The Acoustic Guitar Forum

Go Back   The Acoustic Guitar Forum > Other Discussions > Open Mic

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #16  
Old 11-07-2018, 08:59 PM
Borderdon Borderdon is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Vancouver Island
Posts: 1,666
Default

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were”
(Apologies to the late, great, Satchel Paige)
__________________
"pouring from the empty into the void "
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 11-07-2018, 08:59 PM
The Bard Rocks The Bard Rocks is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Mohawk Valley
Posts: 8,711
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Riverwolf View Post
I am 61 and today helped install 8 4x4 posts for a six foot wooden fence.
About killed me.
I still volunteer for stuff like this because for some reason I still think like I am in my 30’s.
I am worse, just got back from playing basketball with a bunch of 20-somethings. Average age of our team - 46 and we won most of our games. Me? Well over 70. What am I thinking to do this stuff?
__________________
The Bard Rocks

Fay OM Sinker Redwood/Tiger Myrtle
Sexauer L00 Adk/Magnolia For Sale
Hatcher Jumbo Bearclaw/"Bacon" Padauk
Goodall Jumbo POC/flamed Mahogany
Appollonio 12 POC/Myrtle
MJ Franks Resonator, all Australian Blackwood
Goodman J45 Lutz/fiddleback Mahogany
Blackbird "Lucky 13" - carbon fiber
'31 National Duolian
+ many other stringed instruments.
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 11-07-2018, 10:04 PM
FLRon FLRon is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 1,090
Default

In my mind I still think I can do what I did while in my 20’s. A very painful back condition however reminds me that I am far removed from those days when I felt and acted like Superman. Not having a pain free day since March 1990 is a terrible way to go through life, so take care of your body.
__________________
It won’t always be like this.
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 11-08-2018, 05:42 AM
Daniel Grenier Daniel Grenier is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Linda Manzer lives here too.
Posts: 1,094
Default

Try this... http://age-test.com
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 11-08-2018, 07:39 AM
Mbroady's Avatar
Mbroady Mbroady is offline
Charter Member
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Asheville via NYC
Posts: 6,300
Default

Some days I feel my age (55), some days I feel older. But most days I feel like Peter Pan, though I can’t fly, without a ticket

Until the day my Grandmother passed away at 97 she was 21-plus
__________________
David Webber Round-Body
Furch D32-LM
MJ Franks Lagacy OM
Rainsong H-WS1000N2T
Stonebridge OM33-SR DB
Stonebridge D22-SRA
Tacoma Papoose
Voyage Air VAD-2
1980 Fender Strat
A few Partscaster Strats
MIC 60s Classic Vib Strat
Reply With Quote
  #21  
Old 11-08-2018, 07:47 AM
Golffishny Golffishny is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 810
Default

Until I developed hip problems a few years ago I felt like 35, I'm mid 60's. Now after a hip replacement I feel 45 again. I can do anything but run and jump. Maybe this is related, I've read somewhere (maybe here) that men are actually bald 4 years before we realize it.
Reply With Quote
  #22  
Old 11-08-2018, 07:59 AM
magirus magirus is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: The County Palatinate, UK
Posts: 220
Default

I have a 16yr old brain trapped in a 61yr old body.
Reply With Quote
  #23  
Old 11-08-2018, 08:09 AM
Silly Moustache Silly Moustache is online now
Charter Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The Isle of Albion
Posts: 22,068
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel Grenier View Post
Nah, in no way am I still 28! and what is it with the limited food options? No fish, fresh veggies?
__________________
Silly Moustache,
Just an old Limey acoustic guitarist, Dobrolist, mandolier and singer.
I'm here to try to help and advise and I offer one to one lessons/meetings/mentoring via Zoom!
Reply With Quote
  #24  
Old 11-08-2018, 08:13 AM
Tenzin Tenzin is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Long Island, NY USA
Posts: 306
Default

I'm going to be 54 this month. My wife and kids say I behave like a 10-year old. What do they know? They're a bunch of poopy heads!
__________________
--
Patience is a strength, not a weakness; and if by practicing patience we stop retaliating to harm and criticism, people will gradually come to understand that our real nature is very special.
Reply With Quote
  #25  
Old 11-08-2018, 08:31 AM
PorkPieGuy PorkPieGuy is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 8,132
Default

I'll be 44 this month.

