Inspiration.

FLATHEAD

FLATHEAD

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Hit the lake early 5:30 AM. One boat there before me launching. Was an older guy. Obviously moving slow but launched no problem. Two hours into my outing I was moving to another spot and hit something hard at 22 MPH in 20 feet of water. Decided to take out and take a look see. After I loaded up the old guy came in pulled his boat out. 16 foot wide aluminum Lund side console. I walked over and struck up a conversation. Came to find out he is 88 years old. Amazing he is still getting it done solo at that age. Guy fishes two three days a week. I found that to be a huge inspiration. Had a nice conversation about lakes we have both fished.
Only got one today but made a friend.

My boat was fine.
 
dingbat

dingbat

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FLATHEAD said:
I guess at 66 I’m an old guy now, but that guy had 22 years on me.
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Age is a number.....you're only as old as you act....

I turned 68 back in March. Mrs. Dingbat tells me all the time I'm too old to be doing that...lol.

I've slowed down a bit, but was in overdrive most my life. The worst part is finding someone my age to hang out with. Most my age are either "old" or have health issues.
 
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Mc Tool

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Yeah , I have found myself thinking several times " I hope Im doing as well as that guy when I get to his age" and with that in mind I have been eating less and doing more physical stuff. My goal this winter is to be able to walk 1km on my tin leg without needing crutches .....I can get 400m with the crutches now .
😁 I have lost 12kg and now the bloody leg keeps falling off 😆.
 
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tphoyt

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I was talking with a guy yesterday about one of our swimming docks at work. We have stair cases that go in the water as the shore line is very rocky and hard to walk on. We lost one in a storm last fall so I have to build a new one. The guy I was talking to was putting in a regular extension ladder to get out until I get it done.
He suggested I just use a ladder but I know the younger people and even the kids will complain if there are no stairs. This guy is 84 and happy with a regular ladder and is swimmg in water that is still in the 60’s. I don’t think I will
make it 84 but if I do I hope to be like that.
 
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Pmt133

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Dad was doing alright until the fusions in his back. Granted he's young but the men in our family don't make it much into their 70s. I try to not totally kill myself and hope the degenerative disk stuff crops up later on. He was around 35 when he really needed it and made it to 56 before they had to do the fusions. He gave up on the jetskis last year because of it.
 
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