Old farts Club 40+ yrs old

[RCShocker]

Originally Posted by Bigdumredneck

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

Nope, mine is still very very very good.

I do drop things more than I used to though.

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by Bigdumredneck

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.

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

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.

Next subject....Hair

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

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by Bigdumredneck

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.

Next subject....Hair

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

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

[crazyjr]

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

[JERRY2KONE]

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.

[phatmonk]

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.

[mistercrash]

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

[Rnemhrd]

Originally Posted by Overkill

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

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. 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!!

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

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

The corvette will be cheaper to maintain .

[JThiessen]

My daughter just had her second baby yesterday - so I'm a two time G-pa at the old age of 42.

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by rchippie

The corvette will be cheaper to maintain .

True that! But there's no room to carry my RC stuff to the track. At least the girl could carry a couple boxes and take my turn marshalling

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

True that! But there's no room to carry my RC stuff to the track. At least the girl could carry a couple boxes and take my turn marshalling

At least the girl could carry a couple boxes and take my turn marshalling [/QUOTE]

Thats a good one . .

[Gee]

Gained a year last month. Thougt it was the big 43 until a friend broke out the calculator. Only 42 year young. Eye sight is still going strong but don't like playing catcher anymore. Knees ache from all drinking I guess. I retired from the annual snowshoe softball tournement a couple years back. The redish blond beard I grow evey fall is more blond then red anymore. Still plenty of it, enough on my ass to weave a small rug. Where the hell are all these ear and nose hairs coming from? I do notice I grown and grunt a lot more. Usually bending over to pick something up. Started making my own antenna magnets to pick up the screws tha fall on the floor.

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by Gee

Where the hell are all these ear and nose hairs coming from?

I have lots of different tweezers, there not just for picking up small parts anymore.