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I can blame the lug nuts, but I?m pretty sure I?m getting feeble. 
Today I reconfigured my hitch for the camper from the Silverado to the Yukon I inherited from Dad. They are both ?09s, but the truck has 170,000 miles and the Yukon only has 59,000. But anyway...
i was loosening the nuts holding the ball to the drop and thinking, "Who put this on here?!?" Then I remembered. It was a fat guy before he lost all his weight. I got them loose, but it was more work than I care to contemplate. Protein and weights - after we get home from visiting the little monsters.
Thanks, Don. The last young lady I tried to help with a flat tire screamed at me and told me to stop talking to her because she didn't like strangers talking to her. All I said was, "Hey, your tire is flat". And my wife was standing right there with me so it wasn't even like I was trying to hit on her or something. I wouldn't want to be young again either, unless I could take my experience with me. And maybe not even then.
Yeah, I'm in the best shape I've been in for many years too, but I've lost more muscle than I care for. Since it coincides with my WLS I'll blame that - at least for now.
Number 1: Nice to see a gentleman who will stop to help a damsel in distress. 
Women complain that chivalry is dead. I explain to them it is not dead just rusty needing the occasional squirt of "Water Displacement Formula 40".
Number 2: At 56 I'm not too far behind you heading into geezerhood. Depending on how the lug nuts were put on, by hand or impact gun, I have issues getting them lose too. Using those skimpy ass tire tools that come with cars does not help either. Especially the bull**** scissors jacks! 
Number 3: The "young bucks" may out preform us physically but I would not want to be in their shoes, 20's and 30's, now days! Starting careers, kids, relationships etc. There are some advantages to being teetering on the edge of geezerhood!
Yesterday I stopped along the road to help a young lady in distress. Her tire had gone flat, and she had no jack and no spare. Her boyfriend arrived shortly after I did, and we proceeded to use my jack to change her tire using my spare, as we had the same make of car.
I applied the manufacturer's tiny lug wrench with all my might. I am (have been) extrordinarily strong all my life. It would not budge. Her 20 year old boyfriend cautioned me to "not strain myself". Then he got the lugs loose!!! He was apologetic. I was embarrassed. This was a first for me.
I am just a few months away from geezerhood. In October I will turn 60. I am not ready to roll over for some young buck just yet. I am upping my protein and starting in on some serious weight lifting. I may be old, but I am not ready to be feeble yet.
Thank you. Yeah, they keep me moving, all of them. And when they all arrive together, it will be dogpile on Papaw. I love it.
Start of 6 month pre-op diet (2/14): 320 lbs.
5/29: 287 lbs.
6/11: 285 lbs.
Surprised I lost 2 lbs because I reverted back to some bad eating habits in the past 2 weeks and didn't exercise as much as I have been.
This week I am back on track with diet and exercise. I am now at my lowest weight in 5 years. I would really like to lose about 10 more lbs. before surgery. Which considering that might not be until October, I should be able to achieve it.
Very sad .. Too bad he didn't opt for WLS during his life, but then maybe he figured if he lost a lot of weight it might adversely affect his singing voice:
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Enjoy the grands et al. Down 218 pounds - Outstanding! 
Better health is what WLS is all about.
