We're all old geezers!

BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
or even knows what that means!

I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
better to do. 8|

nb

On 2018-09-30 1:12 PM, notbob wrote:
> We're all old geezers!
>
> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> or even knows what that means!
>
> I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
> seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
> better to do. 8|
The alternative is not attractive!!!!!!!!

On 9/30/2018 3:12 PM, notbob wrote:
> We're all old geezers!
>
> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> or even knows what that means!
>
> I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
> seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
> better to do. 8|
>
> nb
>

First Edsel I saw close up was parked across the street from our house.
Had the push button shift and ugly front end. I remember when heaters
were still optional on some cars. First car I really remember is my
father's 1950 Chevy.

Recently turned 73

notbob wrote:

> We're all old geezers!
>
> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> or even knows what that means!
>
> I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
> seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
> better to do. 8|


"Geezer" is a state of mind, I know peeps in their 20's that are "geezers"....Ed and some others here are very vital and active, others, w-e-e-e-l-l...

I was recently trying to explain to some young 'uns what "phone service" was in the "old days", e.g. that Bell had a monopoly, you rented your phone from Bell, and phone service was very expensive, that many waited until Sunday night to make long - distance calls, etc....some of them looked pretty incredulous.

Then I mentioned about listening to my grandfather describing the wonders of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, about seeing electric light for the first time, the Ferris Wheel, etc., and that this was the first time he traveled (from downstate Illinois) more than a very few miles from his isolated Buffalo Prairie IL farmstead....

I closed by saying that in a few decades *they* will be telling incredulous younger folk about life back in the 2010's...back in the mists of memory and time...

ANYWAYS, this gets back a bit to that "nostalgia" thing a bit that we discussed in an earlier thread...

--
Best
Greg

Ed Pawlowski wrote:

> On 9/30/2018 3:12 PM, notbob wrote:
> > We're all old geezers!
> >
> > BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> > or even knows what that means!
> >
> > I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
> > seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
> > better to do. 8|
> >
> > nb
> >
>
> First Edsel I saw close up was parked across the street from our house.
> Had the push button shift and ugly front end. I remember when heaters
> were still optional on some cars. First car I really remember is my
> father's 1950 Chevy.
>
> Recently turned 73


First car I remember is our 54' Bel Air, white and blue two - tone...I was a coupla years old. The first "new car year" I remember is 1959, Buicks had those front ends with the canted headlights and toothy grill, it scared me. And a bright red T-Bird at out local rural Ford dealer, it was just "on loan" for a week for display purposes, then returned to a larger urban dealership, no one in our area would have a T-Bird, even if they had the money....that car did draw crowds, though.

--
Best
Greg

On 30 Sep 2018 19:12:49 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>We're all old geezers!
>
>BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
>or even knows what that means!

I'm still young, I knew it!

On Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:40:44 PM UTC-5, Brice wrote:
> On 30 Sep 2018 19:12:49 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>
> >We're all old geezers!
> >
> >BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> >or even knows what that means!
>
> I'm still young, I knew it!

I certainly have seen one in the wild. The car my family had when I learned to drive was a '56 Plymouth. It had a push button ignition.

N.

On 2018-09-30 4:47 PM, Nancy2 wrote:
> On Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:40:44 PM UTC-5, Brice wrote:
>> On 30 Sep 2018 19:12:49 GMT, notbob > wrote:
>>
>>> We're all old geezers!
>>>
>>> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in
>>> the wild, or even knows what that means!
>>
>> I'm still young, I knew it!
>
> I certainly have seen one in the wild. The car my family had when I
> learned to drive was a '56 Plymouth. It had a push button ignition.
>


Push button starters are coming back. I remember trucks that had a foot
activated starter button.... similar to the old floor mounted dimmer
switch buttons.

I remember when the Edsel came out. A lot of people got them because
they were such nice looking cars. Unfortunately, they quickly developed
a really bad name and there was no market for the product.

On Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 11:51:13 AM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Push button starters are coming back. I remember trucks that had a foot
> activated starter button.... similar to the old floor mounted dimmer
> switch buttons.
>
> I remember when the Edsel came out. A lot of people got them because
> they were such nice looking cars. Unfortunately, they quickly developed
> a really bad name and there was no market for the product.

Push button transmissions are cool. Our family Dodge Dart wagon had one. My friend had one. He'd drive with his left foot on the dash and push the buttons. He possessed a fully functioning left hand but he just preferred to do it that way. I was always intrigued by the ratcheting parking lever.

https://www.classiccarstodayonline.c...pushbutton.jpg

On Sunday, September 30, 2018 at 3:12:54 PM UTC-4, notbob wrote:
> We're all old geezers!
>
> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> or even knows what that means!

It's Usenet, Bob. Young people use social media.

I might be old enough to have seen an Edsel, but I doubt I ever have.

Cindy Hamilton

"GM" wrote in message
...

notbob wrote:

> We're all old geezers!
>
> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> or even knows what that means!
>
> I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
> seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
> better to do. 8|


"Geezer" is a state of mind, I know peeps in their 20's that are
"geezers"...Ed and some others here are very vital and active, others,
w-e-e-e-l-l...

I was recently trying to explain to some young 'uns what "phone service" was
in the "old days", e.g. that Bell had a monopoly, you rented your phone from
Bell, and phone service was very expensive, that many waited until Sunday
night to make long - distance calls, etc....some of them looked pretty
incredulous.

Then I mentioned about listening to my grandfather describing the wonders of
the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, about seeing electric light for the first
time, the Ferris Wheel, etc., and that this was the first time he traveled
(from downstate Illinois) more than a very few miles from his isolated
Buffalo Prairie IL farmstead....

I closed by saying that in a few decades *they* will be telling incredulous
younger folk about life back in the 2010's...back in the mists of memory and
time...

ANYWAYS, this gets back a bit to that "nostalgia" thing a bit that we
discussed in an earlier thread...

Best
Greg

==

My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller I learned to drive in that! I
have had many cars since them and I have forgotten many of them, but I will
never forget that one)

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mo...LkAm4hOl0QCKM:

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:57:16 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"GM" wrote in message
...
>
>notbob wrote:
>
>> We're all old geezers!
>>
>> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
>> or even knows what that means!
>>
>> I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
>> seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
>> better to do. 8|
>
>
>"Geezer" is a state of mind, I know peeps in their 20's that are
>"geezers"...Ed and some others here are very vital and active, others,
>w-e-e-e-l-l...
>
>I was recently trying to explain to some young 'uns what "phone service" was
>in the "old days", e.g. that Bell had a monopoly, you rented your phone from
>Bell, and phone service was very expensive, that many waited until Sunday
>night to make long - distance calls, etc....some of them looked pretty
>incredulous.

Waiting til Sunday was the least of it. To call my parents in Hong
Kong from the UK I had to call the operator and ask for a call. She
would phone me back later and give me a time when they would put the
call through. Might be 2am my time, but that was it, take or leave it
and answer the phone promptly. In the meantime my mother would have
had a call telling her I would be calling at such and such a time. So
it wasn't something you did very often.
>
>Then I mentioned about listening to my grandfather describing the wonders of
>the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, about seeing electric light for the first
>time, the Ferris Wheel, etc., and that this was the first time he traveled
>(from downstate Illinois) more than a very few miles from his isolated
>Buffalo Prairie IL farmstead....
>
>I closed by saying that in a few decades *they* will be telling incredulous
>younger folk about life back in the 2010's...back in the mists of memory and
>time...
>
>ANYWAYS, this gets back a bit to that "nostalgia" thing a bit that we
>discussed in an earlier thread...
>
>Best
>Greg
>
>==
>
>My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller I learned to drive in that! I
>have had many cars since them and I have forgotten many of them, but I will
>never forget that one)
>
>https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mo...LkAm4hOl0QCKM:
>

