You know you're old when...

M_Six · 02-12-2024, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by MassWholeBimmer

...... you have no clue who any superbowl half time performer is....

And hence you skip the halftime show.

tturedraider · 02-12-2024, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MassWholeBimmer

...... you have no clue who any superbowl half time performer is....

Or you have zero interest in watching them.

Esteban · 02-12-2024, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by tturedraider

Or you have zero interest in watching them.

Found out on the news today it was Usher. *yawn*

ezaircon4jc · 02-12-2024, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Found out on the news today it was Usher. *yawn*

Isn't that the guy at church or the theater?

Esteban · 02-12-2024, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

Isn't that the guy at church or the theater?

Apparently not this Usher.

Esteban · 02-12-2024, 05:49 PM

^ Hmm 🤔 I take that back… maybe at the theater.

Boomer 2019 · 02-12-2024, 06:13 PM

I viewed P-38's as throwaway items, as I did the Lucky Strikes. I was a Marlboro man myself. One thing I did bring back, and still have to this day is my trusty NAV issue TL-29 knife. I got mine in 1966. I didn't use the blade very much but the screw driver was used daily. Military aircraft of the day were covered in screws used to gain access to various compartments and bays. These knives were also provided to other branches, so if you were in the Military you probably had one too. Mine was made by Camilo of New York. The belt pouch is made of parachute harness Nylon by our squadron Parachute Rigger (a friend). He also made a parachute bag for me from the same material which I still use when going away for a few nights informally (aka track luggage).

I just wish that I had held up as well as these things.

Lady Jane · 02-13-2024, 12:30 PM

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wdb · 02-14-2024, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by MassWholeBimmer

...... you have no clue who any superbowl half time performer is....

Superbowl, you say -- what is that?

OH -- that thing Taylor Swift attended!

cmyx6go · 02-15-2024, 11:23 AM

I saw a beat up old Ford Pinto in a parking lot this morning. I can't believe it's still on the road.

Esteban · 02-15-2024, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I saw a beat up old Ford Pinto in a parking lot this morning. I can't believe it's still on the road.

My wife's first car was a shit brown Pinto.

cmyx6go · 02-15-2024, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

My wife's first car was a shit brown Pinto.

This was beat to shit; dented, rusted... It looked like one of the original models, that's like 50 years old.

Esteban · 02-15-2024, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

This was beat to shit; dented, rusted... It looked like one of the original models, that's like 50 years old.

Think my wife's was a 1974, or maybe '73. Her father owned a Ford repair shop and helped her pick it out. Suicide by dad. lol

3798j · 02-15-2024, 12:27 PM

you might be old if...

tturedraider · 02-15-2024, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I saw a beat up old Ford Pinto in a parking lot this morning. I can't believe it's still on the road.

I learned to “drive” a manual transmission in a yellow Pinto. I was too young to drive, so I sat in the passenger seat and did the shifting while my dad drove and operated the clutch.

ezaircon4jc · 02-15-2024, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tturedraider

I learned to “drive” a manual transmission in a yellow Pinto. I was too young to drive, so I sat in the passenger seat and did the shifting while my dad drove and operated the clutch.

I learned in a '57 Volvo PV444.

dscabra · 02-15-2024, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by tturedraider

I learned to “drive” a manual transmission in a yellow Pinto. I was too young to drive, so I sat in the passenger seat and did the shifting while my dad drove and operated the clutch.

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I learned in a '57 Volvo PV444.

It was a 1965 VW Bug for me. Down shifts from 3rd to 2nd took a bit of finesse, and getting it into reverse was different. Years later, while sitting in a Discount Tire, I watched a kid that worked there try for several minutes to get an old Bug in reverse before I went over and told him he needed to push the shifter down.

tturedraider · 02-15-2024, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I learned in a '57 Volvo PV444.

A ‘57 Volvo, I’m gonna guess this might not have been in the states.

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It was a 1965 VW Bug for me. Down shifts from 3rd to 2nd took a bit of finesse, and getting it into reverse was different. Years later, while sitting in a Discount Tire, I watched a kid that worked there try for several minutes to get an old Bug in reverse before I went over and told him he needed to push the shifter down.

I hadn’t thought about that in a while. I remember when it was very common to push the shifter down to get into reverse.

3798j · 02-15-2024, 05:11 PM

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...Years later, while sitting in a Discount Tire, I watched a kid that worked there try for several minutes to get an old Bug in reverse before I went over and told him he needed to push the shifter down.

To this day, you still must push down to find reverse on most VW's...like my 2019 Golf "R".

R BMW · 02-15-2024, 07:18 PM

I think my 1975 Opel Manta you also had to push down.

Everyone called it the Bumblebee. It had a black fiberglass antenna off the trunk.

ezaircon4jc · 02-15-2024, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tturedraider

A ‘57 Volvo, I’m gonna guess this might not have been in the states...

Was in Whittier, CA. I don't remember how my dad acquired it...

wdb · 02-16-2024, 08:27 AM

I learned to drive stick in a 1968 BMW 1600, which I later smashed head-on into a tree. (Pic is not that very car, but it is the same color.)

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