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[Jim53]

hmm, I feel inadaquate at only 60" cut 🙃

[Petethreeput]

6 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

My brain thinks I'm 35, until I fall down. 😁

I do some balance stuff.  And it’s embarrassing.  Getting old ain’t for pussies

[TiScape]

3 minutes ago, Petethreeput said:

I do some balance stuff.  And it’s embarrassing.  Getting old ain’t for pussies

Good news is, balance can b improved. It’s not too late! 😊

Edited July 3 by TiScape
Typo on not. Added a comma after is

[Petethreeput]

12 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Good news is, balance can b improved. It’s not too late! 😊

It’s too late for me.  But I keep trying 

Edited July 3 by Petethreeput

[TiScape]

Just now, Petethreeput said:

It’s too late for me.  But I keep trying 

Now way! Google ‘improving balance as we get older’. Plenty of good info 👍🏼

[bscinstnct]

28 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Now way! Google ‘improving balance as we get older’. Plenty of good info 👍🏼

Absolutely! Start at the very beginning and keep marching along. Like this!

 

 

 

 

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, Jim53 said:

hmm, I feel inadaquate at only 60" cut " cut🙃

Sorry, gotta ask. Did you cut ur head off on purpose?

[Petethreeput]

28 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

Absolutely! Start at the very beginning and keep marching along. Like this!

 

 

 

 

I do those things!  And I full on suck at them!

[bscinstnct]

5 minutes ago, Petethreeput said:

I do those things!  And I full on suck at them!

 

Well imagine if ya didn’t do them! 👍 

[Petethreeput]

11 minutes ago, bscinstnct said:

 

Well imagine if ya didn’t do them! 👍 

In fairness, on my left leg I dominate.  Right leg is embarrassing.

[aenemated]

Go play a 3 hour punk rock show, ya old bastids. 😂

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, bscinstnct said:

Absolutely! Start at the very beginning and keep marching along. Like this!

 

 

 

 

Start there. End up here…

 

[huskydawg]

1 hour ago, aenemated said:

Go play a 3 hour punk rock show, ya old bastids. 😂

Drummers make better golfers.  The rhythm and strength and stamina are insane.

[aenemated]

3 hours ago, huskydawg said:

Drummers make better golfers.

 

We'll see how things go in Reno in August! 

 

 

[mshills]

9 hours ago, Petethreeput said:

I do some balance stuff.  And it’s embarrassing.  Getting old ain’t for pussies

Amen to that….not quite 50 here and I can’t stand on my R leg. 
 

Work and work on it. Some days are a little better and I can make it a few seconds, but it varies too much. It is a slow grind and will never be “right.”

[braincramp52]

9 hours ago, Petethreeput said:

It’s too late for me.  But I keep trying 

I was kind of joking. I rarely fall anymore. I stand on one leg for 2 minutes twice a day and I walk 2 miles 4 days a week on some hilly rural roads where I live. My legs are stronger now in my 70's than they were in my 50's. 

[bscinstnct]

9 hours ago, aenemated said:

Go play a 3 hour punk rock show, ya old bastids. 😂

 

I be 3 hour like

 

 

 

 

🤣 🍻 

Edited July 3 by bscinstnct

[Petethreeput]

I couldn't watch the video, I just assumed it was the one leg RDL.  I can do a two leg (and they are a trainer favorite), but once you get me doing the one leg it's tough when the plant leg is my right leg.  Left leg isn't too bad.

[bladehunter]

13 hours ago, Petethreeput said:

It’s too late for me.  But I keep trying 

You guys honestly scare me.  I’m 45.  And I’m used to being bullet proof. Like top level spacial awareness balance and flexibility.  To the point of drawing hate from those around me because through my 20s and 30s I’ve had the attitude that “ I can do it why can’t you “?  It took me this long to realize that most cannot. And I’m talking in the every day farm and shop tasks.  Pick up two 50lb sacks of seed or feed and follow me. The other person might get the one sack and follow me , but some can’t even do that. That’s led to buying equipment to work smarter. Not harder.  Ok. So I bend.  And now it’s easier on me too. Examples are endless.  But now at 45. Death seems to surround me. I help those family members it’s after to fight it back. But I’m a wide open aware realist.  It’s going to get them.  Sooner than later.  I’m being given heirlooms. Guns. Tractors. Cars even.  Things to save for posterity.  And I gladly will do that chore.  But. It’s heavy man.  
 

