"ARW" wrote in message
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"Mr Pounder" wrote in message
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"ARW" wrote in message
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"Cursitor Doom" wrote in message
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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?


I am feeling it now at 44 at work.

At 49 I was the oldest engineer my old boss ever employed. Initially he
refused me due to my age. Then he came back to me.


At 62 I helped out on a major house renovation and got very well paid for
it.

Yep, I also work on them, they are classed as the smaller projects.

Well, as £80k went it to the renovation of a 3 bedroomed bungalow I would
call it major.