Author Topic: You know you're getting old when.... (Read 10941 times)

Bibbyman · « **Reply #20 on:** July 29, 2003, 07:05:50 am »

I've driven a few with the starter button on the floor but not bought a new one with one.

Don't forget the dimmer switch on the floor.

The old 54 Chevy Dad had had an ignition switch that you could lock and take the key or you could un-lock and take the key and still start and drive it.

Dad had an old Plymouth that had a shifter direct into the transmission. It would hung up real often and he'd just take the cover off and use a screwdriver to pry it back into place.

shopteacher · « **Reply #21 on:** July 29, 2003, 07:30:45 am »

Oh, in the car I was refering to, the one pedal was high, netural & low gear, the middle was reverse and the other was the brake. Gas and ignition was on the steering column. The starter was out in front of the radiator.

When I was stationed in Maryland I bought a 49 Ford pickup. I loved that truck, old flathead six. Use to go to the base salvage yard and sipon gas out of 4 scrap helicopters. Ran that thing for a year on that AV gas. Never seem to hurt it, for a matter of fact nothing ever seemed to hurt it. Only bad thing was the 6 volt system, couldn't get that thing started on a winter morning.

Bibbyman · « **Reply #22 on:** July 29, 2003, 08:53:54 am »

Dad was a GM man, uncle down the road a Ford man. Many a cold morning the only thing that would start was Dad's 54 Chevy. He'd go down and jump my uncle's Ford.

Could be that my uncle was none too good at keeping things up and runnin'. Dad would always say "If he (my uncle) would ever get a car that ran, he'd have to tear it apart just to see why."

Jeff · « **Reply #23 on:** July 29, 2003, 08:58:29 am »

Ya know your getting old when you see what looks like 10 year olds driving cars.

Ya know when your getting old when your arms are to short to read the newspaper anymore. I swear, my arms have shrunk 6 inches in the last two years. I'm lucky I can still scratch my nose.

Jeff · « **Reply #24 on:** July 29, 2003, 09:01:24 am »

I asked Tammy if I could ride the flat cart with our tile on it as she pushed it from the home depot store to the car last night. She said sure, but ya gotta pose like a surfer.

I asked because it looked easier not fun.

OneWithWood · « **Reply #25 on:** July 29, 2003, 09:13:14 am »

So, Jeff, did ya do it?

I can just picture that scene

I learned to drive in a Plymouth station wagon that had a push button transmission. I thought it was way cool

My first two cars were 'three on the tree'. They were great for gas mileage but a pain on a date

- until my girlfriend learned how to select the gear for me.

shopteacher · « **Reply #26 on:** July 29, 2003, 10:21:56 am »

I think you just liked her playing with your stick!

Jeff · « **Reply #27 on:** July 29, 2003, 10:55:11 am »

Nope, didnt do it. I didn't really trust the driver.

Bibbyman · « **Reply #28 on:** July 30, 2003, 06:01:25 am »

You know your're getting old when - you remember seen Ed Sullivan introduce the Beetles live for the first time.

shopteacher · « **Reply #29 on:** July 30, 2003, 06:19:31 am »

How about when Ed Sulivan started?

Bibbyman · « **Reply #30 on:** July 30, 2003, 06:29:07 am »

I don't think we had a TV station to broadcast Ed Sullivan or a TV to receive him if they did.

I think we got our first TV in 55. Had a lot of company for the first couple of years. Two uncles never went home until the station signed off (about 8 pm weeknights).

Ron Wenrich · « **Reply #31 on:** July 30, 2003, 02:50:43 pm »

I remember seeing the Honeymooners - Live in NY.

shopteacher · « **Reply #32 on:** July 30, 2003, 03:24:08 pm »

Boy, Jackie Gleason, he was one of my favorite actors. I still watch the honeymooners from time to time and still enjoy their comedy.

Frank_Pender · « **Reply #33 on:** July 30, 2003, 04:17:35 pm »

It is when you enjoy listen to any of the old radio shows rather than watching what is on the idiot box today. (Such as: "The Shadow", "G Men", "The Lone Ranger", "The Whistler", etc.)

Ron Scott · « **Reply #34 on:** July 30, 2003, 07:34:30 pm »

When you don't see an engineer with a "slide rule".

Chet · « **Reply #35 on:** July 30, 2003, 07:52:28 pm »

Or when you remember being taught how to us a "slide rule".

And yes I remember dem Beatles on Ed Sulivan the first time. And I also remember how discusted my mom was with their long hair.

CHARLIE · « **Reply #36 on:** July 30, 2003, 08:42:20 pm »

You know you're getting old when the type of the first new car you ever bought is advertised in the newspaper "Antique" section.

I learned to drive in my brother's 1951 or '52 Plymouth with a 3 speed on the column. When he went somewhere with my mom, I'd wait until they were out of sight and go start it up and take off. I had no license and couldn't coordinate the clutch and acceleator very well. I'd be downtown and just hated it when I had to stop at a stoplight. It would turn green and I'd go bucking off down the road. I always made it back before Tom returned and parked it in the same place.

DKinWA · « **Reply #37 on:** July 31, 2003, 04:05:38 pm »

This just happened to me a couple of weeks ago in the doctors office.

You know you're getting old when the doctor says "things just don't heal like they used to do when you were younger". Not to mention he had to tell me that I'm kinda old to be having my wisdom teeth pulled.

When I told my coworkers, they thought it was really funny. Then one of the younger ones just had to add "now that your wisdom teeth are gone, does that make you an actual dumb@ss?".

Tom · « **Reply #38 on:** July 31, 2003, 05:09:41 pm »

Charlie, you little whippersnapper.

DKinWA, my doctor told me that years ago .......so I got another doctor.

Bibbyman · « **Reply #39 on:** August 04, 2003, 05:59:17 am »

You know you're getting old when ….

Every time you reach for a condiment or salad dressing bottle, you've got to have this little fight about how to get the stuff out. You know. - Does the cap just twist off? No. Does it snap over? No. Do you give it a half twist? No. Does it pull up? No. "Honey! How do you get this Dang bottle open?"

Looks like the bottle designers are always coming up with new ways to make something simple more difficult. Now, you've got to contend with - do you store it up-side right or up side down?

Then there is the stuff they market in blister pack - like flashlights, screwdriver sets, etc. The tough plastic is welded all the way around so you have to take a pair of tin snips or butcher knife to cut it away. I've even used an ax to cut around the edges so to get the contents out.

And don't even get me started on the space age plastic they are using to wrap candy bars and potato chips!

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