How old are we.
How old are we.
There is a survey going to find out what state we live in. Any thoughts on a survey to find out what our ages are?
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I am old
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SA1911a1 wrote:I remember when dirt was a new hi-tech invention...........
I am older than dirt.............
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When I was a teenager, I sold Browning Auto 5 shotguns at the local hardware store for $169.95, and I thought that was a huge amount of money. My first gun at age 15 was a brand new Ruger 10/22. The gun design was so new, none of my friends and ever seen one. My shooting buddy's Dad bought him a M1 Carbine from the NRA for 20 bucks. I learned to drive in a 1963 Ford Galaxy 500; the car was four years old at the time. Does that give you any idea how old I am?
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Looks like you might just be eligible for membership the "Old Farts" forum. (I learned to drive in a '62 Ford Falcon.) I had a teacher that was in his 30s that was a Battle of the Buldge vet.... I am betting we are about the same age.tjtM38 wrote:When I was a teenager, I sold Browning Auto 5 shotguns at the local hardware store for $169.95, and I thought that was a huge amount of money. My first gun at age 15 was a brand new Ruger 10/22. The gun design was so new, none of my friends and ever seen one. My shooting buddy's Dad bought him a M1 Carbine from the NRA for 20 bucks. I learned to drive in a 1963 Ford Galaxy 500; the car was four years old at the time. Does that give you any idea how old I am?
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To ****in' old !
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Come on Jim, you can never be too old.Junk Yard Dog wrote:To ****in' old !
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You can in this damp weather when everything hurts, my dam cold is trying to come back. Yesterday was such a nice day, felt like early May, then I woke up to snow on the ground, it's 35 and a heavy, cold rain is falling. It's that kind of cold damp that gets right down into your bones. I got the heat all the way up, and hot tea .
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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I learned to drive in a 1956 Ford and my 1st car was a 1951 Ford, cost me $400. I bought a 1903-A3 Springfield in mid to late 50's for $20. And I was born very shortly after Pearl Harbor. That should get you close to this old guys age.SA1911a1 wrote:Looks like you might just be eligible for membership the "Old Farts" forum. (I learned to drive in a '62 Ford Falcon.) I had a teacher that was in his 30s that was a Battle of the Buldge vet.... I am betting we are about the same age.tjtM38 wrote:When I was a teenager, I sold Browning Auto 5 shotguns at the local hardware store for $169.95, and I thought that was a huge amount of money. My first gun at age 15 was a brand new Ruger 10/22. The gun design was so new, none of my friends and ever seen one. My shooting buddy's Dad bought him a M1 Carbine from the NRA for 20 bucks. I learned to drive in a 1963 Ford Galaxy 500; the car was four years old at the time. Does that give you any idea how old I am?
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Very cool! I learned in a '64, 289, 3-speed on the column. I loved that car! It was 12 years old at the time.tjtM38 wrote:I learned to drive in a 1963 Ford Galaxy 500; the car was four years old at the time. Does that give you any idea how old I am?
Cocked, locked and ready to rock...
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There seems to be alot of math going on here in this post and i am to old to remember the math. I swear there was not a math test to join this forum ....or was there? I may have forgotten that too
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Oh and by the way i learned on a john deere coffee can 2 cylinder tractor and a 56 ford pick up and i was way to young but i still had to buck those bails
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My last new car....
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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I missed Nam but could have been in the Gulf War 1. And I used to bale hay on an old Farmall H. Film was in color. But the TV still had a clicker and we had a party line.
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Hell, we must have enough grey hair here to stuff a mattress. The Geritol gun forum. (do they still make Geritol, If not, Ted Mack is in big trouble.)
Some folks are ashamed of being old, I am just so surprised to have made it, I am overwhelmed with pride and joy.
Some folks are ashamed of being old, I am just so surprised to have made it, I am overwhelmed with pride and joy.
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tjtM38 wrote:When I was a teenager, I sold Browning Auto 5 shotguns at the local hardware store for $169.95, and I thought that was a huge amount of money. My first gun at age 15 was a brand new Ruger 10/22. The gun design was so new, none of my friends and ever seen one. My shooting buddy's Dad bought him a M1 Carbine from the NRA for 20 bucks. I learned to drive in a 1963 Ford Galaxy 500; the car was four years old at the time. Does that give you any idea how old I am?
I have one of those my dad bought through the NRA also...............
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I could buy a candy bar when I was 8 in 1974 for .15 cents
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Some of us here bought them for a nickle.....and they were much bigger. I also remember a Coke machine that took a nickle and a penny to dispense a Coke. (8 oz cokes only) I also remember when they added the penny. I remember my dad swearing he would quit smoking when they went to thirty-five cents a pack. He didn't and croaked from smoking. When I was in the service I bought gasoline on a regular basis for 19.9 cents per gallon, and that was hi-test that went in the '67 Plymouth Fury III. When I was really small, there was a "juke joint" in the town that I lived in that had a sign painted on the wall that advertised " Cold Beer 5 cents" When I was growing up, there were a lot of men with only one arm or leg in the small town I lived in. Also a lot of alcoholics......I had no idea, at the time, how they got that way.etprescottazusa91 wrote:I could buy a candy bar when I was 8 in 1974 for .15 cents
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