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

[KMart]

I swear, some of you sound like you got one foot in the grave. Capt.Dan's idea of a wood splitter,I'll be 70 in a few months and still going. Get with it people, drink your Geritol
or some darn good tequila.

Yes, I said the same thing at 69.

 

[pirate ammo]

Yes, I said the same thing at 69.

Guess that's getting even for calling you ugly.

 

[snakepit]

In 1970 I put a deposit on a brand new 442 PS,PB, no air and no power windows-$3150.
Next day I cancelled because I found a 1969 396 Chevelle with 2200 miles for $2000, my good fortune was anothers loss to Viet Nam, guys father wouldn't make the payments for him when he was gone and sold the car on him.

Similar story: A friend of mine bought a 1969 Plymouth Road Runner with a 440 cubic inch, 3-2 barrel carb and 4 speed from a lady whose son had bought it in 1969. He was drafted shortly afterwards and sent to Vietnam where he was killed in action. She kept the car in her garage and would not sell it. About 20 years latter a friend of mine found out about it and because of her age she decided to sell it to him.

 

[hogpatrol]

I swear, some of you sound like you got one foot in the grave. Capt.Dan's idea of a wood splitter,I'll be 70 in a few months and still going. Get with it people, drink your Geritol
or some darn good tequila.

Put those donuts inside a tire. Quicker and less work.

 

[Pwc]

I swear, some of you sound like you got one foot in the grave. Capt.Dan's idea of a wood splitter,I'll be 70 in a few months and still going. Get with it people, drink your Geritol
or some darn good tequila.

Well, maybe some of us dared a little more in this life with resulting consequences, maybe some of us, thru no fault of our own have been physically limited. I'm glad you are still able to do.

 

[CT10ring]

This has been the most enjoyable post I've read here in all the time I've visited. Excellent, and quite entertaining!

Ditto. some lead sling slinging philosophers abound. who'd a thunk it?

 

[KMart]

Guess that's getting even for calling you ugly.

But I can't disagree with your "ugly" assessment.

 

[rjtfroggy]

I swear, some of you sound like you got one foot in the grave. Capt.Dan's idea of a wood splitter,I'll be 70 in a few months and still going. Get with it people, drink your Geritol
or some darn good tequila.

Well Dan I applaud your capabilities, I am a couple of years younger than you and up until a few years ago did about the same as you but life caught up to me. The ten screw in my back along with the rods and support plate ( 8 surgeries) the torn tendons and repairs on both elbows and the need for two knee replacements has kind of slowed me down. I still do all my own yard work and home repairs but now I buy split wood and beef at the market.

 

[6ShotsOr5?]

Me too !

I love to watch a porter sit in a old pick-up truck, starring at the gear shifter, and after determining there is no PRNDL, try to figure out how operate "Three on the Tree"

Is three-on-the-tree what y’all are calling a three speed shifter on the steering column? I had that in a butt-ugly beat up F100, and I used to occasionally have to pull off the road while on a date and get under the truck to get the linkage lined back up so I could shift the gears again. It was a piece of crap, but it was all mine.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I swear, some of you sound like you got one foot in the grave. Capt.Dan's idea of a wood splitter,I'll be 70 in a few months and still going. Get with it people, drink your Geritol
or some darn good tequila.

Pirate, I’m afraid we’re going to have to knock a few points off on your performance there. You looked just a wee bit stiff on the dis-mount!

 

[D Coots]

I swear, some of you sound like you got one foot in the grave. Capt.Dan's idea of a wood splitter,I'll be 70 in a few months and still going. Get with it people, drink your Geritol
or some darn good tequila.

Kind of like going to a high school class reunion. You look around at all the old people. Most were pretty reserved their whole lives, or should I say, boring.

What kind of wood are you splitting in the video pirate?

 

[McStocks]

I do what I heard Clint Eastwood say he does: "I get up every morning and chase the old man away!"

 

[pirate ammo]

What kind of wood are you splitting in the video pirate?

Post oak for BBQ

 

[hogpatrol]

 

[SPQR70AD]

I really felt it when I saw roofs I had done be redone TWICE

 

[Rustytigwire]

I really felt it when I saw roofs I had done be redone TWICE

Tree grew up, died. You show your child late 20s the next full grown tree. Hackberry and Elm not those slow oaks we have. Cellar door replaced. Roofs like you said.

 

[Intheshop]

When I meet some 30 sumthin craftsman and he gets to flapping his pie hole about how he learned everything from a guy named _____.

Then I think back when ____ started work for us as a "helper". And it's happened more than once,haha.

 

[hogpatrol]

Window sticker of the day.

 

[T-shooter]

Window sticker of the day.View attachment 1140604

Marked up for inflation , it would be about $29,925.00 in today's money.

 

[T-shooter]

Window sticker of the day.View attachment 1140604

Just noticed, it's a big block, probably 427 / 390hp, and had a factory 4 speed in a wagon.