Do you feel old?

xelasnave · #1 24-01-2018, 10:15 PM

I dont feel old although clearly I am.
My father will be 96 in a couple of weeks and he does not feel old nor does he look his years.
I feel a little less motivated but I blame that on my legs as they are on fire all the time and it takes the edge off wanting to do things.
Doing astronomy is strangely somewhat hard for me, sortta painful, but its nothing for me to stay up until 4 am playing around.
But I dont feel old?
How do others feel?
I thought old age would be different as somehow I feel more happy and together than ever.
Alex

bigjoe (JOSEPH) · #2 24-01-2018, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

I dont feel old although clearly I am.
My father will be 96 in a couple of weeks and he does not feel old nor does he look his years.
I feel a little less motivated but I blame that on my legs as they are on fire all the time and it takes the edge off wanting to do things.
Doing astronomy is strangely somewhat hard for me, sortta painful, but its nothing for me to stay up until 4 am playing around.
But I dont feel old?
How do others feel?
I thought old age would be different as somehow I feel more happy and together than ever.
Alex

Almost 60 Alex (58 )..I dont feel old either..the most crucial change for me was losing weight a few yrs back and keeping it off...Felt 10 yrs younger in no time; at under 90 kg now at just on 185cm in shoes...makes ALL The difference in the world

No weight on legs or back, no sore back, and abundant energy...can do soooo much more without lugging around 25 kg plus ALL the time..a huge impost when you think about it.
bigjoe.

glend (Glen) · #3 24-01-2018, 10:42 PM

Clearly Alex you have inherited good genes, as your dad is still with you at 96. You have alot of years of astronomy ahead of you.

astroron (Ron) · #4 25-01-2018, 01:18 AM

Not old in mind Alex, but the joints and the legs could do with a bit of livening up.
75 going on 50

Cheers

jenchris (Jennifer) · #5 25-01-2018, 07:38 AM

Old is a mental thing.
It's what kills you.
I feel younger now than I did last year. Or should that be last night?

ZeroID (Brent) · #6 25-01-2018, 08:28 AM

Nearly 69, I retire end of March. Feel old ? Nah !
Just need a change of life and pace and some de-stressing.
OK, a few bits don't work quite as well as they did originally but it just makes me a bit more careful and clever when I do things.
All good here ... mostly ...

JA · #7 25-01-2018, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by astroron

Not old in mind Alex, but the joints and the legs could do with a bit of livening up.
75 going on 50

Cheers

Then any or all of ..... Tumeric 3000, Fish Oil, Glucosamine (Sulphate), &c..........

Best
JA

doppler (Rick) · #8 25-01-2018, 09:10 AM

Mentally no, but physically a life time of manual work is catching up now. Taking all those joint pills but wear is wear, maybe I'd be worse without them?
Mentally I feel around 40ish, I have the strength to do a 30 y/o's work, pension at 67 is still 7 years away but hopefully I'll be out of the work force way before that. Life is for living not working. When you've been physically active all your life having to slow things down because of wear and tear is not something to look forward to.

Merlin66 (Ken) · #9 25-01-2018, 09:23 AM

Any day you wake up has the making of a great day.....

You don't get any days off when you retire.

Live for the day - and do it!!

astroron (Ron) · #10 25-01-2018, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JA

Then any or all of ..... Tumeric 3000, Fish Oil, Glucosamine (Sulphate), &c..........

Best
JA

Most of the so called medicines are really snake oil.
I have tried a couple of the above,no benefit came from them as far as I could see.
My specialist told me there no proven benefit from Glucosamine,and that I was wasting my money,I had too agree with him after two 60 day courses.
No difference from when I didn't take them at all.
Cheers

Merlin66 (Ken) · #11 25-01-2018, 10:54 AM

Ron,
I agree 100%

I keep asking at the Body Shop about new legs....they keep telling me "they're on backorder" ;-)

astroron (Ron) · #12 25-01-2018, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Merlin66

Ron,
I agree 100%

I keep asking at the Body Shop about new legs....they keep telling me "they're on backorder" ;-)

Ken,the alternative medicine industry is a multi Billion dollar industry selling their mostly useless products to the gullible of this world.
Sometimes doctors are complicit with them.
Cheers

JA · #13 25-01-2018, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by astroron

Ken,the alternative medicine industry is a multi Billion dollar industry selling their mostly useless products to the gullible of this world.
Sometimes doctors are complicit with them.
Cheers

Hello Ron,

Yes, and sometimes they are complicit with Big Pharma, either directly or via research grants for studies, etc....it ain't that clean!

