Der faster ve go, der behinder ve get!

[Bruce Moore]

That old saying remembered from my youthful reading of the Saturday Evening Post sure explains a lot to me about what happens as time seems to compress as we grow older. The reality is that I've slowed down so much that I can't get as much accomplished in a given length of time as I used to be able to, so I have to plan my hobby activities and time much better than just going to the basement and picking up where I left off.

Has this happened to you?

[jward]

i either have time or money but never both.

i am primarily a railfan, so during nice weather my modelling has to take a back seat to documenting the real thing. right now, my primary push in modelling is my son. i try to work on the railroad during the week so that when i have him on the weekend there is something new on the layout.

[pdlethbridge]

I just spent a couple of days at my brothers doing the finishing touches on a wiring job and a turntable install. It takes me 4-5 times longer to do something now than when I was younger and healthier. When I start I don't like to stop because it takes me a while to figure out what I'm doing and if I don't do it now, I'll have to spend time trying to refigure what I was doing.

[full maxx]

i either have time or money but never both.

i am primarily a railfan, so during nice weather my modelling has to take a back seat to documenting the real thing. right now, my primary push in modelling is my son. i try to work on the railroad during the week so that when i have him on the weekend there is something new on the layout.

I just joined the boat on the weekend thing

[CNE Runner]

I find that becoming a senior citizen brings some additional conditions - one of which is a firm commitment to procrastination. While I realize that "a journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step" - it becomes harder and harder to take that step! My little Monks' Island Brewery micro/small layout is taking forever - because I don't seem to commit the time to the project (...or maybe I have too many projects on the stove?).

I resolve that today I will: 1) wire the last piece of track (transfer table tail track), and 2) begin the laborious task of ballasting. [Note to the reader: this was an easy promise to make as it is raining and (for once) we have nothing on the calendar.]

Ray

[pdlethbridge]

Ray, you can do it after  you take your nap...... if you remember.

[Jim Banner]

Ray, PD, I am glad to hear that this is normal for us old codgers. 
Have lunch. 
Decide to see what's happening on B-Man's Board before I go back to work.
Read one posting.
Type half a sentence in reply.
Close my eyes for a moment while thinking what to say next.
Wake up in time for supper.
I should only sleep so long at night.

Jim

[pdlethbridge]

I thought that CN was codger central not Canadian national

[CNE Runner]

I finished the wiring job and did some track 'tinkering'. The little Plymouth runs well through the entire layout. I was going to begin the ballasting; BUT my nap intervened...such is retirement. BTW: Jim is a lot older than I...just compare avatars (I am definitely going to regret saying that).

Cheers,
Ray

[pdlethbridge]

I think Jim is older than me, I'm just 63

[Jim Banner]

Hey you young whipper snappers, your days will come.  One of these days you too will ask your doctor what the future holds and he will tell you "Depends."

Jim

_{Edited to try and get the joke right!!}

[pdlethbridge]

63 but a stroke added 10-15 years.

[lescar]

I know what you mean about the Stroke I had one in 07 and still don't have the energy I use to.

Les

[pdlethbridge]

they are no fun