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Tom Bender
08-11-2018, 2:49 PM
If I want something from the basement I often have to go there 2 or 3 times to get it. I don't complain, I just keep moving.
glenn bradley
08-11-2018, 3:05 PM
I also take advantage of the directions of "down" and "up" getting farther away. Just keep moving. I'm in my 60's and work with 40-somethings that are much older than I am.
Bruce Wrenn
08-11-2018, 9:54 PM
For this very reason, we refer to our house as a "Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Stair Master." What gripes me is to think "I'm going to do this before I forget, but forget any way." I'm just not fast enough. Being on the north side of 70, I still work regularly, but I have found that plywood and sheet rock tend to be heavier than they used to be. Same goes for 80# bags of concrete mix. This week, ran some new Freon lines for new heat pump. Had to replace a soffit board that refused to come down gracefully. Thought to myself, forty years ago, I had no trouble running up and down ladder when building our house. The older I get, the better I used to be.
Jim Koepke
08-12-2018, 2:31 PM
Much of my exercise is from going into the kitchen then forgetting what it was until sitting back down. If it happens more than twice, then it is time for pencil and paper to come to the rescue.

At least my trips to the mailbox haven't ended in forgetfulness. That will be the time to formulate a new plan.

jtk
Bruce Volden
08-12-2018, 3:25 PM
For this very reason, we refer to our house as a "Five Hundred Thousand Dollar Stair Master." What gripes me is to think "I'm going to do this before I forget, but forget any way." I'm just not fast enough. Being on the north side of 70, I still work regularly, but I have found that plywood and sheet rock tend to be heavier than they used to be. Same goes for 80# bags of concrete mix. This week, ran some new Freon lines for new heat pump. Had to replace a soffit board that refused to come down gracefully. Thought to myself, forty years ago, I had no trouble running up and down ladder when building our house. The older I get, the better I used to be.

It is a known scientific FACT that the older one gets, the force of gravity increases at an exponential rate!
Glad to help you :D

Bruce
Bruce Wrenn
08-12-2018, 9:23 PM
It is a known scientific FACT that the older one gets, the force of gravity increases at an exponential rate!
Glad to help you :D

BruceSo that's why I have "Furniture Disease." FYI, furniture disease is when your chest has fallen into your drawers
glenn bradley
08-12-2018, 9:50 PM
Much of my exercise is from going into the kitchen then forgetting what it was until sitting back down

I refer to that as living in the hereafter. I walk into the kitchen and ask myself "What did I come in here after?".
Osvaldo Cristo
08-13-2018, 9:31 AM
I am close and closer to my 60. Up to recently I could not recognize any difference from my late 20s... but now...
Jim Koepke
08-13-2018, 1:48 PM
I am close and closer to my 60. Up to recently I could not recognize any difference from my late 20s... but now...

One must be in good shape to survive getting old.

jtk
W Craig Wilson
08-15-2018, 6:30 AM
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there. George Burns
Al Launier
08-15-2018, 10:15 AM
Stairs are great as long as you don't need to use them. For some reason the thought of a home elevator keeps inserting itself into my mind.
It's survival of the fittest, or is it just survival? I'm too worn out to answer. Regardless, I'm still good to go.
Bob Glenn
08-15-2018, 10:26 AM
The wife and I were talking a year ago about all the bedrooms being upstairs. No problem now, however, looking to the future, should we be looking for something all on one level? Three months later we were moving in to a single story house. Ten months later, however, I am noticing that I struggle a bit when confronted with stairs. Taking it easy isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Kev Williams
08-15-2018, 2:18 PM
5 years ago I converted the garage into more space for engraving shop equipment. The garage door is right at the top of the basement stairs, the 'main' shop is downstairs...

I probably go up/down those stairs 25-30 times a day. All I've gotten from all that 'exercise' is 5 years older and sore legs...
Aaron Rosenthal
08-17-2018, 12:56 AM
My laundry machines, chest freezer and computers are in the basement. I do all the house's laundry (including my 20 yo son's) pack and unpack the freezer after bulk purchases and trade my stocks by going to the basement. I'm getting to be 74.
Im fortunate. Wife's in her 60s and is not so mobile.
I'm going to enjoy it while I can.
Ron Citerone
08-19-2018, 4:35 PM
So that's why I have "Furniture Disease." FYI, furniture disease is when your chest has fallen into your drawers

Hilarious! I'm gonna use that one....................if I don't forget!
Bill Dufour
08-23-2018, 10:35 PM
Hilarious! I'm gonna use that one....................if I don't forget!

Well I have dunlops disease. My stomach dun loped over my belt.
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Julie Moriarty
08-23-2018, 10:49 PM
When my mom was in her 80s she said, "Getting old isn't for sissies." I'm 67 and I have good days and bad days. The good days are when I'm busy doing stuff. The bad days are when I get out of bed and decide I'll take a day off. Gotta keep moving. That way the Grim Reaper can't catch you.