There are some things that an old man should never attempt, regardless of how much faith he had, and much he fervently prayed to Dog.
Bingo! In one swell foop I’d wind up on my butt.
But I didn’t have to be old for that. Tried learning playing guitar and would practice for hours a day and still get notes backwards. Can shoot my favorite rifle placing shots into one ragged hole at 100 yds or group my .44 magnum pistol into a fist size target at 50 yards offhand, but put me in pistol competition where I have to shoot 5 targets in a correct sequence and I get the order all screwed up and get penalized with time points.