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Who's the youngest?

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BlueSkiesWI

05/22/2015 11:15AM

I'm 19, who else is a youngster on here?

Of all the roads you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

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Bogwalker

Moderator

05/22/2015 11:45AM

I'm not!!!

"When a man is part of his canoe, he is part of all that canoes have ever known." Sigurd F. Olson WWJD

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podgeo

05/22/2015 11:52AM

Oh 19 them were the good old days. Early 40's here

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DeuceCoop

05/22/2015 12:12PM

I'm either 43 or twelve depending on whether you ask me or Mrs. Deuce. Mrs. Deuce's assessment is arguably more accurate.

You come too. -Robert Frost https://aradventuregram.com/

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RMinMN

05/22/2015 12:24PM

I'd like to claim that I'm the youngest but I started drawing Social Security a couple months back. I've also done about 50 or so trips into the BWCA and that is hard to accomplish when you are younger than 19.

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SaganagaJoe

05/22/2015 12:26PM

19 here too. 19.5 to be exact.

My grandpa will be 74 this year and he's still tripping with me.

aka HermitThrush "Such sights as this are reserved for those who will suffer to behold them." -Eric Sevareid

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Savage Voyageur

05/22/2015 12:27PM

Ummmm, no

"So many lakes, so little time." WWJD

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Big Tent

05/22/2015 12:28PM

Three score and more!

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riverrunner

05/22/2015 12:29PM

I don't think I remember when I was 19.

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awbrown

05/22/2015 12:41PM

I was 19 in the 1960's........If you remember the 60's, you weren't there.

I set a goal of losing 10 lbs. this year. I only have 15 left to lose.

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eOar

05/22/2015 12:53PM

I was in the Navy serving on NAS Agana, Guam. Geez that was a long time ago! Enjoy your youth!!!

"Fishing is not an escape from life, but often a deeper immersion into it..." Harry Middleton

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BlueSkiesWI

05/22/2015 12:59PM

quote SaganagaJoe: "19 here too. 19.5 to be exact. "

You've got me beat by two weeks!

Of all the roads you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

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Spartan2

05/22/2015 01:25PM

quote awbrown: "I was 19 in the 1960's........If you remember the 60's, you weren't there."

I remember the 1960's very well, I would say to you that I was there. :-)

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DeanL

05/22/2015 01:52PM

While 32 isn't too close to 19 I still feel pretty young when BW tripping compared to most of the people we meet. Meeting the older people is great though as they have the most experience and know the best fishing spots!

"Leave it as it is.....The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." Theodore Roosevelt

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Arkansas Man

Moderator

05/22/2015 02:27PM

Considering I deal with 1000, 15-18 year old students everyday and have to keep up with them technologically, mentally, and otherwise... I really don't feel like I'm a few years away from retirement. But I guess its doing what I do that keeps me thinking young, whether the body is or not!

Bruce

Good Paddling, Great Fishing, and God Bless All...

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blutofish1

05/22/2015 02:39PM

54 going on 19.

blutofish

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SaganagaJoe

05/22/2015 03:41PM

quote BlueSkiesWI: "
quote SaganagaJoe: "19 here too. 19.5 to be exact. "

You've got me beat by two weeks!"

My birthday is Nov. 6.

aka HermitThrush "Such sights as this are reserved for those who will suffer to behold them." -Eric Sevareid

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Basspro69

05/22/2015 03:52PM

quote BlueSkiesWI: "I'm 19, who else is a youngster on here?"

I HAVE BOOTS OLDER THAN YOU :-) 51

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD

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hooky

05/22/2015 04:07PM

quote Basspro69: "
quote BlueSkiesWI: "I'm 19, who else is a youngster on here?"
I HAVE BOOTS OLDER THAN YOU :-) 51"

I have a son older then him. LOL

“It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling.” - Murray Rothbard

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Canoe42

05/22/2015 04:16PM

17 (x3)

"Half the things you read on the internet are false"-Abraham Lincoln

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bapabear

05/22/2015 04:42PM

I was 19 in 1969. Long time ago. More power to you BlueSkiesWI! Wish with all my heart I had learned about the magic of canoe tripping at that age. Had to wait till I was 50 for that. Am eager to know who is youngest. Would love to know who is "most aged" also!

