Getting Old

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, dan blocker said:

Mark, you’ve clipped the sentence, so here’s the end. “,like I do”?

 

F you Blocker, I’m unique.

Who cares if I still dye my grey ponytail?

[AHPP]

3 hours ago, AHPP said:

I'm not sure I'd hire someone that couldn't climb, unless they had some other skill.

 

Gardeners. I've often thought a gardener would make a useful groundsman on a big job. Handy for moving and replacing shrubs but mainly doing a lovely job of the tidy up when everyone else is tired and can't be ****************ed. They'd come with ten kinds of rake and know which one to use. Or even motorised vacuums etc, which tree blokes are usually too stupid to own despite being perfect for heavy clearup. I rarely get involved with this sort of tawdry business of course but I was shovelling sawdust and twigs alongside a guy on a blower the other week and we were having a mare getting it out of some ground-covering stuff around the stump.

Edited Friday at 22:10 by AHPP

[PeteB]

62 and three fused vertebra and a busted lung! That started with tree work and then sitting/driving as a rep. Four miles along Hadrians wall felt like 10! She nearly called an ambulance half way British Camp a couple of years back!

 

Enjoy and make use of the able years, make lots of memories and spend the money - no use being the richest in the cemetery! 

[redmoosefaction]

21 hours ago, maybelateron said:

I am 65 now, and knee replacement last November. Very grateful to have had a fantastic result from it. Lots of other joint aches too. Working in the day they ease off, just stiffen up in the evening. Use it or lose it.

I use a good young lad for climbing jobs that are day long, as shoulders don't like a full day trying to pull branches through the crown then throw them over it to avoid getting hung up! Still happy to climb within my limits, as Mick implies groundie work is tough or tougher. If machinery can help I use it, have invested in a good tracked mewp and sub myself to a couple of other teams. Experience and cunning compensate for the ageing body, as does being able to choose what job you do on what day.

I find 10m(ish ) is a good limit 😁

[PeteB]

8 hours ago, redmoosefaction said:

I find 10m(ish ) is a good limit 😁

Little is flat too!

[naturarbo]

On 28/03/2025 at 19:13, Mark Bolam said:

The thing that will age you more than anything is thinking you are 25 forever.

 

Use your brain, experience and machinery, and keep training.

 

Nearly every active arb I know who is past 40 does some form of training.

 

It sounds counter intuitive, but work itself isn’t enough.

 

Dempsey is a classic example of the exception proving the rule, but he keeps his wrists and forearms in tip-top shape with an extra large wine glass.

The beauty of living in Europe @Mick Dempsey I understand and follow that recipe🤣

[Bombadil]

I’m over 60 and have taken to doing more training for general fitness. Got to look after yourself. Drink plenty of water while you work, eat properly afterwards.
Also try to pace the workload better than I used to in the past - not big takedowns back to back, or week after week of hedges. I try to schedule an extra day off Friday/Monday if I’m feeling knackered.

 

Countdown is on for retirement in a few years. Trying to get there in a healthy state so I can enjoy it. Wish me luck!

[Steven P]

Stay healthy and active but have a plan B (or C or D).

 

 

Example - my current waste of time / fitness regime (call it what you want) is running, might be that one day the knees will finally go... plan B is to dust off the bikes - so when the knees do go I am not sat at home "Oh, woe is me"... there is a new challenge waiting to go for. Too many retired people sit down, put Richard and Judy on the TV and that is them.

[rapalaman]

60 in a few months - learning to delegate as much as I can and vary the work to change muscle use. Try to finish early a couple of days a week. Still doing most Saturdays though and pricing at weekends/evenings too.

my wife got me this T shirt as its very appropriate 👍

Edited Sunday at 20:57 by rapalaman

[Scuttlefish]

I try to keep on top of the age thing by road cycling, but you get to a point when you aint going to beat any personal bests ever again. There's only two things you can do in the " managed decline phase"- take refuge in technology and buy lighter and lighter bikes- unfortunately you soon get to the end of that game- i.e run out of money- the only other thing you can do is to keep the weight off your fat arse....

Edited Sunday at 22:30 by Scuttlefish
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