On the very Few weekends It drops Into the Mid 40's and a breeze comes up I stay home and Vegitate...

Cup~O~Hot Chocolate, Or Two Fingers of WoodFord Reserve,
A good Horror flick on the Idiot Box.
Slippers, Jammies and a robe,
My Dog Next to me,
Wife on the Other side....
~
It's good to 'Pace' yourself, Find a balance,, you know, All Things In Moderation~

I may be getting old but I ain't stupid :P

You are not the only one getting old. Social Security starts in January. It was rather cool here in north Fl. this morning. (mid 50's) What hurt was the wind of 15-20 mph and more is slated for tomorrow. Not too bad riding with the wind, but sure is tough against it. Times in the past would not have given it a second thought. Now, I thought about it until about 10:00 and finally said "time to go" Did 25 miles today.

Best post I've read in a long time :thumb:

Quit XC-skiing back in 1978 when left Michigan behind and moved to sunny/warmer Tucson, AZ
Never regretted the move!
As for 'age', I'll be only 83 in December.
Pedal on!

"The worst part of getting old? Remembering when you were young." - Alvin Straight. From the movie 'The Straight Story' in a scene featuring the Bicycle Ride Across Iowa.

Excellent! I'm using this... :thumb:

So old is 86 - thanks!

I would laugh at you, but then some Minnesotan would laugh at me, and the Canadians would laugh at them. Where would that end? Probably some Finn or Norwegian wondering what all the whining was about.

Cold is relative; when I lived in Florida it once fell into the upper 60's and everyone put on sweaters.

Yesterday's 31°F morning commute made today's 42° seem balmy.

It is beautiful to do nothing and then rest afterward.

Charlie

I was happy to get back to cooler weather after suffering three weeks of 100, 100+ or nearly 100. Riding with just shorts and jersey on Saturday in high 50's and low 60's felt cool . . . but wonderful! Sunday, riding in the 40's I had more clothes on, but the rain and fog were fun in their own way too.

Getting old? I'm 65 and not feeling old yet, though hopefully that day will eventually come . . . not soon though.

Rick / OCRR

What group do you sing with? Just curious if we had a real celebrity on here.

Well, I like to think so, but absolutely nobody else does. A small gospel a cappella group which sings around the state.

You won't be cold for very long XC skiing. I'm on beta blockers for my heart and one of the side effects are cold hands and cold feet. Even though I'm 100% Swede and used to winter camp at -20F without a heater, now my hands feel like they are on fire for the first 20 minutes of skiing or riding in cold weather. Then, magically, they warm up (with exercise!) and I often can go without gloves down to zero.

I'm mostly retired and loving living north of Chicago, Minneapolis, Boston, etc. You just need to experience the Left Coast, USA.
Southern summers a no go for my system, maybe I remember too vividly the South before widespread use of residential air conditioning.

Which state?

Well I can agree with you on summers here in the South where I live, I also agree on a hot summers day and talking with others, and saying how did those people do it? how did they live down here without air conditioning???even thou I remember our family having just a big box fan sucking out! but we did it just like everybody else,,and I'll tell you, even thou we don't get snow , it does get cold, some people from up North say they feel colder here than where they live,But I suffer through it every winter , but maybe it's gonna be different this year ,,, I retired this year and I don't have to go out if I don't want to,,,,, Happy Riding.........

"getting old

Beats the alternative."

I, too, tend to think outside the box on this one. When I first heard this expression, lo those many years ago, I was foolish enough to think that the alterative was getting younger.

Now that I am wiser and more experienced, I still think that, with an explanation. I think it is possible to stay the same age or even get younger, measured by physiological and psychological factors such as strength, speed, endurance, flexibility, mental clarity, open-mindedness, the ability to enjoy each day, and so on. The calendar is only one measure of age, and not a very good one at that.

x2...

Lots of retirees move south for good reasons. It gets cold up there....

Old is tomorrow......My feet get cold when the temps hit mid 40's and warm up again in the spring. I wear wool socks all winter. Now, with the Mrs. going through those lady changes, I don't know if I should wear gym shorts or a winter jacket to bed at night.

That last sentence is profoundly true. I've informed my family that I am no longer recognizing birthdays - I started to become too fixated on my age and the so-called "logical" conclusions that leads to. True, physical performance does decline but it is the trajectory that matters. In other matters - I've already been working full-time 11 years longer than my father and 8 years longer than my sister, but my work (and I hope yours) enriches my life, although it cuts into my riding time! Over the next few years I hope to forget how old I am; not because of senility but because my life is too full and active for it to matter.

The older I get the more I think of snow-birding. Even a month in a warm climate would make the Midwestern winter much easier to accept.

Aw, getting old isn't all that bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W58K-5ArFzo