You know you're old when...

rwheels · 05-29-2020, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

Remember the olden days, when the Garden State Parkway toll was $0.25 at every tollbooth? I just saw on the NYC TV news yesterday that they are raising the Parkway (and Turnpike) tolls *again*...and you will need to take out a second mortgage to drive the entire length of the Parkway from the NYS Thruway interchange (by BMW's North American HQ) to Cape May.....

I have always questioned the reason for toll roads, especially when we get charged others fees, "for roads," through license fees, registration fees, and gasoline taxes.

wdb · 05-29-2020, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rwheels

I have always questioned the reason for toll roads, especially when we get charged others fees, "for roads," through license fees, registration fees, and gasoline taxes.

No trucks allowed on GSP.

cmyx6go · 05-29-2020, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by vreihen16

Remember the olden days, when the Garden State Parkway toll was $0.25 at every tollbooth? I just saw on the NYC TV news yesterday that they are raising the Parkway (and Turnpike) tolls *again*...and you will need to take out a second mortgage to drive the entire length of the Parkway from the NYS Thruway interchange (by BMW's North American HQ) to Cape May.....

Pffft. What about the bridge tolls. Face value on Ny/NJ crossings are $16 for cars and the Verrazano Bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn is $19. It costs almost $200 for me to send one of my tractor trailers from central NJ to Brooklyn.

vreihen16 · 05-29-2020, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by wdb

No trucks allowed on GSP.

...north of mile marker 105 unless something has changed.....

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.2646...7i16384!8i8192

vreihen16 · 05-29-2020, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

Pffft. What about the bridge tolls. Face value on Ny/NJ crossings are $16 for cars and the Verrazano Bridge between Staten Island and Brooklyn is $19. It costs almost $200 for me to send one of my tractor trailers from central NJ to Brooklyn.

In the not-too-distant past, it used to cost me $55 round trip when I towed my dual-axle enclosed race car hauler down to Lawn Guyland for events. Many drivers from up here wouldn't even attend events down there because of the crazy tolls for a $2.00 plastic trophy...even those without trailers.

I crossed the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel last year, and remember that the $14 toll for 23 miles of bridge/tunnel seemed like the travel bargain of the century! For being on secondary roads through the DelMarVA, that whole detour was a pleasant drive that I definitely would do again.....

3798j · 06-01-2020, 12:44 PM

You know you're old when...thinking back to 1973, the first two credit cards your store accepted were Master Charge and Bank Americard...and neither one would approve you for one.

King Rudi · 06-03-2020, 10:02 AM

When being right isn't as important as just having some peace.

M_Six · 06-03-2020, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

When being right isn't as important as just having some peace.

This x 1000.

kscarrol · 06-04-2020, 07:48 AM

Meanwhile Down Under... Not sure the man is old enough to qualify for this group but I suggest an honorary membership be offered!

1MOREMOD · 06-04-2020, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Now_Rudi

When being right isn't as important as just having some peace.

I could use some.

3798j · 06-04-2020, 09:03 AM

You know you're old...when remembering the time there were 10% CD's, new car loans were 15%, and a 13.5% 20 year mortgage was considered "good".

zgood4u · 06-04-2020, 09:51 AM

Everything in this when I was a teenager.

M_Six · 06-04-2020, 11:21 PM

Graduated from High School 43 years ago today. I didn't go to the ceremony because I had the measles, despite having been innoculated.

mc-m3 · 06-05-2020, 01:13 AM

from the LOL thread (don't recall seeing it in here, sorry if a duplicate)

Screw in Fuses.

UncleWede · 06-05-2020, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Graduated from High School 43 years ago today. I didn't go to the ceremony because I had the measles, despite having been innoculated.

DAMN, you're lawn is older than mine!

But nowhere near as old as vreihen16 's

MKSixer · 06-05-2020, 10:55 AM

When your 22 year old daughter is making wine recommendations to you. And they are quite good.

Slow down and quit driving so fast in our neighborhood!!
Get off my lawn!!!

Colodano · 06-05-2020, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mc-m3

from the LOL thread (don't recall seeing it in here, sorry if a duplicate)

Screw in Fuses.

I dunno, I lived in a house with screw-in fuses from the 50s in Toronto... 3 years ago.

zgood4u · 06-05-2020, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Graduated from High School 43 years ago today. I didn't go to the ceremony because I had the measles, despite having been innoculated.

Mine was 50 years ago I believe June 21 or 22

rwheels · 06-05-2020, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by zgood4u

Mine was 50 years ago I believe June 21 or 22

Mine was in 1974, and I remember it like it was yesterday. If I could only remember what I did yesterday.

Kitzhabersucks · 06-07-2020, 12:16 AM

You may laugh, but when you get to be my age, it's serious shit;
Just as a woman's boobs sag, so will your testicles....
Mine damn near touch the water when I sit on the "pot" anymore.
Thinking of getting a scrotum tuck for my 62nd birthday in July.
With the skin they remove, I'll probably make a set of slippers for the wife
or I might wrap my steering wheel with it....

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kscarrol · 06-07-2020, 12:31 AM

As a good friend of mine who is 86 told me years ago, never pass up a bathroom, never trust a fart and a NEVER waste a hard on!

DieselDiner · 06-07-2020, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by kscarrol

As a good friend of mine who is 86 told me years ago, never pass up a bathroom, never trust a fart and a NEVER waste a hard on!

YKYOW... all 3 of these could happen the same night (after going to bed)!

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