You know you're old when...

[3798j]

Popular Science Magazine had the answer...with directions...

[rwheels]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Popular Science Magazine had the answer...with directions...

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by rwheels

You laughed this song off when it was first released.

When I'm Sixty Four

I was 12 when the album Sgt. Pepper was released in 1967. 64 was ages away back then. Happy to have gotten this far and it doesn't feel like I thought it would. It's better. Give a big CHEER to all of us 'old' guys and gals.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

I bought one of those as my 1976 Ford Granada went through about a quart a week

The worst part of those spouts was that they were oily when you put them in the trunk between uses. I made a bracket to hold mine to the fender well under the hood of my oil-hungry VW Rabbit back in the day.....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Littlebear

Maybe. But what did you do with your used oil way back then?

I still carry the guilt about what I used to do with the used oil. See 3798j's post above.

[Dpc2u]

This prompted me to go take a pic of something sitting on a shelf in my garage.

[3.0L]

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I have a few, unopened cans of these:

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I still carry the guilt about what I used to do with the used oil. See 3798j's post above.

Why? The oil came from the ground in the first place! You just borrowed it for 3,000 miles, and then recycled it back to where it came from.....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

Why? The oil came from the ground in the first place! You just borrowed it for 3,000 miles, and then recycled it back to where it came from.....

When I got my degree in environmental geology I learned how much damage waste oil can cause. "Just a few quarts" when multiplied by lots of people doing the same thing can wreak havoc on an aquifer. Luckily where I grew up our water came from reservoirs.

[NEfan508]

I've never bought cheapest or the best but give me a break, almost everything falls apart in my house every president or so, but these well built fugly units will for what seems like forever

[rwheels]

Originally Posted by NEfan508

I've never bought cheapest or the best but give me a break, almost everything falls apart in my house every president or so, but these well built fugly units will for what seems like forever

This refrigerator reminded me of what I certainly do not miss, and that is the old refrigerators, which could not be pushed open, trapping many a child to their death. Thank goodness for the magnetic design (which this one is).

[1MOREMOD]

Hmm my appliances are all 9 years old now and have fixed few things personally and still working..

[upstatedoc]

Yeah my fridge is 16 years old and still going strong. There's another one in the basement which is about 30 years old still working

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Hmm my appliances are all 9 years old now and have fixed few things personally and still working..

We have been getting ~15 years out of our stuff, and upgrade on failure (rather than repair) to get the most energy/water efficient replacements.....

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by upstatedoc

Yeah my fridge is 16 years old and still going strong. There's another one in the basement which is about 30 years old still working

That one in the basement must at least... 30 years old. lol

The older the better when it comes to appliances like that. They just lasted longer.

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by Esteban

That one in the basement must at least... 30 years old. lol

The older the better when it comes to appliances like that. They just lasted longer.

You store your "oil cans" in there too?

[wdb]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I still carry the guilt about what I used to do with the used oil. See 3798j's post above.

When I wrenched at the dairy we would spread the drain oil from the truck fleet, car fleet, farm equipment fleet, and factory equipment fleet on the dirt roads out on the farm. Kept the dust down.

[3798j]

Senior thoughts...

1. To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it.
2. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight.
3. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
4. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
5. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
6. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
7. If you're sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, "Did you bring the money?"
8. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
9. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
10. I run like the winded.
11. When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did you hear?"
12. When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?
13. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
14. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.

[MKSixer]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Senior thoughts...

1. To me, "drink responsibly" means don't spill it.
2. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9:00 pm is the new midnight.
3. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
4. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
5. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
6. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
7. If you're sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, "Did you bring the money?"
8. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
9. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
10. I run like the winded.
11. When someone asks what I did over the weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did you hear?"
12. When you do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing on an aluminum can stuffed with celery?
13. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
14. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.

I'm doing this the first opportunity I have. I may modify it to, "Do you have the item", but this is happening..

[garyfried]

As I get older: it takes me all night long to do what I used to do all night long.

[3.0L]

You wore Shulok Snap shoes:

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

You wore Shulok Snap shoes:

Had to Google those. lol

It said late 50s. I was around then. Didn't buy my own shoes in the 50s, though. lol

One manufacturer was Thom McAn. I remember them.