No doubt. It does shed some light on how older folks feel and are treated though. God's light, as always, is the real answer here. If any of y'all feeling invisible are in north Alabama, shoot me a PM and we'll go hit the back roads and enjoy life. I've got a truck, Coleman stove and a good 22 rifle. That's the good life.

To some it's sad to others it's nirvana.

That’s a very powerful post and I understand where you are coming from.

You’re not invisible to me RK. You should be glad I don’t live any closer or I’d be over there all the time aggravating the heck out of you.

my thoughts exactly. Sounds like many of us are in the same boat

I’ve always thought there’s a lot of power in being invisible. Kinda like it’s easy to kill a turkey when you know where he roosts. I don’t have a mailbox and you won’t see any “welcome” signs where my wife and I live. I like being offshore, sitting by a tree hunting something, or in the pasture next to my cows drinking a cold beer. I have close friends but we’re always working cows/horses or breaking ground together. I’m sure my lifestyle will change once I have kids. I’m a people person I just like to have a place to get away for the most part

[/b]There is a lot to dissect in this thread. Some feel "invisible." Some want to be "invisible." Some want to meet all kinds of new friends/people and this intrinsically brings people to them. Some feel they don't fit in this world. Some feel all alone in a room full of people. Some feel as McAuthor once quoted a song, "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away." Some feel since they don't have authority, now their influence has shrunk thus their circle has shrunk. Then, the one huge statement,[b] "So you become invisible. You have no value- you simply do not matter anymore."[i][/i][u][/u]

We have a lot of older guys maybe girls on here feeling the same way. You all realize a lot of our youth (not just the LGQBT, Karens, democrats) and returning soldiers feel these same feelings you all are mentioning? We can all have these feelings at times from our teens periodically throughout our lives.

Yep, our kids grow up and quit needing us a much. Yep, we retire and so called coworkers that were friends stop calling or reaching out. Yep, we have 4,000 friends on facebook that click like when we post something, but none ever come by the house. Yep, the girls today are crazy, get a life, they have been crazy since the time of Eve, they will still be crazy when the Lord returns. Yep, we don't have the influence we once did when we were ... Yep, kids today do not see the value of "old folks's wisdom", heck most of us didn't listen to our granny's warn us about loose women and alcohol back in the day either." Yep, we have gray hair, a pot belly and can't think or get get around like we used to back in the day, we aren't a rock anymore like Bob Seger sang about.

Everyone, what are we going to do about it? Are we going to embrace it, change it, or wallow in it. It is our choice. There are worse things than being alone in a house shut out from the world, being alone in a crowded room, going through a divorce, shut off from your children, etc. However, those are other stories from other days. Those stories are not what "you" are going through, those are someone else's pains and circumstances.

Dang, what a topic to read about so early in the morning. Roadkill, hopefully from this thread, you can see you are not alone.

Glenn, I met you at Larry’s a couple of years ago when I was working an assignment in Huntsville. I wanted to get by there not only to talk about AR’s but most of all to put a face with a man that post life’s experiences and your wisdom from those experiences. I, and many others on here really appreciate it. But most of all, I appreciate your service to our country in a war were over half of our population didn’t support the sacrifice that you and thousands like you made. You, and others like you, and the members that are now in heaven is what makes/made this site so great and the reason why I can’t seem to stay away. I look forward to seeing you again the next time I’m in town. In the meantime we need more post about the haunted house, the bakery, those outstanding rifles and the camping and float trips in the back waters. Plus wood needs splitting. Hang in there buddy!

This pretty much sums up how I feel. I am convinced I was born 100 years too late. My wife agrees.

I have that skill, otherwise I become so offensive nobody wants to be around me. Both are necessary to keep folks away.

Most of the time I don’t have to worry about it because I’m so much better than other people at most things they are intimidated

You should have that published. That was beautifully written. You have no doubt conveyed how many people have felt and will feel during their lives.

There you go again, making new friends everytime you turn around.

Especially modesty I’m sure, hahaha

I don’t have a modest bone

Yet here you are. I thought you went to the Ukraine

Lot of truth in the original post. I read it an hour ago and watching the sun go down and was still thinking about it. I see some of it at 60, but I can also see it through my Dads 84 year old eyes.

I was gonna comment on this earlier but couldn’t see it.

I'm the same way from reading your other comments also.some people appreciate it how I am mainly my immediate family and some of the people I work with (a few)

Me and my wife both say pretty regularly we like older people much better and I think a lot when I get around older people what all they've seen in their lifetime and how much knowledge these people have we take for granted.

I have to remind myself sometimes there are a lot of older guys on forums also and those are the ones I don't want to argue or chest bump with.just out of respect but you don't know people are older sometimes till you've made a arse of yourself.lol but you don't know cause a lot of older guys don't share there wisdom but probably not wanting to argue with some cocky fella

I went to one of bamashooters f-class matches there was a few older guys there that could barely carry there heavy bull barrel truck axle barreled rifles to the shooting position but those were the ones that outshoot everyone except the young ones that do matches every single weekend all over the country.

There's probably several of us gun guys on here that would be good friends in person.i know there's a lot that appreciate your post roadkill

Roadkill I met my closest friend after a morning hunt I was walking down dirt road on public land and there's a guy standing there wearing army fatigues in woodland camo and driving a f 150 that was painted in woodland camo standing there with an AK on his side.

So I walked up to him and he says I've been standing here for weeks with this rifle to keep people out of my spot and your the only person that's been brave enough to come and talk to me.lol

So we talk and he says look what I got he goes and gets a Israeli 98k out of his truck we've been good friends for about 23yrs now and he lives up your way now

becoming antisocial just comes with age, it's only a matter of how hard you try not to. I probably should get out there and start making friends again too.