Only 5 more days....

[targa911S]

and I turn 60! I'm dreading this one. Normally birthdays don't bother me, but there is something about the number 60 that is making me feel quite old. I'm active, don't look as old as other guys my age, and can still run with the pack, but my head is fighting this one. I have had a tough health year and I think that is helping in making me feel old. It's like my body is giving in but my head refuses to co-operate. Oh well I'll just deal with it., But 60!!, Lordy how did this happen? I never thought I would make it this far, and now I don't want to go...oh well.

[pwd72s]

There is only one alternative to getting old. Your call...

Reaching 60 isn't hard...pulling it is!

Try to have a happy birthday & relax. The good side of being way past college cheerleaders is that you no longer talk to college cheerleaders...

[nostatic]

could be worse...

[targa911S]

could be raining...

[pete3799]

Happy birthday.
While just a whipper snapper (57) i know the feeling. I was cutting fire wood yesterday and after whittling up the first two trees that dial on the oil furnace is looking better all the time.

[cgarr]

60 is the new 40

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by cgarr

60 is the new 40

Yeah right. I can't remember 40. It was all pretty much the same from 20 to around 55 as far as I can recall. I stayed in good shape and ran the Paris marathon at age 58. Two years later I have arthritis in my feet so bad I wear special shoes, I can't read anything without my glasses, my whole body hurts if I do any kind of lifting or stooping. Getting old isn't for sissies. The good part is, I can be a curmudgeon now!
Now get off my lawn!!

[flatbutt]

ya gotta suck it up...ain't no fun in getting old no matter how you spin it. I'm a year and a half off of 60, spent my whole life staying fit. I'm 5'6", 150 lbs 12% body fat....but all 150 of those lbs hurtz...every day. ya gotta suck it up.

[targa911S]

I know what you brothers are saying. Splitting wood, walking 5 miles hunting, things what would not effect me so much before, now, it takes days to recover. Every day I hurt someplace. I'm feeling better in a depressing way, so thanks boys.

[targa911S]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Yeah right. I can't remember 40. It was all pretty much the same from 20 to around 55 as far as I can recall. I stayed in good shape and ran the Paris marathon at age 58. Two years later I have arthritis in my feet so bad I wear special shoes, I can't read anything without my glasses, my whole body hurts if I do any kind of lifting or stooping. Getting old isn't for sissies. The good part is, I can be a curmudgeon now!
Now get off my lawn!!

I totally know what you mean. You sound exactly like my story.

[boba]

You kids just whimper and whine all the time.

Happy Birthday.

[targa911S]

Lots of old guys here. I feel sooo "at home".

[Crowbob]

Getting old is the cruelest of surprises.

[strupgolf]

I turned 60 last June and it was the "thinking BD". All the others came and went without fanfare. But after 60, I started to think about retirement, SS, health concerns, end of life issues, those kind of things. I find myself reading the obit's in the paper more and seeing LOTS of people expiring before age 60, so that puts you in a different mind-set. I take more pills than before 60 for some things. I'm now REALLY thinking of weight loss, healthy eating and walking as never before. All I have to do is do it. My body just moves about a second or two after my mind says to. Happy birthday, BTW

[Crowbob]

REALLY thinking is a little better than just thinking so that's a good sign.