I must be getting old
#11
Making some built in bookcases for the basement and went to Menards to get some Tigerply prefinished 3/4" ply for the cases. Holy cow, I could barely get them off the shelf and loaded in the cart, they were a lot heavier than any other plywood I have lifted in the past, more like MDF but it had a plywood kerf core.

I was so happy when I got them broken down, a lot easier to move around. I feel like they changed something in the core, I dont remember the sheets being that heavy, I must be getting old.
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#12
Yep, I just turned 62 and have been throwing some sheets around as well that seem to be made of lead. 

Can't be that I'm older and out of shape.
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#13
I bought a sheet of plywood from HD and had them rip it roughly in half so it would be easier to pack down to the house.  I could have done a cleaner job with an ax. 
Mad  I don't know how long the blade has been in their panel saw, but I wouldn't be surprised if it is original with the store.  That's what I get for being lazy.  Next time I'll cut it myself in the driveway.
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#14
it has to be the new lead based glue sheets are getting heavier
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#15
I'm 72 and my 20V drills have increased in weight. Not that my youthful age has anything to do with it! 
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Jim
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#16
I recently ran across some melamine board for $15 per sheet. They were advertised as 4'x10'. When they loaded them (with a fudge lift) one of them was 5'x10'. I had a friend help me unload but I needed 3 friends.
BAT

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#17
Can't be us getting older....

Went rabbit hunting last winter, the darn things have gotten faster than they used to be.


Sarcasm

Ed
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#18
I'm almost 64.  Things I've noticed in the last few years:

Font size is smaller on practically everything I have to read.
People speak more softly than they used to.
Nobody sees the same colors I do.  They are all blind.
Everybody else's memory is failing.  They certainly don't remember the same things I do.

It can't be me that's changing.  Probably everyone else.
Still Learning,

Allan Hill
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#19
(05-19-2020, 06:17 AM)AHill Wrote: Everybody else's memory is failing.  They certainly don't remember the same things I do.

It can't be me that's changing.  Probably everyone else.

Well, count me as one of them.  I can't remember when I started forgetting......
Credo Elvem ipsum etiam vivere
Non impediti ratione cogitationis
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#20
Yeah, what happened to those days when we could throw bales of hay all day long. Have contests as to who could throw a bale the highest to top off the wagon , go party half the night and then get up with the chickens and do it all over again. 

Al
Some people are like a Slinky. Not really good for anything but still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.

A dead enemy is a peaceful enemy. Blessed are the peacemakers.
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