You Know You Are Old When

ultrarunner · Sunday at 4:09 PM

Neighbor Vivian passed at 106 and survived two pandemics…

At 102 she was still baking her sons favorite cake to send over every week and lived in her own home.

I’ve never been to a funeral of a 84 year old where the deceased mother rose to speak and you could hear a pin drop… said the best son a mother could have and I miss him dearly… when his father died young Lee became the man of the house.

She lived long enough to outlived her husband, child, grandchild and great grandchild… only a great great grandchild age 2 remains.

Hearty Mormon stock with the nearest town to where she was raised bring Elko Nevada.

They had a big to do as she said for her hundredth making her grand marshal on founders day…

masseyrider · Sunday at 4:30 PM

A friends MIL just turned a 100 this week.
She still cooks and cleans for the family.
She's outlived 2 husbands and jokes she doesn't want another because they don't last long enough.
She's lost 3 children and a few grandchildren.
She's outlived a herd of doctors who said she had to watch her cholesterol and BP.
I've been told never to ride with her. She's an excellent driver but more suited for the track.

ultrarunner · Sunday at 5:13 PM

Fuddyduddy1952 said:
The grinder I use almost every day is like this, except without the tool rests, shields anywhere and larger motor mounted below with a big clutch spring on it for more belt tension. I've never bogged it down. Never.
Yesterday my 40 something neighbor stops by for me to sharpen his mower blades, so I hoist his mower up like a tuna with an overhead electric winch and use an impact gun.
When I turn on the grinder the shop lights dim as he heads for the door terrified watching me in a shower of sparks.
After checking their balance I zip the blades on, as I let the mower down he asks "didn't all those sparks hurt?". "No but the last wheel did when it split in two, I never did find the other half".
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Nice pair of stones

gsganzer · 2025-07-21T17:35:43-0400

WinterDeere said:
Sounds ideal, if only it weren't a bunch of 80 year old women!

I can appreciate a cougar as much as the next guy, but there is a limit.

That's what my 82yo FIL said. He recently lost his wife, who was 22 years younger than him, so stepping up to women his own age has been a bit of a shock.