Members in their 70s?

[WVH1977]

I'm 84. My advice if you live on a farm or an acreage, is that you design it an maintain it such that when you reach your golden years that it will require minimum maintenance. Get all the trees removed, trimmed, all of the dirt work done, all of the landscaping done, all of the lawn sodding and leveling done, and basically get it set up to where all you will have to do is keep the the mower running.

That is what I am doing now. I am off for a couple of days and have been clearing/grading/seeding grass. I was sore last night. I hope to have all this done in the next 3 to 5 years so I can just cut grass. It is hard work but I don't want to be doing the hard grunt work once I get to the golden years. Maybe I will get lucky and one of my kids will stay and build a house on the place.

 

[bullbreaker]

Spend less time drinking and chasing women. It is seldom profitable.

Plus you might end up in "H--L" with some of them !

 

[oosik]

Well - in less than 30 days I will see 80. I don't do a whole lot of thinking about age. I've learned a few things though.

Get use to going slower as you age. It's natural and slower usually means falling less and falling WILL hurt. I've learned that at my age there is really no need to get things done as fast as I did 40 years ago. Besides - many times slower is better and, who knows, you might not have to do it over.

I don't always get all the sleep I need at night. Afternoon naps are great.

I do a whole lot more planning on upcoming projects. Saves a lot of unnecessary "redo's" and "start overs" and $$$. I find that some of what I use to do was unnecessary. Mother Nature will solve many problems without my interference.

Don't take silly chances - recovery takes a whole lot longer as you get older.

You can flirt with younger women now. You don't present much "danger" to them.

All this running about and everybody in such a great hurry. Can be quite unproductive and does not impress me a bit.

I quit drinking alcohol about twelve years ago. I have plenty of other pains that will be with me the following morning.

Excuse me - I need another cup of coffee............

 

[RalphVa]

That’s a tough one, I love salt. Never have had high blood pressure though.

Don't have high blood pressure. Going low salt might have prevented the congestive heart failure.

 

[duffer]

Use your age as an excuse to buy the tools you need for a job, instead of "muscle-ing" it to the finish line.

Let the tools do the work, not you.

My mind is 40, but my body feels like 100, so I guess that averages out to about 70. Pay attention to what your body is telling you, not your mind...

 

[Oaktree]

The prenup thing is foreign to me… can’t say I know anyone with one or wished they had one…

I have one. My wife and I were in our 50s when we met, (1) there's a big difference in our net worths, and (2) she has kids, I don't.
Her kids and I are aren't particularly close, didn't really want my estate going to people who were essentially strangers. I did however want to make sure she was provided for should I go first, she also wanted to be able to remain in our house (it's in my name, something I owned before we met).
One of her sons took a major financial bath when he got divorced...he owned several rental properties (again, purchased before he and his ex met), but never did a prenup and in his state they were considered community property.

 

[Torvy]

I have one. My wife and I were in our 50s when we met, (1) there's a big difference in our net worths, and (2) she has kids, I don't.
Her kids and I are aren't particularly close, didn't really want my estate going to people who were essentially strangers. I did however want to make sure she was provided for should I go first, she also wanted to be able to remain in our house (it's in my name, something I owned before we met).
One of her sons took a major financial bath when he got divorced...he owned several rental properties (again, purchased before he and his ex met), but never did a prenup and in his state they were considered community property.

Wow. Texas is a community property state, but assets owned prior to marriage are not included. That is not to say that a shy..um, lawyer, would not find a way to abscond with the assets.

If you don't mind sharing, where do you plan on leaving assets with no kids?

 

[ultrarunner]

I can see I am very naive in the prenup area and where it could get sticky.

I have seen where the best of plans were all for naught.

My 105 year old neighbor outlived everyone in her family except for an estranged great great grand daughter age 3.

Great Great Grandma did have a companion with her through thick and thin for 40 years and they were very happy together and she provided a monthly stipend for him with whatever remains after going to the Great Great but as of now there has been no contact.

The family of the Great Great want nothing to do as the Great Grandson was not liked by her family and now dressed.

Could prove to be a huge mistake because the estate is 1.5 million and companion is in his 90's.

When your time comes all the ones you wanted to leave something too may no longer be in the picture and people you don't know could be...

 

[JethroB]

Let go of stress. Life is so much more enjoyable if you don't allow your troubles to harass you and don't dwell on the unpleasant things in life. Many people think that they have no ability to choose what they think about. But you indeed do, so chose to make most of your thoughts positive and joyful.

I should print this ^^^ and put on my refrigerator as a daily reminder. I’m retired dang-it. Life is supposed to be more enjoyable now.

 

[Doughknob]

Haven’t you heard, “you will be judged by the company you keep”?

LOL. Now that is true!