I get up Monday.  My 17 year old cat - taco.  He can’t get up. I walk with him all morning. Carrying him. Trying to help him walk. . He just can’t balance. Can’t hold his bodily functions. Won’t drink etc. So I make that hard choice.  Make the call. Appointment set at 2. I take him outside and we just sit in the sun. He’s not in pain. He’s content. And then the time comes. And we take the last ride.  I just wrap him up in a towel. And cradle him. ( doc says likely stroke ) After , I bring him home and go straight from the truck to the barn for a shovel.  And go to my cemetery and bury him with 25 years of lost friends.  And all the while I’m working in the hard ground , I’m thinking “ once my body fails. I’m useless. I have no means to support  myself “.  Been a hard 4 1/2 years man.  On guard 24/7. 365.     It’s a wild feeling to know that the gifts are slipping away. 
 

 Debbie downer.  I know.  Just triggered something in me I guess. 

[TiScape]

3 hours ago, braincramp52 said:

I was kind of joking. I rarely fall anymore. I stand on one leg for 2 minutes twice a day and I walk 2 miles 4 days a week on some hilly rural roads where I live. My legs are stronger now in my 70's than they were in my 50's. 

U can stand on one leg for 2 min?!
Pretty sure that means u gonna live to 200!! 🙌🏼

[TiScape]

4 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

You guys honestly scare me.  I’m 45.  And I’m used to being bullet proof. Like top level spacial awareness balance and flexibility.  To the point of drawing hate from those around me because through my 20s and 30s I’ve had the attitude that “ I can do it why can’t you “?  It took me this long to realize that most cannot. And I’m talking in the every day farm and shop tasks.  Pick up two 50lb sacks of seed or feed and follow me. The other person might get the one sack and follow me , but some can’t even do that. That’s led to buying equipment to work smarter. Not harder.  Ok. So I bend.  And now it’s easier on me too. Examples are endless.  But now at 45. Death seems to surround me. I help those family members it’s after to fight it back. But I’m a wide open aware realist.  It’s going to get them.  Sooner than later.  I’m being given heirlooms. Guns. Tractors. Cars even.  Things to save for posterity.  And I gladly will do that chore.  But. It’s heavy man.  
 

I get up Monday.  My 17 year old cat - taco.  He can’t get up. I walk with him all morning. Carrying him. Trying to help him walk. . He just can’t balance. Can’t hold his bodily functions. Won’t drink etc. So I make that hard choice.  Make the call. Appointment set at 2. I take him outside and we just sit in the sun. He’s not in pain. He’s content. And then the time comes. And we take the last ride.  I just wrap him up in a towel. And cradle him. ( doc says likely stroke ) After , I bring him home and go straight from the truck to the barn for a shovel.  And go to my cemetery and bury him with 25 years of lost friends.  And all the while I’m working in the hard ground , I’m thinking “ once my body fails. I’m useless. I have no means to support  myself “.  Been a hard 4 1/2 years man.  On guard 24/7. 365.     It’s a wild feeling to know that the gifts are slipping away. 
 

 Debbie downer.  I know.  Just triggered something in me I guess. 

Bummer blade. Sorry to hear about Taco 😔 

[TiScape]

1 hour ago, bscinstnct said:

 

I be 3 hour like

 

 

 

 

🤣 🍻 

Love that!! It’s exactly how I picture ya! 🤣

[Petethreeput]

As a kid I was one step from being a professional athlete in a sport that didn't pay (one of the reasons why the step wasn't taken), but I digress.  It's like the last 35 years never happened in my head, and the things I remember doing in regards to balance and proprioception just aren't there anymore and I am not even 60 yet.  Its not like I am walking into walls, but the loss of balance is a real thing.

