Woosydom

[Pony Soldier]

As I get older and skinnier I find that things I have lived through now are more severe. I remember -44 in Fargo in 1970 and it was a reason to drink beer. A few years ago it was -75 in the valley below me and it was just another night.

Tonight it was only -8 while I was feeding horses. The cold was extremely penetrating and being in the barn felt like Florida. My favorite appliance is my wood stove. Old age is memorable.

 

[Hackleback]

Last year I moved a glider rocker near the wood stove- it is my go-to spot a lot of the time when the stove is going.

 

[mtwarden]

I've noticed over the course of 40-ish + years I went from a very warm sleeper; I used to use a 40°-ish sleeping bag without hesitation below the freezing mark. Now I'm closer to a "normal" sleeper, if it's 30° I need a 30° bag.

Hopefully that's as far as it goes, I don't want to have to use a 20° bag when it's 30° !

 

[Pony Soldier]

All my life I had hot hands and hot feet until some time in my 60s. I remember trapping beaver in the 70s with no gloves and none needed. Now, in my 70s, I find I have to take special care of my thumbs and trigger fingers in gloves and mittens. The rest of my body seems adapting even though I have lost nearly 40 lbs in the last 10 years.

Old age brings changes you would never imagine and you have to stay on top of it.