You know you're old when...

Bob Denman said:
But EVERY self-respecting car should have at least an SAK in the glovebox.
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I've got a folder (not an SAK) in every car but I still have to check the glove box in my "Footmobile."

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I did find an unidentified knife in my 56 F100 and I'm the second owner ...New Mexico county worktruck...option I don't know.
No heater originally except for the big ass engine I have throwing heat through firewall. I run air conditioner all year long which I obviously added.

Got the knife in so it's on topic.😁
 
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sgt1372 said:
Heaters optional? Not sure about that -- early cars didn't even have "heater" but AC certainly was optional for a long time and almost no cars in my area (SF) never had any because who needs AC in San Francisco (where it's HOT when it hits 80)?

Same thing applies to apts/houses in SF. It's a rare house in SF that has any AC but anywhere outside of SF is a different matter, like where I live where 100+ days use to be routine before climante change f*cked everything up.

Today it rained overnight and now thunderstorms are predicted for the afternoon. Thunderstorms? But yet, the temp/humidty is up (just like when I lived back East) when afternoon thunderstorms were common.
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I'm in San Diego, in a condo near the ocean, so no aircon. But global warming is real and summer temps here are climbing to the extent we use a portable AC maybe a week out of the year and new buyers want AC.
 
sgt1372 said:
I still have an abacus (a family heirloom that I still know how to use) and a box full of slide rules (including a circular and pocket sized one) that I used at school.

Regarding the slide rules, I was (or attempted to be) a science nerd at one time but the idea quickly wore off after it became clear that I was not going to become an engineer or "scientist." Unlike the abacus, I'd need a refresher in order to "remember" how to use a slide rule.

I finally ended up becoming a lawyer and then a cop instead. LOL! ;)

PS: My 1st "real" computer was a Kaypro (that followed the Osborne). I've always been a CPM/MS DOS/Windows user. I also used a Radio Shack TRS80 w/a 300 baud acoustic modem to "communicate" by phone on the "Net" in the 80's. Now THAT's old!
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A "Trash 80" :D
 
not2sharp said:
Who remembers when we used to repair all sorts of things with a coat hanger? I had a neighbor with a collection of them under his car hood. They were also great at improving reception on your TVs, I even tried them once or twice on my multiband radio. Speaking of which, many of us would go to great lengths to boost our CB radio signal. For a while I had mine connected to a 40' antenna, on top of 40' building, located on the crest of a hill. Those were the days before everything went digital and got loaded down with sensors. :)

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My friends still talk about the time I almost rolled my Jeep. I was inside smooshed up against the drivers door. They were hooking up chains. I asked them to stop making so much noise. I had picked up a “skip” from Florida!
 
AntDog said:
Punctuation makes all the difference.

Same thing with Glocks. they’re the standard for reliability (as long as you don’t use reloads).
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I once owned every model Glock...about 8 yrs ago or so. Never a problem with reload reliability except for one glaring example.
The Glock 36 in .45 ACP will NOT chamber semi-wadcutter reloads....only round nose is 100%
BTW, I don't get all bent out of shape with punctuation. I do notice mistakes, but realize that many of these
may well be intentional. I do this myself on occasion or intentionally misspell words to shorten them.
Remember: As in marriage, the secret is communication.
BTW, you're old when you are figuring out which knives to sell, and which few to keep....forever...
 
This is the definitive answer::

You know your old when you start saying, “Well that’s the last time I’ll ever do that”.

All the old timers I know started saying that after every project. When you realize that mathematicaly you can’t possibly outlive the new roof on the house. (30 years).

Then you realize you wont be driving long enough to need another truck. (10 years)

Then its the battery in the smoke detector (1) year.
 
I'm definitely old, as my classic rock dates from the pre-Elvis 'fifties (Bill Haley and the Comets). And, of course, being able to take a knife to elementary school without somebody calling on a SWAT team. Oh, yeah, we used to "duck and cover," too . . . . and then kiss our asses goodbye.

It all seems so sweetly simple now.
 
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