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As you're growing up, politicians, teachers, and pretty much everyone around you keep repeating that you are the future of this world. The person who will shape the way it looks tomorrow. But before you can take it all in, it's already the day after, the echo of those words has faded, and the only thing you're left with is that annoying back pain that doesn't go away no matter what mobility exercise you're doing.

But don't worry, this realization is part of maturity. To make it easier to accept, the subreddit 'Heck I'm Old' shares posts from people who are in the same position and choose to reminisce with smiles and giggles. So let's scroll through what they have to offer and maybe, just maybe, knowing that the past is still alive in our collective memory is exactly what we need to feel better about our wrinkles and graying hair.

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Who Is Old Enough To Remember All Of These?

Who Is Old Enough To Remember All Of These?

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Savahax
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you've got kids, get them this. It's one of the things that got me fascinated about shapes and patterns

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I Feel Personally Attacked

I Feel Personally Attacked

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Mike F
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I hear about someone doing those things it's while reading their obit.

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While the inevitable passage of time certainly takes a lot of things away from us, it does provide quite a few as well. One of its most important contributions is to the way we feel.

Positive and negative affects (mood) seem to operate independently of each other: you can have a lot or a little of either or both.

"High affect" people score above average on both positive and negative mood levels, while "low affect" people score less on both.

No matter which type you start out with, you can expect your affect levels to change in a favorable trajectory over the course of your life.


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Nuff Said

Nuff Said

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Shelli Aderman
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Billy Jean is not my lover and the CHAIR is not my son!” This lived in my brain for far too long! 🤣

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Let's Start Telling It Without Telling Your Age LOL Let's Who Will Win

Let's Start Telling It Without Telling Your Age LOL Let's Who Will Win

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According to research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, both men and women see an increase in positive affect as they get older (women, in particular, see a greater and accelerating increase).

On average, negative affect does not change for women predictably with age, but it decreases for aging men (with the caveat that the decrease is more pronounced for married men; for unmarried men, negative affect is elevated at every stage of life).

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If You Can Tell What This Is, You Might Be Old

If You Can Tell What This Is, You Might Be Old

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Many theories have been proposed for why this happens. But a 2013 review of research indicates that older people develop at least three distinct emotional skills: 1) they react less to negative situations, 2) they are better at ignoring irrelevant negative stimuli than they were when younger, and 3) they remember more positive than negative information.

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Basically, it's like knowing your negative emotions won’t last so you disregard them when they do arise and get a head start on the good feelings.

#9

You May Be Old, But Are You This Old?

You May Be Old, But Are You This Old?

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Scott Rackley
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone's fancy with their wall phone. Mamaw had a desk telephone you could use as a weapon.

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#10

You’re Old, But Are You This Old?

You’re Old, But Are You This Old?

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Some Of You Can “Feel” This Door In Your Mind

Some Of You Can “Feel” This Door In Your Mind

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Jeff Gabrisl
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pfft, please, that belongs to a 4 door. Only us real ones know the weight of a 2 door, the door was taller than you and weighed more than the engine....

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Arthur Brooks, who is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School, where he teaches courses on leadership and happiness, thinks that when we're talking about growing old, we also have to mention changes in personality.

"Personality is generally separated by psychologists into five parts: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism," Brooks writes, discussing a paper by two researchers in which they summarized ... a voluminous literature on how these dimensions of personality change as we move from childhood to old age.

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Driving Stick

Driving Stick

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Bernd Herbert
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Germany as well. If you do your driver's licence only with an automatic car it will state that in the licence itself.

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Pernille
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most people can drive stick, I think it is only in the US that most people can't drive stick.

Colleen Glim
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also a common thing in Canada. Even 18 wheelers are coming automatic now. Much to my husbands dismay

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The Scout
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Practically everybody outdside the US? Although this is a 6-gear-shift instead of the 5 gear you take your driving lessons with, so maybe some people would be a bit confused.

Robert T
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've never owned an automatic and I don't want to either.

Mason Kronol
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

American woman here that can! I worked at a place where we had to park across a busy street in a not so great neighborhood so when it was dark or bad weather some of the younger guys would go grab the cars for the ladies. Unfortunately most of them couldn’t drive a stick which is what my truck was 😂

Glen Ellyn
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned on a manual, too. 1962 Plymouth Valiant, red, three-on-the-tree.

