60+ year old thread.

Afternoon all:

73 here, and starting to feel like it!

Happy anniversary!

I need to hunt down BOTH PA and Federal est. tax forms, they used to send them but they haven't for the last few years, looks like I need to make a trip to the state reps. office again to get them printed out.

 

71...
"I plan to live forever, so far, so good!''
(quote from Steven Wright)

 

Good morning all,

Happy Anniversary 06Tacooo.

67 in two weeks, feel like I am in my 20's it took all three stages and 20 minutes on the treadmill to get my heart up to the target (135) for the Stress Test, tech was concerned as my resting was 52 with all the hardware attached. Will see what the results presents later this week. it was hard to breath through a N95 mask - just sayin...

Col, hope you get a new greenhouse - fingers crossed. I didn't realize USAA is based in TX, Colorado Springs has a huge USAA complex. I guess I just assumed that was their corporate offices. Interesting.

Have a great day everyone - be safe

 

Hey, we haven't heard from Will in a while?

 

Good Morning Porchies! Not a measurable drop! Glad I secretly watered in the soil food last night. Do the front yard tonight, and "legally" water the front. Going to trim and Roundup out behind the fence today, and put the new Spring fish up on the poles. Good windy test day for it! Happy third Friday folks!

Happy Anniversary @06Tacooo Mark! 40 is fantastic; we hit 35 last year, but didn't get to celebrate much! Way to go!

66, and going on 50 again. I credit it to years of "Occupation 99: Other".

 

Still holding out for an 8 track player. Where did I leave my old John Denver songs?

Around 1974, my family all drove Mopar products. Dad loved Chrysler, so we had hemi's, slant six, and my sister had Sunbeam Alpine in college (Chrysler bought Rootes groups and sold Imps and Sunbeams). Well, I saved for a Datsun! The family gave me crab about a Japanese car, but my brother found out I paid $5 a tank, and it lasted me two weeks so he always wanted a ride. Fine, he hated John Denver. So every time he rode he had to pay gas money and listen to John Denver. After a while, he decided he'd rather drive himself and not listen to John Denver. Years later my sister told him "Tom hates John Denver, but played that tape to drive you crazy".

Oh, the 1968 White Plymouth Valiant. That thing ran for years. Another brother ended up with it. Only people who drove them in the 1970s were little ol' ladies or Narcs. We were coming back from a party, late a night, and he rear-ended a Porsche 911. Oh no! Porsche driver got out, took one look at two guys in a Valiant, jumped into his car, and took off! We looked at each other and quietly drove home. Zero damage to the bumper.

I'm still a young whippersnapper!

 

I had a Valiant, I believe it was a '68. Didn't know that sucker could fly! Landed in pineapple field, with front end stuck in pineapple plants. Jacked up the front end, put it in reverse, and came out in a cloud of dust. No visible damage. My passenger though, was scarred for life.

Oh, and I just made 67, and like many of you, still have the mind of a teenager!
Have a good day all, stay safe.

 

I still feel young at heart. I still like listening to old rock n roll, sometimes loud, I like to crank it up. I like to dance to rock n roll. Don’t have the moves I did when younger but do pretty good for an old guy. I still like fast cars (and boats) and like to go fast. Sold my last fast car a few years ago and my fast boat many years ago. I still like to check out pretty young women. When my wife catches me I just tell her I may be on a diet but I can still look at the menu. I like country western music and still wear cowboy hats and boots. I don’t party like I use to, but still occasionally throw back a couple beers and can be the life of the party. I still like roller coaster rides and amusement parks. I sure don’t feel 72 unless I over do something and then I feel about 100. Even if you have significant health problems I think age is still mostly about about attitude and your state of mind. I know people who seemed old at 50. I know an 89 year old who is quite young at heart. I think 2 of the biggest things we can say about our generation the younger generations can’t is - We know things and We can fix things. I’m still a little bit of a rebel. Old age is coming for me but I’m gonna keep kickin his ass as long as I can.

 

Well said!

 

Thankfully, my Service was completed before Viet Nam. My close calls were limited to leisure activities, most memorable being a trip down the North Fork American River fully clothed. When I eddied out 500 (level 5) whitewater yards downriver, I was pulled out by two sunbathers at a spot aptly named Nudie Rocks. Unfortunately, I’d swallowed too much river to properly thank those lovely ladies.

 

Coolest Oldest Dudes have the best stories.

 

And I got the T shirt!

 

73.4 here Walked away from a plane crash in 2016, that is - Till they forced me to take a $45.000.00 helo ride to a emergency room (treated and released later).
(as someone else here said they had) . Had a heart attack - skied 2 more days after that (Didn't know I had the attack till I got back home in Mo.), Survived 30-some combat missions over northern Laos and the northern Gulf of Tonkin (off of the coast of Hanoi VietNam),. A few car crashes - one a rollover into a deep ravine (I was sleeping in the back seat of a brand new66 Ford galaxie 500 when driver friend thought he could just sleep as I was doing) Good thing we were "limbered" up from a previous Frat party. His dad was the local Ford dealer. Also survived 52+ years of marriage (Same wonderful sweet heart). Now enjoying life all the more!!

 

OK, Spring is officially here. The 2021 fish have been caught, er, launched!



They are getting the 30+ MPH wind test today. Got the work behind the fence done; no one sees it but me, but it keeps the field weeds at bay. Loving a new sprayer pump I got for the Round-Up. If ya' need a hand pumper sprayer, check out PETRA. Never had one hold the "pump" for so much work! OH, the silly Yellow Submarine rain gauge finally owned up to the 1/3" that barreled through this AM.

 

Got the new tires and shocks installed on the wreck. I've pulled the bedside quarter panel out and straightened the braces underneath. Only one small crease left that will be underneath the fender flare. The Baja decals were surprisingly easy to take off. Just a small learning curve and some hot sun.



You guys swapping life lessons brings back the memories. Sixteen years old and a friend and I took our sixteen year old girlfriends to Vegas. I was catching some z's in the back of the Plymouth wagon with my girlfriend when I felt a lurch and sat up to look out the back window... and saw a telephone pole coming at the rear of the car as it was going backwards at about eighty miles an hour. Thankfully some kind of imperfection steered the car slightly to the left and the pole whizzed by on the driver side. My buddy had been following the center line, his girlfriend sleeping on his shoulder, and as an oncoming car approached he began to move over into his lane. The girlfriend woke up, thought he was running off the road, and grabbed the wheel. The slant six threw a rod and we limped it into Beaver Utah, found a mechanic that took pity on us and fixed the car, taking all our money except about twenty bucks. The car had a full tank of gas and in Vegas I got into a private card game at the Thunderbird motel. I made enough money that we made it back to SLC... barely. His parents never knew the car threw a rod, or for that matter what we had done.

 

Packing up the new car tonight and getting for our big road from here to Dammeron Valley Ut. Be on the road by 5:00am. First real trip since April last year. Going to visit close friends who have some acreage and horses and we always have a great time with. Going to visit a couple national parks while we are there to. It’s about a 12 hour drive with few stops. I know some of you may not have ever driven the wide open spaces of Nevada where gas stations are up to 170 miles apart and where you can see 100 plus miles. Sometimes we see wild mustangs , antelopes and other critters. I’ll try to post some pics when I get a chance. I’ll fill the cooler when I get back.

 

drive carefully and have a great time

 

Safe trip...

 

The loneliest road. Highway 50 coast to coast! Awesome through Nevada and Utah.