Reality sets in. I'm not young anymore.

[Bozz10mm]

Put the Fall decorations back up in the shed loft and got the Christmas decorations down. Gets harder to do every year. Also yesterday, got out the 12 ft. extension ladder and climbed on the roof of the shed to put down some sealer. OMG! Transition from ladder to roof and roof back to ladder is scary as hell.

 

[Axxe55]

Put the Fall decorations back up in the shed loft and got the Christmas decorations down. Gets harder to do every year. Also yesterday, got out the 12 ft. extension ladder and climbed on the roof of the shed to put down some sealer. OMG! Transition from ladder to roof and roof back to ladder is scary as hell.

I hate ladders!

 

[majormadmax]

Did they actually tell you that was the reason?

If the dismissal was due to not being physically or mentally able to do the job, it is legal.

If it was simply based on his age, it's illegal.

The purpose of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA, Public Law 90-202) was to promote employment of older persons based on their ability rather than age; but in this case, it appears he wasn't actually able to continue to do the job.

However, that should have been readily apparent, and something which could easily be demonstrated.

 

[Axxe55]

One of the downsides of getting old is there are times when the mind wants to do something, but your body isn't willing!

 

[Dead Roman]

I went and tried to wheelie my harley and the next day my upper back and shoulders felt like a gorilla beat on me all night. Stupid shit makes me sore now.

 

[jrbfishn]

Truth be told, the stupid shit I did always made me sore. Now I notice it more and it takes longer get over than it did.
I used to fall and bounce. Now I go thud......

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[BillM]

Exactly. Might be time to change my handle to Lady Smith.

My wife has a stainless Lady Smith. Nice gun. Looks mostly like this one:

 

[Axxe55]

Truth be told, the stupid shit I did always made me sore. Now I notice it more and it takes longer get over than it did.
I used to fall and bounce. Now I go thud......

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The bounce leaves after the age of 40!

 

[baboon]

I was carded once in my 30s. Now they just ask if I need help carrying it to the car.

Many do for me seeing that I walk with a cane. Then again it could just be all the booze I’m
buying.

 

[gdr_11]

An old man married a young woman.​

Now he was spending less time with his friends.​

His concerned friends enquired if there was a problem.​

“I’m to pass time with you but my poor wife gets lonely when I’m away.”​

Friends advised him to keep a young tenant at home, your wife will be happy in the company of a younger person.​

The old man promptly acted on their advice and leased a room in the house to a young tenant.​

The friends were meeting more often.​

One day the friends jokingly asked,​

“How is your wife now?”​

“She is not lonely at all, in fact, she is happy and she is pregnant”​

The friends laughed, as they expected this.​

“How is the tenant?” they asked.​

The old man replied very soberly​

“She is also pregnant ..”​

 

[baboon]

I had physical therapy yesterday morning. I was hurting pretty good from it all the way home.

My new ladder came the other day so I felt I needed to use it. Getting it out of the box sucked enough that I gave it a rest.

My front porch has an overhang with 20 feet of gutter. By the time I was done getting out the mower with the cart the ladder and cleaning out the twigs and leaves I spent 2 hours.

I left the ladder on the porch thinking I need to blow off the section of over hang. This morning I’m so sore I’m contemplating another pain killer. Way to sore to even make coffee. When the wife finally rolls out I think there will be Kahlua in that coffee

 

[Charlie]

Just raise the ground level around your porch so you won't need a ladder! Heh! (I'd put a smiley on here but I can't find any of them on here anymore!)

 

[benenglish]

Can't eat too much protein, nor fats, nor carbs (doctor's orders)

Don't those three things comprise the entire list of macronutrients? Basically all food is one of those, right? So what are you supposed to eat? Air and water?

 

[gll]

Put the Fall decorations back up in the shed loft and got the Christmas decorations down. Gets harder to do every year. Also yesterday, got out the 12 ft. extension ladder and climbed on the roof of the shed to put down some sealer. OMG! Transition from ladder to roof and roof back to ladder is scary as hell.

Besides that, anything closer than about 3 ft from the roof edge is scary as hell for me!

Some years ago, I thought putting a 500 gal water tank on top an old 15ft pipe tank stand would be a good think to do. I built a treated 2 x 10 platform, painted it with some high dollar paint, strapped the tank with it's plumbing onto the platform and pulled it all up one side of the stand and over onto the top with my tractor and a 24ft gin pole... That was the easy part.

The hard part wasn't building the ladder that reaches from the top of my well house to it's own platform high enough that I can reach and inspect the top of the tank, which is a tall 500... I welded that up on the ground and lifted it up and bolted it into place no problem.

The hard part is actually stilling myself to climb up to that little platform at about 18ft! The saving grace is it's not just a single straight climb.

I have to say, I was never thrilled by unenclosed heights, but these days, they near terrify me.

 

[benenglish]

I can relate (at length, with detailed stories) to more than half the posts in this thread. But I'm trying to think of something earlier than expected in my life that doesn't just repeat points already made.

How about this story that I've told before: In my late 30s, a porn star adopted me as a surrogate father figure. At no point did she have a single thought that included me and sex at the same time. I was just an older guy she was comfortable talking to.

To be fair, she was still a teenager but still, it kinda stung the ego a bit. I responded by acting out with a couple of other (legal) teenagers...but that's a story for another day.

 

[Katydid1984]

When I went to the doctor with some extreme pain on my side at 48. He proudly states I have shingles. I said I thought shingles were for old people. He then says...well, you're 48 and what do you consider to be old?

That's crazy I had shingles at 34; I think they're really for those with jacked up immune systems...

 

[Bozz10mm]

I have to say, I was never thrilled by unenclosed heights, but these days, they near terrify me.

It's not the fall I'm worried about. It's that sudden stop at the bottom.

 

[Katydid1984]

When I got the senior discount at Church's in San Angelo when I was not yet 50! I paid and got my ticket. It looked wrong so I explained to the young lady that she undercharged me. She looked at the ticket and said "That is your senior..." Her face fell when she saw the look on my face. I just smiled and said thanks. My wife got a lot of laughs out of that and reminding me of it every once in a while.

My boss got a senior discount without asking; I had to point that out when I ran receipts because it was a work thing. Lets just say he wasn't pleased.

 

[bbbass]

Don't those three things comprise the entire list of macronutrients? Basically all food is one of those, right? So what are you supposed to eat? Air and water?

I'm not sure. They never said, just each individual doc says don't eat this or that.

Diabetes, don't overdo carbs
High triglycerides, don't overdo fats
Liver disease, don't overdo proteins
Kidney disease, no salt


So I guess I can have "a little" of each? And salad w/no dressing, and veggies w/no butter/marg/salt.

 

[gll]

It's not the fall I'm worried about. It's that sudden stop at the bottom.

The reason I fear the fall, is because I no longer trust my body... That has to be the definition of old!