You know you're old when...

M_Six · 04-02-2023, 10:39 PM

All in the Fam

Battin4th · 04-02-2023, 10:40 PM

All in the Family. Still on these days. Was just watching it! Classic.

Esteban · 04-02-2023, 10:49 PM

🎶 Boy the way Glenn Miller played, songs that made the hit parade...

...gee our old LaSalle ran great, those were the days. 🎵

Esteban · 04-02-2023, 11:06 PM

Ric in RVA · 04-03-2023, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Which Sitcom?

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Chrissi or Janet?

Janet all day long.....

UncleWede · 04-03-2023, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Ric in RVA

Chrissi or Janet?

Janet all day long.....

Then Chrissi at night

I ain't as good as I once was
but I'm as good, once, as I ever was

cmyx6go · 04-04-2023, 07:23 AM

Wasn't sure where to post this. I started in the "What song are you listening to" thread, then went to "Confess Here". I think it belongs here....

Somebody make it stop! Since I woke up this morning, Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Old Oak Tree has been playing in my brain non stop. I don't know why. I haven't heard that song in years and years. Shoot me, please.

M_Six · 04-04-2023, 09:10 AM

I hate ear worms. But thank you for that one.

Lady Jane · 04-04-2023, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

🎶 Boy the way Glenn Miller played, songs that made the hit parade...

...gee our old LaSalle ran great, those were the days. 🎵

This show would cause a lot of aneurisms if it was broadcasted today.

"Boy, the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade.
Guys like us we had it made.
Those were the days.

And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister, we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.

Didn’t need no welfare state.
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days."

vreihen16 · 04-04-2023, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Lady Jane

This show would cause a lot of aneurisms if it was broadcasted today.

I believe that it is still airing in re-runs. I tried to watch some re-runs of "Sanford and Son" last year, but the punch lines and plot telegraphed so much that it was boring.

An interesting vanity card from last week's "Young Sheldon" documentary:

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sygazelle · 04-06-2023, 12:13 PM

...when you used to drive a car with "3 on the tree" and bench seats.

BTW, there were some major advantages to that setup. Just sayin'.

Buug959 · 04-06-2023, 08:54 PM

WAC

SpeedBuggy · 04-06-2023, 09:27 PM

PITA when the Distributor was on the back of the engine against the firewall

Extra "points" if you know what a distributor is

sygazelle · 04-06-2023, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Buug959

WAC

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Ignition points. I've installed many of them while doing tune ups on cars before electronic ignition. The boss where I worked as a teenager called plug, points, and condersers by the term "zappers, gappers, and a sponge" but I never did fully understand why. Maybe the condenser acts as an electronic sponge.

sygazelle · 04-06-2023, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SpeedBuggy

PITA when the Distributor was on the back of the engine against the firewall

Extra "points" if you know what a distributor is

I know, I know!!

Esteban · 04-06-2023, 10:14 PM

“Up your nose with a rubber hose.”

zgood4u · 04-07-2023, 04:54 AM

what? where? when?
ooh! ooh! ooh!
Mister Kottaaiir!!

wdb · 04-07-2023, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by sygazelle

...when you used to drive a car with "3 on the tree" and bench seats.

Not a bench seat but it had a "4 on the tree"!

Quote:

Originally Posted by sygazelle

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Ignition points. I've installed many of them while doing tune ups on cars before electronic ignition. The boss where I worked as a teenager called plug, points, and condersers by the term "zappers, gappers, and a sponge" but I never did fully understand why. Maybe the condenser acts as an electronic sponge.

Yep. The condensor was there to reduce sparking across the point gap when they opened. Made the points last longer. I used to use a matchbook cover as a gapping tool in a pinch, worked pretty well. That was when cars got tuneups twice a year. Now it's twice in the car's entire lifetime!

Esteban · 04-07-2023, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by zgood4u

what? where? when?
ooh! ooh! ooh!
Mister Kottaaiir!!

By John Sebastian, from the Lovin' Spoonful.

Buug959 · 04-07-2023, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by wdb

Not a bench seat but it had a "4 on the tree"!

Yep. The condensor was there to reduce sparking across the point gap when they opened. Made the points last longer. I used to use a matchbook cover as a gapping tool in a pinch, worked pretty well. That was when cars got tuneups twice a year. Now it's twice in the car's entire lifetime!

I used the corner of the cigarette pack. Pretty much the same as the matchbook.

sygazelle · 04-07-2023, 05:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wdb

Not a bench seat but it had a "4 on the tree"!

Yep. The condensor was there to reduce sparking across the point gap when they opened. Made the points last longer. I used to use a matchbook cover as a gapping tool in a pinch, worked pretty well. That was when cars got tuneups twice a year. Now it's twice in the car's entire lifetime!

1966 or so Saab 96?

Buug959 · 04-08-2023, 08:33 AM

LB

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