like 50. 60. 80 etc... even 70 doesn't do a thing. If it does its mental and that can be an issue. I sure hope it isn't for me or you.

Keep going. Moving. Fighting.

Wear and tear on the body is going to be there. But it doesn't fall on a certain date. In fact the wear and tear started a LONG time ago and the effects of it have been cumulative basically... finally one realizes it.

I don't sleep much at a time. My body constantly hurts one place or another. I could waste time. But why.

Hope you handle it well. At some point we all won't have to handle it anymore. In the meantime I keep the choke hold on the heron for sure.

Hopefully I can get back to y'all in 5 years and tell you about it.

Sumbîtch, you are some crusty old bàstards on the fire. I thought I was old at 52. I don't have the family history of living past 65 so there's that.

My grandparent were active and dropped dead at 82 and 83.
My grandfather built a barn when he was 83.

My parents could not take the garbage out after age 82, and needed assistance to 90.

Those last 8 years were not quality years, but to quote my father, "It beats the alternative"

I am not that old but getting all makes people call you old man and that doesn't feel so good.

Change my perspective --- some areas of life yes.

I have less patience for dumb, more time for those in need, tend to plan more as I know things take longer, value my free time and time with my family more.

Aches and pains of past adventures remind me to think more before doing and slow things down if difficult.

I take fewer risks when by myself hunting or fishing as I know if I get in trouble with a vehicle it will be much harder to get out now than it was 20 years ago.

I find myself thinking if you do not do it today there may not be a tomorrow so more day trips for things that I / we enjoy.

If I have plans and friends call for breakfast get together I will change plans if possible to meet with them as time is short.

70 was a breeze. Hunted bighorn sheep with a friend at 72 up to 10,500 feet in the Beartooths. Now, 75 is something else again. Find that my desire is waning a bit. MTG

I’ll turn 73 in 2 weeks , aside from its hard to get up from the floor ,and I can’t remember where I but stuff . It is all the same!!

Not to much. Unlike some people I knew at 60 I was an old man.I’m a realist on age. As far as dying I guess I am like my 90 something uncle. My brothers and I went to see him in the nursing home. Asked him how it was going. He said I’m dying but the news is just as good as it is bad. He left the world shortly after that. Kinda my thoughts. Edk

It's probably a good thing that you don't remember where you "but stuff"!! Just saying 🤷🏻‍♂️ out of curiosity, how often do you stuff buts inorder to not remember? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Old guy I knew as a young feller was asked how old he want to live to. He quickly said 106. They asked why 106, that's an odd number. He replied because you don't hear of many people dying after that.

Dying is not to worry about. We all are going do it. It's the living part that can be sporty.

Being lucky enough to live this long makes me feel obligated to put some serious thought into the best use of the last quarter.

The genetic factordoes play into it a lot. Then accidents, and behavior.

My ggreat granddad hand dug ditches for gas lines at 80. At 90 he could jump and kick a tree limb as high as his head. At 95 he broke a hip and declined, died at 102 bedfast

I'd be honored to be called old man. It signifies an accomplishment.

If 70 is 3/4 then 93.3 is full.

83.7 is my internet life expectancy.

Turning 70 had no effect on me however turning 80 was a whole different game. I am now 83 now and the last three years are really starting to tell on me, but I am not ready to quit yet. I just do things slower and smarter (sometimes).

drover

I'm 74 Some things mean more and some less.
I started a workout program after P T for a knee, I never skip a day if I'm in town. It's helped a bunch. I've actually have hard muscles again.

Got about 5 weeks left before I find out

Every day I make it out of bed is a deal changer.

Don’t let the old man in.

Toby Keith’s song has some good lyrics in it.

I worked real hard at that, but he must have snuck in the back door.

No particular problems at 70. Little bit more at 75. In 2018 I killed a nice bull at about 11,000 feet elevation on a solo hunt.That just about used me up. In a year, my knees went, lungs got worse. Felt like every joint in my body wore out. Now on extra O2 since last February, , stroke this past July, ticker isn't ticking right. No elk hunt this past season. 79 now.

Both parents lived until 92-93.You sure do get a different perspective when you can count the rest of your years on your fingers.

If I can get around, I'm going elk hunting next year.

Turned 70 last month. After a lot of heavy lifting since I was young and walking a million miles on pavement my knees and shoulders have started to wear out. Just slowed me down some but still keeping up with the cows, pasture and fencing myself.

