You know you're old when...

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by whitemamba

Salt n Pepa - Shoop .....30 year ago...

I like me some Salt-N-Pepa. How 'bout "push it real good."

[M_Six]

When a simple task like changing a light fixture becomes a major chore because it involves working with your hands above your head for more than 5 minutes.

What is it about working with your hands above your head that causes your heart rate to climb and sweat to pour? I feel like i just completed a serious rowing workout.

[BMWGUYinCO]

On the "old car" topic.

Don't get me wrong, I love my '22 M850 Convertible...it's has a lot of high tech, the B&W system sounds amazing, and it's fast. It's also.....soulless.

I've been thinking about a Ferrari F430 for a few years now, but lately prices have gone insane. A recent auction ending on BAT has given me hope though:

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-ferrari-f430-20/

Basically, I want an analogue gauge, Italian heritage sports car to own and really drive. NOT to be a garage queen. Talk about a soul! Ah, maybe one day.

[cmyx6go]

Originally Posted by BMWGUYinCO

On the "old car" topic.

Don't get me wrong, I love my '22 M850 Convertible...it's has a lot of high tech, the B&W system sounds amazing, and it's fast. It's also.....soulless.

I've been thinking about a Ferrari F430 for a few years now, but lately prices have gone insane. A recent auction ending on BAT has given me hope though:

Basically, I want an analogue gauge, Italian heritage sports car to own and really drive. NOT to be a garage queen. Talk about a soul! Ah, maybe one day.

I can't stand all the tech. Now I see some of the new cars are doing away with rear view and side view mirrors and replacing with cameras. WTF? So something goes haywire and I can't see behind me?

I'm seriously considering buying out my 2022 X6MC at lease end. Although this has more tech than I'd like, the 2025 will be worse and I don't think there are other options with less tech.

Get off my lawn.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

What the hell are you doing posting at 5:30 am???

Cat probably gets him up. My cat gets me up every morning between 5:30 and 6:00 AM. He's hungry. This is why I hit the sack early.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Compelled to comment when the subject is the old car hobby. It's been a focus of mine for 40 years now and I must say the driving enjoyment at the controls of an old car hasn't lessened at all for this 73 yr old. This is a '66 Triumph TR4A...just like the one I had in college.

I own a 1952 airplane. It's been in the family since 1964. Does that count?

[BMWGUYinCO]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I can't stand all the tech. Now I see some of the new cars are doing away with rear view and side view mirrors and replacing with cameras. WTF? So something goes haywire and I can't see behind me?

I'm seriously considering buying out my 2022 X6MC at lease end. Although this has more tech than I'd like, the 2025 will be worse and I don't think there are other options with less tech.

Get off my lawn.

This post made me LOL!

Being in IT for my career, I don't mind all the tech...but I've also reached a point where I am realizing it doesn't lend any value to the actual driving experience. So do I really need it? But I agree with you on the future and the direction that tech is playing, and to add to that - in differentiating and selling cars. I've read articles that state that most cars today drive reasonably well - it's the tech packages that are attracting buyers and that is the space that most car manufacturers are investing in. As I mentioned, I don't need more tech, I need more soul and a return to the driving experience. That comes with analogue gauges.

[Soul_Glo]

Originally Posted by M_Six

When a simple task like changing a light fixture becomes a major chore because it involves working with your hands above your head for more than 5 minutes.

What is it about working with your hands above your head that causes your heart rate to climb and sweat to pour? I feel like i just completed a serious rowing workout.

The blood rushes down from the arms. Causes a drop in blood pressure. So the heart works harder to pump it back up.

Go you chicken fat go away:

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M_Six

When a simple task like changing a light fixture becomes a major chore because it involves working with your hands above your head for more than 5 minutes.

What is it about working with your hands above your head that causes your heart rate to climb and sweat to pour? I feel like i just completed a serious rowing workout.

Just imagine for a moment what Michelangelo went through in his 30s, painting The Sistine Chapel ceiling in fresco between 1508 and 1512 (over 500 m² of ceiling). Michelangelo - who actually considered himself primarily a sculptor rather than a painter - worked while standing on a freestanding scaffold that he had built himself (displeased about the scaffolding they had prepared for him). He painted in a standing position, not lying on his back, with the greatest discomfort, for he had to stand there working with his head tilted backwards. For a couple of months he refused to work on the ceiling on account of a dispute over payments for work done. Gold was supposed to be added in the end, but this never took place, in part because Michelangelo did not want to rebuild the scaffolding. He suffered from backache while painting The Sistine Chapel, and even wrote a poem lamenting his suffering.

I've grown a goitre by dwelling in this den–
As cats from stagnant streams in Lombardy,
Or in what other land they hap to be–
Which drives the belly close beneath the chin:
My beard turns up to heaven; my nape falls in,
Fixed on my spine: my breast-bone visibly
Grows like a harp: a rich embroidery
Bedews my face from brush-drops thick and thin.
My loins into my paunch like levers grind:
My buttock like a crupper bears my weight;
My feet unguided wander to and fro;
In front my skin grows loose and long; behind,
By bending it becomes more taut and strait;
Crosswise I strain me like a Syrian bow:
Whence false and quaint, I know,
Must be the fruit of squinting brain and eye;
For ill can aim the gun that bends awry.
Come then, Giovanni, try
To succour my dead pictures and my fame;
Since foul I fare and painting is my shame.

[M_Six]

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

Making the wife happy? That's priceless.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Making the wife happy? That's priceless.

Indeed

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

Fiat lux !

[Dino GT]

"Happy Wife, Happy Life"

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by Dino GT

"Happy Wife, Happy Life"

"Happy Spouse, Happy House"

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I can't stand all the tech. Now I see some of the new cars are doing away with rear view and side view mirrors and replacing with cameras. WTF? So something goes haywire and I can't see behind me?

I'm seriously considering buying out my 2022 X6MC at lease end. Although this has more tech than I'd like, the 2025 will be worse and I don't think there are other options with less tech.

Get off my lawn.

FYI: the 2024 BMW X5 M Competition and X6 M Competition have just been introduced: see here.

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Artemis

Fiat lux !

And there was light. And Wifey said that the light was good. Hopefully I don't have to deal with all that other stuff before I get a day to rest.

[Artemis]

Originally Posted by M_Six

And there was light. And Wifey said that the light was good. Hopefully I don't have to deal with all that other stuff before I get a day to rest.

M_Six Phone Home !

[asianF22]

when ur friends call you to go out for drinks @ 8:30 but you're getting ready for bed...

[UncleWede]

Originally Posted by asianF22

when ur friends call you to go out for drinks @ 8:30 but you're getting ready for bed...

Getting ready???

[Dang3r]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Well, Mickey Angelo was trying to impress God. I was just trying to replace an old light fixture. Wifey is happy, so I guess that's almost as good.

At making his David and carving the schlong, he was definitely not thinking about impressing wifey hihihi

[Soul_Glo]

Apparently he killed a Roman Pimp after a tennis game. See here:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/...a-tennis-game/