City kids do not leave keys in vehicles. . . It’s different out here...

[Cougsfan]

It is a bit frustrating that they make vehicles these days with city folks in mind, ignoring us country folks. By that I mean everything is made to deter theft. Car doors lock themselves all the time when you don't want them to, anti-theft systems causing horns to beep all the time because someone leaned against a car. Can't buy a motorcycle anymore that doesn't need a key to unlock the gas cap.
I find these built-in anti theft devices a nucense where I live.

Ever since I was in the service I have had one of my dog tags attached to my key chain. This was viewed by some of my friends to be incredibly stupid; an invite to the finder to steal all my stuff. However in the last 50 years I have lost my keys twice. Both times they were returned to me later by the finder who was able to find me because of the dog tag. Maybe I am lucky, or maybe it is because I am not so attached to my material possessions that I want to live a life of continual paranoia to protect them. I do find myself a bit duplicitous in that regards as I do lock my car when I go to the big city

 

[Doughknob]

pretty noticeable compared to pre-uknowwhat zero crime.

i do not know. What?

 

[Williy]

HST transmissions are a lot more efficient
now than they were back in the 50's. Our
neighbor had a 1950 Buick and he had it on
the floor just to get out of his driveway you
could ride a bicycle faster than those old slush
drives and when they started to slip just used
very heavy tranny oil and sold or traded it.
Back in the mid 50's knew guys with cars that
had no floor boards and he had to down shift
when we came up to a stop sign as we used our
feet to stop and the tires had the threads showing
tough times back then

willy

 

[IrishLoader]

It is a bit frustrating that they make vehicles these days with city folks in mind, ignoring us country folks. By that I mean everything is made to deter theft. Car doors lock themselves all the time when you don't want them to, anti-theft systems causing horns to beep all the time because someone leaned against a car. Can't buy a motorcycle anymore that doesn't need a key to unlock the gas cap.
I find these built-in anti theft devices a nucense where I live.

Ever since I was in the service I have had one of my dog tags attached to my key chain. This was viewed by some of my friends to be incredibly stupid; an invite to the finder to steal all my stuff. However in the last 50 years I have lost my keys twice. Both times they were returned to me later by the finder who was able to find me because of the dog tag. Maybe I am lucky, or maybe it is because I am not so attached to my material possessions that I want to live a life of continual paranoia to protect them. I do find myself a bit duplicitous in that regards as I do lock my car when I go to the big city

And here I though it was just me being paranoid. A little before my time ( the start of use of SSN as Service #'s ) it was pretty common practice to do that with dog tags. Personally I have a tag on every major set of keys I own. Not all that worried about ID theft, my credit has been "Undeterminable" for over two decades. But I did loose my keys once in Atlanta on a looooong weekend way back in 1992. I thought I was screwed and would have to replace the ignition on my beloved 1983 CB750 Nighthawk. No worries, swung by the mail room and my keys were waiting on me. Dunno if they still do this but back in the day anything with ID tags attached or a Military ID card could be dropped in a USPS mail box and be delivered free of charge. Never lost my keys again, TOP was the one in the mailroom and smoked my @$$ like a pack of KOOL's.

 

[KilroyJC]

Not sure if all of you are aware of it but a new commercial driver today has to have a 'special endorsement' on the commercial license to drive a standard transmission. Most big trucks today are sold with servo operated manual transmissions that also have a torque converter or a semi auto automatic. No clutch pedal either. Gas and go in the 'big truck'....lol

I cut my teeth on a 16 speed twin stick and 'regressed' to a 13 speed Roadranger. My farm truck has a 13 speed in it. 13 double over to be exact.

I learned to drive stick on a rental Suzuki Samurai on a booze-blurred vacation in Aruba in 1989

 

[p0diabl0]

Probably because people lost their minds and no longer understand what the word 'generation' means.

Generation - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Definitions change with time. Shared experiences are probably more important to splitting the gens. Gen Y had to learn how to use a computer/smartphone/device. File systems, command lines, etc. Computers were easy by the time Gen Z was using them. Either way, its up to sociologists and other academics.

To the one Gen Z reading this on this old man board: This is not intended to be a disparaging comment. Sincerely, yours in solidarity, an elder Millennial.

 

[Joel/ak]

I'm a X'r but I still call alot of the guys at work millennials. Only cuz it makes them mad. All in fun. One day, smartass asked how it felt that at my age, my kid is a Z. I had to look that one up. I laughed hard at that and had nothing to say.

We joke around alot.

 

[Jstpssng]

Now I have to go look up what the different generations are called. I thought that mine was known as "Old Fahts".

 

[Joel/ak]

Now I have to go look up what the different generations are called. I thought that mine was known as "Old Fahts".

Don't feel bad, I get all mixed up on the generation names. Lol

 

[Joel/ak]

I do miss a good 4 or 5 speed manual truck at times. I learned how to drive on an old c20 with a 3 on the tree on a farm. Dang thing would always jam up shifting into 3rd.