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Go Back 20 Years? #7728412
11/27/22 05:47 PM
11/27/22 05:47 PM
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Idaho, Lemhi County
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Gulo Offline OP
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I want to go back twenty years. Not only would I be healthy, more importantly, I could sit, preferably with a good glass of whiskey and a mellow campfire, and I could chew the fat with good friends that are now dead and gone. I could learn from their accumulated wisdom. I could chuckle with their wit. I could learn from their life lessons. I guess I'm feeling nostalgic. I suppose this is a wake-up call to get in touch with a few old-timers who, unfortunately, ain't gonna be around forever.

This post is not designed to be a downer. Hopefully it'll remind you of a few buds that are gone, and the good times you had.

Last edited by Gulo; 11/27/22 05:50 PM.

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728422
11/27/22 05:55 PM
11/27/22 05:55 PM
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If we could only do things over again grin

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728425
11/27/22 06:07 PM
11/27/22 06:07 PM
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Im just finishing up my time machine. Few tweaks yet. Ill let u know.

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728494
11/27/22 07:26 PM
11/27/22 07:26 PM
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South central Minnesota.
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I often think of those who have gone. A few regrets, too. Never met my dad's parents. Met my mom's parents once when I was 5. No parents or siblings left. Some friends gone.
Can't change any of it, though.


For the most part, I am a victim of my own decisions.
Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728495
11/27/22 07:27 PM
11/27/22 07:27 PM
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Montana ,Rocky Mtns.
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Jack. There are a plethora of things I would do differently, if I could go back some decades. I know just what I would do, and with whom.

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728498
11/27/22 07:33 PM
11/27/22 07:33 PM
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Interior Alaska
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Every day

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728506
11/27/22 07:39 PM
11/27/22 07:39 PM
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Newark, Ohio 83 years
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Oh how true... 20 years ago day... I would still have 2.5 months until I retired.

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: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728530
11/27/22 08:04 PM
11/27/22 08:04 PM
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20 years ago I just turned 11 6 days before 9/11. I watched the twin towers get smoked on TV with my dad in Ft Huachuca. My dad was always gone before that, but I saw him a few times the next 8 years as deployment after deployment happened. Im good on going back 20, I made mistakes, but I also did pretty good. My only regret is that I didnt start trapping when I started hunting, would have been so much better. Ignorance is bliss though.

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7728632
11/27/22 09:41 PM
11/27/22 09:41 PM
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Yeah! I been doing that lately. Thinking back 20, 30,40 years! Back then, everyone is going to live forever! Had time to do more things I wanted, and had the strength and energy to do it! If I knew what I know now, then! I would have spent more time with family and friends.

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7729150
11/28/22 04:58 PM
11/28/22 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Gulo
I want to go back twenty years. Not only would I be healthy, more importantly, I could sit, preferably with a good glass of whiskey and a mellow campfire, and I could chew the fat with good friends that are now dead and gone. I could learn from their accumulated wisdom. I could chuckle with their wit. I could learn from their life lessons. I guess I'm feeling nostalgic. I suppose this is a wake-up call to get in touch with a few old-timers who, unfortunately, ain't gonna be around forever.

This post is not designed to be a downer. Hopefully it'll remind you of a few buds that are gone, and the good times you had.



In a lot of ways you are better off now than you were 20 years ago. Think.........Miss Lisa compared to Gollum ! laugh


I seem to remember that glass of whiskey around the mellow campfire..........chewing the fat with you. Someone ( you I suspect) threw a sleeping bag over my head and I woke up the next day on a snow machine seat in the snow.

Just remember that a lot of those " old timers" would like to sit down with you too ! I was sitting in Providence Hospital last week with a needle in my arm talking to a complete stranger. As it turned out she is one of many who admire your experience and accomplishments. As you know Alaska is a small place and everyone knows everyone else. Your name came up among many others. She asked for your email address and I gave it to her. Of course it turned out that we each knew the other but had never met face to face.

There are more 'old timers' out there than we know


Mean As Nails
Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7729163
11/28/22 05:11 PM
11/28/22 05:11 PM
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Goodness, my hands wouldn't let me type all I miss. I think about the old days often. One thing I do miss is hunting season with the old crew. I'm the last of the Mohicans now.


