You know you're old when...

aguywalksintoabar · 04-08-2022, 01:09 PM

When you used to collect tokens out of your cans of BG44K.

rwheels · 04-08-2022, 04:54 PM

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LOL, I did too until a couple of months ago! - I ripped them all to digital format...took me a couple of weeks as I had about 220 CDs. I just did it while I sat on one Zoom meeting after another for work.

Tell you what, keep an eye out for a PM from me...

Word of note, but play the digital copy, and then play the CD, and hear if there is a difference. I've learned that you lose quality in recording to the mp3 format.

vreihen16 · 04-08-2022, 08:00 PM

...when you remember the days when cars weren't required to have passenger side mirrors...and most didn't!

dscabra · 04-08-2022, 08:24 PM

I bought a iPod Touch and keep it in the console, but I mostly just listen to '70s on 7 on SiriusXM. The only place I even have CDs in use is in my 2007 F-250. I've had the same six CDs in the player for years.

Esteban · 04-08-2022, 08:26 PM

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...when you remember the days when cars weren't required to have passenger side mirrors...and most didn't!

I bought my daughter a '66 Mustang years ago. It only had the driver side mirror. Don't know if it was added or not. I went to a vintage Mustang store and got her a passenger one. Also had to add seatbelts.

M_Six · 04-08-2022, 09:14 PM

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...when you remember the days when cars weren't required to have passenger side mirrors...and most didn't!

And they taught you hand signals for turning and stopping in driver ed.

UncleWede · 04-08-2022, 11:52 PM

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...when you remember the days when cars weren't required to have passenger side mirrors...and most didn't!

And they taught you hand signals for turning and stopping in driver ed.

77 beetle I kinda want to add the passenger mirror

I have turn signals on my bike but it's so much easier to use hand signals. Not that I'm sure anyone understands

Esteban · 04-09-2022, 12:14 AM

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...when you remember the days when cars weren't required to have passenger side mirrors...and most didn't!

And they taught you hand signals for turning and stopping in driver ed.

77 beetle I kinda want to add the passenger mirror

I have turn signals on my bike but it's so much easier to use hand signals. Not that I'm sure anyone understands

I had a '68 Bug. I can't remember if it had a passenger side mirror or not. I was 18 when I bought that car. Too long ago for me to remember such small details.

Buug959 · 04-09-2022, 06:45 AM

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I had a '68 Bug. I can't remember if it had a passenger side mirror or not. I was 18 when I bought that car. Too long ago for me to remember such small details.

The '75 Beetle that I learned to drive stick in didn't have the passenger side mirror.

vreihen16 · 04-09-2022, 07:01 AM

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77 beetle I kinda want to add the passenger mirror

I added the factory passenger side mirror to my 1980 MK1 VW Rabbit. The pre-threaded screw holes to mount it were already in the door and covered with plastic pop-out caps, IIRC. I found the mirror on a wrecked VW Dasher in a junkyard, and it was apparently the same as the Mk1 Rabbit. Side-view mirrors in those days didn't have electric or manual adjusters inside the car, so they were simple to add but required walking around the car to adjust them. How did we survive?????

UncleWede · 04-09-2022, 07:03 AM

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77 beetle I kinda want to add the passenger mirror

I added the factory passenger side mirror to my 1980 MK1 VW Rabbit. The pre-threaded screw holes to mount it were already in the door and covered with plastic pop-out caps, IIRC. I found the mirror on a wrecked VW Dasher in a junkyard, and it was apparently the same as the Mk1 Rabbit. Side-view mirrors in those days didn't have electric or manual adjusters inside the car, so they were simple to add but required walking around the car to adjust them. How did we survive?????

Walking around still required for my 02 pickup

hubbahubba · 04-09-2022, 10:58 AM

cmyx6go I'm a little late to the party here, but I understand your dilema. About a year ago I figured, well let's just give Apple Music a go, as I was tired of flipping thru Sirius all the time to find a song I wanted to listen to. To me, the cool thing about Apple music is I can just download an entire album, and listen to it as originally intended. Give it a try, you may find it enojyable as well! I still have SiriusXM, but rarely listen to it.

3798j · 04-10-2022, 10:19 AM

When you get "that look" after telling someone your first car had a positive ground electrical system.

cmyx6go · 04-10-2022, 10:37 AM

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When you get "that look" after telling someone your first car had a positive ground electrical system.

I’m not sure if I should get off your lawn, or if I just don’t know what that means. My first car was a 1973 Ford LTD.

3798j · 04-10-2022, 11:06 AM

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I’m not sure if I should get off your lawn, or if I just don’t know what that means. My first car was a 1973 Ford LTD.

LOL...not until the decade of the 60's did manufacturers ditch grounding the positive (+) side of the battery. Your '73 LTD and all cars today have the negative battery terminal grounded. Today that sounds so foreign to younger generations...not chasing you off the lawn.

vreihen16 · 04-10-2022, 02:49 PM

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When you get "that look" after telling someone your first car had a positive ground electrical system.

A neighbor here has a late 1940's car, and the repair shop that did a restoration on it hooked up the 6-volt battery "backwards" with the negative terminal grounded. At least they didn't put in a 12-volt battery and fry all of the light bulbs.....

cmyx6go · 04-13-2022, 06:05 AM

Brain freeze. When I'm trying to remember something I say I need to wait until the needle in my brain hits that spot on the record. It's taking longer and longer.....

TKDbilly · 04-13-2022, 07:32 AM

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Brain freeze. When I'm trying to remember something I say I need to wait until the needle in my brain hits that spot on the record. It's taking longer and longer.....

Might I suggest my favorite ...

aguywalksintoabar · 04-13-2022, 07:40 AM

All I know is I'm starting to put things somewhere very safe…

That I can't even find them.

We're thinking of booking The Home Edit team to sort out my study.

cmyx6go · 04-13-2022, 07:41 AM

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Might I suggest my favorite ...

Smart ass! Get off my lawn.

I am old enough to remember those commercials and ads.

M_Six · 04-13-2022, 07:45 AM

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Brain freeze. When I'm trying to remember something I say I need to wait until the needle in my brain hits that spot on the record. It's taking longer and longer.....

I've long had the problem of forgetting someone's name just as I'm about to say it. It'll be in my brain right up until my brain sends the signal to my mouth to speak, then it's gone. Sometimes I can't bring up the name of someone I've known for years and see all the time. It's so frustrating. But lately it happens with more than names. Common words now just disappear from my RAM. I know the word is there on my hard drive somewhere, but it takes a while before my ancient 5400RPM spinning disk brain can pull it up.

M_Six · 04-13-2022, 07:49 AM

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I guess you never upgraded to a SSD.

Nope. And can't upgrade the RAM either.

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