On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 8:57:25 AM UTC-5, Ophelia wrote:
> "GM" wrote in message
> ...
>
> notbob wrote:
>
> > We're all old geezers!
> >
> > BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
> > or even knows what that means!
> >
> > I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
> > seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
> > better to do. 8|
>
>
> "Geezer" is a state of mind, I know peeps in their 20's that are
> "geezers"...Ed and some others here are very vital and active, others,
> w-e-e-e-l-l...
>
> I was recently trying to explain to some young 'uns what "phone service" was
> in the "old days", e.g. that Bell had a monopoly, you rented your phone from
> Bell, and phone service was very expensive, that many waited until Sunday
> night to make long - distance calls, etc....some of them looked pretty
> incredulous.
>
> Then I mentioned about listening to my grandfather describing the wonders of
> the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, about seeing electric light for the first
> time, the Ferris Wheel, etc., and that this was the first time he traveled
> (from downstate Illinois) more than a very few miles from his isolated
> Buffalo Prairie IL farmstead....
>
> I closed by saying that in a few decades *they* will be telling incredulous
> younger folk about life back in the 2010's...back in the mists of memory and
> time...
>
> ANYWAYS, this gets back a bit to that "nostalgia" thing a bit that we
> discussed in an earlier thread...
>
> Best
> Greg
>
> ==
>
> My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller I learned to drive in that! I
> have had many cars since them and I have forgotten many of them, but I will
> never forget that one)
>
> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mo...LkAm4hOl0QCKM:

My first car was a 1969 VW Beetle, green! I then owned nothing but aircooled VWs all of the 1980's!

John Kuthe...

On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 3:57:25 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ==
>
> My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller I learned to drive in that! I
> have had many cars since them and I have forgotten many of them, but I will
> never forget that one)
>
> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mo...LkAm4hOl0QCKM:

It's a most charming car with a wonderful name. It must have inspired you to go out on adventures.

The first car I bought was a huge boat: a 67 Mercury Parklane Brougham. I pretty much downsized after that. The second car I bought was a more sensibly sized 67 Plymouth Barracuda. My third car was just plain tiny. It was what you Brits would know as an Austin 1100. Those cars were very popular in the UK but relatively unknown in the US. I had never driven a manual transmission car when I first sat in that thing. By the time I got it home, I had a pretty good idea of how it all worked. That drive home was an adventure.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 3:57:25 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ==
>
> My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller I learned to drive in that!
> I
> have had many cars since them and I have forgotten many of them, but I
> will
> never forget that one)
>
> https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mo...LkAm4hOl0QCKM:

It's a most charming car with a wonderful name. It must have inspired you to
go out on adventures.

Well I did drive across the continent in it and visited family in
Germany Thinking back I must have been mad lol

The first car I bought was a huge boat: a 67 Mercury Parklane Brougham.

Wooo that was big )

I pretty much downsized after that. The second car I bought was a more
sensibly sized 67 Plymouth Barracuda.

That looks pretty big too (I had to Google those two cars btw)

My third car was just plain tiny. It was what you Brits would know as an
Austin 1100. Those cars were very popular in the UK but relatively unknown
in the US. I had never driven a manual transmission car when I first sat in
that thing. By the time I got it home, I had a pretty good idea of how it
all worked. That drive home was an adventure.

I never had one of those. I think you pretty much know what cars
I've had. We discussed it enough times, but the car I have now is the first
auto I have driven manuals since I've had this but this is easiest)

On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 7:33:46 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> I never had one of those. I think you pretty much know what cars
> I've had. We discussed it enough times, but the car I have now is the first
> auto I have driven manuals since I've had this but this is easiest)

The car I just got is similar to a Pajero although it's probably 500 or so lighter. I believe you have the 2 door model? Our car drinks petrol at an alarming rate!

