Montana in Retirement
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It sucks, but this is the case for people in all manner of physical trades, and the lion's share of those people didn't make a great living in getting to that level of damage.
Very true. I also know people who were broken by their mid-40s from hard manual labor.
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Not going to say I'm broken, but after installing wood floors in my younger years, I had a back surgery (herniated disc from repetitive bending), carpal tunnel and tendinitis in my left arm, and knees that swell up if I crawl around on the floor for very long.
Yikes. I helped install maybe 200 square feet tongue-and-groove hardwood flooring once, and I was achy and sore for a week. Our bodies just aren't meant to move in such ways.
I thought this thread was about retiring to Montana, tells you what I daydream about.
The problem with Montana is the grizzlies. **** those guys.
I know a lot of dairy farmers that don't move around well that are his age. They worked really hard their whole lives.
I am sure my knees will need to replaced at some point in my life from working with hogs.
My great-grandpa stood at a 45 degree angle from his waist to his head after the age of 70 after building basements, fireplaces, rock-retaining walls, etc for most of his life.
Lot's of people are in the same place you are, Joe, and they weren't paid millions of dollars to do their work.
I am sure my knees will need to replaced at some point in my life from working with hogs.
My great-grandpa stood at a 45 degree angle from his waist to his head after the age of 70 after building basements, fireplaces, rock-retaining walls, etc for most of his life.
Lot's of people are in the same place you are, Joe, and they weren't paid millions of dollars to do their work.
Joe's son Nate played quarterback for a small West Virginia school, West Virginia Wesleyan, at the same time my niece was there. One day my sister sends me a random text "Joe Montana is looking really old" Then a follow up text that they were sitting by him at a football game on parents weekend.
I know "cool story brah"
I know "cool story brah"
Too bad. He was a great player. I don't think I would let my kid play football until there is more on concussions. Pretty scary the amount of depression these guys suffer from. Although, Jim McMahon is feeling better now that he is off opiates and onto the wacky weedickus.