Things you've gotten too old to ever do again...

[SutterBrother]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

I'm 41, but I'm feeling like a goddamn zoomer reading this thread. Is the median age of CP 60+ now? I can't think of anything I can't do now that I was doing 10-20 years ago

I used to be a mid-life zoomer like you.

Then I took an arrow to the knee.

Aging happens in spurts starting in your 40's

[Finger Cookin]

Originally Posted by troutman

Celebrate another Flames championship.

Too dark?

Nah, just the right amount.

[CaptainCrunch]

This made me think, I'm in my mid 50's ish now and when I joined CalgaryPuck I was in my I think mid 20's, had long hair for the time, and was a 3rd lighter.


Time flies, someday I'll be needing virtual pall bearers from this site.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Sylvanfan

Lay that Scott Stevens style hit on some guy with his head down coming across the middle. I'll admit I played hockey to inflict pain on others and I loved it. If I could pull that off and did it in a men's rec league I'd end up in the national news as the worst person ever. But I'm too fat and slow now to do it, and stopped playing two years ago because $800 a year when you have kids is just to pricey to go injure yourself.

I am not, nor ever have been a 'tough guy' but I was always a tough player in Soccer.

If you were playing against me, I'll leave a little on you. Always. Just to let you know that I'm there.

I was always a very tough tackler though.

But yeah, I cant do that anymore. Even when I pushed it all back and became a goalkeeper I just cant subdue the instinct to clean players out. No matter how much it hurts me. So I just cant put myself in that position anymore.

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

I'm 41, but I'm feeling like a goddamn zoomer reading this thread. Is the median age of CP 60+ now? I can't think of anything I can't do now that I was doing 10-20 years ago, I'm actually better at sports than I was a decade ago because I workout more now, which has also kept the soreness at bay. After reading some of these posts I think I'll up the gym regimen a bit now too, I'm starting to believe that whole "a body in motion stays in motion" proverb that a lot of active seniors espouse

Hell my hangovers are even better now than they were in my 30's, I'm much more aware of keeping my hydration levels up during booze nights so a single Advil after waking up usually sets me right pretty quickly

It probably has a lot to do with how people are feeling mentally (and the shape they're in). I remember feeling OLD when I was 26-27 (probably because I was comparing myself to that 18-24 year old lifestyle). I felt so old at the bar, like I shouldn't even be there anymore.

Fast forward another 4-5 years, and I was friends with a group of dudes who were about 25-27. I'd watch them whoop it up at the bar, meeting girls & stuff, and I remember thinking "Why the heck did I feel so old and out of place when I was that age?!?" Sometimes you just need to get out of your own head and go with the flow.

That said, I definitely don't have your constitution with booze anymore, it kicks my butt so hard the next day every time. But I try to keep a youthful mentality and stay active (easier to say when you're childless like myself)

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

It probably has a lot to do with how people are feeling mentally (and the shape they're in). I remember feeling OLD when I was 26-27 (probably because I was comparing myself to that 18-24 year old lifestyle). I felt so old at the bar, like I shouldn't even be there anymore.

Fast forward another 4-5 years, and I was friends with a group of dudes who were about 25-27. I'd watch them whoop it up at the bar, meeting girls & stuff, and I remember thinking "Why the heck did I feel so old and out of place when I was that age?!?" Sometimes you just need to get out of your own head and go with the flow.

That said, I definitely don't have your constitution with booze anymore, it kicks my butt so hard the next day every time. But I try to keep a youthful mentality and stay active (easier to say when you're childless like myself)

I have 2 kids that help me stay young. Walking them to/from school, going to places like Big Box and Flying Squirrel, and lots of rough housing at home. And for me the booze is all about staying in my comfort lane, I can drink beer and/or whisky-soda's all night long and be relatively ok the next day. But if I get roped into a heavy wine night, all that goes out the window and I'm a useless bag of #### the day after

[habernac]

Beat my kid in a running race. He’s 18 now and has been able to smoke me for a few years now. I can still win on skates, though. Not bad for a guy who is about to turn 55.

[Sylvanfan]

One thing I'm still young enough to do...deal with that damn elf on the shelf. One kid is still young enough to believe in that...so it's a month of agony trying to come up with things to do....and I will just outright forget one of these days too.

