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Bret
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I really can't complain at 48 (last month) I am just starting to get some noticeable graying on the sideburns & above the ears.
My teenage son told me a couple days ago that I look like some Comic Book character named Doctor Richards (???) whoever the heck that is? I’m guessing (uh err) hoping that it’s a good thing. If someone knows – let me know if I need to do a couple of “take downs” on the boy will ya?
Oh well life goes on. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
My teenage son told me a couple days ago that I look like some Comic Book character named Doctor Richards (???) whoever the heck that is? I’m guessing (uh err) hoping that it’s a good thing. If someone knows – let me know if I need to do a couple of “take downs” on the boy will ya?
Oh well life goes on. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
swift6
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Bret said:
Dr. Reed Richards of the Fantastic Four. He's the one that has an elastic body. One of the good guys. Probably meant as a compliment.
Spent many an afternoon sprawled on a bean bag reading comics in the local library during my youth. My other youth that is. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
ecurie_ecosse
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Basil said:
Ah! But how long before? I'm older than that Daimler,mind you,I only admit to being 17.Maybe one day I might have a vehicle that's older than I am. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif
Stuart.
Bret
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Ok, so the boy lives for another day.swift6 said:
But Mr. Fantastic!?!? Well ok - thinking about it - I guess it fits. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
But I'm really more of a Sgt. Rock kind of guy. No spandex jump suits or super powers. Just a Kick Arse GI in charge of Easy Co. Opening cans of Woop A$$ on bad guys with a Thompson Machine Gun. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif
I mean look at this picture?
He's probably using his super rubberband powers to suck it in. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
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Bret said:
That's what I have to do at MY age! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
judow
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/bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazy.gif HELP, I can't stand it anymore...
<span style='font-size: 20pt'> </span> <span style='font-size: 26pt'>How old are you, Camshaft? </span>
<span style='font-size: 14pt'> </span> I'll fess up, I was born in the year <span style='font-size: 8pt'>1941....</span>
<span style='font-size: 20pt'> </span> <span style='font-size: 26pt'>How old are you, Camshaft? </span>
<span style='font-size: 14pt'> </span> I'll fess up, I was born in the year <span style='font-size: 8pt'>1941....</span>
swift6
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It will probably shock you when you find out Judy. Are you sure you want to know. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
If I recollect correctly from when Camshaft first joined the forum, he is either just finishing high school or is not too far out of high school. He would be the one under 20 on the survey so far. Evidently Keenan is not around much anymore or there might be two in the under 20 section.
If I recollect correctly from when Camshaft first joined the forum, he is either just finishing high school or is not too far out of high school. He would be the one under 20 on the survey so far. Evidently Keenan is not around much anymore or there might be two in the under 20 section.
judow
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Well Shawn, that being the case I stand up and applaud Camshaft for having such an interest in us 'oldies', cars that is. (tee,hee)
Seriously I do think that for the younger generation to value our cars simply means for us to get out there and re-introduce them. When I've gone to events that were other than shows, i.e. Coffee gatherings locally, when a young person ogles Agatha I usually will give them a brief history and then invite them to sit in the drivers seat. I usually will allow them to open the door themselves. Of course they can't do this as they can't find the door handle. I then introduce them to the unique car doors of a 56 Austin Healey. This usually impresses them. I also have been known to take them for a spin and it never fails when we get back they always have a grin on their face that they just can't get rid of. Of course they have a cell phone and I offer to take their picture.
As an f/y/i my granddaughter, soon to be 11, is anxiously awaiting the day when I teach her to drive in Agatha. I am also awaiting that day.
Seriously I do think that for the younger generation to value our cars simply means for us to get out there and re-introduce them. When I've gone to events that were other than shows, i.e. Coffee gatherings locally, when a young person ogles Agatha I usually will give them a brief history and then invite them to sit in the drivers seat. I usually will allow them to open the door themselves. Of course they can't do this as they can't find the door handle. I then introduce them to the unique car doors of a 56 Austin Healey. This usually impresses them. I also have been known to take them for a spin and it never fails when we get back they always have a grin on their face that they just can't get rid of. Of course they have a cell phone and I offer to take their picture.
As an f/y/i my granddaughter, soon to be 11, is anxiously awaiting the day when I teach her to drive in Agatha. I am also awaiting that day.
swift6
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Agreed, he should be applauded. I was 19 when I bought my TR6 (first infatuation with TR6's was when I was 11). Now, I'm in my mid thirties and was among the youngest members of my local British car club when it was formed 10 years ago. The rub is that I am still one of the youngest ten years later. I try to talk with anyone interested in any of my cars and how they can get involved with the hobby too. I do get thumbs up from young and old alike so I know they appreciate the cars, many just don't know how to get involved.
AngliaGT
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I let our oldest Son drive the TR6
the day he graduated High School.I think
that he will always remember that.
He also bought a TR6 a couple of years
ago,which was his only car for awhile.I
believe he was also the youngest owner in
the local Triumph club (Triumphs Around the-
- Chesepeake,in Maryland).
I also let my Daughter drive the TR,on the
way back from a British car run.My Wife said that
"made her day".
- Doug
the day he graduated High School.I think
that he will always remember that.
He also bought a TR6 a couple of years
ago,which was his only car for awhile.I
believe he was also the youngest owner in
the local Triumph club (Triumphs Around the-
- Chesepeake,in Maryland).
I also let my Daughter drive the TR,on the
way back from a British car run.My Wife said that
"made her day".
- Doug
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Yes, swift6, that's the crux of it. How do the youngsters get involved??
In the Triumph club I'm in, we have one member in that is under twenty...actually, I think he's in his mid twenties, but tha't OK. He's the son of one of the other members, and he just got himself a GT6 to wrench on. The car has got him into the hobby, but it came about due to Dad's influence.
I can't seem to do the same with my son. He's seen all of the work I've done on my frame-off TR3 resto, and at this point, just kinda shrugs his shoulders. I hope that when I finish this thing and let him take it for a drive, he'll have a different appreciation for these cars. Right now, it just looks like a some old car I'm messin' with.
In the Triumph club I'm in, we have one member in that is under twenty...actually, I think he's in his mid twenties, but tha't OK. He's the son of one of the other members, and he just got himself a GT6 to wrench on. The car has got him into the hobby, but it came about due to Dad's influence.
I can't seem to do the same with my son. He's seen all of the work I've done on my frame-off TR3 resto, and at this point, just kinda shrugs his shoulders. I hope that when I finish this thing and let him take it for a drive, he'll have a different appreciation for these cars. Right now, it just looks like a some old car I'm messin' with.
Hmm..... Let me do the maths. I was probably on my 20th LBC when you were born.
Oh, to be younger!
Nah, I've earned every bit of the mileage on this bod.
I really am glad to see the LBC tradition continue, though.
You are to be congratulated on your consummate taste in automobiles!
Jeff
Oh, to be younger!
Nah, I've earned every bit of the mileage on this bod.
I really am glad to see the LBC tradition continue, though.
You are to be congratulated on your consummate taste in automobiles!
Jeff