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Did I say that out loud? (he/him)cis/het
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brit here. I've never owned an automatic and my 17yo daughter has her first driving lesson today...in a manual.

Ariom Dahl
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where I live in Australia you must have a licence to drive to drive a manual, then you may drive either manual or automatic.

Roland Nijveld
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Same here in The Netherlands. 9.out of 10 with a license have a manual one though

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Justin Tyme
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have driven cars with manual shift transmission a total of about a half-million miles. My 2005 Pontiac Vibe has a 5-speed.

María Hermida
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many millions of people all over the world. Over 95% of the European drivers, young and old.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All cars in Italy. We're not stupid. We can drive manuals.

Science Nerd
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fun was teaching my wife to drive this in a mountainous area. We are still married.

Wendy Neumeyer
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1 month ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Never had the luxury of six, only four or five. Can drive with broken clutch!

Jane W.
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Drove them for 30 years. Started with 3 spd, then 4, then 5.

Teresa Spanics
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can! A male neighbor taught me how to do this with my 1985 Dodge Omni. I miss that nice four door car. I had to sell it as I was moving and changing insurance would have been costly.

Rikki Kay
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm 70. Just me a used Jeep Patriot, 5 speed! Love driving stick.

Kyllein MacKellerann
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can, and I prefer it to the so-called "Automatics" that "save gas" by upshifting just as the engine gets into its power band...

Jen Schurman
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

US girl here. My dad made sure I knew how to drive one, even though my car was an automatic! Now that I live on a farm, I am so grateful. I can hop on a tractor and go!

Panda'sMom
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yep! Once I had a five speed on the column Peugeot. Picked up hitchhikers. You could see him relax after 4th. Got a "what the he-- you doing, lady?" I had to laugh!

Dana Moser
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love driving a stick shift. A friend got a cool job in the Army because she could drive one.

CharLee Bauch
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a six speed manual Jeep Gladiator. I call it my millennial anti theft device

Shari Farrar
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Automatic shift was a rarity when I learned to drive and four-in-the-floor was HOT stuff!

Bewarethere@gmail.com
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of us Americans have grown soft and simple but I can. AND I still damn do!

imsouravmitra
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I drive this, i.e. manual. Can't drive an automatic though. Something must be wrong with me

burncreek
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“Can” yes, “want” no. Why would I be shifting gears manually when cars have been able to shift automatically for ages? If I still feel the urge I can use –/+ paddles on my steering wheel. Besides, most new cars are automatic only (at least in Sweden).

SleepSycho
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

American woman here, took my driving test on a manual in the 90s. So glad I learned, most of my friends, guys included, never did.

Leafy Dawn
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

99% new drivers in the UK learn manual (afaik). We do have auto, but they are the exception rather than the rule.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's all I can drive. I can do things to automatics through misuse that car mechanics can't believe.

The Shark
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's how I learned to drive... This century too! Gave up my MT car just last year... I miss it.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

US here and I can do it...course Im 65 also I hear that stick shifts also qualify as theft deterrents in US also as the younger car thieves just cant figure it out

Irene Bucior
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I do every day, in a 2019 Subaru, and have for the last 40 years. I’m sad I probably will never be able to buy another stick in the future.

Bob Brooce
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can drive pretty much any car with a manual. I first learned in an old Chevy with a three on the tree, and at one time had a Datsun 510 with a clutch that engaged about 1/8" off the floor. Because the Chevy didn't have synchromesh I learned to double clutch after having to come to a complete stop too many times while rolling up to a light at 10mph and having it turn green.

Mammie
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can and do. But you can only buy new ones in a select few models of vehicles here now.

Cathy G
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband's car. One way to make sure no one steals it--thieves today can't figure out how to drive it.

Astar_ALT
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you count stalling it 17 times in 5 minutes driving, sure

Terri Robinson
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My first 3 cars were standard transmission; we weren't allowed to drive an automatic until we learned on a stick.

