Not quite the man I once was…..

I was at the folks last night. Two loads of hay showed up from the neighbors to unload. The old man needed help, now mind you I haven’t throw bails in about 10 years. After unloading about 200 bails last night I thought I was about to have a coronary and it became quite apparent that I’m a weak little girl

What the heck happened to me, I still remember the summers of 90′ 91′ where we threw up about 7,000 + bails up each summer. I’m feeling old and decrepid this morning. It’s times like this have me saying what the heck happened to me. I still remind myself that during these trying times that things could be worse. Like being related in any way, shape, or form to folks like Blue Fleck, WF99, Lip Ripper, Bob Bowman, or in a worst case scenario Gary Wellman

I still remind myself that during these trying times that things could be worse. Like being related in any way, shape, or form to folks like Blue Fleck, WF99, Bob Bowman, or in a worst case scenario Gary Wellman

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Mack;

Keep your head up. I know thing look bad now, but with the positive attitude that you have, things will be better in know time.

I know what you mean. A bunch (10) of my friends and I played touch (push down) football a while back and six of them had to call into work the next day because they couldn’t move. (I don’t have a real job so I could still “work”) All I can say is maybe one of us should have suggested stretching out a bit. I think when you hit 30 years old your body starts to implode (or maybe it is the extra 50 pounds I am lugging around).

I agree Mack, things could be worse. Although I can top your fat/soft/lazy story. I golfed on Monday afternoon, couldn’t walk fully upright until this morning. Felt like an old man all week.

My wife has to tie my shoes every morning.

When I read the title to this post, I was thinking that you were going to tell us that the wife was mad at you. The do make a little purple pill for that Mike Now it’s times like this I don’t feel so bad about the rest of us, but I have to be totally honest, I do worry about you….well at least your wife

I think I am going to start calling you E.D.

Mike…just remember…you’re as good once as you ever was.

Kooty…

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couldn’t walk fully upright until this morning

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…so your wife found that #2 iron from the Hunter’s Point Get ToGether, huh?

Sounds like you need a trip in the river pro! That will get the blood pumping again!

Look at this way Mike: Things could be worse, you could be fishing for Bass with Gary today.

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Look at this way Mike: Things could be worse, you could be fishing for Bass with Gary today.

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Nah;
Since he now realized he isn’t the man he thought he was, he might be a little “light in the loafers”.

I’ll pass!

After i put my bifocals on i seen what i thought this post said. Im glad i get to slow down a little and yes now i have an honest reason,,,,,,age! It isn’t so bad now a guy dosen’t have to make excuses. Got a story for ya. Dave across the street was nailing down new shingles on his roof and hes about my age. I was watching him and he hit his finger with the hammer. Instead of yelling right then he stood up, put his arms to side and out some and looked up at the sky and then yelled ooowwwwwww. Hes been through alot and i suppose was too tired to yell right then, probably time delay old age lol.

Well, seeing how Mack found it funny to poke fun at me, let’s see how funny it is when I list the 2 rod & reel combos he left at my house in the classifieds….

E.D ….it seems that you may have opened a can of worms. With Gary’s response, I sure am glad that I did not take you up on the camping trip this weekend. It all sees to be clear now, I guess I just never realized that you were a man!

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Well, seeing how Mack found it funny to poke fun at me, let’s see how funny it is when I list the 2 rod & reel combos he left at my house in the classifieds….

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Well, seeing how Mack found it funny to poke fun at me, let’s see how funny it is when I list the 2 rod & reel combos he left at my house in the classifieds….

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I’ll start the bidding!
24 cans of your favorite beverage, a tin of tobacco, and a copy of your favorite magazine!