A sharp pain in my upper back woke me straight up at 4:30am this morning, couldn’t get comfortable then the pain moved to my upper chest/shoulder. Got up, took 2 Tylenol, laid back down and back to sleep. Shoulder and chest sore today. I guess I pulled a muscle in my sleep.

I don't remember it was long ago.

I have 4 short years to go.

You youngins' are up late!!

Well no one has said it so I will. If I'd of known that I'd live this long I would have taken better care of my self!!! No more 12 mile hikes up the trapline, (atv) no more magnum calibers (6BR& under) no staying up late (early to bed) no more chasing hounds (someone younger) snow shoes (🤣) I no there's something else ah,hmm can't remember!!!! GWP. 🐾👣🐾👣🇨🇦

When I turned 68 my balance/equilibrium went to h ell, can't walk in the woods without constant fear of falling. I've been working with a group of Physical Therapists whose specialty is balance and equilibrium, so far things look promising that they'll be able to help improve things. May not be able to get back to baseline but any improvement will be welcome.

I turn 78 in Feb. I feel good, and get around okay, and I can still lie about it.
I know if I stop shoveling snow, I would probably last longer!!

I'll be 70 in a bit less than a month. All my life I've had little patience with idiots, and Jesus, it's getting worse the older I get. I can't watch the news without wanting to throw a beer bottle through the TV.

Still getting around ok, the new hip a few years ago helped a lot, cutting a chunk cut out of my gut allowed me to resume eating any old crap I wanted to and the new lens in the eye a couple months ago lets me see that crap. Bad habits in my youth screwed me up (note to self, if you get a do-over DO NOT run cross-country, marathons, and 5 miles every day because you will pay out the ass for it 40 years later when your hip and knee joints start crapping out).

I'm past the age all my forebears made it to, which is my personal bellweather. My ability to get in and out of low slung British sportscars is another one - when that ability goes away, I'm outta here.

Good post.

Yessir, Perspectives do certainly change.

that sounds like an accomplishment to me!

Trekking poles are a wonderful thing for poor balance. Even using 1 pole makes a huge difference. Now, if you can't pick up your feet, that's another issue entirely.

Paul, I admire your outlook and I wish Dad had your same perspective. He's 83 and very difficult to be around. He's a mean SOB and treats Mom terribly. He's ready to die and he's taking it out on those that are closest to him. Won't take his meds (pancreatic cancer & diabetes), stands in front of the open 'fridge eating chocolate 7 or 8 times a day and his blood sugar is sky high. I'm leaving Big D tomorrow to head back to EP for a while and Mom had a special steak dinner planned for us. Dad got into it with my younger brother and said some really hurtful things to him. Brother fought back and it was terrible - he left with my nephew and refused to break bread with Dad. I guess Dad's not interested in seeing his granddaughter again. Mom tries and tries to help him and he's just a mean bastard to everyone - especially her. Hollering every night. Lots of cussing as well. Nothing to be done about it either.

You would think that someone in his position whose time is very limited would make an effort to get closer to his family and make the most of whatever time he has left. Nope. Not him.

The good news is that I have 2 meatloaf sammiches in the cooler ready for the road.

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Yep

Not yet....

Absolutely. No ladders, no sprinkler repairs, less food needed I’m sure there’s more.

Your dad is going thru loss of control in and of his life, may be start of ALS,, not for me to analyze but that is the way my MIL turned a lot of times it seams to be out of their control,, try to get him accessed it may expline a whole lot of things..

hope this helps

Norm

lots of your comments aches ,pains, lack of energy fill the narrative, 60s cancer another cancer 2 new knees, heart attack ect. But ya got to stay active slacking off too much getting lazy are death sentences. At 76 I figure that i have somewhere from 2 seconds to 26 years to impact my little world .
Mom lived to 100 dad 73 but a lot of my ancestors in the 15-1600 lived into their 70s so the gens ,DNA are in my favor just have to get rid of the siatic pain { in my azz}

norm

WOW does my heart good to hear the stories of you fells'a elk and mulie hunting in the mountains! I've been deeply regretting my choices throughout my life. I was offered a position guiding fishing trips and rebuilding cabins at a lodge in NW Ontario when I was young but I compared the pay to what I could make at home and it didn't seem worth it. regret it for a long time. Tried to make it in Alaska back in the 80's but once folks there found out you weren't born and raised there they refused to give ya a shot at working. Came back to SE Michigan where the auto industry was still booming and went to work building homes for the auto workers and all the others that were doing well working in or supplying goodies to the auto industry.

