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Hammer Time
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Oct 1, 2010, 8:34 AM
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This topic came up in another thread and rather than hijack that one, I thought I'd start a thread about it here. This could be interesting.
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Oct 1, 2010, 2:34 PM
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My dad had a shop and back then anytime i wasnt in school i was working at the shop
Started in 67 , pumping gas,busting tires,working the lube rack.
The shop had pits ,no hoists until it was remodeled in the 70's.
What a treat it was to finally get hoists.
Learned the business from the ground up...wish i could remember some of it.....
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Oct 1, 2010, 2:44 PM
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I was somewhere in Boston, I don't really remember where, taking the oath before being loaded on a bus to leave for Fort Dix.
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Oct 1, 2010, 4:47 PM
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I spent most of that year in jail.  
Being way2old is why I need help from younger minds
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Oct 2, 2010, 9:48 AM
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OK, I'll give it a shot. From what I remember, I just sold my 66 goat for $1250.00 and bought a 66 Impala SS conv in Detroit. Was a GM exec car. Parents went to Oklahoma to visit kin and it was PARTY-PARTY! Then on the 4th of July, I was still cleaning up from the night before, when a tornado hit. This was an old farmhouse, 150 yrs at least. Hand hewn logs held with wooden pins, the floor of the attic was black walnut (still have a couple pieces). Twisted the house off the footing, knocked out 43 windows etc etc. An experience never to forget. No injuries btw. No home either!
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Oct 2, 2010, 4:34 PM
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Oh my! CH - sorry something like that happened to you. That Sh!t happens here but almost never very destructive.
It's bad - me bad. Flucking hurricane or who knows what we make drinks, sit on deck and watch.
1969! I have to disclaim my age somewhat - I wasn't old enough to have a driver's license. Didn't stop me from owning a few cars!
60s - precious memories,
Tom
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Oct 3, 2010, 3:04 AM
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YES! I'm not as old as I bitch about. Started young. Knew how to change a tire at 5 years old - no joke!
Grew up in a 55 Olds then a 61 Chev station wagon - Aqua no less. Binney and Smith crayons melted everywhere. I don't know how parents do it??
Gramps "G" had the newest car - a 64 Olds Cutlass. He and I would play "Chess" as a mind game that it is. B. 1895 + Died 1972 - I miss him still. Smart dude - I used to beat him sometimes - play again! "Check Mate" or "Stale Mate."
Still have his last John Deere Tractor - no Sh!t!
1948 still rocks!
Tom
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Hammer Time
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Oct 3, 2010, 5:34 AM
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Apparently your the young one of the crowd then.........LOL............Not by much though
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Hey Tom- that 48 looks a lot better than I do & I'm a 49!!
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 3, 2010, 10:12 AM
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Guess it begs the question/answer?
I'm exactly Guess -- you are in need of wives or girlfriends. They would know - . LMAO - it was cold out!
Year of the Chevy with fins! Guess I'm a tad younger than some of you - so what really?
Tom
(edit - some stuff removed)
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chickenhouse
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Oct 3, 2010, 11:03 AM
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My last post did'nt take- I replied to Desi-- I was! Mine is 2- Lincoln's Birthday. Older than most here but who cares?
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Hammer Time
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Oct 3, 2010, 1:43 PM
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Wow, you guy's birthdays are 2 days apart.
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A couple model years doesn't matter...........
The age of Aquarius................
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln + you know I took to that!
http://www.youtube.com/...d7w&feature=fvst
Not too young. Remember "HAIR?"
Tom
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69 , a busy year. I was hatched in the middle of the decade .Wasn't driving (legally) yet.Drove 65 galaxy 500 to school when grades were up. Spent that summer in New Oreans with mom ,parents d iv o rce in 65 . Learned a LOT on Bourbon Street (open doors on the clubs) , she let me have the run of the town . Watched the moon landing on a black and white the size of an oven .14" screen tho.Had to take out all the tubes about once a month and take to local hardware store to test on huge machine .Replace the bad one and then try to figure out where they went.
LIFE'S SHORT GO FISH
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 4, 2010, 2:35 PM
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OK - you guys mostly beat me with years??
Would you kindly explain what flat HEAD is all about?
OMG - ME BAD. LMAO + ROF...................
Tom
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Sh!t, we thought you invented it.
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Ticked Pink..................
OHV has been the rule.
Old Phart - yesl
Tom
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speed
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Oct 4, 2010, 10:15 PM
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i was inside my father who was around 7....not much goin on there...
GM ASEP 26 SCC Milford ASE certified in Brakes and Electrical on Thursday April 5th 2012
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Tom Greenleaf
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Oct 5, 2010, 3:16 AM
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SAY WHAT?
Speed - I've got dust in my home older than all that!
Laugh - I'll get around to it some decade??!!
T
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Oct 5, 2010, 7:42 PM
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yep yep im only a senior in highschool man. and you dont need to get around to it cuz itll just come back again 
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speed
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Oct 7, 2010, 9:07 PM
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correction my dad was only 3....even less goin on there lol 
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Thank you for making me feel even worse Speed..... 
My youngest daughter just started college this fall......
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