Losing Dexterity ?

[dude]

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.   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  , lol.

[tubenit]

Arthritic joints can cause that. And aging can contribute to arthritis.


Respectfully,  Jeff

[sluckey]

Welcome to the dark side.

[dude]

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..!  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…

[shooter]

Welcome to the dark side.

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


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.

[acheld]

life on the back-side of the bell curve . . .

Exactly right!

Dude, you are not alone.