You Know You Are Old When

[orezok]

That should make it go like stink! The car weights 2250 pounds. My FI 302 puts out 375 hp. Mathematically that is 6 pounds to the hp which is enough to kill the unsuspecting driver. For reference a Mustang GT with Coyote 5L is about 10 pounds to the hp. I had that car, it made 60 mph in 4.3 seconds. The Cobra is quicker if you can get and maintain traction. The kit carts are stronger, lighter, and faster than the original Cobra. Be careful out there

Back in the day, I raced mostly midgets in Texas, but one time I got a ride in a sprint car. With about 2 pounds per HP, they are frightening! Now they are 900 HP with 1400 pounds. On a properly prepared dirt track, you can actually get more traction on dirt than asphalt.

Scared the **** out of me.

 

[Oaktree]

You see a commercial on TV for a certain insurance company and your justifiably, agreeing with the actors saving old stuff with a forewarning of becoming your folks, examples that came to mind are Old car floor matts, butter/ in my case coffee containers, and my favorite left over crown molding. Guilty, guilty and very guilty. I swear some of those actors are my doppelgangers, Lol.

Yeah, but not the kleenex box covers. Didn't know they still existed.

 

[jjeff]

Yeah, but not the kleenex box covers. Didn't know they still existed.

Oh yeah, those are great to store and somewhat organize old plastic shopping bags in. Although I've found old plastic coffee containers with a slit cut in the lid work better.
guilty again lol.

 

[jjeff]

My grandmother used to make actual crochet kleenex box covers to put over the kleenex boxes.

 

[MoKelly]

My grandmother used to make actual crochet kleenex box covers to put over the kleenex boxes.

Yes! Good memories as my Grandma did the same thing. Wish I had a couple she made but they somehow disappeared over the years.

She lived to 96.

 

[jjeff]

Yep depression era grandmother saved everything in a somewhat organized manner, lived independently in her house to 92 passed away almost 20 yrs ago named my youngest in her honor.

 

[bigtiller]

You're getting old when you remember the Tooth Fairy leaving a dime under your pillow.

 

[jjeff]

You're getting old when you remember the Tooth Fairy leaving a dime under your pillow.

Lol inflation I guess going rate is like $5 a tooth these days. My youngest just started losing teeth.

 

[MoKelly]

You're getting old when you remember the Tooth Fairy leaving a dime under your pillow.

Yes —- and being very happy to get the dime!

My nieces get $5 now.

 

[MossRoad]

The tooth fairy left our kids a gold dollar coin each time. They seemed to like it.

 

[WinterDeere]

The tooth fairy left our kids a gold dollar coin each time. They seemed to like it.

We did the gold dollar coins, and my kids always said they were getting ripped off... their friends all got $5!

 

[MossRoad]

Tell them you'll do it yourself next time...

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Dad used side cutters on us...no dentist. The tooth fairy was never mentioned.

 

[bigtiller]

My first savings book was similar to this one. The advertising on the cover was different.

 

[Jstpssng]

My first savings book was similar to this one. The advertising on the cover was different.

I probably still have one up in the shed with all of the other junk I've been carting around for 45 years.

No doubt the money's gone though.

 

[Oaktree]

Oh yeah, those are great to store and somewhat organize old plastic shopping bags in. Although I've found old plastic coffee containers with a slit cut in the lid work better.

We just use another plastic bag, hang it on a nail in the cellar stairway.

As far as kleenex box covers go, I vaguely recall my mother using one when I was in my early teens. Don't recall how long she used it.

You're getting old when you remember the Tooth Fairy leaving a dime under your pillow.

Inflation must have struck, I think I got a quarter.

 

[Oaktree]

My first savings book was similar to this one. The advertising on the cover was different.

Don't remember ever seeing anything like that, though when I was in the 5th grade or so coin collecting was a bit of a fad at my school, and the storage books were similar...had separate ones for various coins...nickels in one, pennies in another, all labeled for year and any variations in that year. Trouble is, I'd raid it when I needed money for something, taking the more common coins first figuring they'd be the easiest to replace. Sometimes they did, other times not.

 

[JethroB]

Tell them you'll do it yourself next time...

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Remember the string tied to the loose tooth and to a doorknob? I think I or my brother tried it, getting the nerve up to slam the door was I’m sure the hardest part.

 

[MossRoad]

Remember the string tied to the loose tooth and to a doorknob? I think I or my brother tried it, getting the nerve up to slam the door was I’m sure the hardest part.

I've seen it done in the movies. We just yanked ours.

 

[MossRoad]