[TiScape]

12 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Love that!! It’s exactly how I picture ya! 🤣

Well that and…

[TiScape]

Makes me think about…

Id love to see a pic of all the WRX regulars I see posting on a regular basis. B like BITD bf the internet when you would see a pic of some radio DJ n be like, oh wow, not what I pictured 

[bladehunter]

8 minutes ago, Petethreeput said:

As a kid I was one step from being a professional athlete in a sport that didn't pay (one of the reasons why the step wasn't taken), but I digress.  It's like the last 35 years never happened in my head, and the things I remember doing in regards to balance and proprioception just aren't there anymore and I am not even 60 yet.  Its not like I am walking into walls, but the loss of balance is a real thing.

Yes- this ^. Same background. With a solid home base backing I could have been top level in several sports.  That’s not the point though. The point is that when it starts t leave. You feel it in your soul.  And there isn’t a thing that will replace it.  Slowing it down is a maybe.  Debatable.  

 

I can feel it in my golf swing.  The speed is down.  And the strength at the top is down. The tow go together with balance. You cant make speed without balance. And you cant balance without strength.  It’s like I was spider man 5 years ago.  And now I’m Batman relying on gadgets to supplement.   10 years ago I could walk down a roof being framed and only have a 2x6 under my feet with no hand holds up top.  Last week I hired a guy to go on a shed that’s 10 feet off the ground to put some screws in after we had some wind. Why ?  Because sometimes I lose balance n the shower if I close my eyes.  I don’t trust myself up there now , even if walking on a full roof.  .  
 

[TiScape]

2 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Yes- this ^. Same background. With a solid home base backing I could have been top level in several sports.  That’s not the point though. The point is that when it starts t leave. You feel it in your soul.  And there isn’t a thing that will replace it.  Slowing it down is a maybe.  Debatable.  

 

I can feel it in my golf swing.  The speed is down.  And the strength at the top is down. The tow go together with balance. You cant make speed without balance. And you cant balance without strength.  It’s like I was spider man 5 years ago.  And now I’m Batman relying on gadgets to supplement.   10 years ago I could walk down a roof being framed and only have a 2x6 under my feet with no hand holds up top.  Last week I hired a guy to go on a shed that’s 10 feet off the ground to put some screws in after we had some wind. Why ?  Because sometimes I lose balance n the shower if I close my eyes.  I don’t trust myself up there now , even if walking on a full roof.  .  
 

Father Time being undefeated and all that… It’s a real thing and SUCKS! 

[TiScape]

3 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Yes- this ^. Same background. With a solid home base backing I could have been top level in several sports.  That’s not the point though. The point is that when it starts t leave. You feel it in your soul.  And there isn’t a thing that will replace it.  Slowing it down is a maybe.  Debatable.  

 

I can feel it in my golf swing.  The speed is down.  And the strength at the top is down. The tow go together with balance. You cant make speed without balance. And you cant balance without strength.  It’s like I was spider man 5 years ago.  And now I’m Batman relying on gadgets to supplement.   10 years ago I could walk down a roof being framed and only have a 2x6 under my feet with no hand holds up top.  Last week I hired a guy to go on a shed that’s 10 feet off the ground to put some screws in after we had some wind. Why ?  Because sometimes I lose balance n the shower if I close my eyes.  I don’t trust myself up there now , even if walking on a full roof.  .  
 

And my apologies, as I can’t resist!

[RoverTiger]

24 minutes ago, TiScape said:

Makes me think about…

Id love to see a pic of all the WRX regulars I see posting on a regular basis. B like BITD bf the internet when you would see a pic of some radio DJ n be like, oh wow, not what I pictured 

 

Couldn't quite get my hair to act right in this one, but this will do.

 

[RoverTiger]

Saw earlier this week that a C-17 has been announced for the Atlanta Air Show in October. Nice that a thicc boi will get his chance to show off.