Old farts Club 40+ yrs old
 

I know I am part of this being 45 and I know I am not the only one here....You know your getting older when it seems like you are either forgeting somebodys name or your going to the bathroom.....

Uh Oh, I wouldn't call 40 old farts just yet (feels like sometimes). Of course I hear it sometimes at 46 from the wife, but she just turned 40 so she can't give me as much crap anymore.

Finally a thread that Ian can't be a post whore in!

Good luck to all of the guys over 40...

Im 42 .

I'm almost 36, but I think everyone is old past 30.

40+ yrs young :) one of my racing mates is 46 and he is still like a small kid when around rc cars

42 Here! I never felt older than 27 until this past year....now with work and personal demands mounting I'm feeling my age and then some. Grrrr.

RC helps take the edge off though! Here's my latest project, a Brushless CRT.5....more mods forthcoming!


btw....for those wondering....I'm the senior moderator for RCBros and opted to use a RCBros CRT.5 Brushless Conversion Kit to promote the kit. Of course RC-M provided the heatsink/motor clamp, pinions & shaft adaptor, Mamba Max ESC, and Feigao 7S motor.

Nice conversion! That's a REALLY long antenna though; I can't see the end of it in any of the pics!

shit...I have underwear older than you guys...

A few more pics of the conversion....

4 more years for me. I feel 50+ though and have since my early twenties when a car decided to not stop at a red light and hit me doing 60 mph.

So if feeling 40+ counts I'm in! ha!

No doubt playing with our "toys" can help to feel younger.


Alright... too much information!:lol:

It's great having threads like this...........lets us know who the Grandads are :lol: :rofl:

Funny guy! :na: You'll be there one day too bud!

5 years yet and then I can get discounts for bus rides, cheaper food at the Cossy Club, start looking at Viagra advertisments..........so much to look forward too :lol: :intello: Don't take offence, I give my Dad raspberries for his age and as I am also one of the youngest at work (almost 35) they get it too :intello:
Cheeky young rascal :whip: I'll stop now before I do get whipped :yes:

I guess i might as well be in this club, I'm 39

42 years young but I still feel like in my twenties especially when I outrun 20-something year old sailors on our 1.5 mile run:lol::party::whistle:.

Ok.
 

Ok well I guess I qualify for this one:intello:. I just turned 50, but that is just too hard for me to believe:eyes:. Being involved in this hobby does help to ease the pains somewhat. We have 8 kids total but it is only the younger ones that give us a hard time about being old. We have two grandkids already, but we still have more fun then any of them. Haven't you heard that 50 is the new 39??:lol: Hey lincpimp you are too young to be in here looking around. Your ID is not good in here young man, so stay out of it:diablo::whip::rofl:.

:lol::lol: Two days ago I got carded buying a lottery ticket! You have to be 21 to buy and I am 46! I told the 20 something year old babe that asked me that I loved her and that she had just made my year. :yipi: You are only as old as you feel. I plan on going down fighting. Geez I am still playing with toy trucks :oops:.

I turn 42 next week....:surprised:

Most gas stations require you to show ID no matter what. Sorry to burst your bubble. :na:

Not bursting yet. It was a small local grocery store and she did not card the two people in line in front of me!:yes:

Im 37, with all the bones I broke skateboarding and mountain biking I feel about 62 when winter hits or rains coming lol. I was in the supermarket buying smokes (yeah yeah) and the lady carded me. I was like are you serious im twice the age to buy these cancer sticks, the guy behind me said I should be flattered. I said sure if i didnt have to go back out to my car and get my ID in a freezing snow storm. I can't get no respect

40 years young here! Funny thing is, that I am more into rc's now than when I was racing 20 yrs. ago

After 35, you definately don't heal as fast!

I feel for all you old guys, but I cant join, I'm only 39

Im 16 :mdr: if you live in upstate new york and see a blue 85 dodge with a sled in the bed, go the other way, thats me!

