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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Mustang / July 2005Things that make you feel old !
This spring a neighborhood skinny little kid came by to ask if he could mow my lawn. I unfortunately had to say I use a lawn/yard service that does that, and much more for me (gutters, weeding, hedges, etc.). And besides he looked to young to be pushing a lawn mower about. I see him occasionally, wave, and we say hello, talk about the weather. He loves my '05 Mustang Conv. Today he stopped over to show me his "new" '95 Mustang. His Dad said if he had a good driving record for a year, kept his grades up, and paid his own insurance, he could have one. HE'S 17 !!!!!! I THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT 12 !!!!! HE CAN DRIVE A CAR ??? (I kept my cool, didn't say anything, and didn't go inside screaming until after he left ;-) - My first Mustang was a '66, it was new ;-) > Today he stopped over to show me his "new" '95 Mustang. His Dad said > if he had a good driving record for a year, kept his grades up, and [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > until after he left ;-) > - My first Mustang was a '66, it was new ;-) I moved away from there in '98, but I used to live in a suburb of Dallas, TX. A rich suburb. Anyway, at that time, the gift a lot of high school graduates got was a new Mustang GT. It didn't seem quite right to me, but I guess that's because every car that I ever owned I had to work for. Whatever. BTW, my first car was a '66 Mustang. It was used, however. A warmed over '69 302 and a toploader four-speed was the drivetrain. It had the factory 140 MPH speedo and quite a few times I had it buried. Gawd, I hope my kids don't EVER do what I did...... >BTW, my first car was a '66 Mustang. It was used, however. A warmed >over '69 302 and a toploader four-speed was the drivetrain. It had the >factory 140 MPH speedo and quite a few times I had it buried. Gawd, I >hope my kids don't EVER do what I did...... My first car was a '63 Corvair Convt, GREAT car! When my son turned 16 he wanted a Mustang or Camaro, remembering what I was like at his age, he got an old Caprice. He cracked it up, and it probably saved his life. >My first car was a '63 Corvair Convt, GREAT car! http://www.cotse.net/users/newd/pix/monza.jpg >>My first car was a '63 Corvair Convt, GREAT car! > > http://www.cotse.net/users/newd/pix/monza.jpg The best Corvairs were the 2nd gen. 1st gen cars had VW-style swing axles that were responsible in part for Ralph Nader's attack. The later cars ('65 and up) had Corvette-style independent rears which were awesome. I owned three of them at various times... Here's a pretty decent Corvair link: http://www.corvaircorsa.com/ Nice story :) Sooooo... maybe you should let the kid do your yardwork.. help him buy fuel and insurance for his Mustang Kate : This spring a neighborhood skinny little kid came by to ask if he : could mow my lawn. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] : : - My first Mustang was a '66, it was new ;-) >>Re: Things that make you feel old ! The first time I was called "Sir" by a teenager. 8( That really made me feel old. Alias -----Original Message----- From: William Claude Dukenfield [mailto:William Claude Dukenfield@127.0.0.1] Posted At: Saturday, July 02, 2005 1:56 PM Posted To: rec.autos.makers.ford.mustang Conversation: Things that make you feel old ! Subject: Things that make you feel old ! This spring a neighborhood skinny little kid came by to ask if he could mow my lawn. I unfortunately had to say I use a lawn/yard service that does that, and much more for me (gutters, weeding, hedges, etc.). And besides he looked to young to be pushing a lawn mower about. I see him occasionally, wave, and we say hello, talk about the weather. He loves my '05 Mustang Conv. Today he stopped over to show me his "new" '95 Mustang. His Dad said if he had a good driving record for a year, kept his grades up, and paid his own insurance, he could have one. HE'S 17 !!!!!! I THOUGHT HE WAS ABOUT 12 !!!!! HE CAN DRIVE A CAR ??? (I kept my cool, didn't say anything, and didn't go inside screaming until after he left ;-) - My first Mustang was a '66, it was new ;-) >>>Re: Things that make you feel old ! > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >-----Original Message----- >From: William Claude Dukenfield [mailto:William Claude That one I got over. Sitting in a bar at LAX the cocktail waitress took my order and started to walk away.... stopped... came back and asked for identification. I passed it over... she looked at it and apologized. I was 30+ at the time. I told her not to apologize. When I was underage it was an "insult", but at my age (then) it was a compliment. She bought my drinks.... but she got a BIG tip.... : ) Spike 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40 16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial 225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video. "When the time comes to lay down my life for my country, I do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it." -JFK Inaugural Speech >That one I got over. Sitting in a bar at LAX the cocktail waitress >took my order and started to walk away.... stopped... came back and >asked for identification. I passed it over... she looked at it and >apologized. I was 30+ at the time. I told her not to apologize. When I >was underage it was an "insult", but at my age (then) it was a >compliment. She bought my drinks.... but she got a BIG tip.... : ) I had something similar happen when I was about 35, being carded entering a night club. My wife claimed it was just to get me to come back. >This spring a neighborhood skinny little kid came by to ask if he >could mow my lawn. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] >(I kept my cool, didn't say anything, and didn't go inside screaming >until after he left ;-) Hell if that is the only thing that makes you feel old you are a damn lucky man. Wanna buy a used back cheap?  Signature"Either kill me or take me as I am, because I'll be damned if I ever change..." The Marquis de Sade My grandparents next door neighbors came over from Italy. They opened a pizza place. Within one year, the had added a steak house, a shoe store, and a dress shop. Later they added another pizza place. They had three sons. The oldest a senior in high school, the second was a junior, and the third was 14. Within that first year the two older boys had brand new 'vettes (1966).... and the 14 year old had a custom El Camino he couldn't even drive, but he was out nearly every day washing and polishing it. Every time one of the older ones cracked up a car, the parents bought them a new one My first real car was when I was 22, when I returned from Vietnam, I bought a 5 year old 65 Ford Mustang Fastback for $1000. And I had been working from the 4th grade on.... started with a TV Guide route, and worked up from there. Seems like what you have to work and wait for you appreciate more. >This spring a neighborhood skinny little kid came by to ask if he >could mow my lawn. [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >- My first Mustang was a '66, it was new ;-) Spike 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40 16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial 225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video. "When the time comes to lay down my life for my country, I do not cower from this responsibility. I welcome it." -JFK Inaugural Speech |
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