Now you are getting older - what don't you do?

[Doofy]

At 76 , new hip , new knee , I can do most things just one heck of a lot slower . I shoveled 2 ft. of snow off a shed roof last week , probably a stupid thing to do at my age but it had to get done. It use to be you could hire a young person to do such a thing but no one wants to do that sort of thing anymore .

I gave up the shovel and now use a Roof Rake while standing on the ground.

 

[MossRoad]

I gave up the shovel and now use a Roof Rake while standing on the ground.

Yep. I don't like going on the roof in dry warm weather. I won't go up there with snow on it, that's for sure. Roof rake! :thumbsup:

 

[bunyip]

Friend of mine is still single at 68 and still does night clubs, says he still gets the quantity but not the quality.

 

[Industrial Toys]

That would make interesting video. I think if an older guy has his act together, he can still get the eye of much younger women, especially since many young men are becoming something that is less and less attractive to women all the time.

 

[Doofy]

Friend of mine is still single at 68 and still does night clubs, says he still gets the quantity but not the quality.

I would buy that Friend a drink. Good for him!

 

[moom]

It is not what you don't do, you don't remember what you were doing a day ago.

 

[JasperFrank]

I turned 60 this year. But my brain still thinks I'm 25. And there in is the problem. Always still taking on projects like I'm still a young man. And I end up hurting my self, with disbelief that I pulled something or hurt my back, cause I could do that before and recover quickly. I don't think my age identity will ever get any older. Yet my body has a different agenda. As the Wandering Widerburys said, "Its all Right."

 

[rekees4300]

At 76 , new hip , new knee , I can do most things just one heck of a lot slower . I shoveled 2 ft. of snow off a shed roof last week , probably a stupid thing to do at my age but it had to get done. It use to be you could hire a young person to do such a thing but no one wants to do that sort of thing anymore .

These work great, very good quality! MinnSNOWta Roof Razor Web Site Official Home

 

[CobyRupert]

Great stories!

.. Six months ago, at age 71, I decided I had had enough of old age and joined a local Parkrun. I walked the 5k (3 miles) in 55 minutes and, despite being breathless, enjoyed it very much. I now attend the Parkrun every Saturday morning and jog (yes, jogging at 72!) the route in 41 minutes. Most beat me on time but they are 30+ years younger! My fitness level has improved dramatically and I may just start cutting grass with a walk behind mower this summer! :number1:

:thumbsup: :cool2: Great story!

I don't think I ever ran more than a mile in my life, and that was when I was 15. Just before I turned 50, and mostly out of boredom, I started walking a 4.25 mile loop (with hills) with the wife in the mild winter we were having. Next time I'd jog a couple hundred yards at a time while doing the loop. Next few times I could jog about a 1/4 mile before stopping. Then a 1/2 mile. Then I'd only have to stop and walk 3-4 times while doing the loop. Then only have to stop once and walk "the big hill". Finally by spring I ran the whole loop without stopping. That was the day "I believed". When summer came I went and ran a flat "rail trail" for 13.1 miles. (We call those flat trails "hero miles", cause they boost your "mileage" so you feel like one!) Regardless, I couldn't believe only 4 months later and at this age I could run 1/2 a marathon. It emboldened me to jump on the bicycle and do 40 mile trips knowing we are a lot more capable than we think we are.
I'd do more if I had the time (and weather).

I think "physical conditioning" is a misnomer. It's the mind that needs conditioning.

 

[HEC]

These work great, very good quality! MinnSNOWta Roof Razor Web Site Official Home

I built one much like that but we had rain after it snowed and it was to crusty to use it . They do work great if you can get to the snow before it's to late . I used it a lot last winter though . I do have a roof rake also .