FloralDangerNoodle
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I ONLY buy cars with standard, and am salty MINIs will no longer be made with standard transmissions here in Canada. :'(

Shelley Dawson
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still wouldn't drive an automatic. You don't have the same level of control as in a manual. I need to feel I'm in control of a deadly weapon.

Roberta Surprenant
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Husband made me give it up after i broke an ankle. Now I just steer a car around rather than "drive" it.

Sally Moen
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had to learn so I could valet park the cars at work. Seems that rich people like sports cars with manual transmissions

Starthief
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned (in the US) to drive in my dad's rail buggy that was formerly a VW Bug, it had that weird thing where you had to push the shifter down in neutral and slide it to the "2" position for reverse... if you were lucky. My previous car was a manual Mitsubishi Lancer. When I bought a Prius the main thing I missed was shifting...

Little My
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don’t like driving an automatic. Never quite sure what to do with my left hand (UK).

Grenelda Thurber
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can, I just don't want to. A stick shift really sucks in heavy traffic.

CrunChewy McSandybutt
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned on a standard shift. I can still drive them, though I'd have to get used to it again.

michael blacklock
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it's just US. these are normal most places and if you pass a test on an auto in UK you cant drive a manual

kath morgan
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Still usual in the uk. It’s annoying actually, having to rent an automatic when I go over there.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I still have manual. Drove few automatic. Still I prefer good manual over shoddy automatic.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned how to drive on a 6-speed (I'm 41, so pretty old I guess) and drove my friend to his driving test in the automatic his father bought him - dropped him off so he could get in line and went to park it to join him inside to wait. I pulled up the "parking brake" (as you do, or at least did on manuals 25 years ago) - he failed his first attempt because he went on to try driving without disengaging it. Oops.

Pyla
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can, but the first day would be rugged. I learned on a manual 3/4 ton flatbed.

Momo ONeil
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in the U.S. - I drove a manual for 30 years up until just a month ago. I'm not sure how true it is, but anecdotally here in the US, you're far less likely to have your car stolen if you have a manual because most thieves don't know how to drive them. That's the story anyway.

tarryn norwich
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

US here, I have a stick fiat, and they can pry that from my cold dead hands lol

Dick Fint
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a 2000 Dodge Dakota P/U with a 5 speed NV3500 in it. Got it from another old fart who bought it new and only towed a little pontoon boat to the local lake on weekends. Only 94,000 on the clock! Got it cheap considering the very good condition it's in. Sweet tranny, but first & second are geared really low & she's kinda slow getting moving. My neighbor calls the stick "the five speed anti-theft device", and it boggles my mind how many shops have people that can't drive one. I have to drive it onto the lift for my oil changes. Love the mpg here in FL with the manual. 1,200 rpm in fifth at 40 MPH, just sips gas. Big problem is I can't find a shop that will work on it! Nobody does manuals anymore except the big chain shops, and I ain't bringing my truck to aamco.

Christos Arvanitis
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Merican here. I've had many sticks in my life but I would be most in the US cannot drive one.

CaptainBungonia
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most Australian drivers over 40 would most likely be familiar with a manual floor shift. The only stick-shift I can recall using was an EH Holden station-wagon equipped with a Hydramatic four-stage auto.

NotToday
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the US here...I got my license the day I turned 16 in 1999. In drivers ed, we learned on automatics but thank God my uncle taught me (in fact, INSISTED) that I learn to drive a manual. From the moment I learned, I loved it. Unfortunately, with my neurological problems, I can't drive much anymore. My brain just goes all wonky and I can't work the clutch like I used to.

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would if I had a license, since it's pretty much the standard to be taught in driving schools here

leendadll
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

First car I drove. 25 years later, I still try to clutch.

Manic Mama
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Australia - I drive one, and made all my kids learn in one too.

Cindi Antrobus
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It was a requirement in my family that before you could get your license you had to learn to drive a stick sad to say no one in my family owns a stick so I could teach my daughter

nottheactualphoto
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My current car is a manual shift. I had an automatic once for about a year, and I hate myself for it.

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This isn't nearly as obsolete. Most lower end cars still come with a manual (afaik) everywhere in Europe

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How Many Of You ‘70s Kids Can Feel This Picture?

How Many Of You ‘70s Kids Can Feel This Picture?

