An unmistakable sign of age, but...

[MineralMan]

53. You're probably right.

Everyone is different, of course. It's a matter of assessing your own capabilities at any age and staying in a safe zone when making decisions of what to do yourself and what to farm out.

At 60, I'd probably have done that limb removal myself, with a neighbor helping with the non-dangerous stuff. I know how to do it safely, and have done similar jobs many times in the past. At 70, though, I shouldn't.

My wife and I moved from California to Minnesota when I was 59. I loaded the moving truck myself and did all of the work on our CA home before we put it on the market. But, when we got here, I hired three moving crew guys to unload the truck and move everything into our new home. I spent a month loading it before the move. It took them three hours to empty it and bring everything in.

We actually bought a 24' moving truck, used, from UHaul for the move. I sold it here, after we were moved in, to someone else who was doing a cross-country move on their own. Life's a fun trip.