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Post by illinoisfisherman on May 11, 2024 3:32:56 GMT -5
Getting older is not easy but certainly beats the alternative! 😳👍
Recently I had been noticing some lifestyle changes that were sneaking up on me.
Well 75 is only a few weeks away. I still arise at the same time usually around 3:30 AM. But I fall asleep earlier than I used to and my sneak nap around noon has become 30 minutes at noon and then 15-20 minutes around 4. Do I need the extra rest? I get 61/2 hours sleep every night with my “naps” that stretches out to about 7.5 hours sleep a day.
Anyway anyone else notice changes as the years pile up on them?
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Post by bswiv on May 11, 2024 4:22:47 GMT -5
As we work outside most of the time what I've noticed most is that the 4 awful weeks that used to be August are now 12-15 awful weeks starting around late May and not ending until early September.
Used to be that with plenty of water and a caffeinated beverage I could keep in most days........now......it becomes a bit frustrating.....
Oh.....and the caffeine.......can't tolerate it as in the past......a little goes a LONG way......and it ain't the fun rush but rather something different.....not pleasant....
We're set to try and catch some hogs this morning and my goal is to not have to help the young guys......!
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Post by cadman on May 11, 2024 5:08:19 GMT -5
I'm with bswiv. Those hot miserable weeks in August are June, July, and August. The heat is murder as I get older. It never bothered me as much when I was young. Projects that would take a day now take two or three days.
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Post by gogittum on May 11, 2024 9:51:48 GMT -5
After 15 years in Palm Springs, the heat didn't bother me much. Humidity....just wore a loose, long sleeved shirt unbuttoned and untucked over a T-shirt, put on a sweat band and let the sweat pour. I'd be as wet all day as if I'd hosed myself down. Not all that bad and I was 80 when I left FL.
What really ruined it for me was the bugs and esp. the ticks. Those damned things drove me nuts and permethrin didn't do all that much. Hated spraying myself for skeeters when working outside (every day) all year round, but at least the spray did keep them off.
Only got 1 chigger bite in the 2 years I spent there and that was a great plenty.
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Post by wynnv on May 11, 2024 12:55:55 GMT -5
I worked outside in the heat for about 10 years. Now I can barely tolerate 10 minutes. The worse for me is the pain. Every step I take hurts somewhere. MRI Monday...nerve conduction study next. Then Otho and then yada yada yada...I hate going to the doctor.
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Post by PolarsStepdad on May 11, 2024 14:36:26 GMT -5
My dad is 81. I watched that man work 16 hour days in the heat and cold for years. I've worked for him as a boss (sucks balls) I've worked for him as a foreman (not as bad as the boss but he did have higher expectations of me than the rest of his men) And I've worked beside him on his tools (the absolute worst) the man was a machine. That being said people that have worked beside him and for him will tell you he pulled a lot harder than he pushed. When I was about a 3rd year apprentice a guy a year or two behind me in the apprenticeship got put with him one week. I saw him a couple days into it and he said "they pur me with Mr. Jack and I thought I was gonna be taking care of the old man. By lunch I had already had to tighten my belt up a couple of norches". I laughed and told him I knew I lived with him and worked for him for 19 years lol. He was about 60 then and it was a few weeks before he had open heart surgery. He came back from the heart surgery early despite his Dr's wishes. He just wasn't into sitting around. Unfortunately he was having trouble with his feet and within a couple of years was out on disability after liaig part of his foot. Since he's lost toes on both. He just kinda shuffles now. He's been fighting an infection in his foot since last October when he almost lost it. It was almost heeled a few weeks abo when it split back open. He said if they were gonna take his foot he'd just wanted to go on the hospital and be kept comfortable until he met septic. He doesn't ant to lose his independence. It's gonna suxk but me and my sister are going to have to talk to him about giving up the keys. He just can't see and his reaction time has slowed tremendously. It's hell raising parents
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Post by illinoisfisherman on May 11, 2024 15:44:42 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that about your father. Prayers sent for him and for his recovery.
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Post by conchydong on May 11, 2024 15:49:30 GMT -5
Both my parents are deceased and many friends. That is what is tough when you get older. It’s never easy but as long as you keep them in your thoughts , prayers and memories than it makes it easier.
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Post by anumber1 on May 11, 2024 17:59:18 GMT -5
Heat for me, I am on the water (may-sept)at 6am and off by 11am..
Oh, my pecker doesn't peck as well either.
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Post by 4ward on May 11, 2024 18:19:29 GMT -5
Eyes and back giving up really sucks the most for me. I never could stand the cold, when the heat catches me I’ll just go belly up.
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Post by One Man Gang on May 11, 2024 19:01:23 GMT -5
In addition to everything mentioned so far, my tolerance for bullshit is almost non existing. Especially for simple shit.
For example... You clowns riding in the left lane doing 69, sitting through light changes or losing focus because you're trying to scroll to the bottom of your queer tic tock and Instagram pages are gonna get someone hurt or killed one day. I must smell like shit because I seem to attract these dunderheads. They have a knack for flocking to me like flies to a turd.
Here's a public service announcement for today: Get your heads out of your asses and start paying attention to the world around you! I'm not always going to be around to snap you back to reality.
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Post by swampdog on May 11, 2024 19:11:54 GMT -5
Fact OMG! I have almost no tolerance for people that are not paying attention to their driving. If your fear of missing out on your phone is that important, then stay off the road.
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Post by TRTerror on May 11, 2024 19:13:54 GMT -5
Thats cause your still working Mac... Go Go Go.. That's your life right now. I'm retired and take it well. Play on your phone , Jerk off in the Fast Lane..I'm in no hurry and as long as you don't fuck with me..Have at it. All I got to do is be home before Beer 30..
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Post by stc1993 on May 13, 2024 5:53:00 GMT -5
What gets me is when you go to your Dr appts the 1st thing they ask it seems like is "how many times have you fallen". Like you make a habit out of falling. I do have bad feet but I don't go around falling everywhere.
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Post by cadman on May 13, 2024 6:55:26 GMT -5
Fall risk assessment is part of the Medicare screening. There can be more damage to the body if you fall a lot when you are older.
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