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Title: Losing Dexterity ?
Post by: dude on May 06, 2024, 01:36:17 pm
Just wondering if I’m alone here. I’m probably around a lot of your ages. I keep dropping small components and tiny screws, knocking over small trays l keep them in so l don’t drop them again, but then l bump the tray over. :laugh:  On my hands and knees it seems, constantly searching for that tiny screw l need to finish the task, ain’t easy getting up and down either. Don’t know how many resistors l searched for..? Seems no matter how careful l try, the last ten years l’m knocking over pill bottles, cups of coffee much more than l use too. I still can climb a 40 foot ladder and split firewood, splitter of course, ain’t that young.
Just wondering if this is an old age thing or l’m checking  :w2: , lol.
Title: Re: Losing Dexterity ?
Post by: tubenit on May 06, 2024, 03:08:01 pm
Arthritic joints can cause that. And aging can contribute to arthritis.


Respectfully,  Jeff
Title: Re: Losing Dexterity ?
Post by: sluckey on May 06, 2024, 03:12:43 pm
Welcome to the dark side.
Title: Re: Losing Dexterity ?
Post by: dude on May 06, 2024, 04:06:36 pm
Yeah, l guess l’m getting old but l still think and play like l was 35. Just a bit more clumsy. What really gets me is how many times l set up my one cup coffee maker, turn it on and forget to put the cup under..!  :laugh: that really pisses me off, wife does it too, ha.
So, l’m extra cautious working on amps, haven’t got bit in ten years but l feel it coming, “Oh, Well” as Peter Green might say… :l2:
Title: Re: Losing Dexterity ?
Post by: shooter on May 06, 2024, 04:38:38 pm

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Welcome to the dark side.

life on the back-side of the bell curve, sorta like the dark side of the moon  :icon_biggrin:


Dad had a couple sayings;
"If you're gonna do something, do it young, otherwise you wake up at 40 with a recliner, a tv, mumbling, "I coulda, I shoulda, I woulda..."
"Live fast...Die pretty"


Doc asks  "what's your pain level?", I just mirk, Doc, this body has done n seen amazing things, pain is just the price of admission for a life well lived.



Title: Re: Losing Dexterity ?
Post by: acheld on May 07, 2024, 12:05:36 pm
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life on the back-side of the bell curve . . .

Exactly right!

Dude, you are not alone.