Gawd I feel old.

[rockrat]

And I aint that old.
Been driving the pickup lately due to the Mustang needing inner tie rods and I just bought new tires for it. I hate to rub the fronts down until it gets warm enough to do the tierod work. But it was 60ºF+ out today and I took the Mustang to the store.

So anyway, Im at a light that is the last light as two lanes merge to one on a limited access highway. As you can imagine, this 1/4 to 1/3 mile worth of road gets a bit of rubber left on it. I wasn't looking for a clutch drop but this camero pulls up to the right and a verry cute girl is sitting in the passanger side. She looked 18 if that. She said something to the driver, boyfriend I guess, and he didnt seem too happy with me. I didnt stare, honest. Well boyfriend takes the light and I dropped the clutch and watched them fall back slowly about halfway down the stretch. In the rear view mirror I vaguly see the girl pointing at the boy and it lood like she was laughing. I smiled thinking of how this happened to me in the past. But back then I was in the loosing lane.

So what gives? Why is it that ya get this urge to just tromp the gas when the engine of the next guy over revs? This isnt the rokrat of recent. This is the rcokrat of the past who didnt think about consiquences of ones actions.

And they looked so young. Not old enough to drive. And then at the store, all of the people looked much younger than I. Crap, I feel old.

I think I will go play with the lathe and try to forget. I wonder how far off the new sportscar is, or maybe a milling center with a 40 index tool changer. Better yet, a big lathe with a 50" swing! I need a beer.



[This message has been edited by rockrat (edited 03-18-2005).]

[egpace]

I know that feeling! We wear photo ID's where I work. When I first got mine, I asked the girl in the Human Resource Department why she put a picture of some scary looking old guy on my ID badge!

[Evan]

Uh oh. Sounds like one mid-life crisis coming up. Careful you don't go buy a Corvette or something.

[chief]

It's all good, I had a kid walk up to me out of the blue and commence to tell me that my 67 camaro ss with the 3.96 litre engine
was no match for his 3.5 liter mustang.
I popped the hood and told him "I'm old
and never learned the metric system, I only deal in inches all 396 of them", He was suddenly very confused and wandered away.

[ibewgypsie]

Having lost my drivers license before, I understand very much what a moment of "not" thinking will cost.

Signed, yours truly another
"Adrenalin junkie"

[PSD KEN]

Yep, my F-350 Diesel, with chip and exhaust, 6spd will give a lot of cars a fright, going rolling start, gotta get the turbo spooled.
Of course, I'm only 65, will cool it when I get old.
(No, I'm not in my second child hood, never left the first one)

[Old Time]

I've stiil got the 1940 Ford coupe that I got in '62 when I was in High school and yeah it's a Hot Rod. That's like the money's under the hood. It keeps me smiling for days after I drive it.

[speedy]

If your hormones are still capable of inducing teeraway youthful exhibitions then you aint ready for the bin just yet.
If you can still appreciate beauty then ditto also.
You're only as old as you want to be.
I'm 50 but I still believe that it is only the body that ages; the mind stays young. Talk to real elderly people, most of them are still young upstairs.

cheers, Ken

[abn]

I love the romance of street racing, but around here they're seizing cars and scrapping 'em for the crime. Consequence of urban sprawl I guess, there's no boonies left to play around. Plus there seems to be a significant crowd that doesn't even bother to search out remote locations...

After my adventurous youth and taste in music as a kid, I never thought I'd be standing in judgement...but today's popular music and some teens have conspired to make me realize that I'm indeed getting older.

I think I'll take the Mustang to work this weekend though...it's been a while. Can't believe I have a spotless driving record now.

[Your Old Dog]

You've just been a victim of genetic code. You're supposed to do that. Hell, if she was really busty you should still be fish-tailing down the highway and her knees should have gotten weak That's the way we're all made! AIN'T IT GREAT !