As I Get Older…

[DogBone_384]

Grampa was still posting when I joined in '13.

[Jigfishn10]

Unfortunately, as I get older and life becomes busier, it's time to step aside for a while ... Be good

 

Auf Wiedersehen (until we meet again)

 

John 

[Team9nine]

10 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Dude, I got shirts older than you are.

I’ve got jeans older than him, too, but I don’t get any love around here when I can’t crop them out of my pictures 🫣

[Skunkmaster-k]

The cold makes old injuries hurt more than it used to. All the talk about hair reminded me of the 3” eyebrow hair my son pulled out of my face yesterday. He was trying not to laugh until I told at least it’s shorter than the one I found growing out of my earlobe. Then he yukked it up. 

[gim]

On 1/14/2025 at 10:02 PM, papajoe222 said:

The worst thing for me is the hearing loss combined with tenitis, both of which get worse as time goes by. 

 

I've got this too.  In my left ear.  Its 100% due to firearms.  I shoot right handed and my right ear is covered up when I shoot, but my left ear is exposed.  I've lost my ability to hear at a high frequency out of my left ear, and was diagnosed with tennitis there a few years ago.  I now wear a hearing aid in that ear.

 

To anyone out there that still has their ability to hear properly out of both ears: protect it.  Wear hearing protection even when you are doing something as simple as mowing the lawn.  Once the damage is done, you can't reverse it.

[MN Fisher]

3 hours ago, gim said:

In my left ear.  Its 100% due to firearms.

I guess I'm lucky - was part of the Junior Small Bore competitions as a teen, hunted grouse with a 12 gauge and rabbit/squirrel with a .22 - never wore hearing protection.

 

On the advice (read nagging) of the wife, had it tested last year. 100% pass including the highs that some teens can't hear cause of their music habits. No loss at any range, no tenitis - just perfect hearing....which at 65 years old is a blessing.

[J Francho]

What?

[gim]

1 minute ago, MN Fisher said:

never wore hearing protection.

 

I don't wear it either.  I need to hear a deer walking, a pheasant flushing, or a turkey gobbling.

 

I wear muffs when I'm at the range, obviously.

 

If I could go back in time I would take more steps to protect my hearing.

[WRB]

My 1st realization my hearing wasn’t good was at a Christmas program that had bell ringers from very small high pitch to big bells with low pitch. I could see the bells being shaken but only hear the middle bells. This was an eye opener and had hearing my hearing tested and needed aides. 
Surprised how many words we hearing incorrectly without aides.

Never wore ear protection driving fuel race cars or shooting during my youth.
Tom

[papajoe222]

13 hours ago, gim said:

To anyone out there that still has their ability to hear properly out of both ears: protect it.  Wear hearing protection even when you are doing something as simple as mowing the lawn.  Once the damage is done, you can't reverse it.

I hope the word spreads,. as I don't wish tennitis on anyone. I was in the artillery and the only protection offered back then was the gunner shouting 'cover your ears.' The ringing in my ears didn't begin until 15yrs. after I was discharged. Hearing loss due to age may not be avoidable, but this can be. Shooting while hunting, be it rifle or shotgun isn't a culprit as you may only take one or two shots at a deer, or half a dozen a birds during an outing. And it isn't just loud bangs. More people are discovering when they get into their 40's that the loud music they were exposed to when they were young has begun to take its toll