OT: Do you think you’ll be able to do this at 98?

[HuskyNan]

 

[JellyBean]

Bravo to this young lady!! Very impressive. Heck I will be happy if I get to 98 and can hold an applesauce mini cup in my hands without spilling it on myself 3-4 times a day.

 

[BRS24]

Nope! About 6 years ago, granddaughter asked if I knew how to do a cartwheel. I was in my 50s. Made the mistake of answering "of course" very quickly before evaluating the cause and effect of the answer. She says, show me Mimi, I want to see how to do one. So, there I go, do a cartwheel, and for the next few days wonder why my wrists were so damm sore. Clearly, I wasn't 14 anymore.

 

[AzHusky]

I used to laugh at the ad on TV where the person says "Help I have fallen and can't get up". Now at 74 I don't laugh anymore. I need a chair or something to hold on to too get up from the floor.

 

[JRRRJ]

Well, my long-term goal is to be ranked #1 in the 90's division in tennis...if I can be as fit as she is then, I've got a chance

Only 16 years to go!

 

[uconnfan68]

I used to laugh at the ad on TV where the person says "Help I have fallen and can't get up". Now at 74 I don't laugh anymore. I need a chair or something to hold on to too get up from the floor.

After I had my hip replaced 4 years ago, I made it my mission to be able to get up by myself if needed. Also now 74, and probably in better shape physically than I was 15 years ago. No more work stress and sitting for many hours a day. Now, if I could get the arthritis to go away…

 

[Bigboote]

Hell, I couldn’t do that at 12.

I’m fortunate in that my body began falling apart at 19. Had to give up volleyball and basketball at 20; handball and raquetball around 25, cycling 4 years ago and running 2 years ago. Running was a big part of my life for over 50 years, but losing volleyball hurt so much that losing running is mostly about missing the places where I used to run.

As Ellen Degeneres once said, “The wages of sin may be death, but after taxes, it’s just kind of a tired feeling.”

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

I'm 60 and couldn't do it. Kudos to her!

 

[LwrcasefaN]

Not at 98 years nor pounds.

 

[meyers7]

I'll be long dead.

 

[oldhusky]

At that age if I make it, I think my activity will be exercising my options, jogging my memory, and pumping my ego!

 

[Rowdy831]

I didn't even need to open the thread to know the answer was no.

 

[itsasport]

I couldn't do it at 18.

 

[Next 12]

I could do some. But not the hand stand, I will be 91 on Aug, 3rd 2024 and worked for 47 years owning a Muffler Shop until December 2023 and was a one man shop, I did all the installations myself, I RETIRED IN DEC, 2023, I am 5'8" and weigh 174 lbs, I love GENO and the HUSKIES, GO SOPHOMORES!!!!! GO HUSKIES!!!! GO NEW BEES!!!!!

 

[Happydad745]

At 79 I still play ShortStop in softball tournaments and can do most of the Karate techniques I practices for 25 years, but looking ahead I doubt I'll be doing much of anything at 90, and with poor kidney health I'll never make it to 98.

 

[HuskyNan]

Here’s a guy that’s almost 20 years younger

 

[CL82]

Here’s a guy that’s almost 20 years younger

I saw the Stones on the Tattoo You tour in Philly and Hartford 40 years ago, and Jagger was already "old" then. The Stones put on an amazing concert and Jagger didn't stop for any of it.

 

[ThetaZoo]

After I had my hip replaced 4 years ago, I made it my mission to be able to get up by myself if needed. Also now 74, and probably in better shape physically than I was 15 years ago. No more work stress and sitting for many hours a day. Now, if I could get the arthritis to go away…

Another 74-year old chiming in. I want to still be competitive in pickleball when I'm in my 80's and possibly 90's.

 

[Bigboote]

Here’s a guy that’s almost 20 years younger

A couple of decades ago, when they were in their 70's, my parents had a quote from George Burns on the 'fridge, "Young, old, they're just words."

 

[HuskyNan]

Look up “aging gracefully“ and you’ll find Meryl Streep.

The Devil Wears Prada is one of my favorite movies

 

[Cuango]

I just hope I can do anything at 98!

 

[fireford]

I hear my family and friends who have joined the 6 oh club (I'll be joining them soon) constantly complaining about how tough it is on them physically and mentally. I see my parents and wife's parents in their early 80s declining and wondering how much time they have left.
So while I enjoy hearing stories about people in their 90s who can still do this and that, I can't think that far ahead because of what I see and hear around me of people much younger than 90 struggling to do things they once did. It makes me wonder if I'll be able to do ANYTHING at that age (if I'm still even here).

 

[CL82]

Look up “aging gracefully“ and you’ll find Meryl Streep.

The Devil Wears Prada is one of my favorite movies

That she has, though 1986 was a pretty questionable hair choice, even for the 80s.