In some ways I feel like I'm 25, and other ways I feel like I'm 65.

When I was in my 20s, I used to think that life is weird and unpredictable but it will stop whenever I finished college, bought a house, and had kids. Good lord, it just keeps getting crazier by the day.
Reply With Quote
  #26  
Old 11-08-2018, 08:41 AM
reeve21 reeve21 is offline
Charter Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Central Connecticut, USA
Posts: 5,578
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel Grenier View Post


According to this test I am a 31 year old "Big Kid."

According to the calendar I just turned 60. Like most I'm not sure how I got that old!

My grandmother had a good saying on her birthday. Every year I would ask her how old she was, and every year she would say "still 39."

I have always spent a lot of time around older people, in both my personal and professional lives. I have always enjoyed it, in fact as a kid I related to adults and especially older adults much better than folks my own age. And now I am one, and happy to be still "breathing air and pumping blood"-- which is how I will sometimes answer the question "how are you doing?" I also like to answer that question with "wonderful" or "never better" as I usually mean it, but it keeps people guessing

But in my "mind's eye" I'm still somewhere between my late 30's and early 50's, depending on the day.
Reply With Quote
  #27  
Old 11-08-2018, 09:23 AM
Nyghthawk Nyghthawk is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Central Texas
Posts: 3,239
Default

I am 62 but most days don't feel it. I think I'm still about 35. Only with less hair, tricky knees, bifocals, and a slightly impaired sense of balance. Occasionally I will do some project out in the yard, pruning burford hollies comes to mind, and realize the next morning that I am NOT 35 anymore.
__________________
Epiphone Masterbilt Hummingbird
Epiphone Masterbilt AJ-500RENS

Teach us what ways have light, what gifts have worth.
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Reply With Quote
  #28  
Old 11-08-2018, 09:33 AM
Ghostpicker Ghostpicker is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 386
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel Grenier View Post
Took the "age test". I'm 67, the test says 27...one of us is not telling the truth.
Reply With Quote
  #29  
Old 11-08-2018, 09:55 AM
FrankHudson FrankHudson is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Posts: 4,888
Default

Interesting question, and not easy to answer for me.

I'm older than the OP, and quite aware of my body reminding me of my age, so I don't have those "well I thought I was 30 until I...." moments. I do recall having them in my 40s and 50s. But I think the OP was aiming at something less physical, "mental age", that age or we consider ourselves to be in some dream or discorporate state when our body isn't reminding us.

There, I'm trying to remind myself of my age, the number of times I've been out around the course, trying to use that realization and experience constructively. But I feel I need to make an effort to do that, because I also feel (and have always felt) a little immature. I still do things on a whim, postpone responsibilities, and forget to give my family their propers. So what is my mental age? It really seems to be all over the place.
__________________
-----------------------------------
Creator of The Parlando Project

Guitars: 20th Century Seagull S6-12, S6 Folk, Seagull M6; '00 Guild JF30-12, '01 Martin 00-15, '16 Martin 000-17, '07 Parkwood PW510, Epiphone Biscuit resonator, Merlin Dulcimer, and various electric guitars, basses....
Reply With Quote
  #30  
Old 11-08-2018, 11:39 AM
Rodger Knox Rodger Knox is offline
Registered User
 
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Baltimore, Md.
Posts: 2,431
Default

My body doesn't care how old I think I am...
__________________
Rodger Knox, PE
1917 Martin 0-28
1956 Gibson J-50
et al
Reply With Quote
Reply

  The Acoustic Guitar Forum > Other Discussions > Open Mic

Thread Tools





All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:26 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Copyright ©2000 - 2022, The Acoustic Guitar Forum
vB Ad Management by =RedTyger=