It costs lots of $$$$$$ to get old!!!

cars · Post by **cars** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:01 pm

Today, I had to hire a Landscaping company (to the tune of $325) to "trim" & shape all the bushes around our house! What I once did with ease, I now had to pass off to the younger guys to do. :wah: This is the same company that I just hired two weeks ago to cut our lawn. (to the tune of $50/cut each week) The lawn has many steep hills & slopes that now hurts my ankles when I used to do it. I'm now paying someone else to hurt their ankles! Fortunately for me, I no longer have to do these chores! (I'm tired of getting old, I want to get young! :p)

(Side note to you youngsters out there: Save all you can afford to save today! Cause when you retire, you may wind up having to pay others to do what you once did when you were young!

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Lon · Post by **Lon** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 4:03 pm

cars;943552 wrote: Today, I had to hire a Landscaping company (to the tune of $325) to "trim" & shape all the bushes around our house! What I once did with ease, I now had to pass off to the younger guys to do. :wah: This is the same company that I just hired two weeks ago to cut our lawn. (to the tune of $50/cut each week) The lawn has many steep hills & slopes that now hurts my ankles when I used to do it. I'm now paying someone else to hurt their ankles! Fortunately for me, I no longer have to do these chores! (I'm tired of getting old, I want to get young! :p)

(Side note to you youngsters out there: Save all you can afford to save today! Cause when you retire, you may wind up havinf to pay others to do what you once did when you were young!

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It costs even more to stay old!!!

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 7:47 pm

It's all backwards. When you have the time to take care of the yard you don't have the ankles or the knees or something else.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 8:56 pm

Amen to that Cars if I knew then what I know now I would have been a whole lot nicer to my beat up ol body. :-5

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:04 pm

Dont neighborhood kids cut lawns anymore ?

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 5:19 am

Nomad;943738 wrote: Dont neighborhood kids cut lawns anymore ?

HA HA:wah: That's work. not my neighbor's kids, i tried to pay them to weed my flower bed, $10 an hour. maybe 2 or 3 hours of work. they just acted like they did not hear me:mad::-5 kids today, everything is given to them.

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:16 pm

[quote=CARLA;943733]Amen to that Cars if I knew then what I know now I would have been a whole lot nicer to my beat up ol body. :-5[/quote

I hear ya CARLA, that's what my doc told me about 5 or 6 years ago!

Up untill then, I totally beat up by back doing heavy duty work of 3 to 4 guys when I was younger. I used to dig up 4' to 5' diameter "bolders" just so as to be able to plant a tree in a "desired" location. I could have (should have) moved the location of planting that tree 3 to 4 feet, but noooooo, not me! Back in 1988, I built an entire 12' by 40' pressure treated wood deck, attached to the back of our house. Even right down to mixing cement by hand to pore (6) 2' x 2' x 2' deep footings to support deck columns. In the fall, I used to rake tons of wet leaves onto a 12' sq tarp, & fold it like a bag & throw it over my shoulder & haul it up a steep hill at the back of our house to a landing where I would empty the leaves. Over the years doing that 15 to 20 times till all leaves picked up, took it's toll. I used to replace car starters, radiators, alternators, valve jobs, brake pads & rotors/drums, carburators, rotate tires, even paint the entire house, inside & out! Always doing something. Now I pay others to do that work! :wah:

YZGI · Post by **YZGI** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 1:22 pm

I'm going to start paying someone else to do all these things now so I will be used to the extra expense.

cars · Post by **cars** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 3:55 pm

YZGI;944546 wrote: I'm going to start paying someone else to do all these things now so I will be used to the extra expense.

And you'll also be doing your body a favor, by not beating it up eary on! :wah:

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:00 am

yesterday my hubby and i were talking of getting some help.

I have OA and mopping the floors. is very painful. It makes me MAD. That I can noy do what i once use to. Where we live. 7 years ago I worked like a MULE. To help my hubby to clear our property. Couldn't do it today, if i had to. I have never been the type that was afraid of hard work. But now????

mad::(

Trunk Monkey · Post by **Trunk Monkey** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 7:43 am

So many elderly in my area are having to sell their homes since they can no longer afford repairs. It breaks my heart that these people who have lived in their own home (some for over 30 years) are forced to sell. The other thing that really gets me angry is they have to pay school tax on top of their property tax. I would think once a person reaches a certain age bracket, they would not have to pay school taxes. Oh, the cost of getting old is truly a problem.

