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You know how kids are Fred. If they can't push a button, they're sunk. Probably couldn't find the way to their kitchen with a topo map and compass.I was teaching my Grandson orienteering last summer. We navigated our way through tthe woods with topo map and compass. He loved it and learned a skill that doesn't require batteries Rg
Never thought I'd be an old fart at 56, three stents, one hip replaced and the other hip scheduled to be done in March, I stumble along on the ice and at work. A buddy told me back in the fall when we were looking at the annual salmon idiot fest from the observation deck in Pulaski- time to shut it down t work and life. He'd just retired, but still picks and chooses his jobs, ya can't ever let it all go and become a couch potatoes when you've busted tail all your life .
Count me in...I am also going to enter my "younger" cousin. He is only 71 but he is out a couple times a week. I give him a ton of credit. He lost a leg in a motorcycle accident a few years ago. He called me from the ice yesterday said he was whipped after cutting 5 holes so I guess he is an Old Fart....h2l
I am not an old Fart....yet!
I am an old fart at 62. I still try to act like I'm 18, but I can't pull the sled as far.I don't drill as many holes, I tend to stay put longer in one spot than I should. I don't bring coffee anymore because it make s me have to pee. I tend to fish more on nice days. I don't need reading glasses, I need magnifying glasses to tie on jigs. And I bring too much stuff for comfort which makes the sled heavier.But I still love ice fishing so much that I will continue until I physically can't do it anymore or, more likely, until I become too feeble-minded to remember where and why I'm going.I have been lucky enough to be able to fish with my son and pass on some things I have learned. My grandson is next and will be generation number 3. I think it's important to pass on our skills and traditions to the young folks. I'm also lucky to have some close ice fishing friends that I have met on this site, (RG, Retired ECO, etc.) and I will be spending more ice fishing time with them next Jan when I retire.We are a unique group of people who enjoy a great sport and I hope that all of us old farts get to spend many more years on the ice. Peace.packerbacker
65 and still alive . Talk about stupid choo choo. I got tired of the pull cord, no reverse machine so I picked up a faster modern model with all the Hoo haas. First thing I did was gun it in reverse and me and the machine flew out at at least 20 mph right through my neighbors picket fence! I am still recovering