NGL…they’re pretty cool lookin’ mowers…and probably cheaper than therapy. And I covet that dude’s beard on the pictures on the homepage.
I can relate to the subject matter of this thread. Sometimes I want to discuss something medical or financial or philosophical, and I hesitate to start a thread. I think ahead and don’t want someone to pop in and point out that “someone starts a thread on this topic every six months” or “my husband and I still do it every week even though we’re in our 70s” or some other contradiction or one-uppance.
That is a skill (listening without trying to fix) that is hard to find, in my experience. And it’s even harder in a remote medium like this one, where companionable silence just doesn’t work, and things you can write that aren’t advice often seem pointless.
I wonder if we could find a way to make a new forum work like that, though – “Share, don’t Fix.” Share your experiences with others who will do the same, and no-one will try to fix your problems for you. Maybe it could be good training and practice for real life.
I have a group of guy friends, some of whom I’ve known for 50 years, who get together most every Friday afternoon/evening for bullshitting and drinking. We’ve been doing this for about five years, and it’s something I look forward to each and every week. Most of the time we talk about sports or other mundane topics, but lately many of the conversation topics concern our health, or the health of our spouses or elderly parents. There is some advice given, but only when asked for.
I wouldn’t consider any of these guys experts on anything, but it’s nice to be able to discuss their experiences with doctors, Medicare, prostate issues, etc. etc.
I’d add ‘am I the only one?’ to that…because I’d love to hear that several couples had a multi-year libido imbalance til the other one hit a certain age and it all settled down again.
But mostly it’s the 'we got an inheritance late enough in life that it’s not helping near as much as it could have…but I wouldn’t have wanted the inheritance at a time where it would have been useful…because we got another 10 years with him.
Please don’t! Hesitate, that is. Start the thread. I’m sure you’ll have plenty of takers (unless, of course, it dies after a handful of posts-- or only one post. This has happened to me several times). This board needs people to start threads-- that’s what keeps it going.
My bold.
To that I say, “So what? Let them react any way they want.” Whatever you post on the interwebs is going to generate some snark. Or someone will see snark where you didn’t intend it. After all, you want reactions, even if you’re not going to like all of them. Again, I say, “So what?” 
I’m very fortunate that I have golfed with a group of guys for 35 years. When I started, I was the young guy. It was great to be able to talk about anything with guys who were 10-20 years older than me and had already developed their careers, raised kids, etc.
Now I’m 60, and I still play regularly with several guys in their 70s and 80s. They remain a great resource to bounce ideas off of and get info/advice from. And it is a kick that the group has been joined by younger guys, who view ME as an older guy w/ thinks of value to offer…
But if I lacked that, I’d think these boards would be a fine place to bring up whatever you wished.
Maybe preface it with an OPP:
For Old People Problem.
(Yeah, you know me.)
I personally would love to hear you (or anyone) complain about your knees. They are bafflingly prone to breaking down.
I was in a motorcycle accident 7-8 years ago…compression fractures on both tibias. My knees are about 98% back…but boy, that remaining 2 percent.
Y’know, OP, you might have already started it.
If you want, I could start by telling you about my medical and financial and gastro-intestinal problems. And the clueless kids/grandkids/fellow oldsters/their dogs gettin’ all up on my lawn…
Seriously, we need an omnibus ‘Old People’s Problems’ thread.
Start one, call it whatever you want, but with a clear title (crotchedy enough to warn the young’uns here… they get so much geriatric kvetching in other posts, don’t want to scare them off).
The world is changed.
I feel it in the water.
I feel it in the Earth.
I smell it in the air.
Much that once was is lost,
for none now live who remember it.
-- Galadriel
Seems like this is it.
Also fit for discussion here: Lamenting all the things we used to do that we don’t do anymore (you know… all the other things we don’t do anymore), for various reasons – can’t afford it, insufficient energy, health limitations. I used to do extensive hiking in the mountains. Now it’s a hike to take the trash out once a week.