'Scales Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I went to the optometrist for the first time when I was 46 and he said I should get glasses for reading. I said why? He pointed at my age on the form. Seems that's pretty much the magic number for age related eyesight deterioration. On my second pair now <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 But I see no women have commented here. Surely you are not surprised, given the question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted December 9, 2017 Author Share Posted December 9, 2017 1512765481[/url]' post='1898565']Surely you are not surprised, given the question? i was trying to provoke a response from the ladies. They're too smart to fall for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I'm the same age as Paul McCartney 75. I think that makes me the oldest member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlwwalker Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 57 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 1512825105[/url]' post='1898734']I'm the same age as Paul McCartney 75. I think that makes me the oldest member. I'm giving u a plus for being 75 and playing guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek R Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I’m 54,too many years of drink and drugs taking it’s toll on me now. The effects are now starting to kick in,got a young granddaughter and can only hope i can keep going long enough to see her growing up. Pains me to think I won’t see her growing up but it is what it is,life is so special but you don’t appreciate it until you’re older. I don’t regret what i done in the past,as I said it is what it is and I can live with that but being older puts things in perspective and I will keep going until I can’t any more Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 i was trying to provoke a response from the ladies. They're too smart to fall for it. Ladies, here? [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Thanks Mr G. guitar playing is like everything else, use it or loose it. I play a little everyday and fortunately don't suffer from any of the hand problems that effect guitar players. I regularly pay out with other musicians, it's all down to practice in the end. It is however surprising that I'm the oldest as many guitarists play into their 80s and 90s look at Chuck Berry and Les Paul, maybe they just don'r write on forums! I'm giving u a plus for being 75 and playing guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 I went to the optometrist for the first time when I was 46 and he said I should get glasses for reading. I said why? He pointed at my age on the form. Seems that's pretty much the magic number for age related eyesight deterioration. On my second pair now <_< I am 48, never needed glasses but noticed my left eye started to go a few years ago, still, my right eye was so strong I could see in great detail, well, in the last year my right eye is going too. Even though I just need a +1.00 still sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 Reading through this it made me wonder where all the testosterone-crazed kids are? Surely there's people in their teens and 20s playing the guitar. Are they not playing Gibsons and if so, is it due to price or has the brand lost it's cachet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdecantoo Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 One month into retirement at 62. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 1512752406[/url]' post='1898493']Lots of 50 plus guys like me here,makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside😍 But I see no women have commented here. Your not surprised are you? You would never get the truth if they did comment. My own wife refuses to tell me what she weighs! Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Gibson Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 1512969123[/url]' post='1899148']Your not surprised are you? You would never get the truth if they did comment. My own wife refuses to tell me what she weighs! Lol Mine too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 my goal is to live long enough to be able to consider retirement. over the years I've said your amount of aches & pains are in direct relation to how much fun you had when you were young. I think I've had too much fun. I take naps because it helps to stop hurting for a little bit. i hurt 24/7. no tears in my beers, because I know theres a lot of people, even here on this forum, that have it much worse than me. so I keep it in perspective. but even though i'm just 57, I've got an awful lot of miles on me. gigs take quite a toll on me anymore. standing all night then moving gear ... but the fun still outweighs the pain. I've lost a 1/2 dozen friends in the last 10 yrs. I know they wish they were around to complain about aches & pains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 59 today Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 'Happy Birthday To You', Ian! Treat yourself to something nice today! Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 Clocking 30 in May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjl200 Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 455..........................in Doggie years...... Woof woof woof....... 4/20/52 a very good vintage I feel😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted December 12, 2017 Share Posted December 12, 2017 'Happy Birthday To You', Ian! Treat yourself to something nice today! Pip. Thanks Pippy. I might go and check out some stair-lifts at weekend. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1512406115[/url]' post='1897259']That's the spirit! While cancer still obviously claims a lot of lives, it seems a LOT more people make it than when I was a kid. Quite a few relatives have been afflicted in the last ten years, and every single one is still fine, years after. Most ten years after or so. Maybe it's the mindset? I realize I'm doing all kinds of jinxing here, but if I'd had cancer when I was a kid - I did have quite a scare - I would have died, because that's what people with cancer did back then. These days, were I afflicted, I think I'd be a lot more "okay, this sucks, but let's start looking at the treatment options and all the logistics". We go to the doctor more often these days. I don't go to the ER for every cold, but I'm not the least bit embarrassed that I go way more often than your average 40-year old. We have essentially free health care - you pay 20 bucks' admission, and that's it. I'd rather get something checked out one time too many than one time too few. Just wish I could convince certain older relatives to at least go pee in a cup for prostate check-ups... Yes, a lot of people did die from cancer way back. I survived a cancer brain tumor in 88. I wasn't supposed to survive it doctors said so I was put through just about everything they had at that time. I was their experiment then and I'm still here! At that time I lost roommates in the hospital to cancer so I feel very blessed. It was heartbreaking seeing little kids and women get it way back then though, brought tears seeing them go through what I had to go through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1512735487[/url]' post='1898431']Dub: ha ha! I set one goal at a time. I look forward to 50. 40's okay, but 50's cooler. I have excellent eyesight, but have noticed that things get blurrier up close than they did five years ago. When I'm 50, I intend to include "I can't read that, I need my glasses!" in EVERY single conversation I have. It's gonna RULE! Well then your going to absolutely Love the 60's then. Not only does the eyesight start going more, the Back, knees, arthritis sets in, you can't lift as much as you did in your 50's, hearing goes more... you want more? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1513016700[/url]' post='1899306']my goal is to live long enough to be able to consider retirement. over the years I've said your amount of aches & pains are in direct relation to how much fun you had when you were young. I think I've had too much fun. I take naps because it helps to stop hurting for a little bit. i hurt 24/7. no tears in my beers, because I know theres a lot of people, even here on this forum, that have it much worse than me. so I keep it in perspective. but even though i'm just 57, I've got an awful lot of miles on me. gigs take quite a toll on me anymore. standing all night then moving gear ... but the fun still outweighs the pain. I've lost a 1/2 dozen friends in the last 10 yrs. I know they wish they were around to complain about aches & pains. Isn't that the truth! Well said. I gave you a plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 1513079957[/url]' post='1899522']455..........................in Doggie years...... Woof woof woof....... 4/20/52 a very good vintage I feel😎 You have a Birthday coming up too, I was born 4-22 53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 I'm proud to declare I still get raging wood at will as well as in the morning. Without drugs too. I just have no place to put it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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