# Any Old Guys Here? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 23, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999 "2012-05-23T23:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/142 "2018-11-13T04:37:39Z")
Right, and that’s why having to live with that bum hip for your whole entire life from the crazy derring-do you committed when you were 20 … is kind of a bad trade-off. It’s tough because it might come across as “don’t ever do anything risky!” which isn’t my intent, it’s more like “realize that life goes on a LOOOONG time, and you may have to deal with the consequences of those early decisions a WHOOOLE long longer than you’d like. Like… a whooooooooooooooole lot longer.” ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/143 "2018-11-13T04:44:03Z")
Well there was that time I made my own hang glider and launched off a cliff over a reservoir.(wont even share the rest of that story) There was that time I decided to whitewater scuba. Blew two engines drag racing motorcycles. Now I just huck my bike and ski chutes, trees, and moguls, and look forward to the next shot of adrenalin. Slowing down I guess. 😚 ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/144 "2018-11-13T04:46:41Z")
Mountain biking has always looked so freaking cool to me. I would love to get into it. ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/145 "2018-11-13T04:50:56Z")
You should try it! If you’re ever in Colorado give me a shout. There is one thing to remember, if you don’t do it this year you’ll be another year older when you do\> (had to bring this topic back around to old guys. Like the way I did that?) Warren Miller used to say something like that about learning to ski. ---
**Author:** ![smileypants707](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/smileypants707/32/19045_2.png) [@smileypants707](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/smileypants707)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/146 "2018-11-13T04:55:45Z")
I will hopefully be moving back to Northern California in the not-too-distant future, and that is one of the many activities that I hope to dip my toes in. ---
**Author:** ![Lokkifly](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/lokkifly/32/40683_2.png) [@Lokkifly](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Lokkifly)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 4:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/147 "2018-11-13T04:55:59Z")
30 years old and just started this summer! ---
**Author:** ![skitrz](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/skitrz/32/849_2.png) [@skitrz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/skitrz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/148 "2018-11-13T05:03:38Z")
Did you call me nice? Don’t make me come over there! lol Just kidding 🤣. We’re glad you’re here in fact there’s room for more so bring your friends. :wink: ---
**Author:** ![jhb8426](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jhb8426/32/631_2.png) [@jhb8426](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/jhb8426)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 6:30am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/149 "2018-11-13T06:30:34Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > Right, and that’s why having to live with that bum hip for your whole entire life from the crazy derring-do you committed when you were 20 Still have both of my natural knees and hips, and had good times doing those silly things long ago. “It’s better to burn out, than it is to rust” No regrets, though I do question my judgment (and that of others) at some point along the way. ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/150 "2018-11-13T06:42:05Z")
Yeah that was just an example. Most of the decisions you’ll regret for decades hence are more like… life choices, not necessarily a penchant for extreme sports. ---
**Author:** ![anon5341354](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@anon5341354](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon5341354)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/151 "2018-11-13T07:51:16Z")
> [@codinghorror](#): > > There’s people of a wide variety of ages, which can lead to some inadvertent conflict. I’m still kinda sad about the way a kid was treated here for using the word generous `` “WRONG” `` in a post. Yeah alright Jeff… I said sorry.😅 ---
**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/codinghorror/32/8052_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/codinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/152 "2018-11-13T08:03:12Z")
Wasn’t just you, nor was I singling you out. To the extent that “old” means “old and cranky”, perhaps that’s something to ponder on as to whether it’s really _necessary_ :thinking: I guess that was my broader point. ---
**Author:** ![anon19434144](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@anon19434144](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anon19434144)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/any-old-guys-here/37999/153 "2018-11-13T13:01:39Z")
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