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I'm with you guys - it just isn't as simple as when we were younger.

Last Sunday I was putting a heavy duty skid under a wood crate to make a carryall. I had the skid in the shop and was dragging the crate in and backed into the skid that I put in the wrong place. Went to push the skid with with the back of my heel and obviously hit it wrong. I thought I bruised the heel even though I had work boots on. Now I am not so sure as I am having a harder time walking each day.
 
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It's not a problem it's an attribute. What's going on is your focusing 100% on what your doing and overlook everything else.

This is the exact truth! I was thinking on what I was going to do next to finish up the oil change. I get too focused on that and the other terminals in my brain shut down....thus the forgetting.
 
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"Now I am not so sure as I am having a harder time walking each day. "

I broke my right foot last summer and limped around for two weeks before going to the ortho doc. He said, " you must be one tough old bird...you broke it good".
 
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"Now I am not so sure as I am having a harder time walking each day. "

I broke my right foot last summer and limped around for two weeks before going to the ortho doc. He said, " you must be one tough old bird...you broke it good".

I know the feeling. I keep having these debates with myself and one of me keeps winning. I hope it is the right one!
 
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Not to worry, it only gets worse as you grow older. :D
A while back after being out for an hour or 2, I have one black shoe & 1 brown shoe on. one is a high top & other a low.
Balance also goes to he77. Almost fell over a day or 2 ago. Needed to grab something. Grab an octiila. Not the right thing to grab. sharp thorns 1 to 2 inches long. Naturally it starts to bleed. My day is hardly ever complete until i do something stupid or painful.
A while back using a brad mailer, holding a board with 1 hand & shooting brads in from other side. Yep right into a joint in my finger.
Wanted to poke a hole in barn to run an extension cord through. naturally I had to hit my knuckle & thumb joint.
I can loose a tool while using it. If i lay it down & turn around, it must have moved its self.:D Cause its now in hiding.

Have several projects where I need to climb a ladder. Use both hands, look at where feet are. Move tool, & go up 1 step, then do it all again.

need to clean out crock pot for some ribs that I killed. Fill with soapy water. Forget it & leave it on high. Now worse than when I started.

Turning simple projects in to a real pain.
Have 3 routers, 1 is so wimpy, even on a light cut it stalls out. 1 Lost its ability to be adjusted up or down No problem I have another 1 that needs a new plug. That goes real well. Use to have a real good aluminum table, its gone, now have cheap plastic, it is crummy & way too light. Finally get a screw started, it will not go in, wrong threads?? 1/2 Hour, find tap, it cuts nothing, but screw go in. The routher is not a cheap O, Porter Cable. It adjusts up & down. Small problem, loosen hold in place screw. But its just a guess shove it up a little, look ooopps up to far, let it down a little, ooopps too much. In a little over an hour I have it set. Equal depth both ways. 1 more small problem. Cutting way to much, it keeps kicking board out.

When younger I could put a 50# sack of dog food under each arm & walk a 100 yards or more. Now its a problem just picking 1 up.

Having problems with hoses, no problem I have lots of them. Find 1 not too stiff, or kinked up. Lets use it, nice female coupling on the end, Use other end. another female coupling on other end as well. When, how & why did I do that. Must have been someone else.:laughing:

Its time for a beer, relax and let frustration ease up. 1 Beer will not do it, time for number 2 & 3. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

No more projects, enjoy ghe beer & think about what the he77 has become of me. Almost instantly, was in great shape about 5 years ago. Now 77, doubt that anything will get better.

Beer makers are starting to love me. :D

Building addition on house, need to rerun the electrical feed to the house. Rig a "temporary" cord about 20' long. Yep, male plug both ends.
 
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The best way to not do something stupid is to not do anything.
yesterday took my wimpy battery powered pole saw & was cutting off a small branch. Saw got stuck, managed to jerk it out. Now someone smart would at least try going from a different direction. Nope put it back in same cut & its stuck again. Will not pull out this time.

Heck with it let it hang & have a beer. :thumbsup::D

I almost did the 2 male plug thing on an extension cord, but caught it just in time to quit.

Forgot to renew my drivers license, no big deal. Well instead of renew by mail or on line. Drive 75 miles 1 way to DMV.

Wish i were as smart as my mutts think I am. :D
 
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Y'all had plantar fasciitis yet? With a few weeks of some stretches and some rub-on heel goo that the orthopedist had the compounding pharmacy make up, I am back to where I can walk ok. Now I have a new bedtime routine of lower leg stretches to try to keep it at bay. I'm told that as we age, our tendons tighten up and most of us will have these sort of problems.
 
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Its the primary reason I didn't jump for a piranha bar for my front end loader bucket last year.
 
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I am also enjoying forgetting things and the benefits that go with it. It is fun to learn something new each day now, and I don't have to work too hard at it.
 

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