Do you listen to oldtimers...

[dan d]

Ya know how they say you judge someone in the first 30 seconds, well age goes a long way on my judging credibility !
The older the more credible ! (unless I think they are senile LOL)
Dan

[jhg]

I do some outreach stuff at a Senior assisted living place near me and let me tell ya its an education once they forget you are there. Some pretty cool people who have lived amazing lives. I learn more by listening to them interact with each other. Its a revelation.

[reinmb]

that was a great story thanks for sharing.  Most of the real woodsman oldtimers around where I live have gone on to bigger and better things than this Earth.  Unfortunatly at my age most of the people older than me grew up in the age of the compound. Most but not all have taken the easier is better mindset, but I still listen.

[dragon rider]

Originally posted by bawana bowman:
Biggie,

I showed what you wrote to my 24 year old son.

He just laughed and said, "Who ever wrote that just wanted to be sure he was mentioned in his old mans will."

Guess they don't all learn by 21!

It was Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) and by the time he wrote it his estate was worth a lot more than his old man's.  Looks like you're right Bawana.

[Sam McMichael]

Biggie, in addition to the youngster getting a little wiser simply because he is older, there is also a very high correlation between  the old man's increased wisdom and how long the youngster has been paying all his own bills.  That's when my dad got really smart!

[Kip l Hoffman]

At the tender age of 67 I have found that many of the youngsters have not learned "how" to listen.  "Youngsters" are in the under 30 crowd.  If they have managed to stick with archery, wheels or traditional they begin to listen around 40.  There is a totaly different mind set in the generation behind us. They have grown up in a time of plenty.  That is untill the last couple of years.

Our job is to continue to be ready to speak.  

I am reminded of the Chinese proverb,  "When the student is ready the teacher will appear."

[bretto]

I like to listen to Ksbowman cause he makes me laugh.

Honestly I would much rather hunt with older and wiser people than Myself. I'm 48, when I was 20 I knew everything. Now I realize I don't know squat!!!

So yes I listen.

bretto

[Chief55]

I'm with you bretto. Used to think I knew it all. Then learned that most of what I thought I knew was wrong. Now I just prefer to listen more than talk. I am new with trad bows and hope to learn from all of you. At 55 I have learned not to take things to seriously. Trying to lighten up some in my more advanced years.