Old geezers 55 plus years old

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rtodd — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:45:51 GMT

Hi, Glad to be a part of this organization. I'm just getting back into swimming after many years since being competitive on the high school level. It would be great if I could get to know some others in my age bracket, so is there any way you could put us in contact with each other via this site? Other ideas? Thanks. Sincerely, Gills Where you located?

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Allen Stark — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:30:54 GMT

I'd say geezerhood is a state of mind,but it isn't it is a state of body.My body is 59,but my mind is 18(6 if you ask my wife.)Remember the Masters Swimming creedo"I you wake up and it doesn't hurt,you died."

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ViveBene — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:33:25 GMT

Gills, Here are some swim sets that can help you get in the swim again. Note there are many others on the site, including a progression to get up to a mile: ruthkazez.com/50swimworkouts.html

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poolraat — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:13:53 GMT

How do you do that and not have them call the police? They know I'm harmless so they tolerate me. Most are swimmers and on the forums too.

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Former Member — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:34:03 GMT

Why do you think I'm hanging out with women 10-20 years (or more) younger than I am? How do you do that and not have them call the police? Of course, I am 65 (Masters-style, i.e., in 2008) but still.................

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Former Member — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:20:23 GMT

Don't act your age, Act your shoe size!

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ViveBene — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:37:34 GMT

Click on "Members List" above and you will find some ages given. There are lots of "less young" swimmers here! I'm over 55 and definitely not approaching geezerhood! I swim with two different crowds, both of mixed ages (probably a 40-year range in each), and we enjoy each other terrifically. Swimming is a great way to keep neuro responses alert, weight down, and general tenor up. If you feel you have specific age-related issues, perhaps keep in mind that responses in general are fractionally slower, it will take longer to get up to speed, longer to recover from massive effort, etc. Just keep at it with the swimming. It also improves one's mental state!

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poolraat — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:35:43 GMT

Of course I'm a DOM. Why do you think I'm hanging out with women 10-20 years (or more) younger than I am? DOM? Yes. Geezer? heck no.

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pwolf66 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:28:13 GMT

I'm close to your age but I don't consider myself to be an old geezer. DOM? Yes. Geezer? heck no.

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poolraat — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:21:06 GMT

I'm close to your age but I don't consider myself to be an old geezer. Hi, Glad to be a part of this organization. I'm just getting back into swimming after many years since being competitive on the high school level. It would be great if I could get to know some others in my age bracket, so is there any way you could put us in contact with each other via this site? Other ideas? Thanks. Sincerely, Gills

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jim thornton — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:07:34 GMT

I am 55, about to turn 56, and thus "FINA 56" for LCM meets this summer. I feel like decrepitude is gaining on me, and that the boneyard beckons. We need to acknowledge that FINA 56 is what gerontologists consider to be "middle old." Not "young old" nor "old old" but "middle old." This said, I should acknowledge that decrepitude has been gaining on me for decades now and has not yet finalized its sleeper hold on my carotids. It's a little like Xeno's Paradox, with which the mathematicians out there are surely familiar. I am babbling. I think I am getting Xeno's Paradox mixed up with Xena the Warrior Princess. Both of them do seem to recede, however, the closer I get to them. Nurse! Bring me my shawl! No, I am not ready for the enema! You can't make me take those pills! Well, maybe you can. Where the hell is my shawl?

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ViveBene — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:49:03 GMT

Geezer jocks! :rofl:

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Glenn — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:06:59 GMT

I'm a 59 y.o. geezer and proud of it!!!