How old is old?

[Crazy chef 1]

If i remember when I was a young lad my grand parents were in there 50's and seemed to be old...next month my best friend turns 50 and seems not old at all...

my granny's were old at mid 50 -clothes,music,interests ,sense of humour ,view of life and so on...

Here many members are 60+ but doesn't seems to be old at all great sense of humour,(some) sharp intellect and still pretty active in whatever activities they prefer....I think 50,60 or even 70 is just a number and people are as old as they act...

Your thoughts.....

[billd766]

Well I am 71 and still going fairly well.

I have passed my parents age of death at 69, 15 years apart, my Thai MIL died last months also at age 69.

My next target is my maternal Grand-mum who made it to 76, my brother who made it to 81, my maternal Granddad who reached 82, my paternal Grand-mum who made 82 also.

My problem is not so much that I am going to die as we all do that, but at the moment I just don't have the time or inclination to do so.

If I make it to 82, my UK son will be 48, my grand children will be 15 and 11, my Thai son 23 and my Thai wife will be 61.

Then perhaps I will be ready.

[starky]

here we go with the i'm 50/60/70 and still feel young crap. Ask a 20 year old what old is, you will soon find out that your old. Even though your in the best shape of your life, you look much younger than you are, you could run rings around blokes 20 years younger than you blah blah blah... yaaaaawn

[starky]

By the way I only just turned 42 and a lot of my mates are in their mid to late 20's and to them I am old. Do I feel it? Not really. My nan always said your brain doesn't age at the same rate. Am I deluding myself into thinking I am still killing it like I was in my 20's? No way. It is what it is deal with it.

[Crazy chef 1]

By the way I only just turned 42 and a lot of my mates are in their mid to late 20's and to them I am old. Do I feel it? Not really. My nan always said your brain doesn't age at the same rate. Am I deluding myself into thinking I am still killing it like I was in my 20's? No way. It is what it is deal with it.

Even to me you are old...I just turned 41...555

Edited November 29, 2015 by Crazy chef 1

[puukao]

I remember the land bridge

[chrisinth]

As long as you understand the restrictions imposed by age, there is no reason to ever think you are old.

A younger person will always think old because of the age gap. But they don't have the experience of that age. Yet.

[villagefarang]

Old is like so many other things, a relative term. Older than before or older than someone else is how I look at it. I do notice age placing limits on what a person can do but it varies a lot from one person to the next.

I am accustomed to people guessing my age as 10 to 15 years younger than I am. I felt like I was getting better up to about 50 when an injury meant I had to stop playing squash. It took me awhile to settle on cycling as a replacement sport and get anywhere near the same level of exercise. Since cycling is relatively new for me, at 61 I am still getting better in terms of stamina and distance.

In Chiang Rai I am surrounded by people who strike me as very old. It is not just physical appearance but attitude as well. Their beliefs seem old-fashioned and outdated. They reject everything new and modern. They seem stuck in some nostalgic morass looking ever backward. They like to say they feel young but they sure don’t look or act like it.

My family typically lives into their 90s so I probably have another 30 years to go. The problem is, I don’t see any quality of life after 80, so I am worried I will live too long. In my opinion aging is real and those who say it is all in your head are deluding themselves.

[SoiBiker]

Your granny seemed old because you were young then. Now the old folks don't seem as old because you're closer to them in age.

[i claudius]

Your only as old as the woman you feel ,

[SoiBiker]

Your only as old as the woman you feel ,

You're only as old as the jokes you crack.

[CharlieH]

Golden rule at any age really, "dont let your ambitions over rule your capabilities"

Its a real wake up call when your body lets your mind down.

You realise you just cant do the things you once did, thats when you start to realise that you are getting older.

[giddyup]

here we go with the i'm 50/60/70 and still feel young crap. Ask a 20 year old what old is, you will soon find out that your old. Even though your in the best shape of your life, you look much younger than you are, you could run rings around blokes 20 years younger than you blah blah blah... yaaaaawn

Could I care less what a 20 year old thinks? Of course when you're 20 you think 30 is old, but it doesn't take long to get there, then you think 40 is old, etc, etc. No one is trying to pretend that 50, 60 or 70 is young, I'm 73 and I know that's considered old, but you don't change that much on the inside, get a bit of commonsense that you didn't have at 20 hopefully.

[sipi]

I really enjoy getting old. It sure beats the alternative.

The only sad thing is realizing that I have done some things for the last time.

My younger years are coming back to visit me; occasionally on long walks I am reminded of that ankle I broke playing footy as a teenager, and some other long forgotten injuries. (I hope all those cigarettes don't return to haunt me too soon).

And now I prefer comfort to adventure.

[billd766]

I am going to have to give up longer motorbike trips in the next couple of years or so and they are already down to 1 or 2 a year. About 4 years ago I rode my Honda Phantom to BKK and back in the same day.

It was about 750km there and back and took me around 10 or 11 hours travelling time and for a couple of days afterwards I walked like a cowboy without a horse. Nowadays I could probably make it one way in the same day with the next day off the bike.

My reactions are getting slower and my eagle eyesight isn't as good as it was in my 20's so my body is imposing its limits on me now.

5 days a week I am still out in the mornings for about an hour cutting down the grass and scrub and pruning trees but soon enough it will be somebody who is younger's turn.

