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

[Sagebrush Reconnoiterer]

It's all relative.
Frank

Nowadays the relatives are forced to live together because minimum wage doesn't pay for necessities of live.

 

[Vic Harder]

When my first wife and I married, I rented a two bedroom cabin on a 40 acre ranch backing up against forest service land for $90 per month. Gas was around a quarter per gallon. We could buy a week's groceries at the store 35 miles away for $15. We had two cars insured; her 1967 VW Beetle, my 1961 Cadillac convertible. I made $1.25 per hour.

Thanks for that cool data! For fun, I thought I would compare that to today's costs. It surprised me too!

$90/mo @ $1.25/hr = 72 hours, or about two working weeks (if you are lucky to have such a short working day). You could fill the tank on the Beetle after working an hour (1.25/.25 = 5 gal). Google tells the average US hourly pay rate is $28.16. So, rent $$$ earned after 72 hours of work is $2028, and gas money is $28.60. With the average cost per gallon is $3.22, you could fill the Beetle a few times for that.

 

[Sagebrush Reconnoiterer]

Thanks for that cool data! For fun, I thought I would compare that to today's costs. It surprised me too!

$90/mo @ $1.25/hr = 72 hours, or about two working weeks (if you are lucky to have such a short working day). You could fill the tank on the Beetle after working an hour (1.25/.25 = 5 gal). Google tells the average US hourly pay rate is $28.16. So, rent $$$ earned after 72 hours of work is $2028, and gas money is $28.60. With the average cost per gallon is $3.22, you could fill the Beetle a few times for that.

Thank you for crunching the numbers! Back then, I traveled around 50 miles round trip to work each day, working a typical 40 hour work week Monday through Friday for a small rural community utility company. Looking back, I never made $28.16 per hour in my life until the early 1990s, working in a borax refinery near Death Valley after several years of starting at the bottom and working my way up to that and beyond.

 

[JWL]

You go to the hospital and you think there is a Jr. High School field trip going on but it’s all the nurses and staff.

 

[ski3pin]

.........................when you keep asking, "Who's that old fart with the gray mustache?" when looking at photos.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

.........................when you keep asking, "Who's that old fart with the gray mustache?" when looking at photos.

Firing up the Wayback Machine to the time of just film cameras, we found a roll of undeveloped film that turned out to be from daughter Kate’s high school graduation. In it was a picture of someone that none of us recognized.

After a few minutes of pondering, we figured it out. It was a photo of me without my mustache. Taken the only time in the last 47 years that I was without the furry lip.

 

[JaSAn]

..... I'm often mistaken for an adult because of my age.

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

..... I'm often mistaken for an adult because of my age.

For some unknown reason, I suspect there are a good many here on WTW who fit that description…

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

For some unknown reason, I suspect there are a good many here on WTW who fit that description…

Yep I'll second that. I am still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Frank

 

[ski3pin]

Yep I'll second that. I am still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Frank

The difference between a banjo picker and a mutual fund? There is hope a mutual fund will mature and earn money.

 

[Vic Harder]

and a banjo maker???

 

[JaSAn]

. . . . . you're like an old phone battery.
Even when I charge myself overnight for 10 hours,
by 10am I'm at 40%

 

[jkszoo]

Yep I'll second that. I am still trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
Frank

When I hit 68 I decided to give up on growing up, or figuring it out

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

When I hit 68 I decided to give up on growing up, or figuring it out

Oh, to be that young again…

 

[rubberlegs]

..... When kids make a scene and won't be herded.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Oh, to be that young again…

Oh I remember that year many years ago.
Frank

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

...when you are old enough that you don't need any help making a fool of your self.
Frank

 

[Wandering Sagebrush]

...when you are old enough that you don't need any help making a fool of your self.
Frank

It appears I’ve been a geezer most of my life!

 

[ski3pin]

It appears I’ve been a geezer most of my life!

...when you are old enough that you don't need any help making a fool of your self.
Frank

Yup, I've been a natural at that my whole life.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I guess it just comes naturally. But I am living with it.
Frank