I wonder if tap dancers walk into a room, look at the floor, and think, I'd tap that. I wonder about things.....
Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: white17] #7729165
11/28/22 05:13 PM
11/28/22 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by white17
Originally Posted by Gulo
I want to go back twenty years. Not only would I be healthy, more importantly, I could sit, preferably with a good glass of whiskey and a mellow campfire, and I could chew the fat with good friends that are now dead and gone. I could learn from their accumulated wisdom. I could chuckle with their wit. I could learn from their life lessons. I guess I'm feeling nostalgic. I suppose this is a wake-up call to get in touch with a few old-timers who, unfortunately, ain't gonna be around forever.

This post is not designed to be a downer. Hopefully it'll remind you of a few buds that are gone, and the good times you had.



In a lot of ways you are better off now than you were 20 years ago. Think.........Miss Lisa compared to Gollum ! laugh


I seem to remember that glass of whiskey around the mellow campfire..........chewing the fat with you. Someone ( you I suspect) threw a sleeping bag over my head and I woke up the next day on a snow machine seat in the snow.

Just remember that a lot of those " old timers" would like to sit down with you too ! I was sitting in Providence Hospital last week with a needle in my arm talking to a complete stranger. As it turned out she is one of many who admire your experience and accomplishments. As you know Alaska is a small place and everyone knows everyone else. Your name came up among many others. She asked for your email address and I gave it to her. Of course it turned out that we each knew the other but had never met face to face.

There are more 'old timers' out there than we know



Hey, if you are going to be giving out phone numbers to all the cute ladies you could at least give them mine! Geez...........


I have nothing clever to put here.





Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7729167
11/28/22 05:14 PM
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If you go back 20 years, take me with you. I'm stuck right here.

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: 160user] #7729181
11/28/22 05:32 PM
11/28/22 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 160user





Hey, if you are going to be giving out phone numbers to all the cute ladies you could at least give them mine! Geez...........



I think there are laws against that type of thing.......False advertising comes to mind.


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Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7729286
11/28/22 07:35 PM
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white17 -

Dang! I was thinkin' 20 years ago would have been just fine. Actually, Gollum, the first wife, went away 32 years ago. You got me really wondering who you met in Los Anchorage...


Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7729859
11/29/22 10:09 AM
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Some people say if they had it to do over again they would not change a thing .Well I made enough mistakes that I would certainly want to change some of them. And yes there are those people that impacted my life and I just wish I would have listened to them more closely when they where trying to teach me things they already know I should know . But I THINK WE ALL SOMETIMES MISS THE FACT THAT WE ; the ones that are old by the standards of young kids quickly growing into young adults have much to give to those willing to listen and learn .We can mentor young kids and even older people that want to learn .And we can influence others to get involved in outdoor activities such as hunting and trapping . In other words we can be the same to someone as you are speaking of when you want to return to someone that did that for you .

Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: DWC] #7729864
11/29/22 10:15 AM
11/29/22 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by DWC
Im just finishing up my time machine. Few tweaks yet. Ill let u know.

Please do


NRA and NTA Life Member
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Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7730031
11/29/22 02:13 PM
11/29/22 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Gulo
white17 -

Dang! I was thinkin' 20 years ago would have been just fine. Actually, Gollum, the first wife, went away 32 years ago. You got me really wondering who you met in Los Anchorage...



B. Lenart


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Re: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7730049
11/29/22 02:48 PM
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20 years ago, like all of us, I had no clue of what the future would bring. One thing for me is I am still here and creating havoc on the ones I love…lol

On a serious note, longevity can have several consequences. Loss of friends and also memory. The last 20 years the world has changed and it’s up to each of us to accept or reject or just forget!


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: Go Back 20 Years? [Re: Gulo] #7730061
11/29/22 03:04 PM
11/29/22 03:04 PM
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Dang it...20 years ago I was still old. I had just retired and not much has changed with me since then except aging and losing friends who seem to pass away regularly. Now, If I could only go back 50 years, that would be fun.


I'm just happy to be here! Today I'm as young as I'll ever be and and older than I've ever been before!
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