Before Alaska I tried to get out again in Montana. Only thing I could find there was thinning contracts for uncle sam around Noxon. Was awesome leaving the shack I stayed in at 4 am and driving 1 to 2 hours up those back mountain two tracks to get to where the contracts were! A traffic jam there was a small herd of elk blocking the road and looking at ya like "what the hell are you doing here"! Loved it. But again money got in the way. You had to bid those contracts low or you wouldn't get em. $20 an acre for thinning on 50 to 60 degree slopes 6 to 10,000 feet up. So if ya cleared an acre a day you made $20 bucks. I quickly realized I wasn't going to make enough to make it thru the winter, so I took off for Whitefish were a friend was staying. There was some work there but again since I wasn't born there I couldn't get a shot at anything. SO again I made my way back to Michigan.

There's lots of woods, rivers, lakes and streams here but It ain't like the mountainous areas of this once great country. I'm 69 now and won't make it to 70 (thank God). I'm almost bed ridden now and decided years ago I wasn't putting family thru that. Years of laying in bed while the Medical Money Machine sucked every last penny out of us ain't gonna happen! I'll hopefully make one last hobble in the woods soon, find a nice view and tree to sit against, thank the Lord for the time I had and wait! Hope it ain't long! Making 70 just ain't in the cards!

Not as strong, agile, or quick as I used to be.
And don't bounce worth a crap - in fact, I bounce just like crap - FLOP!!!
My bronc riding days are done, and I'm looking for a shorter horse.
Still can do pretty much what I want - but stay back from rimrocks a bit, now - balance isn't that great.
Leaving the house to go build some more corral fence later this morning, though.
(Pipe, guardrail, and even concrete have gotten heavier by 70, though )

At 72, I can do anything I did at 20, it just takes me twice as long.
The old adage. "Takes me all night long to do what I used to do all night long!" has taken on a whole new meaning.

Just had a checkup yesterday. Doc says I'm in pretty good shape for the shape I'm in! LOL!
Had I avoided all the broken bones, I believe I would probably be in "good" shape!

Almost 71. Have pretty good genetics. Family members that didn’t get too fat, smoke, or drink themselves to death lived a long time. I lost a bunch of weight, never smoked, and drink moderately. Being careful to avoid accidents and other body-busting activities. Mostly feel pretty good aside from some aches and pains. Keeping active mentally, and with stuff my body can still do without too much strain. Eating really well: lots of meat and veggies, eggs and cheese, seafood. Zero bread now, and very limited high-carb vegetables. No fast food.

Dementia of some form. That description sounds very similar to people close to me that have dementia.

This - loss of balance may be the greatest factor leading to various aspects of physical decline - along with poor nutrition. One medical bout involved a prolonged course of massive med dosage - that disintegrated excellent muscle mass that had been maintained for 50 years, and significantly affected balance capability. That combination loss is difficult to regain, but worth the effort. The muscle has been easier to rebuild than the equilibrium, but progress is possible.

My loving family has been so helpful, but also came up with onerous cautions and rules - do not try to lift more than "X", do not get on a ladder, do not go out into the forest alone, sell all of the heavy trucks (I did do that). But, concentration and effort have steadily increased lifting more than X+, although body position limits some tasks (core strength). Now I can/do climb ladders, but handling weight while up there can be tricky - mostly the balance issue.

I once again roam out into the forest/high desert and went hunting alone this Fall. Now for certain in some situations, going up or down a slope - especially one covered with rocks or pebbles - can concentrate the mind almost to the point of bodily inaction. Inexorable gravity seems to make downhill more challenging than up. Yes - two falls - one uphill and one down - the latter more serious. A sad part is that you can feel the situation developing and can't seem to correct it quickly enough.

Once crashed on the rough and spiny deck and trying to tally any injury before figuring out how to get up, the absolute first thought was "Crap - did I damage this lovely rifle stock or hurt the scope". Selfishly, even that is a ton better than not trying.

wife is always on me to make sure we stay active. I think we are both convinced that constant motion is the key to better aging. Hope it plays out that way for us. God knows I'd rather be sitting on the couch watching TV.

I used to win local dance contests. I may not have been Fred Astair, but I was pretty nimble on my feet.

As far as "avoiding" accidents? Would love to have missed out on that head on wreck in 1991!

Hip broken and dislocated. Three bones broken in one foot. The heel crushed in the other foot.
No weight bearing structure left undamaged.
Hip implant and ankle pinned in place and my agility and stability are out the window
I just take my time crossing rough ground.

I had already embarked on my new career as a curmudgeon by that time.