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Like being related in any way, shape, or form to folks like Blue Fleck, WF99, Lip Ripper, Bob Bowman, or in a worst case scenario Gary Wellman

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I think you need to get a new spell checker, its spelled B-r-i-a-n-k, not G-a-r-y W-e-l-l-m-a-n

And for not being as young as you once were, I was at a 4 yr olds b-day party and decided that it would be fun to go down the slip-n-slide too. Needless to say, I weigh a little more now than I did last time I played on one of those. A couple of bruised ribs later and some more beer finished off the night for me.

I know how you feel. I started thinking, “How did I live my life when I was 18 – 20?” so I went back to drinking beer and staying up all night. I slept for two weeks then realized I am just getting old. Now I go to bet early, take little blue pills for fun, and just hope I don’t have to wear depends.

Just remember your only as old as you let yourself feel. Play hard, enjoy family, and catch big fish.

dang, i thought it was beacause of this

Mack,

If you were throwing bales every day, in two weeks you’d throwing them around like empty beer cans. You can still do it but it isn’t “automatic” like it was when you were 20. You have to prepare and work at it now. I weigh less and am in better shape now than I was when I was 30, because now I do a lot of heavy work and lifting instead of sitting at a desk.

My Grandma was very wise. She once told me the secret to getting old was that you have to make adjustments . You don’t have to quit doing anything, just make adjustments.

Rootski

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dang, i thought it was beacause of this

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dang, i thought it was beacause of this

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Well, I want to thank you for making me swallow my chew … Is it ok to use that word in this post

That right there is FUNNY

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Well, seeing how Mack found it funny to poke fun at me, let’s see how funny it is when I list the 2 rod & reel combos he left at my house in the classifieds….

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I’ll start the bidding!
24 cans of your favorite beverage, a tin of tobacco, and a copy of your favorite magazine!

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I was thinking, it’d be more fun to get James and his handy digital camera. He could film us cutting those rods up with a sawzall and burning the pieces in a camp fire.

You can still bring the 24 cans of my favorite beverage. We’ll need something to help us along as we laugh at the pretty colors a rod makes as it burns….

Bob please try and stick to the guide lines when posting attchments please use a jpeg format and no more than 450 pix on the largest side. These oversized attachments really throw the theads out of wack.

Thank you for your cooperation

Steve Plantz

I’m thinking of a dremel tool, making the ever so slightest cuts along the rod, so when he gets the chance of a lifetime on breaking his personal record of a 2.5lb bass, he breaks the rod???

Blue, you should pull about 30 feet of line off and cut it. Then spool it back on to the rod and attach a bait. Then when he goes to cast it the bait just keeps going……just like a backlash Right ED

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Blue, you should pull about 30 feet of line off and cut it. Then spool it back on to the rod and attach a bait. Then when he goes to cast it the bait just keeps going……just like a backlash Right ED

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30ft…don’t you think that’s a bit much? I mean we are talking about Alvin“E.D.”Mack aren’t we? I’ve seen him cast. I could probably go in about 10ft and it’d be too much….

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I agree Mack, things could be worse. Although I can top your fat/soft/lazy story. I golfed on Monday afternoon, couldn’t walk fully upright until this morning. Felt like an old man all week.

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Kooty,
Thats is so lame! Sorry buddy, but golf?I went golfing for the third time in my life last week. I wanted to dig my eye out with a spoon on the 5th hole.

I would have expected such a harsh response from BK, but not you buddy. Two pregnancies in two years has added 50lbs to a once healthy frame. Stupid Dairy Queen!!!

I’m glad I’m no the only one who can’t tie thier own shoes

Maybe just maybe if you guys put down your little spinning rods and flippin’ sticks and picked up a REAL outfit you wouldn’t have these ailments
Casting 10lbs of lead and dead fish and then wrestling a 40lb fish that doesn’t like having it’s lip pierced by a 10/o Gamakatsu will keep a guy in good shape.

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Two pregnancies in two years has added 50lbs to a once healthy frame. Stupid Dairy Queen!!!

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I didn’t know you got pregnant Kooty. I hope the kid doesn’t look like Wellman…