Natural medicines/substances make up many pharmaceuticals, and when BIG Pharma finds one of those that is even moderately effective, they change it and/or patent it, advertise the hell out of it, cajole the doctors in to making it indispensable and make you and your government pay through the eye teeth for it. Just like any well run multinational.

Best
JA

el_draco (Rom) · #14 25-01-2018, 08:09 PM

At 56, I am pretty badly buggered physically, but at least I have earned the battle damage. Bike smashes, lots of broken bones, Heavy labour for a lot of years, walked pretty much around OZ backpacking etc... All adds up. Mentally fine but I have to take it easier physically. Limited to 20kg lift now or I can expect surgery shortly afterwards. As the old song goes, "Some days are diamonds... some days are scheibstrume"

xelasnave · #15 26-01-2018, 12:52 PM

I think the key is to stay positive and most of all not to be critical of others... If someone does something stupid in front of you while you are driving for example I think it is best not to get upset and scream at them.... and avoid judging others... Seems less stressful.
Accept change and be content I think helps general happiness and the happier you feel the younger you feel. My legs get to me but I am happy cause I could have ended up in a wheel chair. And my legs are not an age thing so they dont make me feel old.
But setting up the eq6 and the 8 inch is difficult but setting up a 16 inch would be a struggle for most... So it not that bad unless you keep telling yourself that you are too old for it...
Alex

JA · #16 26-01-2018, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by xelasnave

I think the key is to stay positive and most of all not to be critical of others...

110 % ...

Best
JA

w0mbat (Ian) · #17 26-01-2018, 02:13 PM

Well I am 66 and feeling very physically well and getting happier as I age. While I agree with being sceptical about alternative (and conventional)medicines and especially extracts of what we think is good from complex natural foods, I do believe in getting my omega 3's directly from the source ie sardines. I eat a few tinned sardines for breakfast nearly every day and my GP remarks on how high my good cholesterol is (HDL). I believe that we evolved with a much higher Omega 3 intake than most of us consume now and that they are essential to many areas of the body.
I also observe that the less physical work/exercise I do the worse I feel and vice versa.
I also must own up to probably having good genes as well with both sides of my family being long lived...my mother died a couple of years ago at just short of 102.
Ian

LewisM · #18 26-01-2018, 02:53 PM

If the old axiom is true, I am 36

She keeps me young...

Physiologically, 45 (almost), mentally 12

Don't take a single medicine whatsoever, apart from panadol when the kids start the screaming ... like right now grrrrr.

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #19 26-01-2018, 03:00 PM

[QUOTE mentally 12

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We all know that .....

bigjoe (JOSEPH) · #20 26-01-2018, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by astroron

Most of the so called medicines are really snake oil.
I have tried a couple of the above,no benefit came from them as far as I could see.
My specialist told me there no proven benefit from Glucosamine,and that I was wasting my money,I had too agree with him after two 60 day courses.
No difference from when I didn't take them at all.
Cheers

Too true with most of them Ron... a good diet...and yes that means including the greens and berries most snub. , proper weight for height etc.

I see soo many of my friends struggle with their weight and do absolutely nothing about it! She be right MATE! With their 30 kg plus impost on their dicky knees and back...Mostly self inflicted.

They still drink bottles of coke and beer, smoke all day and wonder why..not a piece of fruit in sight ! 30kg plus overweight .Try lugging a big scope around all day with that weight.

bigjoe.