When Did You Start Feeling Old?

[Trimley]

I hear badgering from all over about the mods and upgrades that I've done and shared, on my tractor.

All the younger pitching their banter, how EASY it is for them to do things, and how they feel about my changing things that (in their eyes) don't need changed. It honestly makes me laugh.

Last month I turned 63. Since 2015, after getting my left hand crushed, it has been pretty much useless. I've had to mentally and physically change how I do things, that a person with working appendages has no reality of. That is what has taken the winds out of my sails. In one sense I'm working smarter, while in another, the physical labor is harder on me.

 

[AM28]

When you listen to somebody half your age complain about being old……

 

[D2Cat]

When I realize how long I've been on this forum.

 

[KKBL]

When you listen to somebody half your age complain about being old……

When my 34 year old son or his friends complain about aches and pains that they never had to deal before, I love to say "Gee - you must be getting old!"
They don't like to hear it, but are starting to understand why I don't cut and split 6 cord of wood, help with roofing jobs, etc like I could 36 years ago.
Time is the great equalizer.