You know you're a geezer when.......................

[PaulT]

+1
Many fond memories of my 78 VW ASI camper. In temps above 80 degrees F, It was unlikely that the starter would engage after driving for a while. This required parking on a small hill except for filling stations. I got quite good at stepping out of the vehicle, pushing on the windshield pillar, jump into the seat, depress the clutch, shift into 2nd gear and pop the clutch. After as few thousand times, you get quite good at it.

Paul

 

[JaSAn]

.....................when you remember being adept at pushing your own vehicle by yourself, hopping in once you got it rolling, and popping the clutch to get it started.

As a poor college student I went a whole winter in Duluth, Mn, without a starter in a '62 Valiant. Always parked at the end of the block, pointing down hill. Only got caught once with someone parked in front of me.

Did forget to turn the ignition key on once (or twice or . . . )

 

[JaSAn]

 

[ski3pin]

...................when dressing up means making sure there's no food stuck to your shirt.

 

[ski3pin]

.............................when you remember when "there's only one bar" meant that the Pine Lodge was the only place open.

 

[cwdtmmrs]

.............................when you remember when "there's only one bar" meant that the Pine Lodge was the only place open.

And you only exchanged cell numbers when you were still in prison.

 

[ski3pin]

.......................when you remember when people worked a career, saved their money, and then hit the road in an RV.

 

[teledork]

borrowed a beater truck
I'd forgotten how to start something that has a carburetor

 

[ski3pin]

borrowed a beater truck
I'd forgotten how to start something that has a carburetor

Every group of friends/family needs a work truck available.

 

[ski3pin]

......................when you get to thinking growing older is just one body part after another saying, "Ha Ha, you think that's bad? Watch this!"

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

…when the Progressive Insurance “afraid of becoming your parents” commercials come on, and everybody in the room turns to look at you. ‍

 

[ski3pin]

...................when you notice everyone in the outdoor gear catalog that came today looks so darn young.

 

[billharr]

You use to borrow tools from a good friend. Now you borrow a walker, cane, and cold therapy machine from the same friend.

 

[ski3pin]

You use to borrow tools from a good friend. Now you borrow a walker, cane, and cold therapy machine from the same friend.

So you're covered? The Lady has quite a collection that she's weaning herself from.

 

[JaSAn]

. . . . your mind is like your internet browser:
-- 19 tabs are open
-- 4 of them are frozen
-- and you have no idea where the music is coming from.

 

[buckland]

yup ... That is me.

 

[buckland]

Getting worse!

 

[craig333]

Although its doubtful I remember them correctly

 

[teledork]

Getting worse!

songs from the '80s? I must be a REAL old geezer - I walk around singing '60s R&B, just about any Beatles song and even some Cole Porter while I try to remember why I came into a room.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

You know you’re a geezer when you wake up (this morning, 11/14) to your baby girl turning 50, and retiring tomorrow after 30 years of Fire Service. I feel old.