Older guys (fifty plus) One thing that irks you the most about getting old?
 

:mad:For me it the friggin ear hair. JC....I've got to pluck hair every week or else it looks as though I've got paint brushes coming out of those little ear nubs.

I can deal with losing hair, needing glasses to read, not hearing as well and putting on weight, but this GD ear hair is driving me nuts!

What's irks you about getting older?

I am not 50 yet but not too far away.
Reading glasses. I have always had very good vision and have never worn glasses. For me it drives me nuts to not be able to see something without the dang things. Then I have to find where I left them...

Nothing pisses me off more than having to deal with f#&!@$ reading glasses every time I need to do anything, especially when I have my head buried in an engine bay or upside down under the dash. I've got several pair, all different strengths for different jobs, but it's always a hassle with stuff out of focus or too much lens reflection.
Sometimes I think I'd even swap my dick for a new set of eyes (but only briefly :eek:).

..that it takes me all night to do what I used to do all night...

D.

I understand about the reading thing. I need mega strong glasses to do anything close. Lying under the car and trying to see what it is you're working on has become a joke, I have coke bottle lenses for that.

Still, I can wear glasses but the freaking ear hair sucks big time.

Well let's see....not having the stamina that I used to. I get worn out easy these days, and getting home at 4 a.m. after a gig ruins me for a couple of days now. Hips hurt from standing for 3+ hrs. and carrying heavy equipment.
Also I just hurt some days, muscles, bones just ache for no apparent reason especially later in the evening. I'm 60 years old.

"..that it takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.."

amen to that. Age is one way of treating premature ejaculation.

Just don't wear the glasses and you can't see all your ear hair :)

It is a cruel thing, the hair on your forehead turns around and stops coming out of the top of your head and starts coming out your ears.

Before I hit 50 I almost never got up at night to pee, and no I did not wet the bed.

I figure all of the pains are better than the only alternative to getting older.

My knee's are really playin out fast so is my back and that bugs me cause I can't do stuff with the cars as easy as I used too. My eleven year old son is starting into Pee-wee hockey and they are allowed to check now so he likes to practice on the old man and shaking that stuff off takes longer now than when I was 40-45, thats what bugs me, I'm wearing out before my time, I think it's cause I played too hard as a kid. I'll be 54 later this year.
Finn

I'm about to turn 52 - definitely have good genes, thanks to parents but I've noticed in the last year or so I tire easily, a lot of ***** hurts when it didn't used to, I am more complacent than in the past. My libido is going downhill fast. yuck

Older guys (fifty plus) One thing that irks you the most about getting old?
 

Having to sit down to piss because it takes so long!


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Being harassed cruising for teenagers. :D

Losing my close up vision is my biggest irk so far. :mad:

Having young hot chicks call me: Sir. :eek:

The glasses do suck too, though.

Ian

Not being able to shoot with iron sights anymore, even with glasses. Progressive lens' just don't work like that.

I guess my biggest complaint is that my body doesn't bend like it used to.

I used to enjoy my 951, both driving it and working on it. But, it got to a point that I could no longer get to parts of the engine bay without removing the hood and I couldn't get under the dash without removing the seats. I eventually had to give it up.

Oh, reading glasses too. My eye doc says that I have excellent vision other than close up. He told me just to buy cheap reading glasses and not waste my money on a prescription pair. I buy them in bulk from Costco. They are all over the house and in my backpack.

Coffee out the nose! :D

Still have four yrs to go but.. the air on your head being replaced with ear hair bugs the crap out of me now.

Younger people at work who haven't BTDT, but act like they can do anything and know everything.

They have no idea how little they know, but think decades of experience means nothing. They don't have to know how to do something, they'll just figure it out. Which leads to the next gripe:

I've often refered to then as "the good enough generation".
They tend to do a half-arsed job on something and say, that's good enough.

I take the attitude that if my name is on something it better be as good as we can make it, and they get annoyed because I'm wasting time.

now get off my ..... you know the rest.

I'm convinced that you never actually lose hair, but much like gravity takes it's toll on your muscles and sking by sagging, it also pulls the hair growing from your head and it sprouts out of other unintended places. (ears, nose, etc...)

Agree with the rest, reading glasses...uggh! On top of that, the body wearing out. Still trying to stay in shape (for an old guy) but is becoming increasingly painful/difficult. Shoulders, hips, knees, and especially back, gad this totally sucks!

I needed reading glasses for maps 20 years ago. But it sure did make things easier. Having to put them on to see the buttons on a cell phone is a PITA, but I blame that more on cell phones.

Honestly, glasses would not be my first choice of old age annoyances. I don't like the prospect that I face should replacement. It just gets worse. Last time I was on the track I pretty well knew it was the last time on the track.

