You Know You Are Old When

[Engineer42]

I must not be so old... I don't even know who Harv was. Yet I still enjoy his contribution every year... it's a classic.

https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/harvs-holiday-classic.298213/

Thomas normally puts that out but hadn't seen it yet. It is a classic.

 

[sixdogs]

That's a female thing and they never get over it.

I asked my wife "Why do you have so many clothes"?
She said same reason you have so many screwdrivers.

Doesn't pay to ask, YKYO when you figure that out

When I ask my wife how come she has five pairs of shoes at the back door, she just says "no, I don't". It's easy to see five pair but she just denies it with some excuse. Same thing with four sets of dishes. "No I don't". Or other things. You would think that's an easy argument but you'll be wrong.

When her parents would come for a five day visit, it wasn't five days. They got there on Monday, so can't count that. Left on Friday so can't count that either and they were gone all day Wednesday shopping. So really, you can't spend two days with my parents?

 

[lman]

Some are probably saying Phil Rivers is too old to come back and be a starting QB in the NFL. Probably more since they lost in the last seconds. I try to remember when I was 44 and it seems like I was so young then. I guess it's all relative.

 

[MossRoad]

That's a female thing and they never get over it.

I asked my wife "Why do you have so many clothes"?
She said same reason you have so many screwdrivers.

Doesn't pay to ask, YKYO when you figure that out

I have to say that my wife is very good about donating unused clothing to Goodwill or the church rummage sale. Me, on the other hand.... I probably have 2-300 graphic t-shirts since high school. Most are vacuum bagged, but I can't bear to part with them. Heck, I have a pair of flannel pajamas my mom made for me as a kid out of the cloth I bought for a grade school science fair experiment.

Bought some fire-resistant flannel specifically designed for children's pajamas.

Cut it into 1 bunch of squares. Held a square at a measured distance over a controlled flame and timed how long it took to catch fire. It didn't burn, but melted after X time.

Washed the remaining squares and tested one of them again. Recorded time. Washed the rest again, repeated. After each wash, the time to flame reduced. After about 6 or 8 washings, they'd burst into flames at the same short time interval no matter how many times you washed them.

So it proved that washing multiple times removed the fire retardant pretty rapidly and was basically worthless after several washes.

But, yes, I kept the pajamas and wore them until I outgrew them, then stored them for memories.

 

[MossRoad]

YKYO when you use the BX to haul water softener salt down to the walk-out basement door, rather than carrying it down the stairs 2 bags at a time.

Surprisingly, even after my back surgery last January, I can sling one bag over my shoulder and carry the other while holding the handrail on the way down the stairs. I can live with that.

However, I had some trouble with a 3/4" sheet of oak plywood last week. Had to back the truck up to the garage and slide it across multiple sawhorses VS trying to carry it.

 

[MossRoad]

Fortunately, mine has never done the "good china" thing, at least in the time I've known her. Still doesn't stop her from periodically getting new sets of dishes "for variety" that get rotated with the other 7 sets we have.

Several years ago, my wife found what appears to be dinnerware serving for about a bazillion people for about $35 at a thrift store. That's our daily stuff. Anytime we break a piece, she runs down to the basement and pulls another out of a box!

 

[MossRoad]

When I ask my wife how come she has five pairs of shoes at the back door, she just says "no, I don't". It's easy to see five pair but she just denies it with some excuse. Same thing with four sets of dishes. "No I don't". Or other things. You would think that's an easy argument but you'll be wrong.

When her parents would come for a five day visit, it wasn't five days. They got there on Monday, so can't count that. Left on Friday so can't count that either and they were gone all day Wednesday shopping. So really, you can't spend two days with my parents?

I have slip on sandals, hiking boots, hiking shoes, winter slip on dress shoes, and deck shoes at the back door boot mat. There's probably 5 more pairs in the basement, along with knee high snowmobile boots, and a pair of mickey mouse boots.

Wife has one pair of hikers by the back door. But if we go to the closet, I have two pairs of dress shoes on the rack and she has over a dozen, so fair is fair.

 

[MossRoad]

Some are probably saying Phil Rivers is too old to come back and be a starting QB in the NFL. Probably more since they lost in the last seconds. I try to remember when I was 44 and it seems like I was so young then. I guess it's all relative.

He did look a bit 'rounder' than everyone else on the field. I watched the last quarter. I thought they might have had it, but no.

 

[NoTrespassing]

My wife had a great aunt that told her there were other fish in the sea (referring to me). The aunt died. I got her china!

Now, after 30 years of it sitting in our china hutch, never been used by us once, just decoration, I wonder who had the last laugh; me or the aunt!

My wife decided to get box it up and put in some china from my mom that she likes better.... but I'll bet we never use that, either.

When my grandmother passed, she had 3 boxes of china that had never been used. She was notorious for opening bank accounts to get the free gifts! We took one of the sets of china and put it in our hutch for display. We've never used it either.

 

[MossRoad]

When my grandmother passed, she had 3 boxes of china that had never been used. She was notorious for opening bank accounts to get the free gifts! We took one of the sets of china and put it in our hutch for display. We've never used it either.

The only good thing about our china hutch is there is a bowl full of chocolate in it that magically never runs out.

(my wife either loves me or wants to clog my arteries).