[icarus]

I turned 44 two months ago. About two months before that, I became single again (not by my choice). And before that I was made redundant at my job after 8 years of service. I don't have kids, so I've been taking some time off to travel and have some adventures.

I'm finding I'm still able to do a lot of things that might be surprising for this age. Basically I'm living now like I should have when I was 28 (when I was engaged, and working in some sh***y small time office job). I'm trying to defy father time for a little while longer and make up for lost time in failed relationships and office burnout.

One thing I discovered last month that I definitely cannot do anymore is go to a club in Hongdae, Seoul. There, they check your ID to see if you're over 30, and if you are, you're strictly denied entry. Couldn't get in (which was embarrassing) even though I was with four pretty Thai friends in their twenties (not so embarrassing, and shameless humblebrag to show that overall, I'm thriving at this age!)

[DownInFlames]

Trust a fart.

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Pick up chicks in a bar.

You can do that at any age, it's the part later that gets tougher.

[fotze2]

I totally remember the trip thing. If you liked the guy (could never do that to a girl) you’d just tap that free leg as if it was their own fault for tripping, but if he was a doosh you give a kick so hard that free leg wrapped the other one.

Another one was closing the door on kids with braces. I saw more than one set of lips stuck to braces bloody and all.

[afc wimbledon]

I think I've played my last game of soccer which grieves me to be honest, it's not that I can't play, it's just every time I try I am in so much pain for so long after it isnt worth it anymore

[Locke]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

I think I've played my last game of soccer which grieves me to be honest, it's not that I can't play, it's just every time I try I am in so much pain for so long after it isnt worth it anymore

Yep. Been there. Done that. That last game...really kills you. Because you just know its over.

Hopefully you went out on your own terms.

For me it was a grim decline that ended with me playing co-ed Rec on some of the worst fields I've ever seen and I was so much better than the level I was playing at but I was more concerned about watching my feet so I wouldnt roll an ankle on these awful fields than I was about the game and I just...had to call it.

[GranteedEV]

I actually don't even know if I ever could have, because I never did it in my teens or 20s. But one thing I've really been contemplating and struggling to see myself doing is "staying the night in a hostel" during travel abroad. Do you have to be a certain level of young, and maybe even reckless to do this? It seems like such a different experience from staying in a nice hotel, yet all I can think of is "what if my passport/wallet/phone/laptop got stolen while I was sleeping" or such.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

Pick up chicks in a bar.

way easier the older I get, unlike the younger guys I spent my whole life having to find the courage to walk across a room and try and engage some random bird in casual conversation, maybe invite her to dance, buy her a drink, I know all the signals, the side glances and small smiles, how to open up with a cheeky low key bit of humour, these days though none of the other numpties in the bar know what they are doing.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

I actually don't even know if I ever could have, because I never did it in my teens or 20s. But one thing I've really been contemplating and struggling to see myself doing is "staying the night in a hostel" during travel abroad. Do you have to be a certain level of young, and maybe even reckless to do this? It seems like such a different experience from staying in a nice hotel, yet all I can think of is "what if my passport/wallet/phone/laptop got stolen while I was sleeping" or such.

My dad was staying in hostels in his 60's, you can't be too old. There are many different scales too, I've been in ones with separate sleeping rooms, and some with multiple beds. It's not reckless at all, many people do it to save money, not rob people. Obviously will depend on country, but some common sense should keep you safe.

[fotze2]

Get your sleep in whilst you can.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Back in the day we had mini wars with those not on our side. I was best friends with these brothers named Kulu and Gulu. Seriously. The neighbor kid was a jerk so we’d huck rocks throw sticks in spokes. Fight a bit. Just googled the guy. Aaron Bickman. He’s a lawyer. Look at that photo.

https://www.mcleod-law.com/professio...n-bickman-tep/

Yep that's a well punchable face

[Geraldsh]

Originally Posted by fotze2

Back in the day we had mini wars with those not on our side. I was best friends with these brothers named Kulu and Gulu. Seriously. The neighbor kid was a jerk so we’d huck rocks throw sticks in spokes. Fight a bit. Just googled the guy. Aaron Bickman. He’s a lawyer. Look at that photo.

https://www.mcleod-law.com/professio...n-bickman-tep/

He should thank you for the advertisement, everyone wants their lawyer to be a bit of a jerk.