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When am I an "Old Codger"?
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Getting back into skiing at age 41, I wonder how well I'll keep up. I don't feel old, I am fairly fit and can usually keep up with friends in there 20's when we go mountain hiking/climbing. I have been telling myself 40 is the new 30 (25 sounds even better). I am sad that I only skied once in my 30's, that could have been some great skiing years, but I hope to have at least 20 years of good to great skiing ahead of me and hopefully ski well into my 70's.
As Tony also said above, 60 is old, but it really isn't "that" old, it really depends on the person, some people have trouble even walking in there 60's, I've meet other people in there 80's that seemed to have the energy of a 50 year old. I guess we can all hope to be the latter.
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Dave Mac
reply to 'When am I an "Old Codger"?' posted Nov-2008
Brad1138
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40 is the new 25
Getting back into skiing at age 41, I wonder how well I'll keep up. I don't feel old, I am fairly fit and can usually keep up with friends in there 20's when we go mountain hiking/climbing. I have been telling myself 40 is the new 30 (25 sounds even better). I am sad that I only skied once in my 30's, that could have been some great skiing years, but I hope to have at least 20 years of good to great skiing ahead of me and hopefully ski well into my 70's.
As Tony also said above, 60 is old, but it really isn't "that" old, it really depends on the person, some people have trouble even walking in there 60's, I've meet other people in there 80's that seemed to have the energy of a 50 year old. I guess we can all hope to be the latter.
Brad
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Geoff Smith
reply to 'When am I an "Old Codger"?' posted Nov-2008
I can't believe some these comments. I have just turned 70 and for the last few years I have ski-ed for the whole of January and March, a week or so in December and a week or so in April each season. I am about to do the same in 08/09 and I hope to go on for a good few more years afterwards. I am just a bit peeved that the Alpe d'Huez lift firm has just increased the qualifying age for a free season's pass from 70 to 72.
We are all different but, for me, regular cycling, long walks, some mountain hiking and not putting on too much weight seems to be sufficient to keep me fit enough for an active ski season.
Geoff Smith
We are all different but, for me, regular cycling, long walks, some mountain hiking and not putting on too much weight seems to be sufficient to keep me fit enough for an active ski season.
Geoff Smith
Ian Wickham
reply to 'When am I an "Old Codger"?' posted Nov-2008
Good luck Geoff, I hope I'm still skiing at 70. And I agree what perks are there in retirement when you still have to pay full price for your pass, it's a disgrace.
Strike action needed, buy some skins and boycott the lifts. :mrgreen:
Strike action needed, buy some skins and boycott the lifts. :mrgreen:
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Dave Mac
reply to 'When am I an "Old Codger"?' posted Nov-2008
brad wrote
I wouldn't answer Tony's comment, I once asked him, if 60 is old, at what age would he finish skiing? He replied, "in his mid-sixties." That so lacks ambition. It also means that I will still be skiing when Tony has retired. Yeah :lol:
Have told the tale before of when I met up with an old Austrian in Niederau still skiing at the age of 94! He has stopped now though, think his knees are still OK, he just can't remember his name.
Geoff Smith is the new J2ski hero, good man. Of all the people that I ski with, who can ski fairly quickly, none is under 60, several are over 65, some over 70.
So why do I spend my time skiing with 25 year old lassies?
As Tony also said above, 60 is old, but it really isn't "that" old, it really depends on the person, some people have trouble even walking in there 60's, I've meet other people in there 80's that seemed to have the energy of a 50 year old. I guess we can all hope to be the latter.
I wouldn't answer Tony's comment, I once asked him, if 60 is old, at what age would he finish skiing? He replied, "in his mid-sixties." That so lacks ambition. It also means that I will still be skiing when Tony has retired. Yeah :lol:
Have told the tale before of when I met up with an old Austrian in Niederau still skiing at the age of 94! He has stopped now though, think his knees are still OK, he just can't remember his name.
Geoff Smith is the new J2ski hero, good man. Of all the people that I ski with, who can ski fairly quickly, none is under 60, several are over 65, some over 70.
So why do I spend my time skiing with 25 year old lassies?
RoseR
reply to 'When am I an "Old Codger"?' posted Nov-2008
I would like to think I will be able to ski for many, many more years, perhaps by then I will be really competent But that will all depend if the nursing home let me out for hols, I have remembered to take me pills, sorted me incontinence out, arranged to have me zimmer frame attached to my ski's. Had me catarracts done, my hips and knees as well. Yes I'm sure I will be able to do it, just not so fast. :lol:
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Dave Mac
reply to 'When am I an "Old Codger"?' posted Nov-2008
Well said Rose.
Our group of village friends are like 10/15 years younger than us. I don't think that is any way an accident, we still play sports, and as our "older" friends retire, our shared interests just seem to be with younger people.
Whenever I hit a "big" birthday, and get a bit of teasing from our friends, I remind them of say twenty years hence, when they come to dinner, they can park their Zimmers behind our skis!
That won't happen of course, by then we will have moved on to a younger age group. :D
Our group of village friends are like 10/15 years younger than us. I don't think that is any way an accident, we still play sports, and as our "older" friends retire, our shared interests just seem to be with younger people.
Whenever I hit a "big" birthday, and get a bit of teasing from our friends, I remind them of say twenty years hence, when they come to dinner, they can park their Zimmers behind our skis!
That won't happen of course, by then we will have moved on to a younger age group. :D
RoseR
reply to 'When am I an "Old Codger"?' posted Nov-2008
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3. No one expects you to run -- anywhere.
4. People call at 9 pm and ask, "Did I wake you?"
5. People no longer view you as a hypochondriac.
6. There is nothing left to learn the hard way.
7. Things you buy now won't wear out.
8. You can eat supper at 4 pm.
9. You can live without $ex but not your glasses.
10. You get into heated arguments about pension plans.
11. You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.
12. You stop trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the
room.
13. You sing along with elevator music.
14. Your eyes won't get much worse.
15. Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.
16. Your joints are more accurate meteorologists than the national weather
service.
17. Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember them
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