Talking and asking to the old folks now. What hobby can an old person have if they are 76 years old and are somewhat disabled? Don't hammer me with exercises. So, what is left? Watch movies all day or maybe follow AN all day long. I know there is a lot of old folks on here so what do you do?

RC models, or any other kind of models, is a nice hobby.

 

 

 

Go old school. Read a book. 

Photography ... mostly birds and wildlife for  me, with some city & landscape.   Most of my photos are snapped from porch, balcony, veranda (home or hotel), walkway or from inside the car, as a great 'blind' since animals are use to them.  

Meditation. Our own minds are the most fascinating realm of exploration. 

8 hours ago, still kicking said:

what do you do?

Read. Walk. Talk to strangers. Venture out on the m/c. Review data from my old research projects. Unannounced visits with friends. Swim. Tinker on the cars and motorcycles. Chores around the house. 

10 hours ago, still kicking said:

Talking and asking to the old folks now. What hobby can an old person have if they are 76 years old and are somewhat disabled? Don't hammer me with exercises. So, what is left? Watch movies all day or maybe follow AN all day long. I know there is a lot of old folks on here so what do you do?

I imagine you to be one of those *old" men who want to be old ( walking slow with your pot belly) catasphrizing your "disability " which is arthritis in the ankles as you mentioned.

You could always go down to the skate park with your mobiliy scooter do some racing and jumps with the others .

 

What irks me is guys my age who want to be "old" ,thru the o it's the norm 

 

I'm still doing Jujitsu and boxing and going to the gym sometimes twice a day 

 

FFS start living life you only a few years left 

1 hour ago, novacova said:

Read. Walk. Talk to strangers. Venture out on the m/c. Review data from my old research projects. Unannounced visits with friends. Swim. Tinker on the cars and motorcycles. Chores around the house. 

Unannounced visits from friends!!

I hate that anyone who rocks up at my door unannounced

Pornhub is playing on the computer and the place is a mess !

10 hours ago, still kicking said:

Talking and asking to the old folks now. What hobby can an old person have if they are 76 years old and are somewhat disabled? Don't hammer me with exercises. So, what is left? Watch movies all day or maybe follow AN all day long. I know there is a lot of old folks on here so what do you do?

My plan was always to watch movies all day ( and post a bit on TVF/ AN ), but I'm too busy to do that, and get so tired I fall asleep watching movies at night.

6 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Photography ... mostly birds and wildlife for  me, with some city & landscape.   Most of my photos are snapped from porch, balcony, veranda (home or hotel), walkway or from inside the car, as a great 'blind' since animals are use to them.  

May I ask if you get people objecting ?

I dont take many photos but in 2 occasions I had people ( farangs) ask me why I'm taking pictures eg Nirun condo's

 

 

8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

My plan was always to watch movies all day ( and post a bit on TVF/ AN ), but I'm too busy to do that, and get so tired I fall asleep watching movies at night.

What do you do all day to make you tired?

I think you said your in your early 70's 

You could probably still do a few hours a week nursing in a aged care home 

What do you do all day that your too busy ?

17 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

May I ask if you get people objecting ?

I dont take many photos but in 2 occasions I had people ( farangs) ask me why I'm taking pictures eg Nirun condo's

Not yet, but I try not to take photos of people's face, or I'll ask.   Although, with my lenses, they'd never know I took a snap of them.   Usually prefer people not in my photos, unless adding something to it.

 

I take very few photos of people, or post publicly, as I'm not a fan myself of being photographed.  If I actually want them in a photo, it will be in a 'natural' position, so not looking at the camera, which I can take snap of most people in that situation, without them realizing it.

 

2 of my lenses have a very long reach:

 

2 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I imagine you to be one of those *old" men who want to be old ( walking slow with your pot belly) catasphrizing your "disability " which is arthritis in the ankles as you mentioned.

You could always go down to the skate park with your mobiliy scooter do some racing and jumps with the others .

 

What irks me is guys my age who want to be "old" ,thru the o it's the norm 

 

I'm still doing Jujitsu and boxing and going to the gym sometimes twice a day 

 

FFS start living life you only a few years left 

If you can do that then that is obviously fine with you. But lots of old guy, and not so old guys, experienced that when they fall down it hurts, maybe for a couple of days. Whereas when they were younger, they just stood up and almost didn't notice it.

I think it's also easier to break "old" bones. So being a little careful is sometimes maybe not such a bad idea. 

 

12 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

I imagine you to be one of those *old" men who want to be old ( walking slow with your pot belly) catasphrizing your "disability " which is arthritis in the ankles as you mentioned.

You could always go down to the skate park with your mobiliy scooter do some racing and jumps with the others .

 

What irks me is guys my age who want to be "old" ,thru the o it's the norm 

 

I'm still doing Jujitsu and boxing and going to the gym sometimes twice a day 

 

FFS start living life you only a few years left 

Lets talk again when you are 76 and had 2 broken ankles (and not arthritis and no potbelly)

18 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

What do you do all day to make you tired?

I think you said your in your early 70's 

You could probably still do a few hours a week nursing in a aged care home 

What do you do all day that your too busy ?