[Supaluke]

When you are really young, you go out, party all night, get home somehow, shower and go to work and get on the golf course early.

As you mature, you go out on the turps, call in sick the next morning and/or swear never to drink again. After one night, you have recovered, crack a beer and work out your next party.

A little later down life's road, it takes you two nights to get over a good night out.

When is old? ... when the desire to swaddle up with a hot coco, a rug and a good TV program rather then out on the town, for me, that's the first signs impending advanced age.

Teetotalers excepted, of course. Respect, though not my cup of tea.

Maybe when you go shopping for adult nappies is a fair predictor.

PS, anyone see my glove, seem to have lost it last night, as the clock struck midnight.

Probably some Cowboy has it by now!

Edited November 29, 2015 by Supaluke

[luk AJ]

Old is the distance between your age and the day you die.

[Digitalnomade]

if you wake up 2x per night for a pee, it mean you are old

now I m at 0 or 1x.

[Gsxrnz]

Growing old is compulsory. "Growing up", on the other hand is totally optional.

When I do eventually grow up (currently 55), I want to be just like my Uncle Jim. He died at 77 on the track after high-siding his TZR350 in 1978. Left behind a 45 year old wife (his third).

I was only 18 when he died and he was always known as the black sheep of our extended family and his reputation pre-ceded him wherever he went. Rumours of gun running in the 50's, drug running in the 60's, dodgy business deals and more mistresses than his three wives could shake a stick at.

Needless to say he had a huge positive influence on me.

That's why I've raced bikes all my life, lived on the edge in business and life in general, had three wives with time left for a couple more, and I'm the one that turns out the lights at the bar most nights and first on the golf course or the tennis court the next morning.

Growing up is a trap - DON'T DO IT!!!

Edited November 29, 2015 by Gsxrnz

[Crazy chef 1]

Your granny seemed old because you were young then. Now the old folks don't seem as old because you're closer to them in age.

This has been my first thought as well but I think it has more to do with their generation.they lost their best years in a useless world war and had than to rebuild an entire country,later rose children and never had time for themselves.later ( in their 50's) they enjoyed what they have ...house,tv and food...nothing else...

[Crazy chef 1]

if you wake up 2x per night for a pee, it mean you are old

now I m at 0 or 1x.

Crap...this has more to do with the beer intake before sleeping...

[MAJIC]

here we go with the i'm 50/60/70 and still feel young crap. Ask a 20 year old what old is, you will soon find out that your old. Even though your in the best shape of your life, you look much younger than you are, you could run rings around blokes 20 years younger than you blah blah blah... yaaaaawn

"Ask a 20 year old what old is, you will soon find out that your old"

But what do the youngsters know? they don't even know if they will make it to 50!

[Cypress Hill]

here we go with the i'm 50/60/70 and still feel young crap. Ask a 20 year old what old is, you will soon find out that your old. Even though your in the best shape of your life, you look much younger than you are, you could run rings around blokes 20 years younger than you blah blah blah... yaaaaawn

"Ask a 20 year old what old is, you will soon find out that your old"

But what do the youngsters know? they don't even know if they will make it to 50!

I knew plenty as a younger man.

I knew to swerve marriage, knew not to have kids, knew the value of hard work and had respect for money.

I enjoyed my experimentations with class A drugs, alcohol and occasional flirtations on the wrong side of the law so I wasn't a boring young 'un by any stretch

Maybe stop thinking all younger people are clueless - age and experience are great but they don't trump youth and intelligence

[colinneil]

Who cares want 20 year olds think.

When i was in my 20s any body over 50 was old, now i am 68 tomorrow, stuck in my wheelchair i do not feel old.

Having a good looking and younger wife helps keep you young.

[Jip99]

Who cares want 20 year olds think.

When i was in my 20s any body over 50 was old, now i am 68 tomorrow, stuck in my wheelchair i do not feel old.

Having a good looking and younger wife helps keep you young.

68 ??

Are you sure sure you have not forgotten a few ..................... ?

Happy Birthday for tomorrow you old git!

[Bulldozer Dawn]

I am in my fifties.

Last night (and this morning) I had sex three times with my girl who is 30.

I rose early and made us a breakfast of bannana smoothies with honey, tropical fruit salad, pancakes, poached eggs and Boh black tea (made in a tea pot).

I have just got back from a 4 hour surfing session on a secret reef break not far from my house. Nice glassy end of season ground swell with the odd barrel now and then.

I am sitting now, wasting time on TV, and have just demolished 2 beng beng chocolate bars and 8 jack and jill cream o choco plus cookies.

This afternoon I will start preparing dinner. Barbequed baby octopus and fresh whiting ( I bought for 70thb a kilo straight from the net of a local fisherman).

At 5 pm when my girl gets home from work I will kiss her passionately, hug her, rock back and forth a bit...and then we will cook and eat our seafood dinner accompanied by salad picked fresh from our garden.

Am I old?

Yep.

Do I care?

Nope...

Oh...and village farang...well done on that phrase "nostalgic morass"...I wish I had coined it.

Edited November 30, 2015 by Bulldozer Dawn

[nikmar]

Only thing I know, my hangovers take longer to recover from!!

[steven100]

50 is old ...

[nikmar]

if you wake up 2x per night for a pee, it mean you are old

now I m at 0 or 1x.

Or you have a bladder infection.

[oxo1947]

'Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering - and it's all over much too soon.'......................