Man, do I feel old! Stiffer than the Lord ever intended for me to be!

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Yeah, and if given a magnifying glass, they'll burn the back yard down. :)
Yes. Kids and fire are known to go together.

Reminds me of a time when I was 9 or 10 and I was fishing with my cousin at a lake next to my uncle's farm. We were getting kind of bored so we took the lighter I had in the tackle box for burning fishing string off of hooks and started lighting some blades of grass on fire and then stamping it out. We kept letting it get a little bigger each time before we would put it out. Pretty cool stuff until we let it get big enough that we weren't so sure we would get it put out before it lit up the entire levee. We were like stomping out the flames as fast we we could and the whole time my cousin was worried that the fire department would have to put it out and she didn't want to get in trouble with her uncle John who was the fire chief. She said "Uncle John will be made at me if he has to put out a fire I started!" I said, "Uncle? Your uncle is my dad! He might yell at you, but he will kill me!" Needless to say, we got the fire out and decided to call it a day. Never did catch any fish, if I remember correctly.
 

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Many here know I recently bought more tools do be able to do most of my own work and to maybe make a bit of money on the side. My best friend at my American Legion post has a Honda Civic si, 2.4 L engine and 6 speed manual trans. First red flag was the transverse engine. Anyway, he needed a clutch put in. Bear in mind I am 6'4" tall and 320 pounds and 67 years old. Two days late I finished it and the problem was solved. My body paid the price. Laying on my back on concrete was a PITA and my back. Getting up and down on that concrete and sliding around under the rig was absolutely "NO ******* FUN". By the time I got it all apart and changed out the flywheel and clutch disc and pressure plate and pilot bearing and the throwout bearing, my energy was zapped. Finished it up the next day. Both days, after we were done he took me out for my favorite, a 16 ounce sirloin steak, loaded baked potato and 2 20 ounce Blue Moon mugs of ice cold beer. Throw in a mini chef salad and I ate like a king. I did come to the realization that crawl around on that ground for such a long period of time is not something I want to do again. I am gonna be very picky about what I repair from now on. He also put $420 in my pocket. The guy is a certified Sous Chef and cooks like a dream. I have many meals ahead of me in thanks from him.

Keep in mind as you get older: You are freakin' older dammit, start acting like it!

to quote John Mellencamp "This getting older it ain't for cowards. this getting older is a lot to go through." Great job! Next purchase needs to be a lift. Thanks for your service.
 

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I agree ☝️, you can get a lift for what you’ll make doing 3-5 oil changes a month. A John Bean at that. It will take a while to get used to but all the new subframe cars won’t be a nightmare anymore and your body will thank you. Great thread, haven’t signed in for a couple of years. Thanks for getting me back at it....
Sgt D USMC 06-11
 

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Yes. Kids and fire are known to go together.

Reminds me of a time when I was 9 or 10 and I was fishing with my cousin at a lake next to my uncle's farm. We were getting kind of bored so we took the lighter I had in the tackle box for burning fishing string off of hooks and started lighting some blades of grass on fire and then stamping it out. We kept letting it get a little bigger each time before we would put it out. Pretty cool stuff until we let it get big enough that we weren't so sure we would get it put out before it lit up the entire levee. We were like stomping out the flames as fast we we could and the whole time my cousin was worried that the fire department would have to put it out and she didn't want to get in trouble with her uncle John who was the fire chief. She said "Uncle John will be made at me if he has to put out a fire I started!" I said, "Uncle? Your uncle is my dad! He might yell at you, but he will kill me!" Needless to say, we got the fire out and decided to call it a day. Never did catch any fish, if I remember correctly.
You were luckier than my younger brother and me. The fire trucks arrived before the entire ball park burned down. We were just using fireworks (and a little fire) to blow up and burn out fire ant beds in La. I told the chief that it was my fault. He was cool with it but somehow the news got back to my dad pretty quickly.
 

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