 

I retired early to get away from nursing ( the bullying by managers is unbelievable ), so why would I do it now? No amount of money would be worth doing that again. Even if I wanted to, the BS and expense involved in getting a current practicing certificate would dissuade me.

I have a friend that works in aged care and the bullying hasn't improved since I escaped from nursing.

 

I've never fully recovered after being infected by covid ( long covid ) despite being vaccinated ( complete waste of time that was ), which is why I get tired easily compared to before I had it. Not about what I do all day.

18 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Not yet, but I try not to take photos of people's face, or I'll ask.   Although, with my lenses, they'd never know I took a snap of them.   Usually prefer people not in my photos, unless adding something to it.

 

I take very few photos of people, or post publicly, as I'm not a fan myself of being photographed.  If I actually want them in a photo, it will be in a 'natural' position, so not looking at the camera, which I can take snap of most people in that situation, without them realizing it.

 

2 of my lenses have a very long reach:

 

I have thousands of photos, but when people looked at them they would ask why I have so few with people in them. Sometimes I'd wait for several minutes to get a shot without people cluttering up the photo.

19 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

May I ask if you get people objecting ?

I dont take many photos but in 2 occasions I had people ( farangs) ask me why I'm taking pictures eg Nirun condo's

 

 

Perhaps they were overstayers and thought you might be a government spy.

On 1/21/2024 at 1:55 AM, still kicking said:

Talking and asking to the old folks now. What hobby can an old person have if they are 76 years old and are somewhat disabled? Don't hammer me with exercises. So, what is left? Watch movies all day or maybe follow AN all day long. I know there is a lot of old folks on here so what do you do?

How are the old hands? 

Buy yourself an acoustic guitar and learn this three chords first C, Gm E minor  and D

If nothing else, you can annoy the wife all day long in a different way that you do now. 

 

Paint Miniatures. I do Warhammer 40k, but there's loads of other types to paint with 3D Printers being so cheap now. It's good for hand and eye coordination, and it's VERY relaxing....

If I had a decent workshop/garage I'd be tinkering with motorbikes or scooters.  At the moments it's too damn hot n humid so I'd want a/c too. 

 

Heading back to NZ for a break next month and will surely get back into the tinkering whilst I'm there. 

On 1/21/2024 at 12:00 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I imagine you to be one of those *old" men who want to be old ( walking slow with your pot belly) catasphrizing your "disability " which is arthritis in the ankles as you mentioned.

You could always go down to the skate park with your mobiliy scooter do some racing and jumps with the others .

 

What irks me is guys my age who want to be "old" ,thru the o it's the norm 

 

I'm still doing Jujitsu and boxing and going to the gym sometimes twice a day 

 

FFS start living life you only a few years left 

 

 

I will take his life, and attitude, over yours any day.....

4 hours ago, hotandsticky said:

 

 

I will take his life, and attitude, over yours any day.....

Obviously your taking his dementia too ,my post was 10 months old.

 

FFS get with it old man , it's nearly a year old and you just found it ! 

It was probably all the wacky tobacky you smoked in your younger years ,now you don't where you are 

Just keep mopping the floor 

7 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Just keep mopping the floor 

What a lonely life you have

,having to sit up all night in your low class area  government housing over there in Western Australia to guard your house.

Do you have the lights turned off?

Are the Indigenous / Aboriginal crowd outside fighting on the streets?

 

I can just imagine it ,you all 150kg of you sitting in a chair back to the wall facing the door ,at 80yo drunk as a skunk with a shotgun , unbelievable 

 

 

 

 

Just now, georgegeorgia said:

What a lonely life you have

,having to sit up all night in your low class area  government housing over there in Western Australia to guard your house.

Do you have the lights turned off?

 

 

No don't have lights I only have 2 houses (in my wife's name )  How is life in Redfern? Have you got your own fan yet? Oh I forget it rains a lot in Sydney I guess you need an ambarella keep mopping  

12 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

What a lonely life you have

,having to sit up all night in your low class area  government housing over there in Western Australia to guard your house.

Do you have the lights turned off?

Are the Indigenous / Aboriginal crowd outside fighting on the streets?

 

I can just imagine it ,you all 150kg of you sitting in a chair back to the wall facing the door ,at 80yo drunk as a skunk with a shotgun , unbelievable 

 

 

 

 

First of all I am not 80 years old second I am not drunk and third the only Abos live in Redfern and Alice springs Bye Bye 

8 minutes ago, still kicking said:

First of all I am not 80 years old second I am not drunk and third the only Abos live in Redfern and Alice springs Bye Bye 

"Abos" , shocking ,one could class that word similar to the American "N" word 

They are now known as First Nations people 

Your drunk as a skunk and good on you I say ,drink for all of us 

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

"Abos" , shocking ,one could class that word similar to the American "N" word 

They are now known as First Nations people 

Right tell me what they have done for Australia 

Have you thought about inviting those "first nations " people aka the Aboriginal people inside for a drink with you ?

You need to show hospitality after all your a "guest" in Australia 

2 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Right tell me what they have done for Australia 

They are promoting Alice Springs to the World