Thread: o.K.' so I am getting old!

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

For 21 years I worked in Saudi Arabia. Many many days it would hit 120 degrees......that's not heat index that's ambient temp. Lest someone tell me it was dry heat you would be wrong. I worked all over the country....Red Sea side and Persian Gulf side. Worked interior of country....which had dry heat....but on the coast the humidity was off the charts. I am about to turn 65. This summer I have thought many times "How did I take that heat"? Well this year it has hit home.....I can't take the heat anymore. What a difference just one year makes. I still fish out in it but trips are most likely only to be 2-3 hours on the water. No fun growing older.


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It's a whole LOT more fun than the alternative !!

Got up at 4AM over 30 yrs in the factory but I still like to get on the water early. Drive slow, look for Deer and have everything ready the night before. When it gets hot or the jet skiers come out I quit. One of the best things about going somewhere for extended fishing trip is walking out of camp, stepping on the boat and going. No launching etc etc. I get lots of naps and hope I can fish another 20 yrs!

Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman

It's a whole LOT more fun than the alternative !!

Didn't say I wanted to die......LOL.

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Fishing, Daylight till 9am. Breakfast at 9 : 30 . This regiment I follow July -aug.

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

For 21 years I worked in Saudi Arabia. Many many days it would hit 120 degrees......that's not heat index that's ambient temp. Lest someone tell me it was dry heat you would be wrong. I worked all over the country....Red Sea side and Persian Gulf side. Worked interior of country....which had dry heat....but on the coast the humidity was off the charts. I am about to turn 65. This summer I have thought many times "How did I take that heat"? Well this year it has hit home.....I can't take the heat anymore. What a difference just one year makes. I still fish out in it but trips are most likely only to be 2-3 hours on the water. No fun growing older.

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I was at Prince Sultan Air Base for a while. Like you say, it was hot and them arabs I was training on the C130 satellite tracking stunk to high heaven.

I had to spend a week in Phoenix in July one year when we had to wait on a part for our motorhome. It was 110 during the day and that is when I learned dry heat is still hot as Hades. I had to use a cloth to open our car doors, the handle would burn you.

Originally Posted by PawPaw "gene"

Know this Crappie1133, you are not alone.
"gene"

Yep, he gots lots of company, when I turned 75 several years back it was like stepping in to a different world, no longer did I love the hot summers, full day fishing trips ended at 1 or 2pm just could not take the heat anymore-felt like somebody drained 1/2 my blood out of me.....................................jax

i use the shade this time of year if i can ...that sun gets to me when i dont have shade these days as well ....