With getting older you may need a change.

• Remington #5 bird shot – (2) boxes
  Winchester Lead slugs – (7 boxes)
  Remington Lead slugs – (7 boxes)
  Winchester Buckshot No. #3 – (15 boxes)
  Remington Buckshot No. #3 – (15 boxes)
  

uffda wrote:We all get there sometime, but I'm not there yet! Least I'm not ready to admit it yet.

Buck Conner wrote:SUBJECT: With getting older you may need a change.
Don't laugh, it happens to all of us. What you could do twenty years ago has changed what one can do today. I know this as well as many of you, with that thought in mind think about what is more comfortable to shoot now.

Mustang65 wrote:Too many older folks start digging their grave before their time. Damned shame!

Buck Conner wrote:

Mustang65 wrote:Too many older folks start digging their grave before their time. Damned shame!

That's true, but on the other hand be prepared, nice blanket, comfortable pillow, loose fitting clothes so you can relax and maybe like "Uffda" a few gun books. With these few things life was good ...

Hanshi wrote:Pain is ALWAYS with me. "Friends, relatives and others can betray you but pain never will.  It will always stay by your side permanently and never leave you". That sounds like a true friend.

Hanshi wrote:Actually, same here.  I am always in medium to severe pain and yes, it follows me to bed.  I wake up a few times each night mainly for trips to the bathroom or hoping the pain subsides so I can get back to sleep....it never does.  Regardless whether or not I sleep okay the worst pain is when I get up each morning.  I also have to sit there a bit to make sure I won't fall when I stand up, sometimes I fall anyway.  I rarely go outside for anything other than rolling the trashcan out to the curb for our weekly pickup.

Monday we drove to Brunswick to have an outdoor supper with friends.  I was scared the whole time that I might fall so never stepped out of the circle except to get another beer.  We were entertained by a flock of wild turkeys that didn't mind us and came up just feet from the table with 6 of us dining.  Pain is ALWAYS with me.  I remember - my students never knew if I was serious or pulling their legs - I use to say to them that your best friend is pain.  "Friends, relatives and others can betray you but pain never will.  It will always stay by your side permanently and never leave you".  That sounds to me like a true friend.  One of my black belt students came to me once and said, "that kinda sucks".

But I know what you're saying and feel assured you're not alone.

Hanshi wrote:Stan, I've had more surgeries than I care to think about.  However, unlike your experiences I've never had any life threatening surgeries.  I can't even count the surgeries my squeeze went through.  In one 18 month period she had at least 5 or 6 of them but there were many others too.  She will be going into the hospital in a few days for heart surgery to close a hole in her heart; they said it was the cause of her stroke several months ago.  I did almost lose her years ago when she was rushed into surgery for severe peritonitis, her surgeon said she came scary close to leaving us.  

You take care of your self, Stan, and smooth sailing from here on out.  It's funny but every morning when I wake up the devil says, "oh Hell, Tom's up"!  I remember praying to THE BIG GUY asking why I was having such a hard life, filled with disappointments and misery.  I did receive an answer surprisingly.  He said to me, "Well Tommy I really can't say specifically; it's just that you piss me off".  But I think I'll be okay...err...just as long as a crowd with pitchforks and tapers don't fill up my front yard yelling for me to "come outside".
Just Plain Tom (and my evil twin Tomas).

Hanshi wrote:You seem to be making it through pretty well, Stan.  I've had extensive surgery on both shoulders back around '97 or there about.  Actually they were done a year apart with the rotator cuff being only a minor part of the problem.  I had been doing a lot of boxing/training and they told me it was likely the cause.  Didn't get anywhere near full use back and still can't punch the heavy bag, after...what, over 25 years.  I still trained boxers/kickboxers but just could no longer do it myself.  And until at least 6 years ago I could still kick like a mule and do other hand strikes.  Doing aikido helped me stay super active until recently.  Now we both have to be careful in bed because it is so easy to injure ourselves sleeping.