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[Charles Perdue]

I am 67 here. I think that it is appropriate to post this here. My sister sent it to me.

IF MY BODY WERE A CAR

This is just too funny-scary how true it is.

If my body were a car, this is the time that I would be thinking about trading it in for a new model.

I have bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull..

But that is not the worse of it.

My headlights are out of focus, and it is especially hard to see things up close.

My traction is not as graceful as it once was.

I slip and slide and bump into things even in the best of weather.

My whitewalls are stained with varicous veins.

It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed.

My fuel rate burns inefficiently.

But here is the worst of it.

Almost everytime that I cough, sneeze or sputter.......either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires.

Charles

 

[james tomlin]

68 and still have not growed up and don't plan on doing it any time soon.

 

[Ray Sametz]

I am 67 here. I think that it is appropriate to post this here. My sister sent it to me.

IF MY BODY WERE A CAR

This is just too funny-scary how true it is.

If my body were a car, this is the time that I would be thinking about trading it in for a new model.

I have bumps and dents and scratches in my finish and my paint job is getting a little dull..

But that is not the worse of it.

My headlights are out of focus, and it is especially hard to see things up close.

My traction is not as graceful as it once was.

I slip and slide and bump into things even in the best of weather.

My whitewalls are stained with varicous veins.

It takes me hours to reach my maximum speed.

My fuel rate burns inefficiently.

But here is the worst of it.

Almost everytime that I cough, sneeze or sputter.......either my radiator leaks or my exhaust backfires.

Charles

That's Classic, every once in while you need to drink a can of the old Bar's All (Rabbit Sh*t) to stop the wet backfires. :lol: :lol: ....==={}

 

[properchopper]

Be 69 in October. Usta know what that number meant. :wacko:

 

[Don Brown]

58 in a few months and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I agree with my 88 year old (and still going strong) mom; "You are only as old as you feel".

DonB

 

[Dan Kramer]

64 , still at the same job i started at 16, i refuse to grow up and it drives the middle-aged and those a little younger, but not in as good a shape, completely bonkers. LOVE IT!! what ever bugs them, thats where i'm at. i know it drives the wifey crazy!! they just cant handle it. i think THEY need to grow up!!

dan

 

[Ronald van Essen]

I am over 50 and in a few years will retire....more time for boats.

 

[Jerry T]

24 with 40 years of experience, still don't know anything :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:

 

[RonShaw]

65 or so an proud member of the" OLD FARTS RACING TEAM"

51 and youngest Fart of the "Old Farts(Geezer) Racing Team"....

Did I mention I feel, (and probably act sometimes... ), 25...... h34r:

 

[Don Ferrette]

52. Old enough to know better, still young enough not to care.

 

[Grimracer]

I have no idea how old I am or how much money I make.. cuz i really do not care...

Truth is thats mostly true! lol.. I just do not care...lol

Grim

 

[Greg Hahn]

Grim just won't admit it!!!

Me? I'm heading toward 54 in a hurry.....................built my first boat in 72, first race was an event at "just add water boats" on Indy's east side. Still have my first store bought radio (Kraft gold 78) in my trophy case. (first radio was a Heathkit)!

if that isn't dating your butt I don't know what will!!!

g

 

[Norm Doerr]

I have no idea how old I am or how much money I make.. cuz i really do not care...

Truth is thats mostly true! lol.. I just do not care...lol

Grim

Diddo !

 

[Ray Sametz]

Grim just won't admit it!!!

Me? I'm heading toward 54 in a hurry.....................built my first boat in 72, first race was an event at "just add water boats" on Indy's east side. Still have my first store bought radio (Kraft gold 78) in my trophy case. (first radio was a Heathkit)!

if that isn't dating your butt I don't know what will!!!

g

Speaking of dating yourself, the Old Man sent me to the hardware store with the vacuum tubes from the Philco TV to have them tested. If we painted the apartment, kid here's a jar go buy 5 cents worth of paint thinner. I also built a Heathkit for a project in the 8th grade. I could tell you stories. ...==={}

 

[Bob Willner]

I will be 50 in two days

 

[RonShaw]

Grim just won't admit it!!!

Me? I'm heading toward 54 in a hurry.....................built my first boat in 72, first race was an event at "just add water boats" on Indy's east side. Still have my first store bought radio (Kraft gold 78) in my trophy case. (first radio was a Heathkit)!

if that isn't dating your butt I don't know what will!!!

g

Speaking of dating yourself, the Old Man sent me to the hardware store with the vacuum tubes from the Philco TV to have them tested. If we painted the apartment, kid here's a jar go buy 5 cents worth of paint thinner. I also built a Heathkit for a project in the 8th grade. I could tell you stories. ...==={}

Heathkit rules!!!! I am sure I wasn't the only one that built the Heathkit Calculator, add, subtract, multiply, divide, red LEDS for numbers!!!!.....

Plus I had just about every computer ever made early on, Coleco Pong, Coleco Adam, Commodore 64, Commodore 128, IBM PC with green font on screen using Microsoft DOS, etc!!!!..........

 

[Slideblues]

Heathkit, Allied Electronics, Popular Electronics magazine with all the latest builds..........

Ron you forgot the Timex Sinclair ZX81 computer with a membrane keyboard and expansion module.

I learned on DOS too then along came Windows 3.11 Yipeee! :lol:

Gene

 

[Don Ferrette]

Heathkits, Lafayette, TV tube testing, I remember all that too. Holy shiznit we're gettin' old.

 

[Marty Davis]

Marty

I will remember that.... :blink:

 

[Jerry Dunlap]

O.K., anyone else on IW use a reed radio system to control their first boats? Now, "That's really back in the day."

JD