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"You're only as old as the women you feel." ---Groucho Marx | |||
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Better to be blessed standing up looking down at the grass over time instead of laying down staring up at the roots. "All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Sir Winston Churchill "The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose." --James Earl Jones | |||
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I hit 52 last year and absolutely reject the notion that I'm old! I reject your reality and substitute my own!   And since someone referenced this earlier....Here is the full poem: Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. “Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams | |||
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You’re not old. You’re older. There’s a difference. | |||
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I'll be 67 on Valentine's Day; failure rate of body parts is accelerating  | |||
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Your not so old just a little soft and out of practice. That gun may be getting soft also; Have you checked the main spring for proper tension. You probably don't have any idea how many rounds were put through that thing, I'm just saying. My son is a Leo and in his mid forties years and shoots a sig 226,1911 and a Glock duty weapon and I can tell you that he is amazingly accurate and fast with each of them; best shot in the county. He shoots them all the time. Don't sell yourself short just get out and shoot as often as you can. Take up reloading if you have to. | |||
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"They" always talk about the "Golden Years!" Truth be known, it's more like the "Rusty Years!" God's mercy: NOT getting what we deserve! God's grace: Getting what we DON'T deserve! "If the enemy is in range, so are you." - Infantry Journal Bob P239 40 S&W Endowment NRA Viet Nam '69-'70 | |||
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I can't even remember being 48. Gave up on my .41 mag. for a .380 and the 30-06 for a 223 and I've got a .357 mag. derringer around here somewhere that makes my wrist hurt just looking at it | |||
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I'll be turning 80 in December. I can still dig post holes but it seems a little more like work than it used to. When I was a teenager a friend and I used to compete counting fleas on running coyotes. I think he fudged on his count sometimes. _________________________ "Louis was furious with the sharks. He thought they had an understanding: The men would stay out of the sharks' turf - the water - and the sharks would stay off theirs - the raft...If the sharks were going to try to eat him, he was going to try to eat them." From Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand | |||
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Wait till you have you first "Old Man Fall". That is walking on level flat ground then you fall to the ground. The problem is there is nothing to blame you fall on...VI | |||
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I'd agree, except that 48 isn't that old. At 59, sure, I have some issues that I didn't earlier, but I don't believe myself to be old. I work as hard as the younger guys in my shop, save that I can't lift some of the larger/heavier truck tires. One of them remarked that he had never seen me miss any work.
I wonder why the P220 would have more felt or perceived recoil than the smaller and lighter Shield. | |||
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I'm 57 and except for less hair and the need for reading glasses I'm as good as I ever was and am in the best shape of my life. If I ever do get old I have absolutely no plans to accept the fact. | |||
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After reading the previous enteries I feel like I must have written most of them. I was in excellent shape until last April. Then on night watching TV I started feeling bad. I called my daughter and she was still at work at the med center. She sent my sil and he took me to the VA ER. I was in the treatment room all wired up and my heart rate dropped to zero. Got paddled and now I wear a pace maker and take a blood thinner. Sure beats the alternative. Thank God for the docs at the VA. Oh, I just turned 82 last month. Officers lives matter! | |||
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You got that right! (I just joined the octogenarian club.) I can still shoot my .45 Win Mag and .50 AE Grizzly pistols, though! flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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I try not to look at my reflection. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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I've preeety much stopped eating at restaurants. On Sunday I ate a pizza, first since August. Monday, a bag of chips and a Coke, first in a couple of months. Even headed over to my folks for dinner yesterday, I pack a Tupperware with a couple carrots, apple slices, olives, cheese, and snack on the drive over. Three-four days a week, 20-40 sit-ups and some weights while laying on the floor. Practically no alcohol or cigarettes. Walk eight blocks instead of driving all the time. That is how I deal with the age thing. Can't imagine beating my body the way I used to, considering how I feel even now with this low fat, low salt regimen. Oh, and at about your age I decided .40S&W through a heavy stainless pistol was a superior shooter.  | |||
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When I turned 50 I thought, "Pfft...this ain't so bad". Then I realized that I've only got about 30 left. That's what sucks. I don't look 25 anymore, but aside from the grey, I still look pretty good for 52...better than most my age. Aches and pains on the other hand.... 48? Hell, you're still just a kid. And the recoil thing? That doesn't bug me at all. In fact, I think it affects me less, although I'm not sure how that is. I've gotten into 45-70s and love them. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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^^^^ Isn't that the truth?!! As you may have seen in some of my other threads/comments, I'm starting the fight at 52. A colleague recommended the book Younger Next Year which I'm in the process of reading. They claim that you can bend the curve of aging so it is more of a plateau with a sharp drop off in the final years rather than a gradual decline. Sounds good so far, but I'm not sure that the assertions are 100% scientifically sound. BTW: One of the co-authors (a physician) died at 58. | |||
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I’m 46 and can relate. I keep in shape but it gets a little harder to do so. My father is almost 70, has cancer in remission and still works out 5 days a week. Keeping active and a bit of strength training really helps. As for the hair and wrinkles , I’m screwed, no way around it. | |||
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I will be 65 in May, Super Senior in USPSA, grand dad to 7 youngsters. As beat up, joint arthritis, weigh too much and more, I shoot better now(Carry Optics) than when I was just 45. Wife still loves me, the young hot shots still pay for their arrogance in Steel Challenge and I just keep on keepin on. ....but...I try not to think of the fast closing number of years left to be awesome  | |||
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