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casecollectorsc
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Well, I'm older than you and glad to feel my age! A gentleman I've known for 40 years found out less than a month ago he had brain cancer died Thursday, 65.
Anonymous-0
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im 32, self employeed, work all the time, overweight, losin my hair, feel like im 62 if I feel like im 62 wish I was sometimes then I could at least retire. Im young but feel old.
Anonymous-0
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I hear ya loud and clear. I'm hoping once it warms up for good, I'll thaw completely and not have so many aches and pains.
retired farmer
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I have felt like that for the last twenty three years and I am older than you.
retired farmer
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Just gotta be tough.
Well you have to pace yourself. I'm 60 and just keep plugging away. Self-employed and still doing home maintenance. You know, window replacement, entry doors, flooring , remodeling, roof replacement. Just the stuff i can do by myself , no employees here.Really love the old fashioned standing seam.
Wheat Farmer
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I am 70. Don't drink much, Don't eat much, Work just enough to keep fit, don't carry the world on your shoulders, Help your neighbors, Stay safe, and drive a tractor as often as you can, See your Doctor once a year.
37chief
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Bob, A couple months from 72 myself.I didn't do much today, and feel fine tonight. When I do too much during the day I feel like you do tonight. Just don't over do it. Stan
I"m 55 worked hard all my life also, now a builder from ground to finish, commercial mostly. I"m in very good shape but after a full day roofing or hanging 5/8 sheetrock I"m tired out. What I"m tired of is working every day, been three years since my last vacation, would like to enjoy life more while I can but have to pay bills and put something away for retirement if I live that long.
BTDT Been there done that n got the T Shirt.
Im older then that and told my older buddy when I get up I'm stiff for a while to which he replied, "Old age aint for sissys, get used to it" lol
Seriously thats why we retired fairly early and travel in the RV when were still in good health. I saw so may buddys keep workin n workin to get 35 or 4o years in then set n watch TV and die within a year.
Listen to some Jimmy Buffett Music, Changes in Latitude changes in Attitude, drink a few cold ones and you will be fine Bob, I enjoy your answers especially electrical ones from which I have learned a thing or two........
Ol John T from Indiana, currently at a Flying J in Birmingham headed back to Indiana in the RV
Im older then that and told my older buddy when I get up I'm stiff for a while to which he replied, "Old age aint for sissys, get used to it" lol
Seriously thats why we retired fairly early and travel in the RV when were still in good health. I saw so may buddys keep workin n workin to get 35 or 4o years in then set n watch TV and die within a year.
Listen to some Jimmy Buffett Music, Changes in Latitude changes in Attitude, drink a few cold ones and you will be fine Bob, I enjoy your answers especially electrical ones from which I have learned a thing or two........
Ol John T from Indiana, currently at a Flying J in Birmingham headed back to Indiana in the RV
Harold Hubbard
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66 here, not smart enough/financially situated to back off. Sugaring right now, 12-14 hours every day for the past week, come home and drop in my tracks, creak, groan, and crawl out of bed in the morning, and back at it. This will only last another week or two, then I can take a little time to recover before haying starts.
Recovery will include one solid weekend of music and dancing at the New England Folk Festival, in Mansfield MA. I just wish there was a way I could do that without having to drive 300 miles each way.
I have slowed down a little, no longer logging full time all winter, try to get a little more help with the hard stuff. Good part time help is hard to find, or just as decrepit as I am.
Recovery will include one solid weekend of music and dancing at the New England Folk Festival, in Mansfield MA. I just wish there was a way I could do that without having to drive 300 miles each way.
I have slowed down a little, no longer logging full time all winter, try to get a little more help with the hard stuff. Good part time help is hard to find, or just as decrepit as I am.
showcrop
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I will be 65 tomorrow. In some ways I feel great. I enjoy snowmobiling and most of the time, guys that are 20 years younger struggle to keep up. I have had partial replacements in both knees, but my hips bother a lot and the parts of my knees that have not been replaced hurt quite a bit after I am on them for awhile. Recently my shop project has been my Ford 9000. There is very little that I can reach from my rolling stool so after three hours on my feet I am in a lot of pain.
Nearing 76 and I have way to much to do to worry about how I feel. Up at five and tend to the horses and at the factory around nine. I set down a lot more and sometimes use a walker or cane but I get it done. And loving it! Why would I want to waste time feeling sorry for myself for feeling normal problems that go with life?
