You know you are getting old when:

[LizzieMaine]

You know you're getting old when you hear the kids talking about "oldies acts -- like you know, Lady Ga Ga."

 

[BR Gordon]

No lie. People do not believe me when I tell them that I actually sat at one of these desks when I was a kid in school!

I remember those desks.

 

[Stanley Doble]

You know you are getting old when you can remember when General Motors made great cars.

You are really getting old when you can remember when England made great cars.

 

[GHT]

You are really getting old when you can remember when England made great cars.

I am making a long drive tomorrow to look at a real British car. We've looked at quite a few since we sold The Packard. Judging by the photos, this could be what we are looking for:

 

[kaiser]

I remember those desks.

We had them in Indiana when I was Kid as well.

 

[jamespowers]

You know you are getting old when:
When you wake up looking like your driver's license picture. :eeek:

Your Pacemaker makes the garage doors go up when you see a pretty girl.

Your secrets are safe with your friends because they can't remember worth a darn.

 

[jamespowers]

You know you are getting old when you can remember when General Motors made great cars.

You are really getting old when you can remember when England made great cars.

That has been a while.

That time existed?!

 

[scottyrocks]

That time existed?!

Everything is relative. There was nothing better to compete with.

 

[jamespowers]

Everything is relative. There was nothing better to compete with.

Yes and how long has Lucas been in business?
My worst life experience ever was being stuck on the Bay Bridge here in a Rolls. You sure don't get much sympathy. Last time I tried to go a decent distance in such a mobile. Thank God it wasn't mine. It cost a fortune to fix! :doh:

 

[Stanley Doble]

That has been a while.

That time existed?!

They made some pretty good cars in the fifties . You may have heard of the Austin Healey 100, Triumph TR3, MG TD, Jaguar XK120 and Bentley Continental but they made other kinds of cars too.

In the sixties Austin had a full line of front wheel drive sedans before Honda made a car. Standard Triumph's Vanguard could have been the English Volvo. Rover and Humber had the "gentlemen's club" interior down pat, all leather, polished wood and black faced gauges like a Rolls in a smaller package. Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls Royce need no introduction.

They threw all that away years ago. Gone but not forgotten, we mourn our loss. Those of us old enough to remember.

 

[Shangas]

No lie. People do not believe me when I tell them that I actually sat at one of these desks when I was a kid in school!

As a friend of mine said: "You're getting old if you remember what those holes in the desks were for, and actually had to use them!"

 

[LizzieMaine]

Ours had a pencil tray routed into the wood next to the inkwell hole, and on every single desk the ends of the tray had a deeply-marked tracing of a nickel, the relic of generations of milk money.

 

[LoveMyHats2]

As a friend of mine said: "You're getting old if you remember what those holes in the desks were for, and actually had to use them!"

Those holes in the desk, if the stories I've heard are true, had more than one purpose. Pigtails being a popular hairstyle helped make it possible for anyone sitting behind a girl with hair long enough, could find her hair being "dunked" into the ink held in place by that ink well hole.

 

[Stearmen]

No lie. People do not believe me when I tell them that I actually sat at one of these desks when I was a kid in school!

I had one of those desk up until last year. I could not give it away, no one wanted it! I finally gave it to DAV.

 

[Stearmen]

They made some pretty good cars in the fifties . You may have heard of the Austin Healey 100, Triumph TR3, MG TD, Jaguar XK120 and Bentley Continental but they made other kinds of cars too.

In the sixties Austin had a full line of front wheel drive sedans before Honda made a car. Standard Triumph's Vanguard could have been the English Volvo. Rover and Humber had the "gentlemen's club" interior down pat, all leather, polished wood and black faced gauges like a Rolls in a smaller package. Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls Royce need no introduction.

They threw all that away years ago. Gone but not forgotten, we mourn our loss. Those of us old enough to remember.

MGTD reliable? Maybe you are thinking of the TF?

 

[HudsonHawk]

As a friend of mine said: "You're getting old if you remember what those holes in the desks were for, and actually had to use them!"

I never had a desk like that. And we weren't *allowed* to use pens until the 6th grade.

 

[jamespowers]

They made some pretty good cars in the fifties . You may have heard of the Austin Healey 100, Triumph TR3, MG TD, Jaguar XK120 and Bentley Continental but they made other kinds of cars too.

In the sixties Austin had a full line of front wheel drive sedans before Honda made a car. Standard Triumph's Vanguard could have been the English Volvo. Rover and Humber had the "gentlemen's club" interior down pat, all leather, polished wood and black faced gauges like a Rolls in a smaller package. Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls Royce need no introduction.

They threw all that away years ago. Gone but not forgotten, we mourn our loss. Those of us old enough to remember.

All of those had the same problems. They were good for about two weeks out of the month. The Triumphs were the worst but Austin was second worst.
If you ever had to trace down an electrical problem in one of those beasts you know what a nightmare they were.Right down to the genius who decided it was a good idea to mount the battery under the dash so it could leak on your wool carpets.:doh:
I won’t even mention the forever oil leak problems they had.
Even the early 90s Jags had a wiring mess.A friend of mine was trying to chase down why the trunk wouldn’t open but he found he had to go through four fuse boxes to find the right one to replace. The fuse for it was in the trunk that wouldn't open. lol lol
I remember those too well. :doh:

 

[jamespowers]

MGTD reliable? Maybe you are thinking of the TF?

lol lol

 

[Stanley Doble]

MGTD reliable? Maybe you are thinking of the TF?

Where do you see the word reliable?

 

[LizzieMaine]

Even the early 90s Jags had a wiring mess.[/SIZE]A friend of mine was trying to chase down why the trunk wouldn’t open but he found he had to go through four fuse boxes to find the right one to replace. The fuse for it was in the trunk that wouldn't open. lol lol[/FONT][/COLOR]
I remember those too well. :doh:

That must've been designed by the same mental wonder who designed our new digital projection system.

Tech: I need you to enter this diagnostic code and send me the report.

Me: I can't get the thing to boot up.

Tech: Ja (he's German), go to the diagnostic menu and enter the code and send me the report.

Me: Yeah, I heard you, I can't get the thing to boot up.

Tech: Ja, enter the diagnostic code and get me the report.

(ad infinitum)