You know you're old when...

[Esteban]

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[blockhead25]

When your boss is 15 years younger than you and your CEO is 5 years younger.

And I haven’t reached 50 yet.

[blockhead25]

When kids toys involving scalding hot wax was legal

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by blockhead25

When kids toys involving scalding hot wax was legal

The hot wax was a good learning opportunity.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

The hot wax was a good learning opportunity.

A wood burning kit was almost as much fun.

[vreihen16]

...just add lead-based solder!!!!!

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by Esteban

A wood burning kit was almost as much fun.

I had one. Burned my fingers more than once.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I had one. Burned my fingers more than once.

Yeah, same here.

[ezaircon4jc]

Originally Posted by blockhead25

When kids toys involving scalding hot wax was legal

I had one of these:

Originally Posted by Esteban

A wood burning kit was almost as much fun.

I had one also. I ran out of wood and proceeded to "decorate" the hardwood floor in my bedroom. I got in significant trouble and never saw that wood-burning set again!

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by ezaircon4jc

I had one also. I ran out of wood and proceeded to "decorate" the hardwood floor in my bedroom. I got in significant trouble and never saw that wood-burning set again!

That'll teach ya.

[3798j]

Still have my "Burn-Rite"...

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by M_Six

I had one. Burned my fingers more than once.

Pinocchio?????

[Buug959]

RO

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by grannyknot

When I was a kid we would walk up to the Texaco gas station with a specially modified bottle opener and a plastic cup for a free Coke. You only got half the bottle and had to be fast before the attendant caught you.

Man, you did it the hard way. There was a "slider" soda machine at the local airport. We'd take a bottle opener and some straws, drink in place!

[Car-Addicted]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

One of these days, I'm going to get around to inventing a life preserver to stop these senseless boating accident tragedies.....

I hope you do, because I lost two Sig P365's in a tragic boating accident.

[3798j]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

...There was a "slider" soda machine at the local airport. We'd take a bottle opener and some straws, drink in place!

I've got one in the garage...the "Ideal 55" slider...

[wdb]

Originally Posted by 3798j

I've got one in the garage...the "Ideal 55" slider...

There was a Coca-Cola branded one at the YMCA I swam at when I was a kid. (Cool old place, had a banked wooden running track around the top of the swimming pool wing. Got torn down, alas.) The bottles hang in refigerated water. I imagine the machine was (is!) pretty cheap to run.

[3.0L]

Originally Posted by 3798j

Still have my "Burn-Rite"...

I had one of those. My hand got pretty hot by the end of the project. Never forget the smell.

[3.0L]

I still have my View-Master Stereoscope and a bunch of discs.

[3798j]

Originally Posted by wdb

There was a Coca-Cola branded one at the YMCA I swam at when I was a kid. (Cool old place, had a banked wooden running track around the top of the swimming pool wing. Got torn down, alas.) The bottles hang in refigerated water. I imagine the machine was (is!) pretty cheap to run.

Not the Ideal 55 slider...it's refrigerated using a Tecumseh compressor. Manufactured from the late 40's to the early 60's (mines a '48 ).

[Esteban]

I can relate to this...

[Esteban]

You know you're getting old...