That's the b!tch of getting old.

I have too many "projects" sitting around. Sometimes I wonder if I should tag and price some things so my wife knows what they are and what to ask for them at the auction.

At 75, I've pretty much experienced all that has been mentioned so far. The best? news is that for you old farts just entering this "wonderland", you will learn to accomodate diminished capacities. You don't have to like it, but you will get used to it.

Last month I decided to try to maintain some semblance of fitness, so I cleaned up my bicycle and went up the driveway, turned around, stopped, got a cramp in my landing foot and leg, lost my balance and fell in the opposite direction on my hip and shoulder. So, this coming Monday I am having rotator cuff reconstructive surgery. The good news is I expect to be able to hold my 1911 in the one-handed offhand old military position, and, I didn't hurt my hip more than a big bruise.

On the brighter side, there are many things that we don't "have to do" any more. ( You can supply your own examples).

I like the "label and price" all the projects that may never get finished, by DaveE.

Keep on keepin' on!

Plopping down on the toilet and feeling cocky that you're getting a cold wet sensation...then realizing it's your scrotum and not yer johnson.:eek::D

Lasik cured my need for glasses but killed my low level light accuity. I use a head band monted night or a SureFire flash when under the ride......

Nose and ear hair.....ditto, a pinch between the nails used to suffice.....now I have my own electric hedge trimmer.....

Here's what irks me...
Lack of energy. I use to be able to keep up with the teenagers in softball and other sports, but not anymore.

As a 92 year old guy told me once "When I was younger I had to place my di(k under the fence rail so I didn't piss in my face, now that I'm older I have to place it over the fence rail so I don't piss on my shoes."

Arthritis in my feet. I can't run anymore. My last marathon was Paris, 2008. Reading glasses are a big pain too.

I hit the gene lottery pool as well. My Dad is 82 and still rides his motorcycle, takes long trips and generally rolls his own way. His father lived to 96.

I'll be 55 in November...the creaks and groans suck but the motor still runs.

I have zero to complain about. Satchel Paige was right.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.
Satchel Paige

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?
Satchel Paige

Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
Satchel Paige

Losing hair, yep....ear and nose hair, yep....Gone from reading glasses to 'regular' glasses. Small bruises, cuts or scrapes seem to last forever instead of a couple of days.

A big peeve is have to watch what I eat, and quantity. Used to be able to eat anything I wanted, in whatever quantity I wanted, and not worry about it. Now if I'm not careful, it seems like I balloon up overnight. And getting it off ain't near as easy or as much fun.

At least going back to teaching young (er) kids how to climb poles is providing a LOT more exercise and I'm feeling better for it.

Karl
88 Targa

Satchel was great.

Dueller, I was going to post about the elongation of the scrotum but you beat me to it.

Mossguy, hope the surgery goes well.

Reading glasses suck.

You guys are kids. I'm 63 in 3 weeks. Not much to complain about. Can still see well up close, but do feel tired mid-day and coffee ain't the solution it used to be.

Paul: Satchel Paige was mostly right. But if you don't force yourself to become aware that your 35-feeling self looks 20 years older on the outside, you're going to have a lot of disappointing interactions with people. It's not all on the inside. I can feel young, I can ride my bike and move like a young man, but I can't stop 40 year-olds from calling me 'sir.'

Thank you! I have high expectations.

No worries, I know exactly who and what I am...odd, however, I am much more in tune with my physical side than I was when I played college sports. I work out every morning, not to stem the tide, but to manage the ebb as best I can.

I'm not looking to be young again, just manage the facility better, mentally and physically.

And best, Tom.

The fact that we start losing parents and our similarly-aged wives hit menopause all at the same time...

Excruciating pain that wakes me up nightly because I was a college athlete... perhaps a new mattress could help with this.

Going through 500 tablet ibuprofen bottles really fast.

My new program is 30 at 55 and 35 at 75.

I want to feel like I am 30 in 4 years when I hit 55, and only progress to 35 by 75. At least with the things I can control... reading glasses are not one of those things.

And the corollary:

You're only as old as the woman you feel.
-Groucho Marx

It's hard to have a young mind when the body is old and wore out.

One back surgery, one knee surgery, the other knee needs cortisone shots periodically, broken heel bone so one leg is shorter than the other. Mostly due to desert motorcycle racing.
Like they say it's never the same after it heals.
I have to be very careful to keep from aggravating one of those old injuries and that really slows me down. Sometimes it seems the only thing I can do that doesn't hurt is get horizontal on the couch.

As long as the mind is clear.

Let me give you duffers some inspiration. This is my dad on his triathlon bike this summer. He's done 8 of them this year. He is a week away from being 67.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1314293565.jpg

Respect!

That is more than impressive!