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not a 70s kid, but yes... Just because it wasn't red did not mean it wasn't hot

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"Some of the changes are not necessarily either good or bad. For example, people tend to become less gregarious after their mid-50s; they become more assertive from adolescence through their mid-30s and stay at this higher level; their openness to experience rises into early adulthood, stabilizes, and falls after their mid-50s."

But other changes are unambiguously positive. "Agreeableness tends to rise throughout adulthood, probably as we see its benefits and establish more emotional equanimity," Brooks adds. "Neuroticism usually falls, at least until one’s late 60s. And conscientiousness rises continuously. If you follow the typical development, you can expect to be nicer and kinder, and less depressed and anxious, when you are old."

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This Always Seemed To Appear On My Parents Coffee Table Between Thanksgiving & Christmas

This Always Seemed To Appear On My Parents Coffee Table Between Thanksgiving & Christmas

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Who Remembers Changing A Channel By Turning The Knob

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Our self-esteem also tends to rise as we move through adulthood, all the way to age 60.

It usually stays at a high level until about 70, then slightly declines. This last downward section could be connected to the accumulating death toll of elderly friends and spouses, but even so, we can expect it to be better at age 80 than 30.

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I Loved These And Used To Read Them At The Dentist's Office. It Was Standard Waiting Room Stuff For Kids

I Loved These And Used To Read Them At The Dentist's Office. It Was Standard Waiting Room Stuff For Kids

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If You Remember Seeing This Machine You're Pretty Old

If You Remember Seeing This Machine You're Pretty Old

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Midwest Mike
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And getting them as a kid for your parents/grandparents and NO ONE CARED!!!

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#23

If You Ever Operated One Of These You're An Old Sob

If You Ever Operated One Of These You're An Old Sob

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Who Dares To Admit That They Liked These Guys?

Who Dares To Admit That They Liked These Guys?

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So now that you know things are likely to get better as you age, we invite you to dive deeper into 'Heck I'm Old' and fire up our earlier publications on the subreddit 50 Painfully Funny Pics Of People Who Are Getting Old Faster Than They Expected and 40 Funny Posts Of People Grasping The Reality That They’re Old Now.

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Anyone Else Grow Up With These?

Anyone Else Grow Up With These?

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Savahax
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mother had a rotan fetish for a while. The whole house was so damn noisy

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I Bet Future Generations Won't Understand This Immensely Frustrating Experience At All

I Bet Future Generations Won't Understand This Immensely Frustrating Experience At All

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Did Anyone Else Sleep In One Of These? I Think I Would Have To Be Helped Out Of It Today

Did Anyone Else Sleep In One Of These? I Think I Would Have To Be Helped Out Of It Today

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Mike F
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Had sex on one a handful of times. Odd experience, you just had to get started and the tide took care of the rest, lol.

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#30

Really I'm Old Enough ,who's With Me

Really I'm Old Enough ,who's With Me

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I even remember how mind blown I was when I saw my first cd and realised you can just skip songs easily.

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These Guys Were The Best -

These Guys Were The Best -

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, but how many of you remember 'Spy vs Spy vs Spy', with the lady Grey Spy playing Black and White off against each othet?

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Dont Even Try To Tell Me You Dont Know These

Dont Even Try To Tell Me You Dont Know These

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*Gasps in recognition* *Pulls out those exact pots out of kitchen drawer*

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#35

Who Had One Of These?

Who Had One Of These?

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Mike F
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Only handy for parking meter change. It didn't matter if it took you 5 or so minutes to dig that damned quarter out.

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#37

I See Your "Tales From The Crypt," And Raise You Elvira

I See Your "Tales From The Crypt," And Raise You Elvira

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#38

I’ll See Your Paddle Ball And Raise You A Cheap Airplane

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#39

Could This Movie Be Made Today?

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Who Was Around When These Two Became Famous And Then Infamous?

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#41

This Is What 30 Year Olds Looked Like In The 80s

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#43

If This Was Your First Live Action Joker, You're Old

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If You Remember This Boat

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#46

Did You Ever Win Anything Other Than A Free Pop?

Did You Ever Win Anything Other Than A Free Pop?

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Today: Please enter your email, phone number, Facebook, Twitter, social security number and name of first born child, and you might win a free Pepsi.

