Sorry, I sold the '47 Willys Army Jeep a year or so ago. It was very much a "you really like power steering where the power doesn't come from your shoulders?" thing, these new Mules/Whatevers are so much nicer to drive. They'll spoil you.
Now about 50, I don't worry so much about my mortality anymore because I spend all my time thinking about my morbidity. Fatter, slower, forgetful, tired, creaky joints, recurring pains, random pains, stiffness, lower alcohol tolerance, lower coffee tolerance, lower libido, higher cholesterol and related dietary restrictions, more invasive routine medical exams. I can't worry about what's going to happen in the future because I'm busy lamenting what is happening to me right now. And, I'm considered to be in good health.
Pancreatic cancer. I'm not sure there's a ton to do except to try to eat right, exercise and keep getting checked.
I'd have to look it up, nothing extravagant. Sold it to my Dad's 1st cousin who remembered it from when they used to roll around the mountains of New Mexico/Colorado mule deer and elk hunting. So he got the sentimental price, and I can go to Hunt and drive it whenever I want.
I hear you. I’m in my mid 50’s and it feels like the warranty expired the last few months. I’m dealing with a lot of joint issues and have knee surgery in two weeks to take out some loose cartilage and bone. This morning I had a hard time just getting out of bed and making it down the stairs. It’s been a very difficult transition to deal with the loss of physical ability. I’ve had to give up Judo and BJJ sparring, playing basketball, and even put my bike away this summer when I realized I couldn’t safely bike. As a young martial artist I saw the older martial artists inevitably decline and I knew that this was going to be my fate. It doesn’t make it any easier now that it is here. I’ll admit I am depressed and frustrated at times with getting older. What sustains me though is a sense of duty and belief. I’m of the age and financial position where I’m helping to support and care for some of my older relatives. I’m also helping the next generation and devoting much of my time and other resources to teaching martial arts and mentoring young people in my field. It is my familial duty to help the family and also what I feel is my duty to help those like my Senseis helped me. Belief, isn’t religious belief (although that can be good) but belief in something that is greater than oneself. For me that is society / humanity. I believe that what I’m doing will improve society and that what I do will outlast even me physically. What all this means is that even though we are mortal and our time is very limited. Our lives can have meaning if we commit ourselves to purpose greater than ourselves.
Son, mortality deals with you. It doesn't matter how you deal with it. Just try to stay as healthy as possible - which most of us won't until something bad is discovered, so it may be moot. lol. Just stay as healthy as possible and enjoy life. You're gonna go when you go. It could be when you're 50, 60, 70, or 90.
Been drinking myself to death since about 13 or 14. Now I’m closer to 60 than 55. Must not be drinking enough.
