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mjosparky

You are an old fart.

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If you studied “civics” in school, you are an old fart.
If you are well versed in the heroes of American history, you are an old fart.
If you stand and salute when the flag goes by, you are an old fart.
If you know who we fought in WWII and why, you are an old fart.
If kids in your class were sent home because they wore jeans, or a skirt that was too short, you are an old fart.

If you delivered papers or groceries on a bike in high school, you are an old fart.
If you learned the basics of economics, like “supply and demand,” you are an old fart.
If you didn’t have a credit card in college, you are an old fart.
If you thought everyone would benefit from military service—and owed a duty to the country, you are an old fart.

If you remember when Jimmy Carter was the worst President ever, you are an old fart.
If you remember when there were moderates in both parties, you are an old fart.
If you know what happened at Chappaquiddick, you are an old fart.
If you still wonder what happened to Jimmy Hoffa and Judge Crater, you are an old fart.
If you know the capitals of all (57) states, you are an old fart.
If you call older people Sir or Ma’am, you are an old fart.
If you remember when the settled science was that the earth was entering a new ice
age, and we needed to melt the polar ice to save the world, you are an old fart.

If you remember when retired presidents didn’t cash in for millions on books and speaking fees, you are an old fart.

Sparky
My idea of a fair fight is clubbing baby seals

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Guilty, I'm an old fart.

Actually I'm getting used to it and starting to like it.
“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)

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Hi Mr Sparky

I "forgot: two of the answers on the test but I just got my medicare card B| and I know where the Bay of pigs is.

I'm a old fart,:)
Now I Gotta lay down and take a nap them tests wear me out:ph34r:

R.

One Jump Wonder

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If you remember when it was a pipe dream that someone would/could land on the moon, you are an old fart.

If you can remember filling up a 5 gallon can full of gas for $1, you are an old fart.

If you can remember the starter button on the floor, you an old fart.

If you can remember buying dynamite at the hardware store, you are an old fart.
Instructor quote, “What's weird is that you're older than my dad!”

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Since one of those didn't apply to me, I'm not an old fart. But damn that was close.:)


I dont know any of them so Im a spring chicken:ph34r:
You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

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It rings true, although it has a mild bias (although props for mentioning moderates.) Let's have fun balancing it out.

You're an old fart if you remember:
-When everybody hated Nixon, even those who voted for him
-Watergate
-The bombing of Cambodia
-The Penatgon Papers
-Kent State shootings
-CSNY's "Four Dead in Ohio"
-Who CSNY were.

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Started switch on the floor
Vaccum wipers
Steel dashboards...



You had a starter?:o


I had several cars that had hand cranks to turn the engine over by hand;)


I had a kick-start-only Harley, but never a car.
"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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Hollerith cards



Dude you just called me Boss a old fart and she's 9 yr's younger than me.

I had to google the hollerith card thing, My boss used to have a couple of jobs punching the little squares in them cards by hand with a little hammer and punch;).

A friend took us to a party overlooking central park and the hostess asks my boos what she does for a living:S. "Keypunch opererator":o and they all moved away:D:D

Thats way newer than a hand crank starter on a car , etc.

I hope your a young person and live a long life so you can pay for my boss's SS fund. and my medicare.:ph34r:

Thank you lord for google:D No sweat one of these days "remember google"?

I learned a new word today:)

Gotta lay down and talk a nap.

R.

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If you remember when Jimmy Carter was the worst President ever, you are an old fart.



Now that was funny!:D

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If you still wonder what happened to Jimmy Hoffa and Judge Crater, you are an old fart.



I had to google the judge; I never heard of him before.
"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

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I'm old enough to remember:

Push button light switches.

"Normal" light switches that snap loudly when used (some of these are still around)

8 track tapes

Drive in Movies

Phonographs (including those with 78 and 16 rpm options)

Drive up bank transactions that involved sending stuff through the a pneumatic tube

Watching test a television test pattern in the wee hours of the morning as a kid, waiting for the station to sign in and show cartoons.

Honorable mention: Watching skydivers on television and thinking "Why on earth would anyone do that!?":)

My blog with the skydiving duck cartoons.

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Paid the phone co a monthly rental fee for dial phone that came in any color as long as it was black.;)
Talked on a string phone
Played stoop ball,
pitched cards, & change for keeps,B|
Played hopsotch
Weatherman on the news , had to draw in the weather Live showings fronts, temps on a outline of the US.
People got shot and stabbed on T.V. & movies without bleeding.

R.

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