Lon · Post by **Lon** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 8:01 am

Trunk Monkey;945142 wrote: So many elderly in my area are having to sell their homes since they can no longer afford repairs. It breaks my heart that these people who have lived in their own home (some for over 30 years) are forced to sell. The other thing that really gets me angry is they have to pay school tax on top of their property tax. I would think once a person reaches a certain age bracket, they would not have to pay school taxes. Oh, the cost of getting old is truly a problem.

If these elderly people own their own homes and need more income they are perfect candidates for a "Reverse Mortgage".

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:49 am

southern yankee;945009 wrote: yesterday my hubby and i were talking of getting some help.

I have OA and mopping the floors. is very painful. It makes me MAD. That I can noy do what i once use to. Where we live. 7 years ago I worked like a MULE. To help my hubby to clear our property. Couldn't do it today, if i had to. I have never been the type that was afraid of hard work. But now????

mad::(
Yes, I find it very frustrating, not being able to do now what I once did when I was younger, that is without having any next day consequences! Today, luckily if I so choose, I can still do most of what I used to do, but at a great painfull bodily consequence. So, instead of giving myself a painfull bodily experience, I pay others to do things that will beat up my body! So, it's like a win-win situation, "they" are happy making money, & "I" am pain free!

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 10:59 am

Lon;945178 wrote: If these elderly people own their own homes and need more income they are perfect candidates for a "Reverse Mortgage".
Not everyone is fortunate enough to own their house "free & clear"!

I know of 2 elderly couples (and they are most likely not alone) that still have a second mortgage (one a very large mortgage) on their houses. Therefore, it's unlikely they could get any real appreciable RM income during these trying mortgage forclosure times!

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:04 pm

cars;945389 wrote: Yes, I find it very frustrating, not being able to do now what I once did when I was younger, that is without having any next day consequences! Today, luckily if I so choose, I can still do most of what I used to do, but at a great painfull bodily consequence. So, instead of giving myself a painfull bodily experience, I pay others to do things that will beat up my body! So, it's like a win-win situation, "they" are happy making money, & "I" am pain free!

it makes me feel useless, i guess:(

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:10 pm

southern yankee;945665 wrote: it makes me feel useless, i guess:(
Me too, that's why sometimes I guess I give in, & then I get in over my head these days and bite off more then I should! And walla, after I do it, too much unwanted pain! :wah:

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 2:23 pm

cars;945675 wrote: Me too, that's why sometimes I guess I give in, & then I get in over my head these days and bite off more then I should! And walla, after I do it, too much unwanted pain! :wah: yep. at first i thought it was a man thing. but being a woman at 50. Hope you understand what i am trying to say.

cars · Post by **cars** » Fri Aug 08, 2008 4:50 pm

southern yankee;945684 wrote: yep. at first i thought it was a man thing. but being a woman at 50. Hope you understand what i am trying to say.

Yes I do, so lets not get old, lets get young!!! :p:D;)

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:41 pm

cars;945795 wrote: Yes I do, so lets not get old, lets get young!!! :p:D;) sounds like a plan?? What do you suggest??:wah: but being young at heart. i will always be:)

cars · Post by **cars** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:49 pm

southern yankee;946702 wrote: sounds like a plan?? What do you suggest??:wah: but being young at heart. i will always be:)
You must have heard of kindey transplants, & or liver transplants, well guess we will need to get "complete body" transplants!!! :wah: (If only!;))

southern yankee · Post by **southern yankee** » Sat Aug 09, 2008 2:52 pm

cars;946713 wrote: You must have heard of kindey transplants, & or liver transplants, well guess we will need to get "complete body" transplants!!! :wah: (If only!;)) AGREE!! Now my DOC says my thyroid is a MESS. I am falling apart!!

:wah::-3;)