You know you're old when...

[BMWGUYinCO]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I can't stand all the tech. Now I see some of the new cars are doing away with rear view and side view mirrors and replacing with cameras. WTF? So something goes haywire and I can't see behind me?

I'm seriously considering buying out my 2022 X6MC at lease end. Although this has more tech than I'd like, the 2025 will be worse and I don't think there are other options with less tech.

Get off my lawn.

This post made me LOL!

Being in IT for my career, I don't mind all the tech...but I've also reached a point where I am realizing it doesn't lend any value to the actual driving experience. So do I really need it? But I agree with you on the future and the direction that tech is playing, and to add to that - in differentiating and selling cars. I've read articles that state that most cars today drive reasonably well - it's the tech packages that are attracting buyers and that is the space that most car manufacturers are investing in. As I mentioned, I don't need more tech, I need more soul and a return to the driving experience. That comes with analogue gauges.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M_Six

When a simple task like changing a light fixture becomes a major chore because it involves working with your hands above your head for more than 5 minutes.

What is it about working with your hands above your head that causes your heart rate to climb and sweat to pour? I feel like i just completed a serious rowing workout.

Just imagine for a moment what Michelangelo went through in his 30s, painting The Sistine Chapel ceiling in fresco between 1508 and 1512 (over 500 m² of ceiling). Michelangelo - who actually considered himself primarily a sculptor rather than a painter - worked while standing on a freestanding scaffold that he had built himself (displeased about the scaffolding they had prepared for him). He painted in a standing position, not lying on his back, with the greatest discomfort, for he had to stand there working with his head tilted backwards. For a couple of months he refused to work on the ceiling on account of a dispute over payments for work done. Gold was supposed to be added in the end, but this never took place, in part because Michelangelo did not want to rebuild the scaffolding. He suffered from backache while painting The Sistine Chapel, and even wrote a poem lamenting his suffering.

I've grown a goitre by dwelling in this den–
As cats from stagnant streams in Lombardy,
Or in what other land they hap to be–
Which drives the belly close beneath the chin:
My beard turns up to heaven; my nape falls in,
Fixed on my spine: my breast-bone visibly
Grows like a harp: a rich embroidery
Bedews my face from brush-drops thick and thin.
My loins into my paunch like levers grind:
My buttock like a crupper bears my weight;
My feet unguided wander to and fro;
In front my skin grows loose and long; behind,
By bending it becomes more taut and strait;
Crosswise I strain me like a Syrian bow:
Whence false and quaint, I know,
Must be the fruit of squinting brain and eye;
For ill can aim the gun that bends awry.
Come then, Giovanni, try
To succour my dead pictures and my fame;
Since foul I fare and painting is my shame.

[M_Six]

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

Making the wife happy? That's priceless.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Making the wife happy? That's priceless.

Indeed

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

Fiat lux !

[Dino GT]

"Happy Wife, Happy Life"

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Dino GT

"Happy Wife, Happy Life"

"Happy Spouse, Happy House"

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I can't stand all the tech. Now I see some of the new cars are doing away with rear view and side view mirrors and replacing with cameras. WTF? So something goes haywire and I can't see behind me?

I'm seriously considering buying out my 2022 X6MC at lease end. Although this has more tech than I'd like, the 2025 will be worse and I don't think there are other options with less tech.

Get off my lawn.

FYI: the 2024 BMW X5 M Competition and X6 M Competition have just been introduced: see here.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Fiat lux !

And there was light. And Wifey said that the light was good. Hopefully I don't have to deal with all that other stuff before I get a day to rest.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M_Six

And there was light. And Wifey said that the light was good. Hopefully I don't have to deal with all that other stuff before I get a day to rest.

M_Six Phone Home !

[asianF22]

when ur friends call you to go out for drinks @ 8:30 but you're getting ready for bed...

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by asianF22

when ur friends call you to go out for drinks @ 8:30 but you're getting ready for bed...

Getting ready???

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

At making his David and carving the schlong, he was definitely not thinking about impressing wifey hihihi

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Soul_Glo

Apparently he killed a Roman Pimp after a tennis game. See here:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/...a-tennis-game/

That was Caravaggio (1571-1610), not 'the' Michelangelo of The Sistine Chapel and the Pietà (1475-1564).

Both brilliant artists, both complex tormented personalities but in a different way. If Michelangelo was rather a revered but solitary Batman, then Caravaggio was more like The Joker / Dark Knight, a dark freak on the run frequently picking violent fights.
https://www.neh.gov/article/caravagg...lo-renaissance

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Dang3r

At making his David and carving the schlong, he was definitely not thinking about impressing wifey hihihi

How Michelangelo handled a clown criticizing his "David":

"When Piero Soderini, the Standard Bearer of Justice in Florence, said that Michelangelo’s David had too thick a nose, the artist responded with an elegant sleight of hand: Michelangelo climbed the scaffold, and grabbed his hammer and chisel and a handful of marble dust. He tapped lightly on the chisel, permitting dust to fall little by little from his hand, without actually altering anything. “Ah that’s much better,” exclaimed the duped observer. Michelangelo climbed down, “feeling sorry for those critics who talk nonsense in the hope of appearing well informed.”"

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Soul_Glo

My bad. I like the analogy re. batman

Unsolved bromance mysteries of history: Batman and Robin - Michelangelo and Tommaso dei Cavalieri.

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by Artemis

How Michelangelo handled a clown criticizing his "David": (...)

So like JLS only much more talent to the better looking

[shawnhayes]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Thanks, but I was 13 then. I'm 68 now, and would prefer a modern car with all the safety features that come with it. That '68 Road Runner is better seen in pictures for someone like me. I have the means, but honestly at this time in my older years, I do not want. It would just sit in my garage and that would be a waste. Would not trust myself and the driving public without modern safety features.

PS - just noticed that I lusted after that car in '68, and I am now 68. lol

You mean this?

Shawn

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by shawnhayes

You mean this?

Shawn

Haha, I've seen that before. Yeah, maybe something like that.

Here's the long version of the video, including the injuries.

Edit: and think about the innocent people in their cars in front who got hit. What happened to them? What if there were kids involved?

[shawnhayes]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Haha, I've seen that before. Yeah, maybe something like that.

Here's the long version of the video, including the injuries.

A lot of teachable moments in that encounter, but the "old collector car" and what can go wrong is the primary theme. And this happens more often than we like to admit.

Shawn

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by shawnhayes

A lot of teachable moments in that encounter, but the "old collector car" and what can go wrong is the primary theme. And this happens more often than we like to admit.

Shawn

Yep, you made my point clear, with visuals. lol