
I hadn't meant literally...but still...
Hmm...you must be getting' old...

Sounds like a job well done !

...and its problems, issues etc.
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smudge wrote:Anecdotally it seems when people retire they often lose that bit of oomph. This could well be the fact that they are just older and so do lack the oomph because of this. It could also be that no longer having get up, go out, and do stuff 5 days a week they lose the desire to do anything and so the ability also dissipates quickly.
I can't help wondering if keeping busy at something - work, voluntary, active time consuming hobby - makes a difference.
Thoughts?
smudge wrote:kennyc wrote:smudge wrote:Anecdotally it seems when people retire they often lose that bit of oomph. This could well be the fact that they are just older and so do lack the oomph because of this. It could also be that no longer having get up, go out, and do stuff 5 days a week they lose the desire to do anything and so the ability also dissipates quickly.
I can't help wondering if keeping busy at something - work, voluntary, active time consuming hobby - makes a difference.
Thoughts?
I think it absolutely makes a difference!
just my anecdotal observations though...
Yeh....but it's what we would like to believe isn't it? Because we think "when I get old and retire I'll keep active and busy and involved". Some concrete evidence would be nice, eh?
Agrippina wrote:Doesn't it just. I'm in awe of DD and the work she's able to do. I'd like to see some pics DD when it's all done.
I can't do any physical work anymore, my muscles just tear if I over-extend them so I have to let other people do the bending and stretching, and digging, and painting. Every time the gardener comes to fix up something for me, I get all edgy about wanting to get down on my knees in the dirt, but if I did that, I'd be finished, and in bed for weeks afterwards. Horrible. I can still take walks, and do light housework, so I deal with what I can, and let other people do whatever it is that will hurt me if I do it.
Agrippina wrote:My gardener would weep with excitement at the thought of flying to the UK to do your garden for you. He is a wonderful horticulturist. I'm amazed at his knowledge of not only gardening but everything else. We have wonderful conversations about politics especially, and he teaches me about which plants to put in and where. I'd really love to be able to send him to the UK to see some of the gardens there. His daughter is in her first year at university, studying information technology, and was sent to Cape Town university to present some of her work at a seminar there. I have no doubt that she will end up travelling abroad before too long. Really not bad for a man who left school at 15 to support his family, and has now bought his own home, and encouraged his two daughters to get educated. It's an amazing story considering he wasn't allowed to do anything other than gardening, but then became an expert at his craft because of Apartheid.
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