My superhero name is TYPOMAN. Writer of wrongs.

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bobbernumber3

05/22/2015 04:43PM

Hey all you old timers... remember!!! The question was "Who is younger than 19?".

Not "How old are you?
Not "Do you remember being younger?"
Not "What year did you turn 19?"
etc, etc, etc

What was my point again???

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Miketheflyguy1

05/22/2015 04:53PM

My grand daughters are 20 and 23 ! So not me !

Best Fishes !

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awbrown

05/22/2015 05:27PM

quote Spartan2: "
quote awbrown: "I was 19 in the 1960's........If you remember the 60's, you weren't there."

I remember the 1960's very well, I would say to you that I was there. :-)"

If you remember the 60's, you obviously weren't smoking the same wacky weed that Robin Williams was smoking.....it's a quote of his.......LOL

I set a goal of losing 10 lbs. this year. I only have 15 left to lose.

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awbrown

05/22/2015 05:29PM

quote bobbernumber3: "Hey all you old timers... remember!!! The question was "Who is younger than 19?".

Not "How old are you?
Not "Do you remember being younger?"
Not "What year did you turn 19?"
etc, etc, etc

What was my point again???"

Probably a good thing all us old coots chimed in because there would probably only be one or two responses to who's younger then 19.

I set a goal of losing 10 lbs. this year. I only have 15 left to lose.

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saltdog

05/22/2015 06:25PM

I was nineteen once, twice, three times and still counting and hope to be canoeing the boundary waters and quetico when I reach nineteen times 4

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OldGoat

05/22/2015 07:25PM

I remember 19. It looked a lot like getting ready for Viet Nam.......

Goat

He travels fastest who travels alone . .

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Spartan2

05/22/2015 08:22PM

quote awbrown: "
quote Spartan2: "
quote awbrown: "I was 19 in the 1960's........If you remember the 60's, you weren't there."

I remember the 1960's very well, I would say to you that I was there. :-)"

If you remember the 60's, you obviously weren't smoking the same wacky weed that Robin Williams was smoking.....it's a quote of his.......LOL"

Yes, I know that, and no, I wasn't. ;-)

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lindylair

05/22/2015 09:26PM

19 is a prime number and you are at the prime of the first stage of your life. I am also at a prime number but it is 40 years more than yours, guess I am at the prime of the final stage of my life. Enjoy each of those years, 19, 20, 21 and every one beyond...and make good decisions so that you can enjoy those final prime numbers with many of us on the site. We may not remember too much about being 19 but we know it was good.

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nctry

05/22/2015 09:48PM

Glad you young folks are on board. I hope you still have the paddling opportunities we have now when your our age.

Nctry

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thebotanyguy

05/22/2015 09:59PM

I still find fart jokes very funny. I guess that makes me pretty young. Oh wait, that's immature. Never mind.

"Said one of these men, long past seventy years of age: 'I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me. Fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs. Have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I should spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life!'"

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halvorsonchristopher

05/23/2015 12:27AM

29!
that still qualifies me to be included in the younger percentile of this crowd.

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FOG51

05/23/2015 12:59AM

I am only 9.......in dog years. FRED

Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good fourtune to remember the ones do, and the eyesight to tell the differance.

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deerfoot

05/23/2015 05:30AM

quote lindylair: "19 is a prime number and you are at the prime of the first stage of your life. I am also at a prime number but it is 40 years more than yours, guess I am at the prime of the final stage of my life. Enjoy each of those years, 19, 20, 21 and every one beyond...and make good decisions so that you can enjoy those final prime numbers with many of us on the site. We may not remember too much about being 19 but we know it was good. "

+1 Great advice!

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bassnet

05/23/2015 06:18AM

I was 19 in '76...and not a good guy...life-changing event in '78.

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PortageKeeper

05/23/2015 08:41AM

I'm 19... times 3... plus 2.

“The more you know, the less you carry” Mors Kochanski

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Dances with Sheep

05/23/2015 11:59AM

I'm celebrating my 25th anniversary of turning 19.

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alpinebrule

05/23/2015 07:28PM

Perhaps if more people actually answered the question asked rather than post to hear the sound of their own ego this site might be more useful and less cluttered. Those of the same age group as the poster might be able to get through the crowd at the bottom of the ladder to connect with someone of the same age group.

