You know you're old when...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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All that's missing is the red and white checkered tablecloth.

[XK4]

YKYO when you have a well-used dwell meter in your garage.

[wdb]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Saw this when it first came out. Took my then girl friend who became my wife a month later. Scared the bejesus out of me. Of course by today's standards it's pretty tame. Anybody else see the premier of this great movie?

I saw it while on vacation. At the beach!

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by wdb

I saw it while on vacation. At the beach!

[Lady Jane]

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by XK4

YKYO when you have a well-used dwell meter in your garage.

...and carried nail clippers because they had a handy breaker points-cleaning file built into them.....

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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Yuck. So many things could go wrong there.

And what's with those socks?

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

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These are the last thing I see before hitting the floor like a sack of potatoes. Standing up too fast is a relative term, and for me that means anything over a snails pace. I have to take some wicked meds that make it a very wobbly World for me. Oh, and hot flashes. Did I ever tell you about hot flashes? Standby LJ.

[Esteban]

I talk to myself...

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

I talk to myself.

I yell at myself a lot. Pisses me off that I sometimes have trouble doing the simplest thing.

[Esteban]

My favorite is #6 and I don't want #7 to ever happen.

[Boomer 2019]

Originally Posted by XK4

YKYO when you have a well-used dwell meter in your garage.

I don't have a dwell meter, but I do have a circa WWII Japanese ammeter taken from a captured sub by my dad. Wooden box with a folding hand crank, a shoulder strap, and Japanese writing and symbols that I cannot read. Still works, and major cool factor.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

I don't have a dwell meter, but I do have a circa WWII Japanese ammeter taken from a captured sub by my dad. Wooden box with a folding hand crank, a shoulder strap, and Japanese writing and symbols that I cannot read. Still works, and major cool factor.

I have a German compass that my dad liberated from 2 German POW's he was
escorting to the rear. He also took their mess utensils and a 20 Mark paper bill.
Both POW's were officers.

[vreihen16]

During WW-II, the British were fighting for their honor, the French were fighting for their country, and the Americans were fighting for the souvenirs.....

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Boomer 2019

These are the last thing I see before hitting the floor like a sack of potatoes. Standing up too fast is a relative term, and for me that means anything over a snails pace. I have to take some wicked meds that make it a very wobbly World for me.

I'm so loopy on medications (and heart failure) that it frequently takes me at least five minutes to just sit upright without the room spinning when getting out of bed.

I had a vertigo attack late this afternoon, and felt lucky to flop into my recliner and not wind up on the floor atop a crushed end table like two weeks ago.....

[JJ 911SC]

You read or/and do this...

[M_Six]

We used to do that. Years later, when I worked as an environmental geologist, I was horrified that I did that. It's amazing how badly a gallon of motor oil can affect the local groundwater.

[wdb]

When I worked as a mechanic at the dairy we used drain oil to keep the dust down on the dirt roads around the farm.

[Esteban]

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[vreihen16]

...except our bicycles had kickstands on them.....

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by wdb

When I worked as a mechanic at the dairy we used drain oil to keep the dust down on the dirt roads around the farm.

And it smells like an auto wrecking yard.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

...except our bicycles had kickstands on them.....

These may have all had kickstands (can't tell for sure) but when there was grass kickstands didn't work so well so you just layed them on the grass. Besides, they didn't get damaged laying them on the grass.