Things That Make You Feel Old

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Brennan77 said:
I drive every day plus ive spent a lot of time outdoors in my life. I have those Cajun squint in the sun wrinkles at 43. I had to upload a photo for work and I was all...who is this old dude?
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i had to submit a photo for something at work not too long ago. i used my 10+ year old linkedin pic.
 
Madmarsha said:
What, you guys never heard of sunscreen?
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She dat pole dancer at the local nudie bar?
J/k

I play a fair amount of golf as well as other outdoor sports and I always carry some spf 30. Moisturize every night too.
Don’t want to flirt with skin cancer and, I’m still rather pretty, if I do say so myself.
 
Brennan77 said:
I drive every day plus ive spent a lot of time outdoors in my life. I have those Cajun squint in the sun wrinkles at 43. I had to upload a photo for work and I was all...who is this old dude?
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I now understand the meaning of "soft lighting"
 
Had a "now you're old" moment this past week.

We went on vacation last week to the beach and the waves were perfect! So, of course, last Monday, I get up at 7:00 am, grab my board and head to the water. It's 8:00 am, I am in three to four foot, peeling waves, 75 degree water, it was perfect! I was out there for four hours, just riding and riding. And then Old Man Time showed up and kicked me. All over. I was shot!! Body was weak, I was dehydrated (which was helped by vacation alcohol consumption), super tired and just worn out. I’m 52 years old, haven’t surfed/bodyboarded in two years yet I charged it like I was 25 years old. It took days for me to feel halfway right again. I go to the gym every day! I work out! I do cardio! Yet, I was using muscles I forgot about. I could recover from that, no problem…….in my 20’s to 40’s. Now?

It was right then that reality came crashing in on me and I felt…….OLD. Surfing/bodyboarding is something I love to do but I just couldn’t keep up.

It’s a very humbling, scary feeling when old shows up……..
 
MarylandWHODAT said:
Had a "now you're old" moment this past week.

We went on vacation last week to the beach and the waves were perfect! So, of course, last Monday, I get up at 7:00 am, grab my board and head to the water. It's 8:00 am, I am in three to four foot, peeling waves, 75 degree water, it was perfect! I was out there for four hours, just riding and riding. And then Old Man Time showed up and kicked me. All over. I was shot!! Body was weak, I was dehydrated (which was helped by vacation alcohol consumption), super tired and just worn out. I’m 52 years old, haven’t surfed/bodyboarded in two years yet I charged it like I was 25 years old. It took days for me to feel halfway right again. I go to the gym every day! I work out! I do cardio! Yet, I was using muscles I forgot about. I could recover from that, no problem…….in my 20’s to 40’s. Now?

It was right then that reality came crashing in on me and I felt…….OLD. Surfing/bodyboarding is something I love to do but I just couldn’t keep up.

It’s a very humbling, scary feeling when old shows up……..
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I look at it differently, you did more than keep up....Kudos for you just getting out there and 4 hours of paddling and actively surfing is really, really good for anyone over 40.....

I just turned 60 and still jump on my skateboard and hit the public skatepark in Wilmington from time to time....I can still ride the bowls and kickturns, fakies, etc.....but no more lip slides, aerials....and after about only an hour of riding I'm pretty beat....but, hey, getting out there is what counts....
 
MarylandWHODAT said:
Had a "now you're old" moment this past week.

We went on vacation last week to the beach and the waves were perfect! So, of course, last Monday, I get up at 7:00 am, grab my board and head to the water. It's 8:00 am, I am in three to four foot, peeling waves, 75 degree water, it was perfect! I was out there for four hours, just riding and riding. And then Old Man Time showed up and kicked me. All over. I was shot!! Body was weak, I was dehydrated (which was helped by vacation alcohol consumption), super tired and just worn out. I’m 52 years old, haven’t surfed/bodyboarded in two years yet I charged it like I was 25 years old. It took days for me to feel halfway right again. I go to the gym every day! I work out! I do cardio! Yet, I was using muscles I forgot about. I could recover from that, no problem…….in my 20’s to 40’s. Now?

It was right then that reality came crashing in on me and I felt…….OLD. Surfing/bodyboarding is something I love to do but I just couldn’t keep up.

It’s a very humbling, scary feeling when old shows up……..
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Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
 

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