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keth0601

05/23/2015 10:32PM

quote alpinebrule: "Perhaps if more people actually answered the question asked rather than post to hear the sound of their own ego this site might be more useful and less cluttered. Those of the same age group as the poster might be able to get through the crowd at the bottom of the ladder to connect with someone of the same age group."

Wow, I think you totally miss what makes this site great- conversation. Sheesh.

I'm 26 so I'm in the young crowd as well. Feel old though with 3 kids...

"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit."

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Dances with Sheep

05/24/2015 09:15AM

quote alpinebrule: "Perhaps if more people actually answered the question asked rather than post to hear the sound of their own ego this site might be more useful and less cluttered. Those of the same age group as the poster might be able to get through the crowd at the bottom of the ladder to connect with someone of the same age group."

Someone is getting grumpy in their old age :)

Joking aside...didn't you just do the same thing that you're complaining about?

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outdooraddict

05/24/2015 10:26AM

Not the youngest, I'm 30. It's kind of dad that I'm on the younger end of the spectrum when you look at the ages of people visiting the bwca.

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Basspro69

05/24/2015 11:30AM

quote alpinebrule: "Perhaps if more people actually answered the question asked rather than post to hear the sound of their own ego this site might be more useful and less cluttered. Those of the same age group as the poster might be able to get through the crowd at the bottom of the ladder to connect with someone of the same age group."

Really dude. The great thing about this site is that there are very few people like you that post on this site. There wasn't a single response that was even remotely offensive, take a midol and chill out.

" I want to know Gods thoughts , The rest are details " Albert Einstein. WWJD

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mr.barley

05/24/2015 12:25PM

quote alpinebrule: "Perhaps if more people actually answered the question asked rather than post to hear the sound of their own ego this site might be more useful and less cluttered. Those of the same age group as the poster might be able to get through the crowd at the bottom of the ladder to connect with someone of the same age group."

If his profile info is correct, it appears I'm a day younger than alpinebrule.....

serenity now

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BlueSkiesWI

05/24/2015 01:05PM

quote SaganagaJoe: "
quote BlueSkiesWI: "
quote SaganagaJoe: "19 here too. 19.5 to be exact. "

You've got me beat by two weeks!"

My birthday is Nov. 6. "

October 23, we're pretty close!

Of all the roads you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.

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bapabear

05/24/2015 02:41PM

quote alpinebrule: "Perhaps if more people actually answered the question asked rather than post to hear the sound of their own ego this site might be more useful and less cluttered. Those of the same age group as the poster might be able to get through the crowd at the bottom of the ladder to connect with someone of the same age group."

To those that have to post to boost their ego about how wrong the rest of us are.....where was I going with this?

My superhero name is TYPOMAN. Writer of wrongs.

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FISHMAN3

05/24/2015 07:58PM

quote Basspro69: "
quote alpinebrule: "Perhaps if more people actually answered the question asked rather than post to hear the sound of their own ego this site might be more useful and less cluttered. Those of the same age group as the poster might be able to get through the crowd at the bottom of the ladder to connect with someone of the same age group."

Really dude. The great thing about this site is that there are very few people like you that post on this site. There wasn't a single response that was even remotely offensive, take a midol and chill out."

With basspro I'm 51 the younger people seem to have more respect then you. Guess I'll listen to them before you.

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NotLight

05/24/2015 08:11PM

You might look into starting an "under 20-something" or "still in college" forum in the special interest area. FYI, "Younger than my dad's Grumman" will probably not work.

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4keys

05/24/2015 11:02PM

Well I'm your mom, so I am definitely not the youngest!

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riverrunner

05/25/2015 07:25AM

quote NotLight: . FYI, "Younger than my dad's Grumman" will probably not work.

"

I have canoes that are around 40 years old and there are people with older canoes here.

It would be nice to see a lot more younger posters here some in the mid teens would be nice.

But for now us old guys make up the largest group.

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gkimball

05/25/2015 08:13AM

quote BlueSkiesWI: "I'm 19, who else is a youngster on here?"

I would say that I am a youngster compared to many people my age, and being addicted to the BW is a big reason why!

Beyond that I have no further comment about age because I don't want to think about it...

Want to make God laugh? Tell him your plans...

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