You Know You Are Old When

[not2old]

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OK, common core math rant off

I took a year off of math to pick up some other courses in grade 13. When I got back to math in college, it had changed so much that I was completely lost. I had work out all my problems with the old math and then work backwards to the new math in order to get credit for the problem. This was my first experience learning that the idiots running things often had no idea how the real world works.

 

[not2old]

Along with age comes new problems, my furnace located in the attic with access in a closet quit working.
To repair furnace. First empty closet (major job), get ladder, climb up through a small access hole and fix it. I "think" I can get up into the attic but I know I'll never get back down. At my age (85) you loose your flexibility, getting up and down can be a problem and living alone I can't take to many chances.
First time I have ever had to have someone come to my house to fix anything.
$545 for parts, $150 service call, $169 technician time plus tax.
Cost to repair $864.39 something I could have done for less than $350.

You know your old when you brain says, you can do it, but your body says, no you can't.

Mine doesn't reply that politely!!!!

 

[orezok]

When they started putting in padded dash tops in the late 60s they'd overhang a couple inches. If you weren't careful your knuckles would hit the dash pad going into 2nd and sometimes prevent it from going into gear. Not sure how it was with GM cars, but was a PITA on Mopars.

I taught my sisters how to drive manual on my mother's Saab with 4 in the tree. Had to be careful not to bump the wiper lever when you'd shift, especially for those of us with large hands.
Anyone remember the free wheeling on those cars? Hard to describe to someone who's never driven with it, but if it was engaged it would essentially put the car in neutral and let it coast if you let off on the gas. I suppose it saved a little gas, but you had no engine braking.

The early Saabs had 2 stroke engines. Running long times with the throttle closed at higher RPM reduced the amount of lubrication. Thus freewheeling.

 

[sixdogs]

Whitewalls??? I even have white tires.

Bought the the set 2019
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Very impressive.

 

[masseyrider]

There were over 100 under the hood.

tight fit?

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

tight fit?

Shoot no...actually room for more

 

[Creamer]

How about Downton Julie Brown? I met her once - that lady had presence. She also had a master's degree in electrical engineering but the Gig on MTV paid a lot better.

Mtv self destructed and turned out into reality TV shows of more modern generations dealing with lifes struggles, which they participated in creating imo. Pet peeve worthy. Anyone remember MTV's video DJs like Kurt loder etc?

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[MoKelly]

I guess you are old when you remember coloring and looking for real eggs on Easter. There were always one or two you didn’t find initially but then found a few days later after they began to smell.

Today everyone seems to use plastic eggs with Candy or coins inside.

Happy Easter all!

 

[Oaktree]

The early Saabs had 2 stroke engines. Running long times with the throttle closed at higher RPM reduced the amount of lubrication. Thus freewheeling.

Yeah, I've seen a couple of those at classic car shows. My mothers was a 4 stroke (mid-60s vintage). Never knew the history behind it, just figured it was a fuel economy thing.

I guess you are old when you remember coloring and looking for real eggs on Easter. There were always one or two you didn’t find initially but then found a few days later after they began to smell.

Today everyone seems to use plastic eggs with Candy or coins inside.

We don't generally observe Easter any more as a family holiday, but when I was a kid my grandfather used to color them by boiling the eggs in onion peels, made them a golden brown color. My siblings and I would also do the regular store coloring kits (Paas?) too.
I never liked hardboiled eggs myself, but we had a tradition at dinner of 2 people cracking their eggs together around the table. Last person with an unbroken shell "won". Anyone else do this?

 

[MossRoad]

The early Saabs had 2 stroke engines. Running long times with the throttle closed at higher RPM reduced the amount of lubrication. Thus freewheeling.

My first boss at my last job said her dad bought her and her sister a Messerschmitt 3 wheel car to drive to high school. She said they'd put oil in the gas tank, add the gas, then grab the bumper and shake the car.

She also said on many occasions, they'd pull up into the parking lot and a bunch of boys would run up and lift the car off the ground and shake it around with them inside it. She said it was great fun.