At 70 I'm not nearly as old as some of those that have replied. A week ago, after working for the defense department for 46 years, totally irritated at the company for thinking I was just some kid that had to work and didn't know what I was doing I fully retired. Now I'm getting used to doing what I want to with my day. All the little issues around the farm that have been sliding are getting fixed the new house get a boost to get finished. Thw wife has to learn I'm not her new house-slave and she has to decide when she's going to pack it in and retire. No incentive to keep working.
And yes I sit down more than I used to and the joints hurt some--just keep sayin' "getting old an't for sissies" and keep going.
And yes I sit down more than I used to and the joints hurt some--just keep sayin' "getting old an't for sissies" and keep going.
Geo-TH,In
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Bob,
I'm 65 and life would be perfect if it weren't for uncle Arthur keeping me up all night.
I too have done many things. Always paid my bills. Not in debt. Pay cash for everything. Never got fired from a job. Never drew unemployment. Stayed with my last job for 31 years, retired at 55 and life is good.
In a perfect world, I wish I had retired the day I graduated college. Would have had grand kids without having kids.
Some days I have to invent things to do. Other days my neighbors are understanding, they find something for me to do.
Look at things like my oldest brother did when he was dying from cancer....Everyday is a gift from God.
George
I'm 65 and life would be perfect if it weren't for uncle Arthur keeping me up all night.
I too have done many things. Always paid my bills. Not in debt. Pay cash for everything. Never got fired from a job. Never drew unemployment. Stayed with my last job for 31 years, retired at 55 and life is good.
In a perfect world, I wish I had retired the day I graduated college. Would have had grand kids without having kids.
Some days I have to invent things to do. Other days my neighbors are understanding, they find something for me to do.
Look at things like my oldest brother did when he was dying from cancer....Everyday is a gift from God.
George
hat is about the only attitude a fellow will survive with. Don't look forward to retirement, because it simply ain't what it is cracked up to be. 72 now & each day more body wear seems to appear. Just cope with it, as the alternative is eternal sleep. Sure, I do less, do it slower, but I keep pluggin & plan to until I drop.
Don't let that rocking chain get you. Good advice, that I wish I could follow a little better:
Paul Janke
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I am 60 and would love to retire, but I figure in order to be able to afford that I am going to have to save 130% of my income for the next 86 years.
I will be 82 soon and ten weeks ago I had open heart surgery and 4 by passes but I still mess around with old tractors. Best therapy the is. Today I am redoing my Farmall H's distributor and and points and replacing the old coil with a brad new one, Keeps me busy keeping up with my 5 Farmalls.
Paul, I'm 54 and in the same boat. They keep moving the goal post farther away.
Bob, I'm in construction. Have been all my life. It's hard on the body and in the past few years I've started to pay for not taking better care of myself when I was young. I've found I feel better when I work a lot. I've also figured out that stress can drag a person down.
Bob, I'm in construction. Have been all my life. It's hard on the body and in the past few years I've started to pay for not taking better care of myself when I was young. I've found I feel better when I work a lot. I've also figured out that stress can drag a person down.
Donald Lehman
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Yup, you really hit that wall about 59-60 don't you? You will learn to adjust your pace. If you are anything like me, once you do retire you will be so dawg-gone busy you will wonder how in the heck you ever had time to work?
Anytime I get to feeling old I take a look at the obits and see all of those my age or younger who will never have the priviladge of feeling old and all of a sudden I don't feel so old anymore. Got a buddy in the mid 70's who is fond of saying, "Getting old ain't fer wimps!" lol!
Anytime I get to feeling old I take a look at the obits and see all of those my age or younger who will never have the priviladge of feeling old and all of a sudden I don't feel so old anymore. Got a buddy in the mid 70's who is fond of saying, "Getting old ain't fer wimps!" lol!
I'll turn 78 in May. Still work a full time job. Have a corn/soybean operation going on a farm 1000 miles away from my job. Do it all myself except for the combining. Works out better to hire a guy with a combine,. That way there are two of us at harvest time. Him operating the combine and me loading trucks. Still pass an FAA Flight physical every six months. Do all of my own yard work on two places (1000 miles apart). Don't have many heavy repair or restoration projects because I have almost all new stuff except for my wife's car. A 23 year old BMW. We're about to fix that, though. Just ordered a new one for her. I thought I was going to have to pry her fingers off the steering wheel of the old one. The new one will park itself!. I have no idea what lies ahead, but it's been a great ride so far. (;>))
Jack in Colo
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I'm only 54 and for a while I was right on track to retire about age 65, worked outside the farm to make extra and save for retirement but at 51 cancer blew that retirement dream right out of the water. The cancer took everything I had saved for my retirement and more and left me disabled. I can still work the farm with help but it's been like hitting a solid wall.
