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You know you are getting older when..............

I'm so old I remember tree forts, wiffle ball, baseball cards stuck to the fender braces on my bike with clothes pins, carving my name in beech tree bark, swinging on a rope over a creek swimming hole with all my clothes laying on the bank, staying in a tent out in the woods and roasting hot dogs on a stick. Beside that I can't remember if I already posted this stuff.
 
I'm so old I remember tree forts, wiffle ball, baseball cards stuck to the fender braces on my bike with clothes pins, carving my name in beech tree bark, swinging on a rope over a creek swimming hole with all my clothes laying on the bank, staying in a tent out in the woods and roasting hot dogs on a stick. Beside that I can't remember if I already posted this stuff.
Done some of that with my kids this past weekend.
 
I'm so old I remember tree forts, wiffle ball, baseball cards stuck to the fender braces on my bike with clothes pins, carving my name in beech tree bark, swinging on a rope over a creek swimming hole with all my clothes laying on the bank, staying in a tent out in the woods and roasting hot dogs on a stick. Beside that I can't remember if I already posted this stuff.
I did just about what you did! I just had a small "accident" camping out and cooking Bologna on a "Bunsen Burner"! There was a girl about a year older than I was. She was "one of us guys"! Well we were on the "camping trip" in the fields behind our houses. The Bunsen Burners somehow got out of control and we burned the entire field down! It was about 3/4 mile long and maybe 3-400 yards wide! We skated on that one>>>nobody found out it was us! LOL!!! I just looked it up, I could not remember the name of the burners we used. They were called Sterno!
 
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When I was around 7-9 years old I was visiting my grandparents house. The pump in the yard had to be primed before it did it's job. My uncle and some of his friends set me up. Everyone carried a plug of Red Man and took a chaw every now and then. I was offered some, a man sized bite, which I gleefully took. When the tobacco juice ran down my throat it felt like fire. I ran to the pump, to find the bowl of water to prime the pump was empty. Everyone except me got a great laugh from it. Now a days, that would be considered child abuse. Back then it was called fun. I lived through it and did similar to my siblings and younger relatives.
 
Used to laugh at "Old Men" because they always had a drop of egg yolk on their white button up shirt. Now I have egg yolk, along with what ever else I've eaten, on my shirt...I don't have near the class they had as mine is usually some type of tee shirt...things one remembers
I'am not proud. I wear a bib AND, I spot spray all my Tee Shirts before they hit the wash.:oops:;)
 
Worked with an Older guy that "would not" wear glasses. Couldn't see squat past 10 feet. One day a good looking young lady stuck her head in the shop.
This old guy was busy drooling till he figured out the looker was HIS daughter.

Every once in a while the wife will see me looking at some dolly and will mention "She's about the age of your "Great Grand Daughter".:oops:;)
Great Grand Daughter is pushing 22 hard and fast and IS a real looker.:cool::D
 

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