Your age?

[Bear Dale]

Out of interest, what is your age?

I'm 55 and joined the forum when I was 46.

I can definitely feel a difference in my body in those 9 years!

[Tannin]

That depends of whether you want it in Celsius or Fahrenheit.

[mudman]

in kilograms i am slightly younger than my weight

[ameerat42]

Age? - It depends... on how long I take to answer.:p

[Geoff Port]

Well, I joined when I was younger than I am now. For some reason my feet feel older than the rest of me apart from my back, shoulders and hands. My brain however still thinks like a 21 yr old.
Hope that is a satisfactory answer.


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[ricktas]

I am almost 52. I was 41 when I joined AP, in its early days, and took over the site later the same year. And I agree Jim, certainly can tell the difference in the last 10 years, up till the 40's everything was basically the same. But now I have a few creaks, aches etc.

[Gazza]

Great question, Jim - :th3:

Just so happens, my birthday re-occurs once again at the end of this month. If you're planning anything, a new lens would be nice :grinning01:

Cheers - :beer_mug:←2nd choice...

[ricktas]

Just a note : Out Of Focus forum : is a public forum. Non members can see what is posted in here. So please use discretion when posting about age etc. Be careful not to give to much detail about yourself in a thread that is open to access for anyone on the net.

[Bear Dale]

I'm another day older now :)

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Great question, Jim - :th3:

Just so happens, my birthday re-occurs once again at the end of this month. If you're planning anything, a new lens would be nice :grinning01:

Cheers - :beer_mug:←2nd choice...

AF-S NIKKOR 600mm f/4E FL ED VR ????

:)

[ameerat42]

I'm another day older now :)

You too, eh?:eek:

[Bear Dale]

You too, eh?:eek:

You too?

Glad you didn't just get 12 hours older :)

[cupic]

I have been 21 year old for years now and dont want to change even thou father time has some arguments on that

[bobt]

I'd have to differentiate between mental age and physical age ...... the first doesn't change a lot, but the second one operates in an accelerated time-frame!

[jim]

I'm 56 and generally feel much the same as I did 20 years ago. Though I did a bit of painting early last year and was astonished to find that I'd done my rotator cuff, and couldn't raise my arm without fairly serious pain. That wouldn't have happened 20 years ago.

[ApolloLXII]

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years..................................

[Bear Dale]

I'm 56 and generally feel much the same as I did 20 years ago. Though I did a bit of painting early last year and was astonished to find that I'd done my rotator cuff, and couldn't raise my arm without fairly serious pain. That wouldn't have happened 20 years ago.

Jim, I've just done a day in over waist deep water repairing our jetty and moorings. I knew I would be a bit sore, but thought I was going ok until I sat down for a coffee, it was hard to get back up!

I think I might be feeling 20 years older in the morning :(

[Geoff79]

I’m in the last stages of 38. My birthday isn’t too far off, so in about a month and half I’ll be 37.

That’s how it works, isn’t it?


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[tandeejay]

To quote from an old movie (either Remo Williams, or Karate Kid... can't remember which...)



To an apricot I am ancient
To a mountain, I am hardly just begun
But for a man, I am just right


:nod:

[Mark L]

I expect a letter from the Queen in a couple of months time.
:lol:

[Bear Dale]

I expect a letter from the Queen in a couple of months time.
:lol:



She might not make a couple more months ;)

[John King]

Jim, I'm old enough to be a member of SOFA - Silly Old Fart's Association ... :nod:.

[ameerat42]

Jim, I'm old enough to be a member of SOFA... :nod:.
Do you have to furnish your age? :p:p

[Bear Dale]

Jim, I'm old enough to be a member of SOFA - Silly Old Fart's Association ... :nod:.

LOL, love it!

:) :) :)

[Claire M]

Well I'm aged between both Jims's ages. ;)

[mongo]

Mongo is busy right now cutting himself in half. He will let you know his age when he finishes counting the rings. He hopes he has enough petrol in the chainsaw and enough toes for the counting exercise.

[ricktas]

I expect a letter from the Queen in a couple of months time.
:lol:

You going on an outback bus trip with Priscilla...again?

[ameerat42]

Mongo is busy right now cutting himself in half. He will let you know his age when he finishes counting the rings. He hopes he has enough petrol in the chainsaw and enough toes for the counting exercise.

Hmm! - Now if you had been of stone, you could let us know how old the rock of ages is.
However, I'll go with the tree of life:nod:

[Colin B]

I am closing in on 71 this June and still reasonably functional apart from the same shoulder problems as Jim. I have been threatened with surgery on it a couple of times but find physiotherapy works as well and doesn't involve having one arm out of action for 6 weeks.

[feathers]

Mongo, try carbon dating instead. It would have to be less painful? :D

[Bear Dale]

I remember talking to a lady that was 104 (who had all her faculties), she told me in her mind she was just the same as when she was 19, it was her body that had changed.

[Bensch]

Currently 34, but I would swear that some days I'm more like 90, get up and I sound like a bowl of rice bubbles....

[jim]

I am closing in on 71 this June and still reasonably functional apart from the same shoulder problems as Jim. I have been threatened with surgery on it a couple of times but find physiotherapy works as well and doesn't involve having one arm out of action for 6 weeks.

