Joe G Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Ha! Twenty years from now, I'll be drinking my dinner through a straw - and wearing Depends! Information overload!! That's stuff I DID NOT want to know about you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUFDRAFT Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Don't let my age fool you, Joe. If you rev on me at a light - better be up on your game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGT500 Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 What is old these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Oh B Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 What is old these days? I'm 40, and I still drive like I'm 16. My kids may call me old, but I still have a full head of hair, can run faster than they can, and I have great reflexes at the dragstrip posting pretty good reaction times off the lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUFDRAFT Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 While I'm happy about your hairs, and your endurance (!), what's that got to do with driving? Kidding. (I have a bald spot that I can't see in the mirror - so as far as I'm concerned - I haven't got one!) I may be as quick ( or maybe more seasoned) as far as driving/shifting off the line - but I'm a lot more tame when it comes to hanging it out in the twisties than I was in my 20's. When I sit back and remember some of the things I (we) did back then - I'm amazed I ever made it through. "I'm not as good as I once was - but I'm as good as any man - once!" bb king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETSOLVER Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 B)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Five Oh B @ May 18 2006, 08:12 PM) 13304[/snapback]</div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec--> I'm 40, and I still drive like I'm 16. My kids may call me old, but I still have a full head of hair, can run faster than they can, and I have great reflexes at the dragstrip posting pretty good reaction times off the lights. And the knowledge and ability to know how and when to use the abilities....Sweet jeez in gonna be 40 next year... When I sit back and remember some of the things I (we) did back then - I'm amazed I ever made it through. Some of us did not live our youth so much as survive it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUFDRAFT Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Amen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe G Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Some of us did not live our youth so much as survive it. That's for sure. Children saved my from myself!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGT500 Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 B)--> QUOTE(Five Oh B @ May 19 2006, 04:12 AM) 13304[/snapback] I'm 40, and I still drive like I'm 16. My kids may call me old, but I still have a full head of hair, can run faster than they can, and I have great reflexes at the dragstrip posting pretty good reaction times off the lights. Me too, I am 42, have all my hair and survived 12 years of motorcycle driving from 18 until 30. Broke a lot and had some serious injuries but I didn't stop me from driving and racing hard. On the race track that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DVS2XS Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 All this talk of getting old.....bah! Each and every grey hair has a story behind it. Haven't you all ever heard "Old age and treachery will triumph over youth and skill"? I'm 40 and cut a better light now than when I was 20! Twenty years make for a lot of practice. -Devious "Tripping the lights fantastic" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68fastback Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Damn... you guys are depressing me! -- I'm 58 so I lived through most of the great HP unfolding as a driver (and reading Hot Rod mag to follow all the legendary battles before I could drive). I remember when Konnie Kalitta ran a 429 Ford hemi in his fueler, seeing the legendary Ford 427 SOHC (really!) rail in action in the 60s when Garlitts and Prudhome were in their late teens/20s... what a great time to be alive!!! Watch out for those late 40s and 50s sneaking up, my friends.... that's when the realities of aging start setting in. I mean, don't get me wrong, I still feel great and have hair :-) but not sure I can catch the 'kids' (who are in their 30s!) in touch football anymore -- guess I'm not first choice when choosing sides anymore -- but my reflexes are still sharp as ever and, of course I'm smarter now than I've even been (or at least wiser?) -- but I'd still like to be able to run down my son-in-law in the endzone once in a while <sigh> so, HELL YES! I plan to drive this puppy a lot! ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUFDRAFT Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 We may need to implement random drug testing for members. :happy feet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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