My neighbor down the road is 68 and in bad health so we get together to help each other farming and look out for each other, all we can do each day is just keep putting one foot in front of the other even if you have to do it leaning on a cane for support.
My neighbor down the road is 68 and in bad health so we get together to help each other farming and look out for each other, all we can do each day is just keep putting one foot in front of the other even if you have to do it leaning on a cane for support.
yup, I'm 63.5, wife is a couple years younger. Still "think" I can work like I did 30 yrs ago. But in reality, I move slower, plan my lifting, turning, stooping, carrying before I do it more than I ever did. One wrong twist or stoop and I figure it will sideline me for awhile. I also feel it more the next morning. But... after I get moving, I'm usually good.
As for retirement, we have a good plan on finances that will allow us to retire in 3.5 yrs when wife hits 65 (Medicare age) and when I hit 67, good Lord willing. Won't live like kings but we should be ok. Any days we work past that will be because we want to.
My life in retirement looks pretty busy as we plan to build a house on 55A we own and buy a couple more horses, put up an indoor arena, fish the pond and generally enjoy nature.
Biggest asset in retirement is good health. I expect to have aches and pains from exercise but I see relatives/friends and even people on this forum who have serious ailments, are in pain 24/7. I'll trade good health for a winning Lotto ticket any day.
As for retirement, we have a good plan on finances that will allow us to retire in 3.5 yrs when wife hits 65 (Medicare age) and when I hit 67, good Lord willing. Won't live like kings but we should be ok. Any days we work past that will be because we want to.
My life in retirement looks pretty busy as we plan to build a house on 55A we own and buy a couple more horses, put up an indoor arena, fish the pond and generally enjoy nature.
Biggest asset in retirement is good health. I expect to have aches and pains from exercise but I see relatives/friends and even people on this forum who have serious ailments, are in pain 24/7. I'll trade good health for a winning Lotto ticket any day.
Retired two years ago, I'll be 71 this year. Fairly good health. Figured once I retired I would have the time and could do all I always wanted to do but couldn't find the time. Arthritis, and torn rotator cuff(s) making it a little hard. Currently pulling the engine out of my 2002 Grand Cherokee with help from my brother-in-law. Think I have a cracked or broken piston skirt or more. Won't know until we get it out. Seems like I can work a day or two and then need to rest from the pain. Arthritis in my hands make them hurt like crazy and also my back problems don't help when I have to work in crazy positions. But like my wife says I have it a lot better than a lot of folks and just have to learn to work within my limits. Also once retied it seems like the money shrinks, but again my wife and I are thankful for what we have and realize a lot of people have less. Besides you can't take it with you.
Anonymous-0
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Well, my wall came more like 65. Like the fellow above said - plan every step, lift, etc. Fell three times today, and it ain't even lunch time yet. First I was carrying a branch off the yard over a snowbank and the snowbank gave way. Second time was in the haymow - uneven bales, soft hay... Last time, was carrying a half bale of hay across a mound of hay and manure built up over the winter - stepped in a hole made by my llama when she cuddled down last nite. Twisted an ankle but good on that one. If my physician ever asks if I fall a lot what I going to say? They' 'll be packing me over to the old folks home, pronto!
I still think I can farm, just plan my moves carefully and do it at a reasonable pace..... but what's reasonable seems to take a lot longer anymore.. Falling is just another challenge of the job! Just tuck ant roll!
I still think I can farm, just plan my moves carefully and do it at a reasonable pace..... but what's reasonable seems to take a lot longer anymore.. Falling is just another challenge of the job! Just tuck ant roll!
Bruce from Can.
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I know that I am slowing some, but I just except it. I am 53, and have been milking my own herd of cows for 34 years. For the most part , I still love to work , and have no physical problems. Just get tired after 10-12 hours work , and quit for the day when I used to just work on. Can't do it now . But I can't roll back the clock, and have learned to cope with change as it comes. Bruce
I shouldn't have gone to those auctions today I guess. First one was a guy about my age. His wife died a few years ago,he had a fire and lost his big tractors,hanging it up. I talked to other guys my age,one said he had rented his place out,was gonna fish and play with old tractors. Another one said he'd sold the dairy cattle.
A guy right south of town,a couple of years younger than me asked if I wanted to pool equipment with him and have an auction. I told him I sure do,but I didn't think I'd have much left after I got done hauling things to the crusher.
A guy right south of town,a couple of years younger than me asked if I wanted to pool equipment with him and have an auction. I told him I sure do,but I didn't think I'd have much left after I got done hauling things to the crusher.
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