Things That Make You Feel Old

[Optimus Prime]

 

[Paul]

My son turned 21 this past Friday and my daughter is halfway to 20.

 

[Sailorsaint]

My son turned 21 this past Friday and my daughter is halfway to 20.

Let me know when your kids are older than you were when you married their mom. And your Grandkids are older than you were when you started dating her.

 

[Paul]

Let me know when your kids are older than you were when you married their mom. And your Grandkids are older than you were when you started dating her.

Are we having a cat fight over our elderly status? And you’re winning?

 

[Paul]

Sorry but pull-down maps are cool as ****
Maybe not microfiche cool, but dang cool

Yep, pull-down maps are why I’m so smart about the locations of all 83 states.

 

[Eeyore]

Let me know when your kids are older than you were when you married their mom. And your Grandkids are older than you were when you started dating her.

People can't live that long

 

[Rickboy]

Things that make me NOT feel old..

Working out - If you're over 40 and not lifting, you're setting yourself up for failure. Heck, if your under 40, you'd be doing your older self a huge favor by getting into lifting. I'm now working out 5 times a week. 1 of those days is strictly for cardio and another is a bootcamp style of running and lifting. The other three days are simply for lifting. One day of upper body, one leg day, and one combination of the two with core. All of my workouts are at least 30 minutes. My next goal is to increase that to 45 and eventually 60 minutes. Basically I'm aiming to be a walking gun show..

Compression Socks - Where have these been all my life?!?! So, a few months back I got a set of compression socks on my wife's advice to improve circulation during long business flights. I've mentioned before that my knees are my weak spot but I found that when wearing compression socks, I don't need a knee brace. I'm now running up to 2 miles without a knee brace. When I was in Japan, I was regularly walking 10 miles a day and had zero leg/knee pain. Now I wear compression socks all the time.

Creatine - Holy moley, if you're not on creatine monohydrate, you need to try it now. It's probably the most studied supplement in the world. Back in the 80's there was some concerns about it impacting kidney health but follow on studies showed that to not be an issue. There is a laundry list of positive impacts Creatine has on building muscle and on brain function. I started taking Creatine last June. After a few weeks I noticed the mental impact as I've found it easier to study. From a muscle impact, hell yea! Keep in mind that, on average, a person can lose up to 1% of muscle mass per year if you don't do something about it. Lifting weights and taking creatine (with a proper amount of protein) can help you build muscle.

I'm 53 and I feel that I am in better shape than I was when I was in the Army, with the exception of running. I can do more pushups and setups than I could when I was in the Army. In the Army, I could get a max score the PT test but I really didn't have that much muscle. I simply had a high amount of endurance. Now I have most of that endurance with the added muscle.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Let me know when your kids are older than you were when you married their mom. And your Grandkids are older than you were when you started dating her.

Ha!
I beat that system- I waited til I wa granddad age to have kids
No way they’ll ever catch up to me

 

[Madmarsha]

That reminds me of something that happened to my BFF and I in a history class. It was, I think, 10th grade and we had been assigned to do a report on Puerto Rico. We were in front of the class giving our report and the teacher -- I remember your name, Mr. Ed Howes -- told us to point to where it was on the pull-down map. So we turned around to face the map to do so and for some reason, this map didn't have PR on it!! No idea why but it was not there. We are looking at each other and starting to giggle and then turned around and told Mr. Howes and the class that we couldn't point to it because it wasn't on the map.

Well, he didn't believe us. Of course, the problem was we were dumb female 10th grade students -- and giggling -- and he got mad. So he got up and stormed to the front of the room and HE would show us where Puerto Rico was unaware that the map that had been hanging in his room for who knows how long was completely useless.

To this day, I still don't know where Puerto Rico is.

 

[Madmarsha]

I'm now working out 5 times a day.

That seems a little excessive.

 

[Rickboy]

People can't live that long

My Grandma would beg to differ... She just passed away a couple months ago at 98. Some of her GREAT Grandkids are older than she was when she met my Grandpa. She had two GREAT GREAT Grandkids in their teens..

I miss her. She lived in the same house since she married my Grandpa, back in the early 1940s, until just a few weeks before she passed. Being 98 and able to take care of yourself is a big deal IMO.

 

[Rickboy]

That seems a little excessive.

It is if you're just starting out. I've been doing it for a few years now. Its just that this year has been more focused.

 

[Madmarsha]

It is if you're just starting out. I've been doing it for a few years now. Its just that this year has been more focused.

I assumed it was a typo. You are really working out five times a day?

 

[Madmarsha]

Being 98 and able to take care of yourself is a big deal IMO.

That is a HUGE deal.