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dtbushpilot
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Growing old in Baja
I used to look forward to growing old some day...taking life easy, slowing down and smelling the cactus, bouncing a grand baby on my knee, maybe doing
a little fishing.......WTF was I thinking?.....
It's easy when you're young to look forward to the future because you are still full of pi$$ and vinegar and assume that you will always have that
indestructible feeling.
I guess my recent leg injury and the feeling that I would soon be just another old guy wearing Depends has given me pause for thought. I talked to my
beautiful wife about my feelings, she reassured me and told me I would always be her alpha.
While that was reassuring it didn't take away the realization that I probably only have another 15 or 20 productive years left. That made me think
about all the stuff I have laying around in 3 homes in 2 countries. What's going to become of all that crap? Will the kids just get rid of it at an
estate sale? Will they fight over it and grow to hate each other because of it? Should I really care, I will be dead after all.
I asked my sweetheart what she would want me to do with her stuff if she should go first. She seemed a little annoyed at the thought but said "oh, I
don't care, do what you want with it, it's just stuff, I won't have any more use for it".
I waited for her to ask me what I wanted her to do with my stuff but she didn't, she didn't seem to be enjoying the topic of conversation. Easy for
her, she wasn't almost killed by a runaway quad.
I thought about it for a while and realized that I really didn't have any material possessions that are special to me except maybe my fishing gear.
With that thought in mind and apparently not much else I said to my darling "if I go first the first thing I want you to do is sell all my fishing
gear". "Why would you want me to do that" she replied. I thought for a moment on how I should reply....perhaps I should have thought a bit
longer....."I figure if I die you will remarry and I don't want some a$$hole using my fishing gear" was what came out....I was hoping I hadn't
actually said it out loud but as I had already had a couple of glasses of wine I was relatively certain that I had.
She smiled sweetly stroked my arm and replied "what makes you think I'd marry another a$$hole"?.......she always knows just what to say......dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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irenemm
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we don't have any fishing gear but we do have an a$$hole.
that is just to funny
thanks for the laugh
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krafty
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Very funny dt! Went thru an 8.2 quake on Guam and that is when you realize it is only "just stuff"
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Beachgirl
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George Carlin's schtick about "stuff, stuff and more stuff" was great. You have a valid point, DT...I mean about Jill being on point.
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Russ
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Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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dtutko1
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Good story! As we baby boomers reach old age these thoughts are enevitable to some (mostly men?). A little truth makes a funny story even better.
Dorado Don
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capt. mike
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can i have your plane??
good one. so true.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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heike
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Love it! Thanks for sharing.....
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Osprey
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dt, I went through that the other way around. I was working for a cab company in Las Vegas just before I bailed out. The owner was a widow whose
husband was an avid deep sea fishermen and she just couldn't bring herself to sell his gear. I talked and cajoled and waited and finally she sold me
the stuff to bring down here. His payback is that he carved his name in every rod and reel to remind me that I really don't own the gear. I might now
carve my name next to his just to get to user/renter/barratero #3. That's what I love about retirement in Baja >> you have all the time in the
world to worry about prentend-silly-should-woulda-coulda.
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woody with a view
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i promise not to marry her if i can have you stuff! your call!
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Eli
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Great story dt.
I know, I too, think about all the stuff I have accumulated. I am determined to eliminate at least a third of it this year when I get home, (I said
this last year and the year before). I just don't want to leave a bunch of junk for my daughter to deal with.
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Cypress
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dtbushpilot, Relax, a torn/pulled leg muscel isn't a terminal condition.
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shari
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Ahhhh....DT...you da man! and boy is Jill...da woman! thanks for another snort coffee on the keyboard moment.
for those of you who havent had the pleasure of sharing a bottle of wine with Jill...I can attest to the fact that DT isnt making this up!!...as he
says...jill always knows what to say!)
BTW...juan wants in line for your fishing stuff!..but not the dorky hat.
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baitcast
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Since my quad by-pass a year ago and two stents six months ago these thoughts have been crossing my mind a great deal so much so I,ve been putting my
Bucket List together
Our finances have taken a big hit the last two years so there might not be any stuff anyway for us to worry about and the wife has told me not
to worry because she wouldn,t let anyone have my stuff.
The lack of funds is giving me a fit putting the list together since a few of the items are pretty exotic.
I think a thread on your Bucket List would be fun.
Rob
Anyone can catch fish in a boat but only \"El Pescador Grande\" can get them from the beach.
I hope when my time comes the old man will let me bring my rod and the water will be warm and clear.
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dtbushpilot
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i promise not to marry her if i can have you stuff! your call! |
I know that I don't have to worry about you marrying her, I think she covered that in her reply to my request.
You can have my fishing gear but only if you wear the hat every time you use any of it........you can buy fishing gear but once you've worn a hat like
that in public your dignity and manhood are gone forever......your call...dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
once you've worn a hat like that in public your dignity and manhood are gone forever...... |
I think you're right. Lawrence Of Arabia wore a hat like that and look what happened to his manhood.
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woody with a view
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i lost all dignity in high school. been looking for it ever since. where do i pick up the hat..... and stuff?
[Edited on 10-20-2010 by woody with a view]
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MitchMan
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Interesting DT. The thing that resonated with me was the focus on fishing equipment. I feel the same way in the sense that my whole life is
organized around my pursuit of offshore fishing in the Baja - nobody around me knows that as that is my only real secret.
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wessongroup
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Thanks dt... a good one... and your wife's sounds pretty cool... lucky guy...
Hope your feeling better..
And to all the others... thanks.. too..
It was something, which again I never even thought about... until "something" happened.. then went through much the same thinking...
And Rob, hang in there... Rob.. this too shall pass...
And thanks too all who brought a little humor into the "topic"...
Great post dt... hope your leg gets better fast... and your up and moving again
It's all good... and Woody with a View ... really
and dt, for a whole year.. thought that was YOUR picture
[Edited on 10-20-2010 by wessongroup]
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vacaenbaja
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As anyone who has ever been in the position of "lucky just to get out
alive" knows material things do not matter much when your being chased by the reaper. Couldn't take it with me then and will not be able to at the
last checkout when he finally catches up. Makes me want to clean out my garage filled with
all that "good indespensible stuff "that has not seen use in
years....Ah the thoughts that come when your closer to the end of the book than you are the begining.
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