the old farts club

RealNeil · Sep 17, 2014

My best car was a '69 Z-28 Camaro. (four wheel Disk Brakes & 4-Speed)
I also had a '58 Fairlane Cop Car. It was Shmooth,..................

Mr.Scott · Sep 17, 2014

Maban said:
I may only be 24 but I feel like I should be an honorary member. 99% of the music I listen to is pre-1990. I own around 400 vinyl records. My dream car is a 1970 Plymouth Superbird. I have bad joints. I don't give two shits about fashion; comfort will always win. I love playing cribbage. My first computer was a 1981 IBM. MASH and Cheers are among my favorite shows. I feel entirely comfortable and not at all ashamed of sharing this information.

Now if that doesn't get me in I don't know what will.

So....you're a hipster then?

Maban · Sep 17, 2014

Mr.Scott said:
So....you're a hipster then?

I've had people put such a label on me before but honestly I just feel like I'm in the wrong time period sometimes.

Melvis · Sep 17, 2014

Well guess I count then at 33 going on 73 (health issues) even my dad is fitter than I am and he is 66 lol.

But I enjoy kicking young gamers butt's in games online, show them who's a real gamer lol

Deleted member 67555 · Sep 17, 2014

WOW! I never realised how old some of you are....
I have a few questions...
1) How old were you when dirt was invented?
2) Where were you when they invented the wheel?
3) What was Jesus really like?
LOL
I don't consider myself an old fart but rather a refreshing breeze...
I'm 36 btw...not old at all... I have a 15yo and a 2yo and we're thinking about having another....

Athlonite · Sep 17, 2014

Norton said:
45 and getting grumpier every year

Isn't it funny that the older we get the more stupid there seems to be in the world to annoy us :lovetpu:

Athlonite · Sep 17, 2014

jmcslob said:
WOW! I never realised how old some of you are....
I have a few questions...
1) How old were you when dirt was invented? about 20
2) Where were you when they invented the wheel? next to the guy that invented it
3) What was Jesus really like? closet gay ( I mean why else did he spend so much time in a cave with all those other guys)

RealNeil · Sep 17, 2014

Melvis said:
Well guess I count then at 33 going on 73 (health issues) even my dad is fitter than I am and he is 66 lol.

But I enjoy kicking young gamers butt's in games online, show them who's a real gamer lol

Go get 'em!

BTW: I love the 4X4 in your avatar. Is that a Land Rover?

Ebo · Sep 17, 2014

Im 48, going for 49 in november.
Im a dad and a granddad and in my golden age, and i love it :rockout:

.
I can sit in my own house which ive paid fore and owes nothing in, drive my own car when ever i want, move my lawn 2 times a week, drink a beer with the guy from next door and play with my computer when ever i want to :clap:

.

Make love to my spouse twice a week and both my "kids" are grown up today and have their own life, and i love it, just to be able to do what i want and when i want to, without having to think about anything but myself and my spouse.

Every year we get 2 grandchildren here on summer holliday for 14 days, and they drive me crazy, so after 14 days i just put a stamp on their foreheads and put them in the mailbox, and send them home again, thats not my problem anymore :peace:

.

Do I wanna be young again, no thank you, im quite happy where i am in life :roll:

, all that crap in the years between 20 and 45, naaahhh thats not appeling to try again, ive been there and done that once.
Mabye if I could get my youth back i would make the same mistakes all over again, some of them even twice :laugh:

i still remember a name or two

.

Ive raised 2 wonderfull kids, saw their first schoolday, saw them graduate from highschool and university, saw them grow up and become responsable people and start their own lives, I think ive done okay. Now its time to do all the stuff and go to see things without having to think about kids or anything else execpt just enjoy life as it is.

:lovetpu:

Jetster · Sep 18, 2014

All the 70s cars are crap except for maybe 70 and 71

t_ski · Oct 14, 2014

So, I just bought a new motherboard, and I was reminded of how motherboards used to have a separate card for serial and parallel ports

...and for hard drive & floppy controllers

...and video cards

...and network cards

...and the math coprocessor was a separate chip (if you had one at all)

...and the processor's cache was on a separate card

...and processors didn't even need a heatsink

...and the cases didn't even have fans

...and 110V power ran through the case to the power switch

...and your case color choices were beige or beige

...and sometimes computers didn't even have hard drives at all

...and when floppies were actually floppy

...and monitors were back & white (or black & green or black & orange)

...and memory sticks were measured in KB

...and 512kb was more video ram than you'd ever need

...and 2400baud modems were fast

And then I realized.....

...man, I'm old

Frick · Oct 14, 2014

You're so old I can smell it from here.

Jetster · Oct 14, 2014

I remember I/O cards with ISA slots i think

Bow · Oct 14, 2014

I am at work so I cant post pictures but we had a Magnavox console TV stereo with reel to reel up until the mid 70's

t_ski · Oct 14, 2014

Frick said:
You're so old I can smell it from here.

That's just the fajitas from the other night talkin'...

Jetster said:
I remember I/O cards with ISA slots i think

Yes, most were ISA, and the goldfinger contacts on the card were about 1/8" wide. Eventually, if you were lucky, your video card was VLB. BTW, hard drives were MFM instead of IDE, and everything external (well, almost everything) was connected through serial ports.

TheMailMan78 · Oct 14, 2014

I'm 36. May I join?

BiggieShady · Oct 14, 2014

I am 35 and I my beard is grey. Soon to become that specific Gandalf shade of grey. Too soon if you ask me.

FreedomEclipse · Jun 14, 2015

Necro thread - I'll be eligible to join this club this coming august.... I dont know weather to laugh or cry.

BiggieShady · Jun 14, 2015

FreedomEclipse said:
I dont know weather to laugh or cry.

I suggest crying first, then after you become much less sober laugh your ass off

Mussels · Jun 15, 2015

due to the comments about old PC's above - i have an x1 CD drive that runs off SCSI with an 8 bit ISA card and a 5 1/4" floppy to install the DOS drivers for it.

Athlonite · Jun 15, 2015

Mussels said:
due to the comments about old PC's above - i have an x1 CD drive that runs off SCSI with an 8 bit ISA card and a 5 1/4" floppy to install the DOS drivers for it.

That would have been very expensive gear at the time of release Mussels

Mussels · Jun 15, 2015

Athlonite said:
That would have been very expensive gear at the time of release Mussels

It was given to me by well meaning family who thought it was modern XD

I want to find a collector to give it to, the driver floppies are still shrink wrapped - its as new condition.

Tatty_Two · Jun 15, 2015

Freedom, you really 35?

FireFox · Jun 15, 2015

I am in.
35 years old and next month 36 but when I say my age sometimes I have to show my ID too because people don't believe me

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Jun 15, 2015

if the definition of old is 35 i dont belong here, is there a "Very Old Farts Club"

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Athlonite

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Jetster

t_ski

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Frick

Fishfaced Nincompoop

Jetster

Bow

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~Technological Technocrat~

BiggieShady

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Athlonite

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Tatty_Two

Gone Fishing

FireFox

The Power Of Intel

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