https://static.cargurus.com/images/s...1600x1200.jpeg

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:57:16 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"GM" wrote in message
...
>
>notbob wrote:
>
>> We're all old geezers!
>>
>> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the wild,
>> or even knows what that means!
>>
>> I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
>> seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
>> better to do. 8|
>
>
>"Geezer" is a state of mind, I know peeps in their 20's that are
>"geezers"...Ed and some others here are very vital and active, others,
>w-e-e-e-l-l...
>
>I was recently trying to explain to some young 'uns what "phone service" was
>in the "old days", e.g. that Bell had a monopoly, you rented your phone from
>Bell, and phone service was very expensive, that many waited until Sunday
>night to make long - distance calls, etc....some of them looked pretty
>incredulous.
>
>Then I mentioned about listening to my grandfather describing the wonders of
>the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, about seeing electric light for the first
>time, the Ferris Wheel, etc., and that this was the first time he traveled
>(from downstate Illinois) more than a very few miles from his isolated
>Buffalo Prairie IL farmstead....
>
>I closed by saying that in a few decades *they* will be telling incredulous
>younger folk about life back in the 2010's...back in the mists of memory and
>time...
>
>ANYWAYS, this gets back a bit to that "nostalgia" thing a bit that we
>discussed in an earlier thread...
>
>Best
>Greg
>
>==
>
>My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller I learned to drive in that! I
>have had many cars since them and I have forgotten many of them, but I will
>never forget that one)
>
>https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mo...LkAm4hOl0QCKM:

Very cool car. Not exactly minor either My first car was a Vauxhall
Viva.

"dsi1" wrote in message
...

On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 7:33:46 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> I never had one of those. I think you pretty much know what cars
> I've had. We discussed it enough times, but the car I have now is the
> first
> auto I have driven manuals since I've had this but this is easiest)

The car I just got is similar to a Pajero although it's probably 500 or so
lighter. I believe you have the 2 door model? Our car drinks petrol at an
alarming rate!

https://static.cargurus.com/images/s...1600x1200.jpeg

==

That looks different! Yes, mine is a two door and D has the Four door

This looks like mine but I don't have the snorkel kit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mitsubish...-/332448807212

"Brice" wrote in message ...

On Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:57:16 +0100, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"GM" wrote in message
...
>
>notbob wrote:
>
>> We're all old geezers!
>>
>> BTW, "geezer" is anyone old enough to have seen a live Edsel, in the
>> wild,
>> or even knows what that means!
>>
>> I did not know Ed was that old. I am too, and with what everyone
>> seems to say, we all are. Perhaps that's why we still hang. Nothing
>> better to do. 8|
>
>
>"Geezer" is a state of mind, I know peeps in their 20's that are
>"geezers"...Ed and some others here are very vital and active, others,
>w-e-e-e-l-l...
>
>I was recently trying to explain to some young 'uns what "phone service"
>was
>in the "old days", e.g. that Bell had a monopoly, you rented your phone
>from
>Bell, and phone service was very expensive, that many waited until Sunday
>night to make long - distance calls, etc....some of them looked pretty
>incredulous.
>
>Then I mentioned about listening to my grandfather describing the wonders
>of
>the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, about seeing electric light for the first
>time, the Ferris Wheel, etc., and that this was the first time he traveled
>(from downstate Illinois) more than a very few miles from his isolated
>Buffalo Prairie IL farmstead....
>
>I closed by saying that in a few decades *they* will be telling incredulous
>younger folk about life back in the 2010's...back in the mists of memory
>and
>time...
>
>ANYWAYS, this gets back a bit to that "nostalgia" thing a bit that we
>discussed in an earlier thread...
>
>Best
>Greg
>
>==
>
>My first car was a Morris Minor Traveller I learned to drive in that!
>I
>have had many cars since them and I have forgotten many of them, but I will
>never forget that one)
>
>https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mo...LkAm4hOl0QCKM:

Very cool car. Not exactly minor either My first car was a Vauxhall
Viva.

==

Cool) Not something I've ever had!