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I know a few of you are in the same boat, but for some reason, this morning I found myself going back in time, recalling many things we have done over the years and relating them to the present day. Open wheel racing, aerobatic flying, motorcycles, oh my goodness, I've owned a few. My 55 TF is 71 years old; I never think about that when I'm driving it. When it was built, in 1955, I was just a kid in the Naval Reserve Blimp Squadron ZP753 at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Two years later, I met my future wife, and in two months, we were married in 1957 (69) years ago! They said it would never last! šŸ¤£We fooled them! The sad part is that in those many years, you lose so many friends that I miss dearly. Sorry for running off, my morning coffee is just starting to kick in, and getting back to somewhat normal! Ha. (y)
 
I agree, thinking back over time also helps to confirm that there are a lot of things in life that are way more important than politics. When I operate an old car or airplane I can't help but think of all the other butts that have sat in the same seat. I had an AT6 for 40+ years and I always thought about all that has happened in the world sine 1942 when that airplane was built.
 
I was a 1950s baby, grew up in small town rural Ohio, bout 4500 folks. Was a lot like growing up in Leave it to Beaver or Father knows Best or some other 1950s family show. The closest McDonalds for example was 18 miles away so rarely had fast food back then. Walked to school a bit over a mile when I was first grade, before we moved to the country and took the school bus. I found it interesting as a kid to watch the news to try to understand why things were as they were, but it was nice playing summer little league, school sports and music and living like the bigger world didn't exist, for the most part. Funny story, when my dad got his Doctor of Law in fall of 73 Chief Justice Earl Warren was speaker. After the ceremony my dad asked if I'd like to meet the Chief Justice, and I said yes. As we're walking over he suddenly stops, grabs my arm and said, "Do not ask him what they're going to do with Nixon". He knew I had a tendency to just ask what popped into my head...
 
On a small west county ā€œBritishā€ gathering & drive yesterday there was a ā€˜53 Speedster that the owner bought for $650 in 1956. He celebrated his 89th birthday yesterday too!

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Iā€™ve owned my ā€˜63 Lambretta since I was 18. Drove it all through college and still regularly drive it and it still brings a smile to my face.
I often think of the guys on the assembly line that built itā€¦. I wonder if they ever thought it would be on the road 62 years later?
 
Yeh...I think a lot of us old guys are a bit strange before we have our coffee in the morning. I try not to take the things that go through my head in the middle of the night too seriously. I was born in 1945. Grew up in the poor part of town. You learn to make your own future. All my working years, I never had a job longer than 6 years, and managed to retire with two pensions, Social Security, etc. I have done everything from a to zed. Life is what you make it. I kind of laugh at the young generation. So arrogant ! ...J.D.
 
I've been in mainframe IT for just about 45 years now, snuck in just as they slammed the door, so to speak, for a pension when they eliminated them 25 years ago more or less. Isn't huge but with my savings and SSI, should be ok since everything's paid off and I have near zero debt. Been lucky in that I've managed to keep track of finances over the years when so many haven't.
 
A few years back I started thinking of all the cool cars I've owned,
& what I should have kept.All I did was depress myself,as you can't change
decisions you made in the past.
When I was visiting with Bob Woolner in New Hampshire a few weeks
back,we had an interesting talk about many different things,as we both know
a lot of the same people.He runs a Lotus Cortina discussion website,& owns a
Lotus Cortina,'63 Cortina GT,a Jensen Healey,& a couple of Midgets.
He told me I need to write down my life story,with all of the interesting
things I've done,& people I've met.
I told him "Who'd want to read that?" I consider my life fairly boring.
 
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