You know you're old when...

dinonz · 04-29-2020, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Yes. Are the carbs hard to keep tuned?

Not really. There's a few local experts who know how to tune them, and they don't suddenly "fall out of tune".

MKSixer · 04-29-2020, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by dinonz

Not really. There's a few local experts who know how to tune them, and they don't suddenly "fall out of tune".

That's good!
My buddy has a Diablo SVT.

dinonz · 04-29-2020, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

That's good!
My buddy has a Diablo SVT.

I have a Diablo 6.0 VT as well - in Rosso Vik (like a Candy Apple Red). Awesome car. Have you felt the gear shift? It's like a bolt action rifle - just so incredibly precise! The Countach is the same despite being 15 years older.

gary_william · 04-29-2020, 02:53 PM

Waiting for a song to come in the radio so you could tape it.

MKSixer · 04-29-2020, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by dinonz

I have a Diablo 6.0 VT as well - in Rosso Vik (like a Candy Apple Red). Awesome car. Have you felt the gear shift? It's like a bolt action rifle - just so incredibly precise! The Countach is the same despite being 15 years older.

Awesome!!

Yes. It is extremely precise.

It really is a work of art. He purchased it from someone who had it for 20 years and it was a complete garage queen. Only 4000 miles. I don't know the name of the color but it is in the purple family. An absolutely gorgeous car.

MKSixer · 04-29-2020, 02:55 PM

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Waiting for a song to come in the radio so you could tape it.

Calling into radio shows to request a song!

dinonz · 04-29-2020, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Awesome!!

Yes. It is extremely precise.

It really is a work of art. He purchased it from someone who had it for 20 years and it was a complete garage queen. Only 4000 miles. I don't know the name of the color but it is in the purple family. An absolutely gorgeous car.

Mine was the same - last guy had it for 15 years and put on 1500 miles in that time (about 7600 when I got it). He was (clinically diagnosed) with OCD, and had never touched the car (inside or out) with his bare hands - always wore gloves or used rags when he touched it - the paint is immaculate.

And I think I know the purple you mean - it's quite striking!

1MOREMOD · 04-29-2020, 03:02 PM

You start crapping your pants?

cmyx6go · 04-29-2020, 03:05 PM

The milkman delivered milk in the glass bottles and put them in the little steel milk box that was outside your front door.

The old people jamming the banks on the first of the month to get their interest posted in their bank books.

MKSixer · 04-29-2020, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by dinonz

Mine was the same - last guy had it for 15 years and put on 1500 miles in that time (about 7600 when I got it). He was (clinically diagnosed) with OCD, and had never touched the car (inside or out) with his bare hands - always wore gloves or used rags when he touched it - the paint is immaculate.

And I think I know the purple you mean - it's quite striking!

Not unusual in some owners. We have a no garage queen rule in our little car group. It keeps things interesting!!

MKSixer · 04-29-2020, 03:12 PM

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The milkman delivered milk in the glass bottles and put them in the little steel milk box that was outside your front door.

The old people jamming the banks on the first of the month to get their interest posted in their bank books.

Ah yes. The old Passbook savings account.

3798j · 04-29-2020, 03:22 PM

Certainly enjoyable reading everyone's memories from days gone by. I still have these from when I was a kid...I'm sure others here can relate. They're still in working order...some 60 plus years old, and no doubt would be banned in today's safety regulated world.

floridaorange · 04-29-2020, 03:23 PM

You prefer a washcloth > a loofah

zgood4u · 04-29-2020, 03:42 PM

What I learned to drive a manual on

cmyx6go · 04-29-2020, 05:20 PM

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In high school (the sixties), I was a cashier in our neighborhood supermarket. Customers would watch us like a hawk making certain we were counting out the correct number of stamps for the amount of their bill. We were required to neatly fold the stamps...then wrap the receipt around them. I remember often being asked to recount the stamps...we did it so automatically and fast they were unsure we didn't short them.

OK, cash registers before bar codes. It amazed me how fast some of the cashiers keyed in the prices. And they knew how to make change. Not today...

AlpineWhite_SJ · 04-29-2020, 05:24 PM

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SMH...Dead man walking.

upstatedoc · 04-29-2020, 05:38 PM

you remember "borrowing" your dad's playboy magazine

AlpineWhite_SJ · 04-29-2020, 05:46 PM

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you remember "borrowing" your dad's playboy magazine

Or renting one from that kid at school

PoorLurker · 04-29-2020, 06:15 PM

When I start to say, "Wow! I haven't had a big mac in ..." And the number is in excess of the teenager's age with whom I am talking to.

wcr3d · 04-29-2020, 06:21 PM

Playing 45’s at 38 speed.

wcr3d · 04-29-2020, 06:24 PM

Go to your room was actually punishment.

wcr3d · 04-29-2020, 06:26 PM

When they handed out actual "swats" at school.

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