Aren’t You Too Old For That?

[gamzultovah]

What do you still do that make people scratch their head and say ‘Aren’t you too old for that???’

My wife and I (53 & 57 respectively) still ride longboards and I downhill occasionally. Here is a video of a man I once knew, Victor Earhart doing his thing that many thought he shouldn’t be doing:

RIP, Victor…

So, what’s the thing you do that you’re “too old” to be doing?

 

[Kobold]

I do a lot of stuff like that. I still skateboard, read comic books, collect toys and baseball cards. Guess I never grew up haha

 

[smokiespipesmoker123]

Poop jokes

 

[scloyd]

I'm 63 and I have two longboards. I just push off and roll...no tricks. It's good exercise. Here's a pick of my grandson and I two years ago.

 

[Kobold]

I'm 63 and I have two longboards. I just push off and roll...no tricks. It's good exercise. Here's a pick of my grandson and I two years ago.
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That’s awesome

 

[Hovannes]

At age 69 after a triple by-pass and too many stents to count?
I've cut back to alpine ski racing. Busting colts. Hiking in the Sierra.
I'd still be flying if the FAA would renew my Medical

 

[mso489]

This thread reminds me of a t-shirt I first saw in the nineties:

It's Never Too Late For A Happy Childhood.

It's nothing like Alpine skiing or skate boarding, but I have been known to break into a a brief tap dance. I have a definite weakness for toy cars and tractors. My inner child is in fair shape.

Google the poem "You Are Old, Father Williams," the second line is, The young man said ....

 

[trouttimes]

Chase younger women, ride green broke horses, hike long distances to kill things to eat.

 

[anotherbob]

the only time I pay any attention to such a statement is when it's coming from my knees or my back.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

As long as the answer isn't "breathing" - everything is on the table from an attitude point of view!

Yes, there are things I can't do physically, but since I don't do them, nobody's askin'! Now, "do that again" is always nice to hear . . . . (maybe someday I'll hear it).

 

[anotherbob]

to be honest I have the opposite issue. I have to tell people I am too old for that. They think I am joking I show them my id. It's mostly me telling people I am too old for that.

 

[Hillcrest]

I was born old and with each passing year I get younger; I have however acquired sufficient experience to avoid things I was never coordinated enough to do and most of those never interested me anyway....that leaves everything else.

 

[gamzultovah]

I was born old and with each passing year I get younger; I have however acquired sufficient experience to avoid things I was never coordinated enough to do and most of those never interested me anyway....that leaves everything else.

The original Benjamin Button.

 

[Searock Fan]

Every now and then I think about how I would like another motorcycle.... I go lay down till it passes.

 

[anotherbob]

Every now and then I think about how I would like another motorcycle.... I go lay down till it passes.

This might help when I worked in billing for Radiology my claims where auto and workmens comp mostly. When you got a pile of reports that where novel sized you knew it was one of three things. Motorcycle was at the top, then next was falls from roofs second story or higher, and the last and least likely was a solid t bone accident that was a straight on into that side of the car.
My favorite as in most stuck in my head cases. Guy on a motorcycle at a stop light got thrown off his bike and got relatively minor injuries but pretty serious for what would have been a minor fender bender in a car. Fun part of that one was how much fighting with the stupid insurance company it involved. They tried to not pay because they said it was the motorcycle riders fault for driving under dangerous conditions. Those conditions being that the sun wasn't bright enough at that time. Yeah that is the kind of thing that sticks with you and makes you think wow some people really are fundamentally satanic bastards.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

Drive like an absolute lunatic,
don't know how I don't scare myself.

 

[tklee]

Assembling Gundam, watching cartoon, watching animation. Never too old for those ?

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

I am probably too old to have relations with a 20 year old female. Those guys on Easy Rider didn't have insurance or a tag I suspect. Those guys that ran over them looked like government employees.

"Do not seek the treasure"

 

[Derby]

Every now and then I think about how I would like another motorcycle.... I go lay down till it passes.

?

 

[FurCoat]

I just turned 50 and I have a 5 year old daughter. I admit that sometimes I feel too old for this, but I wouldn't have it any other way.