The 4WD is apparently still the same, so say the Subaru experts. It's a combination of mild hybrid and gasoline, from 2021. It's two years old, I bought it used, originates from Germany, had only 24.000 km on clock when bought, now it has 1.000 km more.

Again; very nice choice. Great family car I presume

Yeah, so far I'm satisfied! Thanks Acadian and mirocu.

Spiffy set of new wheels Lopov. I am surprised you did not give us a Lopov shot, looking straight at it from the front.

Thanks!

To the best of my recollection, my last personal-photo contribution here occurred back in 2015. That set's most recent image was taken 1998, prior to my near-half-year battle with pneumonia at century's turn, certainly nowhere near those health events occurring during 2008/9 that led to my adoption of the "Decrepit" moniker. No more recent photos of myself exist, aside from those few gracing various official IDs.

Until now . . .

I recently bought an el-cheapo digital camera. Its controls are cumbersome. I'm not yet comfortable with, or fully knowledgeable about, them. Despite that, I elected to attempt a few images of myself, shot with a bathroom wall as background and the camera attached to a tripod sitting atop the bathroom sink. Can't get more glamorous than that! Composition and skin tones aren't the best (far too much red), but then neither is the subject matter. Still, it gives a reasonably accurate idea of what I look like these days (except I have legs and feet and a backside in real-life).

An item of non-interest: The blue undershirt I wear was bought at the same time as the gray undershirt seen in (link) my 1988 photo (link). Being able to fit into those again is a recent phenomenon, a result of dietary changes and a steady exercise regimen.

Enough dilly-dally. Here it is: (link) Portrait of Decrepit at 72 (link)

Nice shot, Decrepit, and I'd say you're aging pretty darn well! Even at its best though getting old is not for sissies.

Awesome pics! Nothing "decrepit" about you in these, lol.

You don't Decrepit at all! I hope I look that good at 72.

Just returned from The Asylum. The "real world" seems to be lacking colour...

Very cool!

OMG, that is AWESOME!!!! But look; you got a pic of Mirocu in there!!!


https://assets.mylocal.co.uk/news_posts/169...023-SS-0044.jpg

Oh yes, he makes a regular appearance, don't think we didn't notice, Mirocu! We've been going since 2016, minus the Covid era.

Thought I could go there incognito

Hey, I thought it's supposed to be spring now!

Hey, you can see the ground through the snow! Spring for sure.

Current pics of the road please!

The road leading up to the cottage, or which road do you mean?


Also, nice to see you, mALXie

The road you personally made through the woods out of crushed bricks. (and thank you!)

I guess you mean the road leading up to the cottage, i.e car road/driveway (not just tractor/ATV road), then this is the most recent one from early winter last year.

The link isn't working ...

It works for me so I don't know what to do

It came up now, may have been my computer. What Horsepower was your little 'Cavator? You sure did a lot of land clearing and shaping with that little thing!!!

That I did. This thing was remarkable with how much it was actually capable of. Don't know the horsepower but it was a Volvo 1,5 ton.

It's summer, guys!

Firewood progression

Also; cake

Yay!

To keep myself honest, and add an incentive to continue my current diet and exercise routines, I have decided to take a photo of myself at roughly the same time each year, for posting online. (link)Here is this year's photo(link), captured yesterday, 2024-07-26, at the same location as last year's photo.

Between photos, I suffered two fitness / health setbacks. The first occurred mid Nov 2023 when I messed up my neck while removing high branches off a tree situated very near a front corner of the house. The left side (of my neck) healed on its own within a few months. The right side still bothers me. The second occurred two days prior to Xmas when I braved a walk in cold, windy weather and got caught in unforecast rain. That escapade ultimately led to a five-day hospital stay, most of it in ICU, with antibiotics being continuously pumped into me via IV to rid me of a nasty Pneumonia infection.

Despite it all, I keep soldiering on after my fashion, getting in 2.5mile exercise-walks six days a week when possible and three "heavy" resistance/weight sessions per week plus three "lite" sessions. The amount of weight I can lift is pathetically small. I suspect the truly fit amongst us will consider what I lift not worth the bother. Still, I do what I can, figuring a little is better than nothing at all.

Hang in there, Decrepit. You're doing great!

Summer

Winter

Don't be letting Reaper go shooting any of his arsenal at that nice looking shed you've worked so hard on!

Of course not, I wouldn't do it myself


Took that pic today btw. So it's very recent.