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    My father turns 87 next week. He still works a 6 hour day in the shop.


    Andrew , YOU sound like a real work a Coholic ! I hope he gets Birthdays off! And I will think of him as an inspiration .

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    Elderly is when they have to spoon feed me, otherwise, keep moving forward.
    Mac

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    Elderly is always 30 years older then me!

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    Thanks guys, actually I have been retired for 20 years, and busy, but my wife chose to hang on to help out her boss, and just retired in June. For 20years, I was a 'kept man'.

    I already bought the saw, and am half way through putting it together. I think I have a few guilt feelings about it. Wifey leaves for a trip to Germany in a couple days, with other family members, so I think I can get over it.

    I am selling my travel trailer, and unloading tools I actually don't need, but I still have three old cars to fool with as well as the shop. I am trying to get to the 'point and pay' stage of rental ownership, with a property manager for the most troublesome one, and soon the other two. This is our hedge against retirement costs. They have been a real blessing, despite the problems.

    Hitting 50 didn't bother me, 65 was fine and I got a party, 75 is the first time I have really thought about it. Our daughter and her two kids 21 and 15 live with us, and I truly believe life would be boring without them. I have decided to postpone deciding if I am elderly till I am 80, then revisit the situation. My hope is to age gracefully.
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    I’m 57 and just starting to learn woodworking as a hobby. While I don’t consider that as elderly, I am suddenly realizing that I am NOT young. Only 5 channels available on the tv, which had rabbit ear antenna. 8 track player in my first 4 cars. Only a black and white tv till I turned 19, and bought Dad a 19 inch RCA color set for Fathers Day. Missed the Vietnam war by only 3 years. There was no unleaded gas, there was only regular and high test. My first job paid minimum wage which was $2.65 in Massachusetts. In the temporary memory of the brain I knew I was 57, but it’s actually just in the last two months I’ve actually realized I’m 57, and how old that is. I swear I was in high school, what only seems like 10 years ago. I drive by what was open fields and remember all the football /baseball games we used to play there, and now the kids that grew up in the houses that got built there, have their own kids in school.
    Do I feel elderly? NO! But it is starting to sink in that I’m not young any more. (I’m still refusing to grow up, but that’s another story LOL) Went back to school 2 years ago and got my Master Electricians License, mostly for ego, doesn’t do me any real good (well, so far anyways). I definitely don’t consider buffets as good a deal, as I used to. Neither of my parents made 74, that scares the bejeebers out of me. On the other hand I saw some of the bad vices they had and have stayed away from them, so maybe I got a chance. Have you noticed anyone replying to this thread in their 30”s? I think that just answering the thread indicates that there are some miles on the tires. On the other hand I’m looking forward to grandkids, learning how to be at least a fair woodworker, and seeing if the hair on top of my head, eventually catches up to the all white stache and beard. So to end this long screed, maybe I’m not elderly, but I think I will plead guilty to experienced.

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    If they are a decade older than me they are elderly. If they are a decade younger than me, then it is me that is elderly.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Koepke View Post
    If they are a decade older than me they are elderly. If they are a decade younger than me, them it is me that is elderly.

    jtk
    You may be a little off Jim. When they are a decade younger they're just kids, a decade older they're in the prime of life and I'm sticking to it.
    Jim

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    Turn 70 this month. Just spent 11 days in Hospital with pneumonia, despite having two different pneumonia shots. Counting the days till I can go back to work. I enjoy my work, I'm good at it, and most importantly, people pay me very well to do it. Might think about retiring ten years or so. Have a friend who will be 100 in January. Unfortunately, she has never fully recovered from hip surgery. Her leg gives way without warning. But she already waiting for the garden porn (seed cat.)to arrive right after Christmas

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    Was thinking about this not that long ago myself. I am looking at it as my last opportunity to get all the projects on my to do list done before I check out. I am going to start tomorrow.
    John T.

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    Does this new shop and "work around the house" wardrobe choice make my elderly?

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    LOL...I almost posted yesterday to say I was updating my definition to include wearing suspenders. My dad started wearing them right after he retired too.


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    Jim, those do dads hanging from your belt show you are approaching "elderly". If you were not elderly they would be hanging from your lip, or nose, or ears!!!!

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    Interesting thread. I think that elderly is clearly a state of mind. I am 73 and my GF is 80. We both spend 3-5 hours a day in our shops. She is mostly a woodturner and carver, while I turn and carve and do some flat work. I think that as long as we can hobble to our shops, we will stay busy.
    Joe

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    Heard an interesting related statement to this. The speaker said the first person who will live to be 150 years old is likely alive today.

    jtk
    "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Arthur Fleming View Post
    I’m 57 and just starting to learn woodworking as a hobby. While I don’t consider that as elderly, I am suddenly realizing that I am NOT young. Only 5 channels available on the tv, which had rabbit ear antenna. 8 track player in my first 4 cars. Only a black and white tv till I turned 19, and bought Dad a 19 inch RCA color set for Fathers Day. Missed the Vietnam war by only 3 years. There was no unleaded gas, there was only regular and high test. My first job paid minimum wage which was $2.65 in Massachusetts. In the temporary memory of the brain I knew I was 57, but it’s actually just in the last two months I’ve actually realized I’m 57, and how old that is. I swear I was in high school, what only seems like 10 years ago. I drive by what was open fields and remember all the football /baseball games we used to play there, and now the kids that grew up in the houses that got built there, have their own kids in school.
    Do I feel elderly? NO! But it is starting to sink in that I’m not young any more. (I’m still refusing to grow up, but that’s another story LOL) Went back to school 2 years ago and got my Master Electricians License, mostly for ego, doesn’t do me any real good (well, so far anyways). I definitely don’t consider buffets as good a deal, as I used to. Neither of my parents made 74, that scares the bejeebers out of me. On the other hand I saw some of the bad vices they had and have stayed away from them, so maybe I got a chance. Have you noticed anyone replying to this thread in their 30”s? I think that just answering the thread indicates that there are some miles on the tires. On the other hand I’m looking forward to grandkids, learning how to be at least a fair woodworker, and seeing if the hair on top of my head, eventually catches up to the all white stache and beard. So to end this long screed, maybe I’m not elderly, but I think I will plead guilty to experienced.
    t 57 I would call you young. Old doesn't start till way later.
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