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#47

Are You Old Enough To Remember When Wendys Had Cool Old Fashion Tables?

Are You Old Enough To Remember When Wendys Had Cool Old Fashion Tables?

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Mike F
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reading material so you didn't have to listen to MIL blathering on.

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#48

The Golden Age Of Education

The Golden Age Of Education

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#50

It Really Wasn't Difficult

It Really Wasn't Difficult

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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have young people really never heard of maps?? What do they do in geography classes, it can't all be oxbow lakes and types of rock.

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#52

Remember What Show This Came From?

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#53

The 80’s Really Were A Different World

The 80’s Really Were A Different World

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#54

I See Your Big Wheel, And Raise You A Tonka Dump Truck!

I See Your Big Wheel, And Raise You A Tonka Dump Truck!

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#55

Anyone Else?

Anyone Else?

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Schmebulock
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These were like a train wreck. Everyone watched intensely waiting for a kid to fall, usually onto a 2-inch mat. Or the stupid kid that would slide down the rope too fast and get a huge rope burn. LOL, those were the days!

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#56

If This Brings A Chuckle To You... Then Yeah, You're Old

If This Brings A Chuckle To You... Then Yeah, You're Old

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#57

Remember These

Remember These

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Midwest Mike
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OHHH my GODDD....the ABSOLUTE FEEL OF USING THIS UNIT.....that was the best part!!! STILL love going over to my folks house and using theirs to make labels!!!!

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#59

Best Halloween Costumes Ever

Best Halloween Costumes Ever

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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa)
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL my parents let me and my brother watch those movies when we were about that age. We couldn't watch Robocop or Terminator, but Cheech and Chong were OK.

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#60

Who Remembers Being Fed This Delicious Pink Medicine With This Spoon As A Kid?

Who Remembers Being Fed This Delicious Pink Medicine With This Spoon As A Kid?

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#62

These Were Fun

These Were Fun

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Stimpy
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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

those are another great thing that is even more improved if you glue firecrackers on them and set them on fire before throwing them (come to think of it, almost every toy is improved with firecrackers and bysetting it on fire)

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#65

If You Remember What Movie This Scene Is From, You Probably Cancelled Your Canoe Trip To Georgia, And…you’re Old

If You Remember What Movie This Scene Is From, You Probably Cancelled Your Canoe Trip To Georgia, And…you’re Old

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Miracle Max
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If Ned Beatty can't get down that river, how is a Frenchman in a Speedo going to make it? = J. Foxworthy. Deliverance was filmed on the same river used for Atlanta Olympics kayaking!

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#67

When You Looked Forward To A Bath

When You Looked Forward To A Bath

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#68

More And More With Each Passing Day!

More And More With Each Passing Day!

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Jeff Gabrisl
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He was a good guy, All he wanted to do was to warn us about the effects late stage capitalism would have on us, and he killed a Nazi sympathizer. D-Fense¡

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#69

If You Grew Up Back In The Day You Have A Definite Opinion On This Gum

If You Grew Up Back In The Day You Have A Definite Opinion On This Gum

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#70

If You Remember This Guy Yelling At You…

If You Remember This Guy Yelling At You…

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#71

You Are Definitely Fecking Old If You Remember This Guy

You Are Definitely Fecking Old If You Remember This Guy

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#73

Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Checking Out The Back Of The Store

Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Checking Out The Back Of The Store

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I'm.Just.A.Girl
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2 months ago

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#74

Critics Didn’t Like It. It Bombed At The Box Office, But I Liked It. Who Else?

Critics Didn’t Like It. It Bombed At The Box Office, But I Liked It. Who Else?

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T Barth
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Loved this movie! Uncle! Mickey Mouse! Zammis!

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#75

If You Know What This Is Or Browsed The Catalog, You Are Old Af

If You Know What This Is Or Browsed The Catalog, You Are Old Af

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#77

Wise Beyond His Years

Wise Beyond His Years

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#79

Anyone Else Have To Sell World's Finest Chocolate For School?

Anyone Else Have To Sell World's Finest Chocolate For School?

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#80

Who Remembers Bozo The Clown?!

Who Remembers Bozo The Clown?!

