You young punks can stand down and go hit the Cool Pic Thread. This is for the Old Farts among us. Say 50+. (Hope I'm not insulting anyone.)
Let's face it, getting old sucks. I hate that I used to have perfect vision without glasses and now I need friggin' trifocals. I started cycling about 2-1/2 years ago and that has made a world of difference, but I'm still envious of the local club bikers who can run 20MPH average speed. For the record, I just turned 61. I'm in better shape now than I have been in 20 years or so, but I can still hobble myself for a week with the slightest wrong move. I've lost 70+ lbs since I started riding and I ride 100 miles per week to keep it off, but I can gain back 5 or 6 lbs in a single week if I don't ride. Then it takes me almost two months to lose it again. That is my biggest peeve about getting old. If I ever screw up my back so bad that I can't ride, I'll balloon back up to Jabba the Hut range in no time.
Don't even get me started on losing hair where I want it and growing hair where I don't. A friend sent me pics of me back in '84 when I was a SSGT in the Army and was a fit 190lbs. What I wouldn't give to be in that shape again. Ain't gonna happen now.
Anyway, for you other Old Farts (and I know there are several here), what are the worst and best things about where you are now?