I am soooo oooold!

[Andy D]

I didnt take an indoor job until I was 40. Even then, I was running a 1 man receiving and shipping dock. I was in good shape until 45 . Then came 11 yrs of fast food and working crazy hours for the phone company. Then there was 3 yrs of slack work and financial stress , coupled with marital strife and culminating with breast cancer in '09 . Hell, if I had known I was gpnna last this long, I would have taken better care of myself.

 

[97RangerXLT]

I am 41 and I got to agree with the philosopher Jagger:

"What a drag it is getting old"

AJ

 

[shane96ranger]

Ohhhhh yeah....my wife bought me a "recliner" a year ago....those things are death-traps!

My parents bought some electric recliners. You push a button for it to recline, etc. At first I thought "that's ingenious". Wait until you're on that bastard when the power goes out. Son of a.......

 

[doorgunner]

My parents bought some electric recliners. You push a button for it to recline, etc. At first I thought "that's ingenious". Wait until you're on that bastard when the power goes out. Son of a.......

I bet.....plus...I don't use the "flop-back" any more....for some reason it makes my legs feel sore...especially the calfs(calves?)....

My father-in-law has had a recliner for 10 years...he's a big strong guy...but he can hardly walk because his legs hurt so much.....Hmmmmmmmm?

 

[tmcalavy]

Now don't be knocking dem Laze-E-Boys, would'a been toast in '07 if it weren't for mine. Had to sleep there for about 3 weeks after I had the left wing rebuilt...later traded that one for a nice, soft Barcolounger and my calves are fine...just my get up and go takes off without me sometimes and doesn't always come right back. Great place to wait.

 

[Mike92STX]

Some of you guys sound young, one of my 36 year old sons help me replace the transmission in my truck last week. Couldn"t have done it without his help, actually he did most of it. I finished up the last few bolts and had to move my motorcycle out of the way. While moving bike my foot slipped and in trying to keep 800# motorcycle off the ground I pulled a muscle in my right leg still can't walk right.

 

[Tominator]

Will you guys STOP!

Give me a 40 year old horny blond and I'm in!

...So to speak...

 

[shane96ranger]

All kidding aside, I feel a lot better than I did a few months ago. I discovered that most of my "feeling old" had to do with the fact I wasn't very active. I've completely changed my lifestyle by walking/riding a bike/using resistance bands for at least 25 minutes per day. I have lost nearly 15% of my weight since March 5th. It's still a huge process, but I just take it one day at a time. I'm not in a big hurry, I just want to feel better.

 

[doorgunner]

Sorry...I fell asleep....for a few minutes......

shaneranger was saying something about electric recliners......

 

[shane96ranger]

Sorry...I fell asleep....for a few minutes......

shaneranger was saying something about electric recliners......

When I read your reply to my electric recliner post, I couldn't help but think of John Candy and Steve Martin in Planes Trains and Automobiles. I love when John Candy breaks the power seat and it gets a mind of it's own.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

When I read your reply to my electric recliner post, I couldn't help but think of John Candy and Steve Martin in Planes Trains and Automobiles. I love when John Candy breaks the power seat and it gets a mind of it's own.

Somehow the seatbelt would catch the power seat button in the parents '94 Explorer and out of the blue it would start cramming you into the steering wheel.

Kinda scary the first time it happened...

 

[Mark_88]

All kidding aside, I feel a lot better than I did a few months ago. I discovered that most of my "feeling old" had to do with the fact I wasn't very active. I've completely changed my lifestyle by walking/riding a bike/using resistance bands for at least 25 minutes per day. I have lost nearly 15% of my weight since March 5th. It's still a huge process, but I just take it one day at a time. I'm not in a big hurry, I just want to feel better.

Losing weight is one of the best things you can do if you want to see your kids graduate college...I was overweight at 16 and nearly keeled over when I got up from a recliner one day...that's when I started my health kick...except I've back slid a bit since those days...

But I will say this...becoming a vegetarian made a drastic change in my weight...I went from 210 lbs of solid fat to 165 lbs of lean, mean, veggie machine...

Some of us just aren't meant to consume meat...

Will you guys STOP!

Give me a 40 year old horny blond and I'm in!

...So to speak...

I don't know...I found a blonde that was hornier than a dog in heat but I had to give her up...figured if she was that horny I'd have to keep up my strength just to keep her happy...and she wasn't rich enough for me to give up my day job just to stay in shape...I hope she found someone young and strong and able to leap tall buildings...she was too much...

Sorry...I fell asleep....for a few minutes......

shaneranger was saying something about electric recliners......

With vibrators...and heat pads...oh, yeah...had one once...tried to put it in my Ranger but would have had to modify it too much...aside from the fact that it was made of wood and not reinforced with steel...might be a big seller for us old guys...

 

[shane96ranger]

[thread_jack]

Some of us just aren't meant to consume meat...

It's OK when consumed correctly. I simply can not completely cut out meat. I eat very little beef anymore. I eat pork, turkey, and chicken - sparingly. We've converted over to turkey burger, which I've actually come to prefer over hamburger.

I was reflecting back on my journey the other day.... and it amazed me how much I've changed my habits. Every day on the way to work, I'd stop and get 2 Big Hamburgers and an XL coke at Carl's Jr. and eat them on the way to work. That is 1,000 calories and 36 grams of fat, just in the burgers.

No wonder I was so effin' fat..... wait, I still am.

Oh yeah, March 4th was my last carbonated beverage as well.



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[Will]

A little biking, a little rowing machine, a little weight lifting. I'm still in the game. Don't let yourself go to shit or you will get old overnight. About age 35 I've noticed that some people start to really turn--like old vegetables. That's how long people used to live. Once you hit 40, you've pretty much gone as far as evolution has brought us. You have to keep using your body or it will turn into that sandwich you left in the bottom of your locker for a semester. Hell, I remember back when my grandparents were in their 50s and they were old as dirt. I still have a picture of them a about age 56. It's a couple old people scrunched together waiting for death. Nowadays, with the exercise and such, my mother-in-law is 10 years older than that and really doesn't look that different than my wife and my wife's much younger sister. Between the three of them, I have to be careful whose ass I pat in the kitchen.

I wouldn't want to accidentally pat my wife's.