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#81

Old Enough To Remember Smoking In Grocery Stores

Old Enough To Remember Smoking In Grocery Stores

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#82

Remember When Air Was Free?

Remember When Air Was Free?

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#83

My 27 Year Old Son Didn’t Understand The Significance Of This Place

My 27 Year Old Son Didn’t Understand The Significance Of This Place

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#84

Anyone Ate At The Woolworths Counter?

Anyone Ate At The Woolworths Counter?

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#85

Definitely Mad Max

Definitely Mad Max

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#86

Are You Old Enough To Remember Getting "Rained On" At The Grocery Store?

Are You Old Enough To Remember Getting "Rained On" At The Grocery Store?

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UndertaleLover (She/Her)
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2 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Huh. I don't know about anyone else, but they still do this at all of the grocery stores I go to. My little brother gets "rained on" all the time.

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#87

Did You Know: These Spaceships Are Actually Guitars?

Did You Know: These Spaceships Are Actually Guitars?

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#88

I Was 11 Years Old. A Much Simpler Time. I Really Miss The Hot Apple Pies

I Was 11 Years Old. A Much Simpler Time. I Really Miss The Hot Apple Pies

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Midwest Mike
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Deep Fried!!! When arteries were more under attack from Big Tobacco. So Mc'D's was golden!!! And yes they were better!!!

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#89

Who Remembers This Gem Of A TV Show?

Who Remembers This Gem Of A TV Show?

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#90

Geeeeeez

Geeeeeez

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#91

Haven't Thought About These Since The 80s

Haven't Thought About These Since The 80s

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Marie Clear
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Always sucked down to a razor sharp edge. The shiv of candy sticks.

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#93

What Classic Shows Would Never Get Made Today?

What Classic Shows Would Never Get Made Today?

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JimSteve
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*M*A*S*H*, The Goodies, Get Smart, pretty much anything from before the year 2000

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#95

Can You Hear It?

Can You Hear It?

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Orange Mum
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, that's now going to go around my head for the next week, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 do do do do

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#96

If You Ever Got Bogged Down By One Of These, You’re Old

If You Ever Got Bogged Down By One Of These, You’re Old

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#97

Were You One Of These Kids?

Were You One Of These Kids?

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Scott Rackley
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My mom was an electrician in a nuclear plant, she bought this and taught me everything on it.

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#98

If You Know What This Small Half Circle Ring Is For, You’re Old

If You Know What This Small Half Circle Ring Is For, You’re Old

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S. E. in Indiana
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The horn ring and it looks like a column stick shift. Three on the tree! Did you notice the headlight bright beam switch on the floor?

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#99

This Stuff Smelled Like Heaven: Bike Chains, Skateboard Wheels, Baseball Gloves

This Stuff Smelled Like Heaven: Bike Chains, Skateboard Wheels, Baseball Gloves

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#100

Crazy How They’ve All Aged So Well… Well Most Of Them

Crazy How They’ve All Aged So Well… Well Most Of Them

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#103

I See Your Pop Snaps And Raise You This.. Are You This Old ?

I See Your Pop Snaps And Raise You This.. Are You This Old ?

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#104

Are You So Old That You Participated In Hands Across America?

Are You So Old That You Participated In Hands Across America?

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#105

I See Your Cap Bomb & Raise You…

I See Your Cap Bomb & Raise You…

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TennesseeHomesteadUSA
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's it ! Artillery for neighborhood wars ! The kids on the next street over were the enemy.

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#106

You Old Enough To Know Who These Guys Are?

You Old Enough To Know Who These Guys Are?

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#109

If You Have Opinions On These Guys You're Pretty Damn Old

If You Have Opinions On These Guys You're Pretty Damn Old

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Heir of Durin
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nah! You can still play this game today on the Switch. My 12 year old loves this game!

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#110

If You Get This You're Pretty Old

If You Get This You're Pretty Old

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#111

Who Remembers This Movie?

Who Remembers This Movie?

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#112

What Was That One Thing You Always Wanted And Never Got?

What Was That One Thing You Always Wanted And Never Got?

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The Doom Song
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2 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gonna show my age here but I wanted the entire "Sylvanian" town and all the families

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