"Cursitor Doom" wrote in message ...

Gentlemen,

I just wonder what the consensus is here as to when you really start to
feel your age when doing the more arduous DIY tasks?
Personally up to age 50 I always felt as physically strong as I was at
25, but since hitting the half-century I'm sure I've lost some strength
by an unquantifiable percentage over the intervening years. And now at 56
I'm finding doing DIY related tasks for a full 8hr day more and more
knackering and ache+pain inducing. I'm just wondering if I'm alone!
Your experience?

Well I'm 65 and quite pleased how I'm able to do physical tasks.
Historically I've not had a physically demanding job, but since retiring a
few years back and taking on a small farm with livestock activity has been a
necessity rather than an option! As an example, at the moment I'm having a
new pig pen built. Did all the ground works myself, and although I'm paying
a brickie, I'm bumping out his bricks ready for the next day, and have been
knocking up umpteen mixer loads of screed etc

Not saying that the aches and pains don't occur - they do, but ibuprofen
sorts most things out, failing that there's always a stiff Whisky soda

Andrew