[quote]Chushin wrote:
[quote]CLINK wrote:
[quote]Aggv wrote:
I feel old everytime i hear nerdy computer/social media talk.[/quote]
I feel old when I CAN’T hear it.
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Goes right over your head???[/quote]
In more ways than one.
Turned 60 last month, still lifting and doing Triathlons.
You get old when you stop moving and start eating and watching TV all day. Then you deteriorate and die.
On the right, third place in the geezer division of last Sunday’s triathlon.
[quote]dpcavana wrote:
Turned 60 last month, still lifting and doing Triathlons.
You get old when you stop moving and start eating and watching TV all day. Then you deteriorate and die.
On the right, third place in the geezer division of last Sunday’s triathlon. [/quote]
Great job - congratulations on placing.
[quote]dpcavana wrote:
Turned 60 last month, still lifting and doing Triathlons.
You get old when you stop moving and start eating and watching TV all day. Then you deteriorate and die.
On the right, third place in the geezer division of last Sunday’s triathlon. [/quote]
Awesome! Congrats!
But that’s all they give you… that tiny coin?
[quote]CLINK wrote:
[quote]dpcavana wrote:
Turned 60 last month, still lifting and doing Triathlons.
You get old when you stop moving and start eating and watching TV all day. Then you deteriorate and die.
On the right, third place in the geezer division of last Sunday’s triathlon. [/quote]
Awesome! Congrats!
But that’s all they give you… that tiny coin?
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Yah, what kind of crappy event gives out coins that size as its only prize for placing top three.
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]CLINK wrote:
[quote]dpcavana wrote:
Turned 60 last month, still lifting and doing Triathlons.
You get old when you stop moving and start eating and watching TV all day. Then you deteriorate and die.
On the right, third place in the geezer division of last Sunday’s triathlon. [/quote]
Awesome! Congrats!
But that’s all they give you… that tiny coin?
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Yah, what kind of crappy event gives out coins that size as its only prize for placing top three.
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LOL! Yeah, you guys look almost embarrassed to be holding them.
Afterwards, did you all drink celebratory beer from a thimble?
[quote]CLINK wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]CLINK wrote:
[quote]dpcavana wrote:
Turned 60 last month, still lifting and doing Triathlons.
You get old when you stop moving and start eating and watching TV all day. Then you deteriorate and die.
On the right, third place in the geezer division of last Sunday’s triathlon. [/quote]
Awesome! Congrats!
But that’s all they give you… that tiny coin?
[/quote]
Yah, what kind of crappy event gives out coins that size as its only prize for placing top three.
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LOL! Yeah, you guys look almost embarrassed to be holding them.
Afterwards, did you all drink celebratory beer from a thimble?
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They are belt buckles. Plus all finishers got a beer glass, golf towel, shirt, tote bag, swim cap, and a packet of goo.
The most significant factor has been my inability to consume/process the same volume of food as I previously could.
[quote]dpcavana wrote:
[quote]CLINK wrote:
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
[quote]CLINK wrote:
[quote]dpcavana wrote:
Turned 60 last month, still lifting and doing Triathlons.
You get old when you stop moving and start eating and watching TV all day. Then you deteriorate and die.
On the right, third place in the geezer division of last Sunday’s triathlon. [/quote]
Awesome! Congrats!
But that’s all they give you… that tiny coin?
[/quote]
Yah, what kind of crappy event gives out coins that size as its only prize for placing top three.
[/quote]
LOL! Yeah, you guys look almost embarrassed to be holding them.
Afterwards, did you all drink celebratory beer from a thimble?
[/quote]
They are belt buckles. Plus all finishers got a beer glass, golf towel, shirt, tote bag, swim cap, and a packet of goo.
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After a few years of competing the last thing you want is another trophy. I’ll take anything but…the belt buckle sounds like a great idea.
For the record my link to pics of Olympic medals should alert people to the fact that I think “coins” are a perfectly acceptable prize for the top three finishers. The prize is just a symbol of accomplishment unless you are a pro and make a living at it. Then the prize money is what counts.
[quote]angry chicken wrote:
I recently hit 40 and I feel great. I have gone through many physical adaptations in the last 20 years. From being a rugby athlete lifting some serious weight to getting injured and lazy with my diet and having a “full house” look while being fairly strong. Now I’m down to 185 with a decent six-pack and a stricter diet. I’m not as strong as I was when I was 29 and weighing 250lbs, but I feel a lot better.
I have all my hair, no health concerns at all and my libido is legendary in some circles! But I have good genetics for aging. Most of my older relatives in their 70’s and 80’s are in fantastic shape for their age. They have all their teeth, they run and are very active. They drink and party it up at family gatherings. They don’t “act” old.
My great aunt climbed to the base camp of Mt. Everest at age 72. She has “walked” (what she calls hiking/backpacking) on just about every major trail in the world. She’s walked the Appalachian trail about ten times. She has had a few falls over the years and has bounced right back from several broken bones. Now at age 99 she still kayaks in the Severn river every morning by herself and is the oldest member of a local hiking club.
I will say that I feel a lot “wiser” now than even just five years ago and that’s kind of annoying sometimes to some of my friends. I do realize that time is the most valuable commodity we all have and that it is VERY finite resource that should be spent judiciously. I think some of the new popular music/artists absolutely SUCK, so I guess I am getting old LOL[/quote]
Your aunt is just the coolest person I think I’ve ever heard of.
[quote]Mr. Walkway wrote:
Great find. His thoughts on self-fulfilling prophecy hits the bull’s eye.
[quote]Mr. Walkway wrote:
Incredible. Thank you for posting it.
Paul’s Boutique turns 25. I guess I’m old. This is one of my favorite Albums.
I’ll echo many others in that being “old” has a lot to do with how you take care of yourself. I gained some weight in college. Then I got married and gained a little “sympathy weight” with each of our four children. The bigger I got, the less I felt like doing. In my mid thirties I “suddenly” felt old - I felt like crap much of the time. My wife and I did Weight Watchers and took up running (she got sucked into the triathlon scene). We lost a good bit of weight, then I decided to hire a personal trainer to “tone up.” I fell in with a group of powerlifters and felt like I had found my niche. I ended up gaining all the weight back under the guise of “bigger is stronger” and began to struggle again with blood pressure and cholesterol (I had “fixed” these issues). So, now I do some form of metabolic conditioning five days a week and “powerlift” three days. I eat better than I ever have, and my blood work reveals improvement. There is certainly plenty of room for improvement, but the positive changes I have made have me feeling as good as I have ever felt at age 45 (46 in August).
“I’m like Sam the butcher bringing Alice the meat…”
Genius.