Some people are made out of better stuff than others. At 71 I am a lot younger than you are and I know when you were my age you did more work than I do now. I used to do all of the construction and remodeling on this farm except for a couple of bigger buildings. It's not happening anymore. I call in help to do those jobs now. I feel guilty as all get out watching someone working on projects on this farm I normally would have done but father time has taken it's toll on me. Is this because of all of the work I have done through the years? I don't have an answer to that question. Some people can work like a dog their whole lives and still be in pretty good shape at 80 or 85. Maybe they can't work like they used to but they are getting along pretty well for their age. Back in the 1950's, 1960's and very early 70's we had a couple of fellas on our neighborhood baling crew who were born in the mid to early 1890's. One born in 1893 and was a WW1 vet. He started smoking when he was in the service and smoked till he went into a nursing home in his upper 90's. The other gentleman was born in 1895. Both were farmers who worked a lot harder than I have ever worked. When they helped us bale one of them handled every bale that came off the rack and the older one handled every other bale in the hay mow. We normally baled 1000 to 1200 bales a day. They finally gave up baling when everyone went to round bales and they were both very close to 80. I wish I would have asked them more questions when they were still with us.
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