No Profanity *** No Flaming *** No Advertising *** No Anti Trappers ***NO POLITICS
No Non-Target Catches *** No Links to Anti-trapping Sites *** No Avoiding Profanity Filter


Home~Trap Talk~ADC Forum~Trap Shed~Wilderness Trapping~International Trappers~Fur Handling

Auction Forum~Trapper Tips~Links~Gallery~Basic Sets~Convention Calendar~Chat~ Trap Collecting Forum

Trapper's Humor~Strictly Trapping~Fur Buyers Directory~Mugshots~Fur Sale Directory~Wildcrafting~The Pen and Quill

Trapper's Tales~Words From The Past~Legends~Archives~Kids Forum~Lure Formulators Forum~ Fermenter's Forum


~~~ Dobbins' Products Catalog ~~~


Minnesota Trapline Products
Please support our sponsor for the Trappers Talk Page - Minnesota Trapline Products


Print Thread
Hop To
3 More Friends Gone... #7719475
11/16/22 09:22 PM
11/16/22 09:22 PM
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,683
Newark, Ohio 83 years
Actor Offline OP
trapper
Actor  Offline OP
trapper

Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 6,683
Newark, Ohio 83 years
Wow! I had 3 friends so far this week that have died. It seems like this is going to be the norm for me from now on. The older we get the more we lose until either you go, or you run out of friends.

Rest in Peace brothers...

Garry-


“Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.”

Have been trapping 77 years…
Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719479
11/16/22 09:25 PM
11/16/22 09:25 PM
Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 25,692
nm
A
adam m Offline
trapper
adam m  Offline
trapper
A

Joined: Feb 2014
Posts: 25,692
nm
Sorry for losses. Praying for you.

Been there way too many times

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719483
11/16/22 09:34 PM
11/16/22 09:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,180
Priest River, Idaho USA
S
SundanceMtnMan Offline
trapper
SundanceMtnMan  Offline
trapper
S

Joined: Feb 2017
Posts: 2,180
Priest River, Idaho USA
My mom has run out of friends, it is so sad. I think I would rather go sooner.


"They Say Nothing is Impossible,
But, I Do Nothing Every Day."
Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719493
11/16/22 09:47 PM
11/16/22 09:47 PM
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,864
Indiana
P
Providence Farm Offline
trapper
Providence Farm  Offline
trapper
P

Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,864
Indiana
Wow you have a lot of friends. If I lost 3 I would only have 2 left. But I don't use the term friends lightly.

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719538
11/16/22 10:29 PM
11/16/22 10:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,341
Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...
Jtrapper Offline
trapper
Jtrapper  Offline
trapper

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 21,341
Alabama (Bama for short) 108 y...
My grandfather told me the worst part about getting old was all his friends were gone, he was about 72 then and I was 15 so to me he was old as the hills, lol. My brother just turned 70 yesterday and it doesn't seem as old as it did back then.


Not my circus, not my clowns.
Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719544
11/16/22 10:36 PM
11/16/22 10:36 PM
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 3,829
KY.usa
rex123 Offline
trapper
rex123  Offline
trapper

Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 3,829
KY.usa
I know what you mean. The list keeps getting shorter.

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: rex123] #7719561
11/16/22 10:53 PM
11/16/22 10:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 7,112
Three Lakes,WI 72
C
corky Offline
trapper
corky  Offline
trapper
C

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 7,112
Three Lakes,WI 72
Originally Posted by rex123
I know what you mean. The list keeps getting shorter.

x2

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719622
11/17/22 12:39 AM
11/17/22 12:39 AM
Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 2,363
Interior Alaska
O
Oh Snap Offline
trapper
Oh Snap  Offline
trapper
O

Joined: Feb 2021
Posts: 2,363
Interior Alaska
When you start outliving your doctors your old!


I love the smell of burning spruce---I love the sound of a spring time goose---I love the feel of 40 below---from my trapline I will never go!
Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719630
11/17/22 01:12 AM
11/17/22 01:12 AM
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,912
Idaho Falls, ID
G
Grandpa Trapper Offline
trapper
Grandpa Trapper  Offline
trapper
G

Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 4,912
Idaho Falls, ID
At 75 I lost many friends and relatives including cousins. It gets lonelier and lonelier as time goes by until it’s my turn.

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719648
11/17/22 02:42 AM
11/17/22 02:42 AM
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,489
Moved to Fbks, Ak.
M
martentrapper Offline
trapper
martentrapper  Offline
trapper
M

Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 3,489
Moved to Fbks, Ak.
Make new friends. Preferably other trappers. Happens to us all!

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719674
11/17/22 05:56 AM
11/17/22 05:56 AM
Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,165
Eau Claire Wi
Trap Setter Offline
trapper
Trap Setter  Offline
trapper

Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 4,165
Eau Claire Wi
Sorry for your loss Actor, I can't imagine losing that many friends in such a short time.


Life sure is tough when you don't learn from the mistakes of others.
Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: martentrapper] #7719675
11/17/22 05:57 AM
11/17/22 05:57 AM
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 584
KY
L
learch Offline
trapper
learch  Offline
trapper
L

Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 584
KY
Originally Posted by martentrapper
Make new friends. Preferably other trappers. Happens to us all!


X2

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719691
11/17/22 06:27 AM
11/17/22 06:27 AM
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 13,964
Michigan
T
Trapper Dahlgren Offline
trapper
Trapper Dahlgren  Offline
trapper
T

Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 13,964
Michigan
yes reach out to younger people teach them what you know

Re: 3 More Friends Gone... [Re: Actor] #7719695
11/17/22 06:32 AM
11/17/22 06:32 AM

M
Mark June
Unregistered
Mark June
Unregistered
M



Sorry for your losses Gary.
As one who supports people during funeral and memorial services, I observe that people who live alone typically die alone, and those who've built a lifetime of friends typically have quite a few around them as they take their last breaths (except during covid). As followers of Christ, we are all members of the body of Christ, so we come alongside each other during times that are wonderful and during times that are hard. I'm a pastor involved in ministry care in a church in a small community in northern lower Michigan right now, and they walk together though life about as well as any church I've ever attended. Praise God.

Gary, get yourself to church and make friends of those who'll you see for a very, very long time indeed sir.
As it was meant to be when Christ began gathering His people, to walk together through "thick and thin."


Blessings,
Mark

Previous Thread
Index
Next Thread