You know you're old when...

cmyx6go · 01-20-2025, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Pauly Wauly

I'm not mentioning any names, but you know you're old when you are you turning 70 years old today

Happy Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday!

Pauly Wauly · 01-20-2025, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Meh, 70 is the new 50. Happy Birthday!

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Happy Birthday!

Thank you, but it's not my birthday today. I'm not that old

The Birthday boy should be here sometime today. I'm just reminding him that it's his 70th birthday today

hubbahubba · 01-20-2025, 09:44 AM

Beatles and cats... Happy birthday!!!

Esteban · 01-20-2025, 10:58 AM

Thank you Pauly!

Today I officially join The 70s CLUB!

Esteban · 01-20-2025, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Meh, 70 is the new 50. Happy Birthday!

Meh, I feel 40, most of the time. The rest of the time I feel every bit 70.

cmyx6go · 01-20-2025, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Thank you Pauly!

Today I officially join The 70s CLUB!

Happy Birthday! I'll get off your lawn now.

Esteban · 01-20-2025, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Happy Birthday! I'll get off your lawn now.

You are always welcome on my lawn, Laura.

ezaircon4jc · 01-20-2025, 02:38 PM

My body's rapidly approaching 70 (a year and a half from now), but my mind is stuck in my mid-late teens! If only my body could carry out my mind's desires! I can't even do a simple tire rotation anymore!

vreihen16 · 01-20-2025, 02:50 PM

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Esteban · 01-20-2025, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

My body's rapidly approaching 70 (a year and a half from now), but my mind is stuck in my mid-late teens! If only my body could carry out my mind's desires! I can't even do a simple tire rotation anymore!

Feel like my mind is always in the mid 20s, but with the wisdom and common sense of an older man. Feels pretty good.

M_Six · 01-20-2025, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

My body's rapidly approaching 70 (a year and a half from now), but my mind is stuck in my mid-late teens! If only my body could carry out my mind's desires! I can't even do a simple tire rotation anymore!

Yesterday I was trying to get the end of a screw driver into a very small screw head. I had to use two hands to steady the screw driver tip. It's things like that that remind me I'm not in my 30's any more.

Esteban · 01-20-2025, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Feel like my mind is always in the mid 20s, but with the wisdom and common sense of an older man. Feels pretty good.

And some silliness thrown in for good measure...

M_Six · 01-20-2025, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Feel like my mind is always in the mid 20s, but with the wisdom and common sense of an older man. Feels pretty good.

I often wish I had the wisdom and common sense I have now when I was in my teens, twenties, and thirties. It's a shame it takes decades to gain the wisdom you really need in your younger years.

SpeedBuggy · 01-20-2025, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Thank you Pauly!

Today I officially join The 70s CLUB!

Happy Birthday!

vreihen16 · 01-20-2025, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Yesterday I was trying to get the end of a screw driver into a very small screw head. I had to use two hands to steady the screw driver tip.

Be thankful that you can even see recessed terminal screws to tell if they are flat-blade, phillips, or torx.....

M_Six · 01-20-2025, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

Be thankful that you can even see recessed terminal screws to tell if they are flat-blade, phillips, or torx.....

That's another issue. Seeing small things clearly.

3798j · 01-20-2025, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

I often wish I had the wisdom and common sense I have now when I was in my teens, twenties, and thirties. It's a shame it takes decades to gain the wisdom you really need in your younger years.

This...Glen Campbell..."Yesterday When I Was Young".

sygazelle · 01-20-2025, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Thank you Pauly!

Today I officially join The 70s CLUB!

Welcome to the club.

3.0L · 01-20-2025, 05:41 PM

I remember when Mosaic hit the streets. Wrote my 1st website shortly
thereafter. 1994, if I recall correctly.

JJ 911SC · 01-20-2025, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Thank you Pauly!

Today I officially join The 70s CLUB!

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3.0L · 01-20-2025, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

My body's rapidly approaching 70 (a year and a half from now), but my mind is stuck in my mid-late teens! If only my body could carry out my mind's desires! I can't even do a simple tire rotation anymore!

Eleven years ago, when I was 66, I got a wild hair up my a$$ and decided to
paint the brake calipers on my 2004 Mazda RX-8. To make room, I backed
our 2012 GLK 350 onto our slightly downhill driveway.

I blocked the wheels and then removed one wheel at a time, followed by
cleaning and painting (red) of the brake calipers. After I was finished and
had lowered the car, I grabbed a beer out of the nearby ‘frig and then
plopped into my comfortable chair, just to lean back and admire my work.
Just as I turned my head, my RX-8 was rolling very slowly out of the garage.
I leaped out of my chair and made a valiant effort to grab the front wheel
well. I missed it by inches, then watched in horror as my RX-8 rolled into
the right front corner of our year old GLK.

Dumb $hit forgot to set the parking brake and also failed to notice the slight
incline of the first 3 feet of the garage floor.

That is the last time I did any heavy duty work on our cars.

Esteban · 01-20-2025, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

That's another issue. Seeing small things clearly.

Do you wear glasses? I do, with bifocals.

If not you can get a cheap pair of reading glasses at your local drugstore. Will help a lot with small things.

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