Glenn Posted April 10, 2005 Share Posted April 10, 2005 You may no longer be a youngster if: * if you know the difference between a single tree and double tree. * if you know how to thread a block-and-tackle and then use it. Extra points is you know the mechanical advantage and how to calculate the ratio. * if you ever used a chain hoist with the continious chain. The one that you just pulled and pulled and pulled. * if you know what a post-hole-digger is and have used the ones without a motor. * if you ever used an adz for it's intended purpose. * if you ever started a motor with a loose pull rope. The one that had to be wound on the pully. * if you ever worked a team of animals to pull something. *if you ever worked on a straight 8 motor. (Changing oil qualifies) Did I miss any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Dang, I've only done a couple of these things so I must be somewhere between "youngster" and "oldster"... :shock: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Fox Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 Does knowing how to use butch wax make me old? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I know how to thread and use a block and tackle, but that's it... I think I could calculate the advantage/ratio. Also, post hole digger, y'all mean the kind that's like two shovels hinged together? If so, I've been there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimG Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 I knew I was no longer a youngster when I answered the door one day to find an RCMP officer standing there, and he said he wanted to have a chat with me, And by chat he meant just that, he was looking for some information of wood heat, chimneys etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce wilcock Posted April 11, 2005 Share Posted April 11, 2005 the only one i missed out on ,is the 8 in line starting parafin engines with a burning rag putting corks into motorbike cluch plates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 At a recent Civil War re-enactment, myself and a gunsmith (camped beside each other) were the " Living History" for roughly 450-500 school kids. Busload after busload. Had a blast. One young lady (about 8-9 years old) asked me " gosh mister, did you really fight in the Civil War ? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the other dave Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 What was a straight eight in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Straight 8's were common in Buggattis, and prior to the 50's in Buicks, Oldsmobiles and the luxury chrysler and GM cars. They had perfect primary and secondary balance and did not need a balancer and ran really smooth. You can tell a car that has a straight 8 as it has an exceptionally long hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 I think Packard made an I-8 too. I seem to remember an uncle who had one back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 13, 2005 Author Share Posted April 13, 2005 If you ever used a goosewing broad axe for its intended purpose. Fionn If you ever used a froe for its intended purpose. T-Gold Ok the answer to that burning question: Set up the block and tackle. At the middle, count all the ropes and minus one. 5 ropes minus 1 is 4x advantage or a 25# pull will lift a 100# weight (less friction). Easy to figure and get close to the working load. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 I don't know how old this makes me, but I remember when $1.00 worth of gas would not fit in a 5 gallon can. now $10.00 won't even fill the same can. Them were the good old days. Sadly, right now is someday going to be somebody"s good old days. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesteryearforge Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 when you are standing in the waiting area/ store of a cracker barrel resturant and you know what all those things hanging from the ceiling are and how they were used Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted April 14, 2005 Author Share Posted April 14, 2005 If you put your chewing gum on the bedpost to save it overnight. (And remember is it lost it's flavor or not) If you remember the first time you opened a flip-top can and realized your "church key" was obsolete. If you remember Black Jack chewing gum, Nehi orange, or Burma Shave signs. If you remember which one was the Champaign of bottled beer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamp Fox Posted April 14, 2005 Share Posted April 14, 2005 Listening to a crystal radio late at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandpile Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 ARE YOU OLD WHEN Your hair falls off your head and lands in your ears and nose and the top of your shoulders?? ARE YOU OLD WHEN?? You go down the road with your fingers in your ears, jerking the hair out, so you will look a little better in church. ARE YOU OLD WHEN?? Some one tells about you letting a team of mules run off with the mowing machine. ARE YOU OLD WHEN?? Some one says "you remember the night, out on the 87 highway, when you trashed that flat-head V-8 ford". ARE YOU OLD WHEN? Someone ask you if you remember the first year they come out with a WD 45 Allis Chambers tractor. ARE YOU OLD WHEN?? You spend more money on PREPARATION H. than you do on BRYCREAM. :roll: Sandpile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Crabtree Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 Ive used a post hole digger.... Other than that im still a youngster..... guess thats not TOO bad concidering im 15. Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primtechsmith Posted April 15, 2005 Share Posted April 15, 2005 I know I'm young because I'm the one being quizzed on what IS hanging up in Cracker Barrel...... My Grandfather who just passed recently said a good one that aged him. "Man I haven't seen a blacksmith work since I was a boy." He remembered the town smith for Eden, NC.... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Mayo Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Hello everyone i'm the new guy so i figured this was a good place to say hello. And yes i have been there and done most of the things posted. But i must still be young at heart because my wife keeps telling me to grow up. Nice to meet you all i found the link here on Don Foggs forum. Regards Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GobblerForge Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 If you know how to set points on a car. If you know how ohkum was used to seal plumming pipes with lead. If you built a crystal tuner in shop. The day I got old is when I had to explain what an 8-track was to my kids. I'll take all the OLD you got. Beats the alternative. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryCarroll Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 If you rode the plow mule to town a few years?? ago. If you carried buckets to the spring for water before Paw put pipes in the house. Movies were only open on the weekend with cartoons starting at noon--$.10 admission! If your sisters hair was done in long curls down the back. Mom made most of our clothes. RC cola was 6 cents for a 12 oz bottle and got a refund when you brought the bottle back. Snifffee---anybody got a snot rag?? :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J W Bennett Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 If you remember having to go "outback" to the two seater to answer the call of nature. Then you build a new one 35 years later just for the memories and use it on a regular basis. If you can remember when phones actually had dials and you used to have a two or three ring party line. :roll: If your harley only has a kicker and you know how to repair/rebuild it yourself. :? Never have plowed with horses so I'm still in the middle somewhere. :wink: JWB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten Hammers Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 Sandpile, "Little dab'l do ya "! OK, here goes..in 1970 I was in boot camp. The tavern and grocery store ( in the small town I grew up near )both had outdoor privvies. The town guys I met while in Boot couldn't believe where I came from. Rollin cigarettes was a skill that was needed. I know this makes me a young guy compared to some of you folks. I do know that the old ways have blessed me. I remember the blacksmith shop having a hit and miss motor to power the small line shaft that ran the forge blower and grinder. Although I grew up with the electric lights and indoor plumbin at home, I do remember crank telephones and Mrs Stewart being the operator in town. The Jones family still farmed with mules..I could go on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Thanks Guys! You just reminded me how old I am :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted December 31, 2005 Author Share Posted December 31, 2005 Remember when you stayed up late night listening to the radio. Built the images in your own mind as to what things looked liked. Remember when AM WAS Radio? And who was the first president you remember in office? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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