25 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

We sometimes fart too.

 

Oh man.  I’m in.  I have 4 dogs that will help my application as well.

 

is it a plus on my application if the farts are sometimes questioned for texture also

I gotta laugh when I see you younguns posting this stuff. You all are just in the early phases of getting old. You have no idea of what you're in for.

1 minute ago, papajoe222 said:

I gotta laugh when I see you younguns posting this stuff. You all are just in the early phases of getting old. You have no idea of what you're in for.

 

Oh, I know. My dad is 94 and my mom is 90. I've witnessed the ravages of time.

57 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

 

Oh man.  I’m in.  I have 4 dogs that will help my application as well.

 

is it a plus on my application if the farts are sometimes questioned for texture also

Oh boy more liquid that gas....no matter how much you shake and dance the first 3 squirts go in your pants

 

28 minutes ago, DitchPanda said:

Oh boy more liquid that gas....no matter how much you shake and dance the first 3 squirts go in your pants

 

That first fart after a good poop is always a nervous encounter. 

My body says I qualify but my mind says I'm not eligible yet.

I see this thread exposing the realities of aging and yes, never trust a fart.  What is more saddening is having hearing loss so you wouldn’t hear it anyway.  You young folks will see the day when your evening cocktail contains Metamucil.  I use Old Spice and I had a child tell me I smelled like his grandma.  I refused to admit my pickup was gold and referred to it as metallic buckskin.  I had to put on long pants at a family picnic photo because of the glare coming off my shins.  I can’t tell the difference from my scars and my stretch marks.  Getting old isn’t for sissy’s.

6 hours ago, papajoe222 said:

I gotta laugh when I see you younguns posting this stuff. You all are just in the early phases of getting old. You have no idea of what you're in for.

100% correct.

18 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Other than the 1 time fixes, that list repeated itself every day. 😂

I think you are blessed to be able to do all that!

I’ll be 72 this September so I guess I qualify for a couple of “C’s”.

My mind says I’m still in my 40’s but the body has other ideas.  

When I look at my boat and sometimes the thought “Do I wanna?” is heard before “I’m gonna!”, puts me squarely in the CCCC. 

This will be a little shift in direction, but it might be useful: 

 

If you're in the Five C's Club, how do you counter how time has dwindled you?

 

For me, I plan more. For example, when I pull up to my dock in the swamp, which is made of downed and split trees, pallets, and milled oak and is foot higher than my canoe, I think about how I'm going to climb onto that dock. When I was young, I'd just do it and my strength and sense of balance would save me if something went wrong. Now I position my body so that something doesn't go wrong. I use my arms to climb onto my kayak seat, balance on my haunches, and place my arms on my gunnels to help me stand. While standing, I transfer my hands to the milled oak to boost me onto the platform. All this makes a difference when I'm cool, stiff, and wet. 

 

I might sound pathetic doing all of the above, but I'm pretty sure that 90% of America's nearly 69-year olds couldn't do it. 

 

To ascend the bank with all my gear to walk through the woods, I mentally muster the strength. 

 

When our bodies go, our minds matter more and more.

9 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

This will be a little shift in direction, but it might be useful: 

 

If you're in the Five C's Club, how do you counter how time has dwindled you?

 

For me, I plan more. For example, when I pull up to my dock in the swamp, which is made of downed and split trees, pallets, and milled oak and is foot higher than my canoe, I think about how I'm going to climb onto that dock. When I was young, I'd just do it and my strength and sense of balance would save me if something went wrong. Now I position my body so that something doesn't go wrong. I use my arms to climb onto my kayak seat, balance on my haunches, and place my arms on my gunnels to help me stand. While standing, I transfer my hands to the milled oak to boost me onto the platform. All this makes a difference when I'm cool, stiff, and wet. 

 

I might sound pathetic doing all of the above, but I'm pretty sure that 90% of America's nearly 69-year olds couldn't do it. 

 

To ascend the bank with all my gear to walk through the woods, I mentally muster the strength. 

 

When our bodies go, our minds matter more and more.

No doubt.

Alas, as a member of the over 70’s club I recently have resigned myself to ask for assistance while standing to fish. Not proud but my knees and back can’t take hours of sitting anymore.

Please forgive me…..

@Motoboss: What a setup!

Just now, Swamp Girl said:

@Motoboss: What a setup!

Thank you, it’s been a work in progress. The trailer being another addition this year as truck topping has even become more difficult.

70 plus young who nonetheless is now much more cautious of where I walk when bank fishing and the days of walking over rocks when fishing rip rap have become more circumspect. 

 

A man's got to know his limitations.

Dirty Harry Callahan

 

 

I have added a pvc pole that goes on my front seat post to help with balance.  Kayaking has past me by in the last couple of years.

10 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

That first fart after a good poop is always a nervous encounter. 

Approaching this subject delicately, I now consider any breach of containment or depressurization as supplemental propulsion.

To mitigate the effects of aging, I did several things. Not necessarily in order importance:

 

1. Replaced seat in my sit in yak. 
2. Use a coccyx cushion for my boney butt. 
3. Installed a handle to the dash so I can pull myself up to exit. 
4. Use trekking poles to assist in launching & beaching. 
5. Keep a portable urinal within easy reach. 
6. I use a nylon choker strap to help lift my yak onto it’s cart. 

On 5/4/2025 at 12:36 PM, Glenn said:

Just finished up 3, 10-hour days filming with the Elite and MLF pros on their boats....standing all day long in the heat...walking up and down a hill for water/food between breaks while lugging camera equipment...

 

I seemed ok most of the time, but at night...man, my lower legs were on fire!!  They felt 3-feet thick! I had to have a couple of aspirin each night just so I could sleep!!

 

When did THAT start happening??

That's how I felt after a day at Disney in 2010. Feet hurt up to my thighs. Interestingly, we were just in  Ireland. We walked 50+ miles in a week, 10 of it in one day. I didn't feel that way there. I think it's the standing up, standing still that hurts the most. I also averaged 2.5 pints of Guinness a day in Ireland.

17 minutes ago, the reel ess said:

I also averaged 2.5 pints of Guinness a day in Ireland.

 

My takeaway is that Guinness is the Elixir of Eternal Youth. 

4 minutes ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

My takeaway is that Guinness is the Elixir of Eternal Youth. 

Exactly what I was thinking. I really enjoyed having one almost everywhere we went. They just taste better over there.

14 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Oh boy more liquid that gas....no matter how much you shake and dance the first 3 squirts go in your pants

 

UUGGHH!

20 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

Well ill be 42 at the end of the month so while im not old in the traditional sense I do have a bad back and I'm easily irritated so I suppose I qualify.

At 42 you've barely passed puberty;  contact us in another 40 years.