age ain't for sissies

Learned the meaning of that phrase and "stoved-up" for the first time in my life the last few days. Took down 3 big pines day-before-yesterday and moved them to 2 burn piles. Feeling the pain this evening.

Like the idea of using the burn pile as a fire pit. Keep up the physical work or you won't be able to!!

JR

That pit is about 12' wide.

I do stuff like that pretty much nonstop during February and March. I just got over in the last couple of weeks.

I cut my own wood, and would enjoy doing it, but now not so much.
My back has gotten worse as I age and there’s nothing they can do about it.
I love burning wood for heat, I guess it’s just in me, I have two fireplaces in my house, one in one of my cabins and am in the process of putting one in my other cabin.
If my sons and grandsons can’t help me, I’ll hire someone to.

Great view Guessing a cold one or two was in order while sitting by the fire?

Hard but gratifying

I changed out front brake pads and rotors recently. Hurt for 4 days after.

I’d like to clear out the rest of the cedars in my backyard, I’ll have to hire someone. Back when I had a bucket truck, and was younger, I trimmed my own trees. Son hated it, it looked like a tornado aftermath when I was finished. Took more work to do the clean up..

I have at least 5 trees that need to be taken down as soon as this next rain session passes and the ground dries a bit. If it wasn’t for the new tractor and grapple, it would be extremely tough on me these days.

And I have a couple of large trees that Mother Nature has dropped on various roads in the woods. I dread having to do all that work, with it getting hotter and the skeeters being hungry.

welcome to my world, got to keep it up or you will lock up.

My wife's dad is a 95 year old Marine. He has enjoyed doing about everything discussed here so far, and still does! They only did half of their usual giant garden this year.

In my sixties now, I was showing him a bad skin tear recently. He just grinned and said to get used to it.

To paraphrase one of my favorite Hudism's-It's wonderful doing nothing after you've done everything.

I wheel barrowed 3 truckloads of rock for a previous work friend's landscape over 3 days, finishing Monday morning. My knees are barely holding me up even today.

Last time I moved this kind of weight was a few years back setting 80 pound bags of concrete for a retaining wall. I set about 180 bags over a few days. I don't remember being in pain after that job.

I do all kinds of stuff at the ranch and rarely am in too much pain. I planted 3 little plants for the War Department last week here at home, replacing 3 that had died, so the holes were already essentially dug. Kneeled down on a pad. Back killed me for 3 days. 'Guess I'm gonna have to start doing geriatric stretching and exercising before I do the littlest thing from now on. It was last Saturday and all the neighbors were out working in their yards too. Maybe it was all psychological and I was depressed about being in suburbia. I miss ol' Bigfoot.

Man's work right there. Awesome. Keep it up! The older I get I refer to the pain afterward as feeling alive!

Working out and exercise really helps me with that.

alka seltzer cold (fizzing tablets), bc arthritis powder, stir the bc in then add the other.

I do this every morning for arthritis pain and it makes the muscle aches and soreness not so bad.

Just know the limitations of your back is key.

Ya gotta know your limitations….no matter how old you are.

I can no longer do that stuff. If I bend from the waist, I will hurt for days. Arthritis has me in the feet, legs, back and thumbs. I hate it. I’m about to spend too much money having 200 yards of fence built. I’ve built a lot of miles of it in my previous life. Can’t clear land, set posts and stretch wire without bending and hurting. I have a back brace that forces me to maintain good posture. 2 extra strength Tylenols 3 times per day.

I’m now 81 yoa and have out lived most of my cousins, younger brother and sister, and almost all of my high school friends. This wasn’t supposed to be part of the package. I figured to keep stomping my own snakes forever. To the younger members here, it’s going to hit you also. You just can’t imagine it.