For those over 60 - The years of splendor

[Wild Bill]

I could provide a list of all my age-related ailments, but what's the point?

For me, it's enough to keep walking forward.

I'll never be the 30 year-old I once was.  But in t nearly 4 decades since then, I'm sure as fuck wiser!

I am going the opposite way DB , I am getting dafter as I get older , I like getting out and meeting people and having a bit of banter ,A couple of places I have been the people did not even know their next door neighbours and they stayed beside them for 15 years or more , I soon got them talking to each other .

It is not uncommon to hear of older people who have died and nobody has noticed for years !  Happened to me once a few decades ago where I came across someone who had died a long time before , it is a lot more common than people think

[DBCowboy]

I am going the opposite way DB , I am getting dafter as I get older , I like getting out and meeting people and having a bit of banter ,A couple of places I have been the people did not even know their next door neighbours and they stayed beside them for 15 years or more , I soon got them talking to each other .

It is not uncommon to hear of older people who have died and nobody has noticed for years !  Happened to me once a few decades ago where I came across someone who had died a long time before , it is a lot more common than people think

Let me explain the term "wiser"

It means (as I explain to others) that I've fucked up more than they have.

Experience is just an accumulation of mistakes made and lessons learned

[Wild Bill]

Let me explain the term "wiser"

It means (as I explain to others) that I've fucked up more than they have.

Experience is just an accumulation of mistakes made and lessons learned

Been there done that DB lol  , respect had to be earned when I was a kid , the hard way , my grandmothers brother pushed a cleaning barrow about the little village I am from for decades , he started at 3 am and finished  about 8 am pushing a brush and cleaning litter from the gutter .

I once asked him about this as a teenager staggering home early one morning half baked - why don't you get a better job the very young me inquired ,  He laughed at me and told me nobody ever bothered him and he had cleaning the streets up down to a fine art , He was a very happy guy plus he was the one who opened up for all the other guys who worked at the county yard , and was the go to guy  to get things done like filling up the emergency vehicles at the county pumps , plus he did OK from what all us drunken idiots back the lost on the way home from the bar .

every time I hear this song I think fondly  of that man who looked after and  cleaned up his area .




Runs in the genes DB , someone has to knuckle down and tidy the place up 

[DBCowboy]

Been there done that DB lol  , respect had to be earned when I was a kid , the hard way , my grandmothers brother pushed a cleaning barrow about the little village I am from for decades , he started at 3 am and finished  about 8 am pushing a brush and cleaning litter from the gutter .

I once asked him about this as a teenager staggering home early one morning half baked - why don't you get a better job the very young me inquired ,  He laughed at me and told me nobody ever bothered him and he had cleaning the streets up down to a fine art , He was a very happy guy plus he was the one who opened up for all the other guys who worked at the county yard , and was the go to guy  to get things done like filling up the emergency vehicles at the county pumps , plus he did OK from what all us drunken idiots back the lost on the way home from the bar .

every time I hear this song I think fondly  of that man who looked after and  cleaned up his area .

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Runs in the genes DB , someone has to knuckle down and tidy the place up 

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[rickymouse]

Let me explain the term "wiser"

It means (as I explain to others) that I've fucked up more than they have.

Experience is just an accumulation of mistakes made and lessons learned

you learn from your mistakes.  My father told me when I was young that a mistake is not a mistake if you learn from it, it is a learning experience.  If you make the mistake again, then it is a mistake.

I have gained a lot of learning experiences in my life, but not that many mistakes. 

My father also told me church is for people who need to confess their sins, if you don't sin, then you don't need to go to church too often.  So he made me go to Sunday school and church every week till I got to be around sixteen...so evidently I must have been a sinner up to that point.

I was led to believe in school that we were smarter than our parents because they did not get a high education.  But my father who quit school in tenth grade may not have known how to word things like a scholar, but he was more intelligent and had more common sense than most of my teachers.

[Oldcarpy2]

I'm 63.  Had a new hip, was dead for 10 mins or so and need a new knee.  Veins in lower leg knackered due to pulmonary embolism.  My backs knackered, too.

I don't get a State Pension until I'm 67.

C'est la vie.

[montana]

Retirement is the best job I've ever had! 

I spend a lot of time working on my 30 year old motorhome, then I just disappear for 2 or 3 months. 

The projects at home do tend to pile up, though. I have a few big ones that I have to tackle before I can head out again. Cell phones and Starlink mean I am always connected with my family, even when camped on the top of a mountain. 

The secret to a happy retirement is to pay off all loans before you pull the plug. Otherwise you will sit on your porch wondering if you can afford cat food that month.

[KTemplar]

I'm 63.  Had a new hip, was dead for 10 mins or so and need a new knee.  Veins in lower leg knackered due to pulmonary embolism.  My backs knackered, too.

I don't get a State Pension until I'm 67.

C'est la vie.

Sorry OC, that’s rough!  I hope things improve for you!

[rickymouse]

I could provide a list of all my age-related ailments, but what's the point?

For me, it's enough to keep walking forward.

I'll never be the 30 year-old I once was.  But in t nearly 4 decades since then, I'm sure as fuck wiser!

So, four dcades later you changed your name to Wiser?  Cool, did you go to the court house to do it officially?

[DBCowboy]

So, four dcades later you changed your name to Wiser?  Cool, did you go to the court house to do it officially?

Nah, Fuck Wiser.