Well so we don’t clog up other threads I’d thought I’ll start this one so us Gen X and Boomer’s can Moan about the here and now and reminisce about how good it was and how we could do XYZ bust now struggle to even do ABC 
I’m 50 , need glasses for distance and reading , dodgy right knee , left ankle swells , 19st 2lb 
Can’t do what I could 10 years ago
10pm is a very late night , 9pm is late but can get up at 2am easy 
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Thing to do mate is think young… .
Age is but a number, (I ain’t talking about those in bad health either…..I got a telling off from Ady already on that one….. but you are as young or as old as you want to be.
It’s getting the balance right between not letting the number of your age stop you doing (or at least trying) something, and exceeding your ability, not to mention embarrasing yourself …..what I was on about on other thread.
Sure like you I have stuff wrong with me, who doesn’t but wtf.
I am in the state of mind I am still in my late 30s, although my own lad is that age. …I don t walk around in skinny jeans and a One Direction t shirt, but neither do I dress like my Dad, I’ve been told by many I do not look my age….ok they were passing on galloping horses from the blind school , but there ya go.
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It s getting the balance right……a lot of guys my age were ‘‘old’’ or at least acting it 30 years ago, and my younger Mrs keeps me on track.
I enjoy my life both family and social now as much as I did 30+ years ago.
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Boomer here, 6’2” 17 stone, and I’ve started feeling every one of my 73 years. Not long ago, I was totin’ a guitar like a guitar god…..ish 
& nowadays, I only sit with one because the knees & back complain. I’m post prostate cancer so f^^k you cancer, That bloody hormone treatment coupled with the cancer treatment has left me wi manboobs & child bearing hips, I’ve got DVT & take blood thinners but am I pished? Not at all.
I know I’m old, but I don’t feel it, I’m still n n n n n nineteen in me yed, but if I turn around quickly I’ll end up on me ‘arris. Ever since retiring from the daily grind I’m enjoying life like never before, you need interests/hobbies though, or you’ll go stir-crazy.
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I cant fault ya for thinking positive mate…but 19 ?
Jeez when I remember stuff I did at 19 , even I ain’t THAT deluded…….thought I was bad enough with late 30s.
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The only thing thats 19 about me is the 19st 2 I weigh
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