Know what makes you feel old ??

[ovrszd]

All my baby pictures are black and white.

mark

Amen Brother.

 

[Norm W]

My college graduation pictures are black and white! :grumpy:

 

[Alien]

You're not alone. I drove about 20 miles to a car show, to find out I was a week early. That's what I get for not checking, when my friend asked me "Are you going to the car show in XXXXXX this weekend?"

Funny as heck!
I was talking to a friend and told him what I had done and he laughed. He said, "I did too!"
Now I dont feel so bad.

 

[NoTrespassing]

The guy that came to fix the Mori Seiki lathe I've been running since new was only one year older than the lathe. The lathe is 32 years old. He was a year younger than the 34 year old Hardinge sitting next to it that I've also been running since new. I've got half of a 50 gal. barrel of cutting oil older than that guy too. lmao

Kevin

 

[oldballs]

Amen Brother.



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Nice tan there.............little Richard.

 

[Oaktree]

Felt old and stupid today. Being retired you lose track of the days. One day is the same as the next... sort of.
I drove 40 klm to Bunnings and then realized they were closed due to it being Labour Day... grrrr

Honest mistake, sometimes it's hard to know what holidays stores are open and which ones they're not (I'm assuming Bunnings is a store). Did the same thing on Easter...never occurred that this store wouldn't be open that day.

There's only two days in my week, Saturday and Sunday. Six Saturdays. One Sunday.

Not a church goer myself, so even Sunday isn't that different except that some businesses aren't open. My wife still works, so I usually use her schedule to keep track of what day it is. Screws me all up when she takes a different day off.

 

[Alien]

Inconsiderate wife... goodness gracious. What is the world coming to?

 

[bunyip]

Amen Brother.



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Me in the bath with another male, this practice ceased later in life, well, with men anyway.
Circa 1954, the other guilty party is my cousin, I am the one on the left.

 

[ovrszd]

Me in the bath with another male, this practice ceased later in life, well, with men anyway.
Circa 1954, the other guilty party is my cousin, I am the one on the left.

Awesome pic. You have me by a couple years, born in '51. I'll dig thru my pics. I've got one in a similar situation but it's me alone. Thanks for posting, great pic!!!!

 

[dragoneggs]

Me in the bath with another male, this practice ceased later in life, well, with men anyway.
Circa 1954, the other guilty party is my cousin, I am the one on the left.

It sort of looks like your cousin is getting the 'best' of you.

 

[ovrszd]

My Sister dressed me up like a girl. Great..... Yeah,,, that's real funny.....

 

[bunyip]

It sort of looks like your cousin is getting the 'best' of you.

Never noticed that before, you have a point (or he did)
Richard, born in 49, just, mid December.
Nice dress by the way.....

 

[ovrszd]

My Dad was fearless in my eyes. He loved to handfish. Here's a 48 pounder. Bout my size.

He's catch these river catfish out of brush piles or simply holes in the bank. He'd put me in their exit hole and tell me to stay there and not move. Those fish would come to their exit and try to push me out of the way. I'd be wimpering and Dad would be saying "Rich don't you move, you stay right there". They'd brush me with their tail or stick me with a horn to try to get me to move. I'd stay there.

After he caught one he'd put a rope thru it's mouth and gill and hand it to me. I'd "lead" the fish on down the river til we were done. Sometimes they'd try to make a run for it and pull me over. Dad would be hollering at me, "Rich don't you let go of that rope". I'd finally get myself turned around and dig in my heels to stop the fish.

Great times. Priceless.

 

[bunyip]

Your fly is undone.....
Me again with the old man, same cousin with my aunt and uncle who is a Canadian, taken on the east coast of England somewhere a lot earlier than the last one.
Cousin and tyhe rest of the family live in Western Australia about a three day drive away.

 

[dragoneggs]

Heck of a story and pic, Richard! :drink:

 

[Big Barn]

Bunyip and ovrszd: awesome photos!

Richard those boots don’t go with that dress....

 

[ovrszd]

I had a great life as a child. Dirt poor and never knew it. Fly always undone. Shoes never matched the outfit.

 

[Doofy]

Your fly is undone.....

Bait?

 

[ovrszd]

Bait?

You can't imagine the things that went thru my mind when wedged in a hole.....

Dad smoked. Carried his fixins in his hat. If he had to go under water, which was often, he'd hand me his hat and smokes. Roll your own Prince Edward tobacco can, pack of papers and a small box of wood matches. He could hold his breath 90 seconds without problem. I'd sit and wait for him to come back up. Sometimes there'd be thrashing and thumping noises. Sometimes water swirling. Suddenly his face would appear above the water. "Rich, hand me the rope". Then the battle would begin as he put the ropr thru the fish's mouth. Then he'd hand me the end of the rope and say "don't lose him". His hands would be bloody. Sometimes his feet. I saw rings around his wrists that looked like a wood rasp had been dragged around them.

If we had friends along they'd get freaked out when he was under. "Maybe we need to check on him?" I'd always answer "go ahead". Never had any takers.

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^
Your father sounds like an all around tough guy, the kind that you would want around in a tight spot.