You know you're old when...

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I remember. Seatbelts were those things you stuffed down between the seat cushion and the backrest cushion. Thank God my folks were good drivers. My Dad started driving in his early teens while working as a yard jockey for a trucking company. Then he drove trucks for decades. When he died at 79, he had one ticket on his record, and that was for parking facing the wrong way on a street.

Mom and dad traded in their '49 Ford for a VW microbus in 1958. Neither vehicle had seatbelts. Dad had many speeding tickets in the Ford, but none in the '58 VW. I'm sure the lack of HP had a lot to do with that. Heh!

Any, despite dad's sometimes aggressive driving, we survived without any accidents. Still, long trips such as vacations were stressful. With the VW, dad practiced what I later called, "Energy management." After a long, slow climb up a hill he go like hell down the other side and pass the cars that passed him while going up the hill. On the level he'd draft semi's while watching oncoming traffic closely. When a gap in the traffic was coming our way, he was on the throttle well before the traffic gap was available, slowly accelerating. Just as the gap appeared he'd zoom out into the opposing lane and sort of slingshot past the semi truck. Just barely.

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by sygazelle

....when your zipper is down and somebody points it out and you say, oh, thanks, but you are not embarrassed in the least.

I catch myself noticing, correcting and drawing attention to it myself. Hard to be embarrassed when you don't care.

[Esteban]

You remember printing out directions only to get lost...

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

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I have to do this with my lunch every day. I might be an aggressive driver.

[LookBothWays]

You know you're old when you make an appointment with the doctor and by the time you see him something more serious than the original complaint needs attention. So when he asks why you're here you need an algorithm to come up with an answer.

[Cyn-BMW]

When just can’t seem to get it up anymore. Thank god I’m not old yet!

[upstatedoc]

Originally Posted by Onesie

Never understood why that's supposed to be embarrassing or funny.
Even on sitcoms you see that being portrayed as funny… not sure why. Thoughts?

what about XYZ PDQ?

[dscabra]

Originally Posted by Onesie

What's that?

eXamine Your Zipper Pretty Darn Quick

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by dscabra

eXamine Your Zipper Pretty Darn Quick

LOL!

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Onesie

What's that?

Get off our lawns!!!!!

[Mein11]

Originally Posted by King Rudi

I catch myself noticing, correcting and drawing attention to it myself. Hard to be embarrassed when you don't care.

I don't get what there is to be embarrassed about, 5 times out of 10 it's not like my pecker is sticking out.

[Esteban]

You had more than one key to operate your car...

[3798j]

^ and the key went into an ignition switch on the dash...which had gauges for everything.

[Esteban]

You remember eating ice cream on a TP roll. lol

[UncleWede]

You strain your lower back while putting on your compression socks

[fiveohwblow]

Originally Posted by Esteban

You remember eating ice cream on a TP roll. lol

I miss push pops. You could still get them from the Schwans man about 10-15 years ago. Not sure if you still can…

[tyliai94]

When you know how to play original ''Street Fighter 2'' professional ..

[wdb]

Originally Posted by tyliai94

When you know how to play original ''Street Fighter 2'' professional ..

Lawn. Off. Now.

[Lady Jane]

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[Buug959]

AC

[Lady Jane]

When you always kept a dime or quarter in your purse/ wallet.



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[Buug959]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

When you always kept a dime or quarter in your purse/ wallet.



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And, more importantly, for these.