Old farts thread

Been AARP ready for 5 yrs but only my body tells me I am that old .. well and that damn bathroom mirror with that old guy looking back at me when I shave or brush my teeth... LOL

I still think "old" is a state of mind, and that's one state I haven't been to yet.

"It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage."--Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark.

I'm into my sixth decade, so I'm not young, but according to the calendar, I'm not old either. Now, when it comes to wear and tear, I'm kinda like a Jeep 4X4 with weeds stickin' out of the bumper and an odometer that broke in '87.

I too have returned to my youth with this car. What a blast! In my sixty first year and still feeling more like my twenties.

I tried to return to My Youth, but it moved and left no forwarding address. Was only able to find Slightly Younger Self, which, like me, doesn't move quite as nimbly as I recollect of My Youth. Slightly Younger Self still grins like a drunken baboon when I let him drive, though!

If I get stuck behind a Fiesta ST doing 5 -10 under the limit, ill know where to come to complain about it.

Monochrome said:

If I get stuck behind a Fiesta ST doing 5 -10 under the limit, ill know where to come to complain about it.

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Careful! Us old codgers get cranky! We might glare in your general direction! :shifty:

jimclark said:

Careful! Us old codgers get cranky! We might glare in your general direction! :shifty:

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Heck with glaring I will holler at him to get off my lawn ya little bazztards as i shake my fist and hold on to my walker lol

You know you're old when you estimate it will take 2 hours to do something on your car, and it takes 8. And you're sore for 4 days, when before you wouldn't even feel it. You know you're old when you need a step stool to help you get up after poking your head underneath the car. You know you're old when your cheater bar gets longer every few years. You know you're old when you know what a cheater bar is. You know you're old when you remember tuning dual carbs with a length of hose inserted into the carb, with the other end inserted into your ear, or if you've ever tuned or rebuilt a carb. Or what a dizzy looks like. You know you're old when you use a foam pad for your knees to help you work on your car.

jimclark said:

Careful! Us old codgers get cranky! We might glare in your general direction! :shifty:

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With that, you'll probably call the police to complain my parked car is speeding. :lol:

I'm not quite AARP (mid 40s) but some days I feel pretty old.

upper 40's here, went from 2 wheeled touring/ twisty slaying to the fiesta ST. I thought I would miss the motorcycle, not at all given the cornering ability of the ST right off the showroom floor. Makes the 10 hour commute from FL to NC easier as well.

Heck,
l just applied for SSI.


Dave

Turn 60 in 3 weeks. BTW, my son's band has a song called Crazy Prius Driver that would apply to us....

One lyric is " you drive a Prius to compensate for your enormously huge pen**..."

I don't understand all the memory questions to know that you are old.

Don't you know that memory is the second thing to go.


Dave

D1JL said:

I don't understand all the memory questions to know that you are old.

Don't you know that memory is the second thing to go.


Dave

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Ya and there ain't no pills to fix that yet... :hilarious:

D1JL said:

I don't understand all the memory questions to know that you are old.

Don't you know that memory is the second thing to go.


Dave

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Yeah, my psychologist co-worker says if you remember that you forgot something, that is not a memory issue, it's a laziness issue.
Tue memory loss is if you don't know you forgot something...

Like, "I can't remember where I put my keys" is not a memory issue.....

Yeah,
well I have bottles and bottles of those blue pills and I can't remember what they are used for.


Dave

D1JL said:

Yeah,
well I have bottles and bottles of those blue pills and I can't remember what they are used for.


Dave

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