Do you feel old? - Page 2

Mamba (David) · #21 26-01-2018, 03:13 PM

At 3.10pm
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Old? As a Pom I feel bloody suicidal.
Mamba

LewisM · #22 26-01-2018, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by FlashDrive

We all know that .....

That's why when people tell me to act my age I am perplexed and confused...

Your quoting my quote screwed up my quotation system Pops.

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #23 26-01-2018, 03:51 PM

Nah ... not old at all ...!!

1 ... 'Ticker ' had new batteries installed

2 ... Knees were lubricated at last service

3 ... Eyes ... I can still see what's in front of me

4 ... Hands ... Can still lift a fork and spoon

5 ... Legs ... Still out run the Mrs's

6 ... Arms ... I can still lift my Scope

All's Good

Pop ......

xelasnave · #24 26-01-2018, 04:04 PM

Also for me becoming a father again when I was fifty two years old sortta re set the clock.
Maybe I should have more kids.
Alex

LewisM · #25 26-01-2018, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FlashDrive

Nah ... not old at all ...!!

1 ... 'Ticker ' had new batteries installed

2 ... Knees were lubricated at last service

3 ... Eyes ... I can still see what's in front of me

4 ... Hands ... Can still lift a fork and spoon

5 ... Legs ... Still out run the Mrs's

6 ... Arms ... I can still lift my Scope

Pop ......

Yet you still require a medical prosthetic grade brass rod...

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #26 26-01-2018, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by LewisM

Yet you still require a medical prosthetic grade brass rod...

At least it will never ' rust '

Scorpius (Dave) · #27 26-01-2018, 05:36 PM

Seems years since I joined this forum. In fact been a while since I made a post. Back then I could haul my SW10" around and whack it on top of the EQ6, with no problems at all. As the skies in my suburb became brighter and brighter with people running bright LED strings around their back yards it kind of dampened my enthusiasm. Then late last year I decided to drag out the old gear and set it up.

That was a disaster, to an already screwed up back I added woes and worries to screwed up L3 and L4 by knocking out L5 and S1 and spending the last 3 months in and out of the local Radiology Centre having Facet Joint Injections.

I also now have torn Supraspinatus tendons in both shoulders and a matching pair on iguinal hernias I never was one to do things in halves !

Those of the older members who know me that going back to 1989 I went thru an amazing series of brain surgery operations between then and 2005. But I survived. Also had a run-in with Cancer and beat that.

Now at 83, I am still annoying my kids and not so long ago remarried to a charming lady from Russia who is 10 years behind me!

Life is all in the mind. A positive mental attitude and you can beat anything.

My Doctor reckons I am a blinkin' marvel ! He reckons I should make the ton albeit on wheels maybe

All I need now is portable hoist to lift the SW10" onto the EQ6Pro

Cheers Dave.

xelasnave · #28 26-01-2018, 06:19 PM

Dave you should get an eq5 and a 80mm ...still be doing it.
I love my new little scope.
The other night I carried it out with the camera and finder scope in place...so nice.
The eq6 was set up but I think an eq5 will be the next thing I get.
Nice to have you post see if you can get your numbers up with tales of new observations with a new scope perhaps.
Good luck.
Alex

LewisM · #29 26-01-2018, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by FlashDrive

At least it will never ' rust '

Scorpius (Dave) · #30 27-01-2018, 05:49 AM

Dave you should get an eq5 and a 80mm ...still be doing it.

I recently bought a SW MAK 90SC on an EQ1 and motorised it. That is great little scope for throwing into the back seat of the car and driving out some where. Yep they still let me loose on the highways.

I was born in 1934 so I am now 83 + I am also quite tall 6ft 4ins in the old money. Hence all the back issues.
Yeah I went to hell and back and got very close to meeting my Maker when I was only 54.

Check out http://dsmithdale.net/ "The Smithdale Pages" almost 12,000 hits. It covers my battles and how I dealt with them includes Model Ship building, Ornithology, my Astro page and "My Story". (I am in the process of moving the site to on a server at home from my ISP. So some of the links still need adjusting.) But getting there. I am still averaging 500 hits a year.

I also made hoops for my home brew 8" last year for the EQ6. I am a keen Photographer and love using film when in the bush my Pride and Joy is a Canon EOS 1N (Last film Cam made by Canon) I need a fork lift to raise that !

xelasnave · #31 27-01-2018, 10:58 AM

Dave it is an honor to be in the same room with you.
Alex

Scorpius (Dave) · #32 28-01-2018, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

Dave it is an honor to be in the same room with you.
Alex

You're welcome Alex. I think that instead of whinging and moaning about your shortcomings you should always seek out the positives and try to overcome your adversaries. In 1988 I was at the peak of my varied career, Service Manager of a Communications Company. Typical family; Wife, 2 kids, Mortgage etc. My Job, my ability to do it crashed like a deck of cards, I will not say it was easy, but I tailored my situation to my ability and means.

I refused to be beaten. After my marriage ended I looked after the boys and was on my own for many years until 6 years ago when I met up with my current wife. Together we will sail into the sunset together

Basically in our minds, we are like a couple of youngsters. Age does not come into the equation.

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #33 28-01-2018, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Scorpius

I refused to be beaten. After my marriage ended I looked after the boys and was on my own for many years until 6 years ago when I met up with my current wife. Together we will sail into the sunset together

Basically in our minds, we are like a couple of youngsters. Age does not come into the equation.

Good on you Dave ....

that_guy (Tony) · #34 28-01-2018, 03:15 PM

I feel like a toddler in this hobby

Scorpius (Dave) · #35 29-01-2018, 12:25 AM

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. My wife Valentina (from St Petersburg in Russia) and yours truly

MichaelSW (Michael) · #36 29-01-2018, 05:16 PM

This might put a smile on the face of some. Got it some years ago….. So it might the a repeat.

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. "How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five!

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. "How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then, the greatest day of your life. . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony. . . YOU BECOME 21! YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40.

Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50. . . and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70!

After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80s and then every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! (If you want to).

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #37 29-01-2018, 05:22 PM

I'm 62 and 1/2 .... the ' new 40 '

Pop

xelasnave · #38 29-01-2018, 05:34 PM

Nice words Michael well done.
Alex

mynameiscd (Andy) · #39 29-01-2018, 05:47 PM

Only 52 but I feel it today
Did a whole day of dressing ironstone into corner stones.
Nornally use grinders etc but its so dense that a sharp hit with a chisel is quicker. Because the building is hand dressed stone from 1864 the chisel marks are a feature.

I cant complain when I think how the original builders hand cut and carried the stone 11 km and I estimate they used about 350 - 400 tonne.
Feel every bit of 52 today.....
Cloudy tonight.....the couch looks good..

billdan (Bill) · #40 30-01-2018, 12:06 AM

Replying to Alex's original question, "Do you feel old", well I will turn 67 tomorrow and No I don't feel old. I can still do most of everything I've done in the past, I do lots of walks to keep fit etc. Even looking in the mirror I don't reckon I look old.
But if someone takes a photo of me, What!! do I really look that old!!