Suggestion Senior Divers Forum

[Kim]

As we get older there are some things that just don't work quite the same as they did. (and I'm NOT just talking about things that be fixed by viagra!!! )

Things slowly change, and can affect our lives - including diving.

I propose a new private forum for people over the age of 50 to talk about and discuss any issues that age brings with it regarding diving, and associated stuff......

And I mean private...... there are some things younger people probably can't really understand until they've put in the years....

I said 50....but that's actually negotiable if folks have other ideas. I'm not averse to younger people having access if they have something to bring to the table - medical backgrounds.... experience in elderly care or similar issues with "seniors"...whatever.

I'm just not interested in a peanut gallery if I want to have a talk about getting up to pee in the night on a liveaboard.....or some such issue.

 

[TSandM]

I think it's a good idea. The Alzheimer's thing is a real worry . . . There is no question that I don't think as fast or solve problems as well as I did thirty years ago, and nitrogen doesn't help that one whit.

There's also the humiliation of having to ask for help with gear, when arthritic fingers just can't manage it.

There may not be a lot of answers, but we can give one another moral support.

 

[pilot fish]

Yeah, but, have you ever answered the phone by picking up the TV remote and placing it over your ear? hello, hello????

I think it's a good idea. The Alzheimer's thing is a real worry . . . There is no question that I don't think as fast or solve problems as well as I did thirty years ago, and nitrogen doesn't help that one whit.

There's also the humiliation of having to ask for help with gear, when arthritic fingers just can't manage it.

There may not be a lot of answers, but we can give one another moral support.

 

[24940]

I propose a new private forum for people over the age of 50 to talk about and discuss any issues that age brings with it regarding diving, and associated stuff......

And I mean private...... there are some things younger people probably can't really understand until they've put in the years....

Great idea, count me in (in 3 more years, that is)!

 

[Teamcasa]

Many of us that have crossed the half century mark would like a place to complain about bad knees, stiff joints and assorted aches and pains. Share diving with our kid and grandkid stories. I think many older divers have a different perspective on diving than the younger, just starting out crowd. Not to mention that for the most part we can afford it and have more leisure time.

I like it.

 

[Hawkwood]

Cool! Give me another 11 months and I'll be in. It's been a lot of fun discovering all this at the same time as my 19 yr old son.

I give him a good run for the money too - best was lapping him during the snorkeling portion of our DM swim test. He pasted me with the free style swim, but when we went in for the snorkel portion he said, and I quote, "bring it on old man". Gave him the "okay" sign as I lapped him going the opposite direction - satisfaction was great.

He does seem to have difficulty understanding why I don't always want to do the same things. That being said, we are off ice-diving this weekend and to top it all off, he and I are camping out in tents the weekend as well!

 

[Walter]

Hmmmmmmmm, I feel stronger and healthier than when I started diving. I'm not any smarter, but experience has made me a much smarter and better diver in my 50s than I was in my 20s. Diving keeps me young.

 

[The Kraken]

Consider it done . . .

the K-ountless Number of Years

 

[jupitermermaid]

As far as diving goes, I don't have any experience to say what's different as far as diving goes (oh, did I already say that???), since I didn't get my certification until I was 55. In other areas of my life I definitely can relate to absentmindedness (what are we talking about?), slower reflexes, absentmindedness, less energy, absentmindedness, losing things, absentmindedness, and other things, but I can't remember now.

On a more serious note, I think it's a great idea to have a sub-forum for us older folks so we don't feel so "different" when senior moments hit. We'll have others who can relate to the same experiences and that will provide the moral support we all can use.

 

[The Kraken]

It exists . . .

"Golden Divers"

the 24 K-arat

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

OK cool, gotta go check it out