Re: distance varies with excitement level.

My 2 cents for all you dribblers.
Imagine your prostate gland and penis as an ear syringe.
If the syringe is full of liquid and you squeeze it, it will shoot a few feet. If the syringe is nearly empty, it will only dribble out or squirt a couple inches no matter how hard you squeeze it..which is why Kegals don't always work.
As you get older, the quantity ejaculated is less. Your body makes less semen. Couple that with a possible vasectomy where sperm are absorbed by the blood,instead of being sent eventually to the prostate to add more quantity... so the total quantity could be real low. Also, the valves that keep an erection hard may leak a little allowing blood to leave the penis so it isn't as hard as it once was.. (The big three sex enhancers make those valves work the way they used to.)
And there is also a common problem of seminal leakage where semen leaks out of the prostate prematurely. ( not talking about pre-cum)
So, if you are approaching or past 40, it's life. You can't fight it. Maybe a little more foreplay will build up the quantity. Or sex enhancers might help. Other than that, there is not much you can do.
For all those who wondered.....Holmes was not a gunfighter...he was a p 0 r no star. He was well endowed, had thousands of partners and could really shoot, but died of AIDS.