I hit the big FOUR-O last August.

To all the younger guys...

Stupid shit that you do as a teenager and in your 20's, will catch up to you! When I hit 30 I started falling apart, manly it was my back. So two back surgeries later I started acting like I was no longer a teenager. 40 has been ok so far....except my perfect vision isnt so perfect any more. Now im having to use reading glasses.:intello:

Has anybody in the 40+ club noticed that your vision is starting to go south?

So far my vision is still great except when I'm driving at night. I seem to be more affected by the glare of oncoming headlights :neutral:.

Bingo.
 

WE HAVE A BINGO. Yea I started having to wear reading glasses shortly after I started into this hobby, because I was having a hard time seeing the tiny screws during installation. I have had 20/20 all my life up to now. That sucks. In my mid 40's I noticed that I am loosing muscle tone and just cannot do all of the same stuff that I was able to do before. Luckily for me I have never had any broken bones or major injuries that can plague me now. I keep telling myself that I need to start working out, but just cannot seem to get myself to actually do it. I am truely spoiled with the comfortable life that we live. I am loving life though. I have two pensions coming in and really do not have to work anymore. Even with the economy going into the toilet I can still get whatever I want without worrying wheather we can afford it or not. So life is good at 50.:party::yipi::yes::intello:

No problems with the eyes, joints or back, but if I don't get enough sleep my friggin' pressure goes up. So no more all night parties are build sessions. It is at least 7-8 hours of sleep a night because I hate taking pills.

Nope, mine is still very very very good.

I do drop things more than I used to though. :yes:

Yes my vision is going south .

Overall my vision is REALLY good. But reading anything thats in my hand...I have to stretch out my arm really far to read it as everything up close is blurry. The reading glasses help but I fear its making the problem worse. Im going to have to make an appointment with the eye doc.:eyes:

Next subject....Hair :intello:

Is yours turning grey? Or is it like mine...balding and turning grey! :na:

I have to do the same thing when reading . No gray hair but it is thinner than it use to be :lol:.

No vision probs here, yet. still near 20/20, My aunt said i'll be needing glasses after 40, but not yet. As far as hair, got some gray in beard and a few silver hairs showing up, up top. My Brother and dad were balding, but looks like i'll be the one with the full head of gray or silver hair in the family

Balding.
 

My older brother is kind of bald, but he has that birds nest thing going with a circle of hair. I have not lost anything yet, and as far as greying goes who cares what color it is? I rarely ever look in the mirror anyway, and the wife does not complain so why worry about it. I worry most about having my own teeth later in life. I hate the thought of having to deal with false teeth. So far so good going into my 50's.

I turned 45 last month.I consider myself very lucky.Growing up in the 60s,70s and 80s the future looked bleek considering the war and nuclear showdown I felt I would never see 40 so we partied alot!.Today I work as a Carpenter in a Wood Roof truss factory.I left the cooking industry with a bad alcohol habit in 2001.The physical labor of a carpenter has done me alot of good.And I feel great.Oh ya I started rc in 2001 also giving something to tinker with.

I'll be 45 in August. I forgot to buy a Corvette and get a 20 year old girlfriend when I turned 40. Is it too late for a mid life crisis? I could do without the Corvette but I really want the girl :mdr:

Never count the "grandads" out! All the bouncers at the local bar I work at get underestimated by the younger guys. I'm 39 and the other guys are in there early 40s. The younger guys think cuz we're old they can give us crap when it's time to get bounced. Bad idea. Grandad knows what you're going to do before you do it. He has been there! It's great when some kid thinks he's going to throw a punch to impress his buddies, and some "old cat" schools him, and he ends up on his ass outside.:whistle: My back, knees, and feet may be killing me but you forget all that when you need to. Sunday mornings I feel like a train hit me though. Ough ya, there are the ladies, they all love the old bouncers. Must be the shirt. Membership has its privliges!!:na:

The corvette will be cheaper to maintain :lol:.