Colin, I found exercise ultimately worked, though it took 9 months before it was back to normal. From what I’ve heard surgery is very much a last resort

[Boo53]

Colin, I found exercise ultimately worked, though it took 9 months before it was back to normal. From what I’ve heard surgery is very much a last resort

My Right Shoulder was hurt in '92, but then miss diagnosed and became a frozen shoulder pretty quickly.

Surgeon says replacement but doesn't want to do it until I'm 65. Thats now only a few months away but about 6 years ago the local physio employed a new staff member who had done her Masters on Shoulders.

Instead of gently gently and a bit of strengthening it became pretty significant manipulation of the joint, providing some freeing up of the "Freeze" and a reduction in pain. She moved on to work on the International Tennis Professional Tour but the senior Physio took over (she's doing a PhD on hips and had previously had a staff member who had done his PhD on Knees - this is a small country town practice)

Kept up the Physio for a number of years until I started Kayaking seriously and that now does the trick

[bobt]

Colin, I found exercise ultimately worked, though it took 9 months before it was back to normal. From what I’ve heard surgery is very much a last resort

Yes and no ... I had similar problems in my left shoulder, and had it operated on. Works fine now. Same thing happened to the right shoulder, but this time they chopped off my biceps tendon altogether, so now I don't have one. Took a short while to heal, but with little improvement. I was offered another operation free of charge, but declined. After another year it is now OK again. Getting old sucks, but death isn't all that appealing either.

[John King]

I am closing in on 71 this June and still reasonably functional apart from the same shoulder problems as Jim. I have been threatened with surgery on it a couple of times but find physiotherapy works as well and doesn't involve having one arm out of action for 6 weeks.

Colin, I had frozen shoulder syndrome for about 6-8 months. Injection of anaesthetic and corticosteroids during ultrasound examination fixed it within days. Physiotherapy for about 6 months for both it and osteoarthritis in my lumbar facet joints and almost everywhere else. I'm almost exactly the same age as you.

[ameerat42]

New title for thread:

Your Agues... (and other ailments) :(:p

[Colin B]

Yep, steroids are great for knocking inflammation down fast but the follow up with the physio is where the real repair work gets done. My physio once told me that in most cases getting back 70 percent strength and mobility is regarded as a good result from surgery so it is best left as a last resort.

[Gazza]

New title for thread:

Your Agues... (and other ailments) :(:p
Not wishing to offend, but this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7wM0QC5LE) classic came to mind....:D

[ameerat42]

Ha-ha-ha...!

That's nuthen'... - Why, I remember...:lol2:

[Bear Dale]

I remember Sydney phone numbers only being 6 digits.

I'm not old enough to remember when they were preceded by two letters of the alphabet, even though our old family home still had it near the phone. I think from a distant memory it was FH1156 :confused013

[John King]

I remember ours in Brisbane from the early 1950s ... UX 1827 ... Became 79 1827 a bit later on.

[John King]

(Mooloolaba 310) was our beach house. It was initially a manual exchange in 1951!

(Nipan 7U) was one of our properties. Manual exchange and party line into the late 1960s. It is in the Dawson Valley. The property is now an open cut coal mine. Very sad really.

https://canopuscomputing.com.au/zen2/albums/digitised/KMSE-Kianga_Test0001_IGR.jpg

It was a beautiful property ... :nod: :(.

[ameerat42]

I've added up all the ages in this thread so far, and divided by the number of forum members.

On average, the age is not so young after all!! :eek:

[bobt]

I've added up all the ages in this thread so far, and divided by the number of forum members.
On average, the age is not so young after all !! :eek:

What you mean to say is that we have such a collective wisdom and unparalleled level of experience, that the younger members should be completely awestruck by being in our presence.

That is why we exemplify the much abused term "awesome".

Or am I being too modest .... ????

[ameerat42]

No, just awful:p

[Bear Dale]

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance.

[Liney]

Apparently i'm old enough to know better, according to the mem'sahib at least. She always says she's as young as the man she feels, which makes me a toy boy I think.

We came to the conclusion at work that growing old was mandatory, but growing up was merely advisory.

Personally I am not concerned about my age, merely that each day I beat my personal best for the number of consecutive days alive....

[MissionMan]

I'm 24 with 20 years experience.

[ricktas]

Apparently i'm old enough to know better, according to the mem'sahib at least. She always says she's as young as the man she feels, which makes me a toy boy I think.

We came to the conclusion at work that growing old was mandatory, but growing up was merely advisory.

Personally I am not concerned about my age, merely that each day I beat my personal best for the number of consecutive days alive....

I always like the saying that 'if you have not grown up by the time you hit 50, you don't have to'

[swifty]

I always like the saying that 'if you have not grown up by the time you hit 50, you don't have to'

Now that's something I can get behind. But I petition to lower that age of holdout to 40 :D

[bobt]

I always like the saying that 'if you have not grown up by the time you hit 50, you don't have to'

I used to tell my mother "If old age is catching up, walk a little faster". I've got to the point where I think I need to start running! :nod: