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      05-14-2020, 09:44 AM   #661
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From back here we would watch the money wheel, on the pump, s l o w l y spin, while the fuel gauge struggled to keep up, it spun so fast. Meanwhile, the attendant washed the windshield, checked the oil, and tire pressure, and when he was done, brought a free glass, or knives, plus green stamps.
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From back here we would watch the money wheel, on the pump, s l o w l y spin, while the fuel gauge struggled to keep up, it spun so fast. Meanwhile, the attendant washed the windshield, checked the oil, and tire pressure, and when he was done, brought a free glass, or knives, plus green stamps.
Riding in the back with the window down because carbon monoxide wasn't invented yet.
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Another Old Fart issue. I've been having serious dizzy spells lately. They've started to clear up in the last day or two, but I went to my doc today anyway and he says I've been suffering from Benign Positional Vertigo (BPV). And yes, it's an Old Fart malady. Crystals form in your inner ear and when they move around, your world spins violently. One such attack on Monday put me on the floor for 20 minutes. It is not a fun feeling. Luckily it does slowly clear up and I'm almost back to normal. But what a nasty experience. Hopefully this doesn't become "a thing" with me. I could do without this.
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Riding in the back with the window down because carbon monoxide wasn't invented yet.
Or you didn't notice the carbon monoxide because of all the cigs the adults were smoking.
Sometimes they would crack the window a little.

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Another Old Fart issue. I've been having serious dizzy spells lately. They've started to clear up in the last day or two, but I went to my doc today anyway and he says I've been suffering from Benign Positional Vertigo (BPV). And yes, it's an Old Fart malady. Crystals form in your inner ear and when they move around, your world spins violently. One such attack on Monday put me on the floor for 20 minutes. It is not a fun feeling. Luckily it does slowly clear up and I'm almost back to normal. But what a nasty experience. Hopefully this doesn't become "a thing" with me. I could do without this.
That sucks - sorry to hear. Be careful with it and sit down immediately if you start to feel it. I have a buddy with vertigo, who fell while out to dinner with his wife and friends. Broke his jaw and messed up a bunch of teeth. He has recovered but wasn't pleasant to go through it, or the recovery / procedures to fix everything.
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That sucks - sorry to hear. Be careful with it and sit down immediately if you start to feel it. I have a buddy with vertigo, who fell while out to dinner with his wife and friends. Broke his jaw and messed up a bunch of teeth. He has recovered but wasn't pleasant to go through it, or the recovery / procedures to fix everything.
Yikes. Luckily I was in my home office with a carpeted floor and I was already bent over, so it wasn't a big fall. Still, I'd hate to have this happen while I'm out riding.
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Another Old Fart issue. I've been having serious dizzy spells lately. They've started to clear up in the last day or two, but I went to my doc today anyway and he says I've been suffering from Benign Positional Vertigo (BPV). And yes, it's an Old Fart malady. Crystals form in your inner ear and when they move around, your world spins violently. One such attack on Monday put me on the floor for 20 minutes. It is not a fun feeling. Luckily it does slowly clear up and I'm almost back to normal. But what a nasty experience. Hopefully this doesn't become "a thing" with me. I could do without this.
Hope you feel better soon. I had some kind of virus years back that screwed with my equilibrium - not fun.

And - You know you're old when you have posted in the Old Farts thread but forgot it existed so you start a new thread called You Know You're Old When.
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You're old when you'd get pulled over on Saturday night and the cops would either take your beer, or make you pour it out.

....or current day, they just stop pulling you over because you are old and drive a nice car. Too many youngsters in buckets doing dodge-y things, to mess with us old folks.
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Or they'd take you home. Things were different then.
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The 1970's equivalent of Ritalin.....
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Loved it when my mom would lite a fresh cig. That first 20 seconds was pure aroma bliss.
My dad smoked a Pipe....same feeling here. Anytime I smell one...memories flood in. Although I don't think it's as common as it once was.
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My dad smoked a Pipe....same feeling here. Anytime I smell one...memories flood in. Although I don't think it's as common as it once was.
My Grandpop smoked White Owl cigars; only the finest!
After a while Granny managed to banish him & his cigar from the house, so he smoked it on the back porch, and we listened to the Mets on the radio together....

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Get off our lawns, kid...or I'll drop a dime to the Operation Varsity Blues prosecutors to check your SAT scores and high school rowing/crew participation records!!!!!
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My Grandpop smoked White Owl cigars; only the finest!
After a while Granny managed to banish him & his cigar from the house, so he smoked it on the back porch, and we listened to the Mets on the radio together....

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One of my father's uncles smoked these nasty ass skinny cigars. I can't think of the name right now. I need to wait until the needle in record player in my brain hits that spot on the record. We called them guinea stinkers. OMG they smelled terrible. I remember going there for Sunday dinner and the food actually tasted like the cigars.

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