How Old Are You

[Art Anderson]

I'll be 74 come July, been building continuously since a bout with rheumatic fever in the summer of 1952, mentored my oldest nephew in the art of model building in the late 60's to mid '70's (he is now one of the nation's premiere antique furniture restorers) has done restorations for  Colonial Williamsburg, and certified to the Smithsonian), and Geoff's youngest son,  8yr old Jacob whom I also am mentoring (especially after he lost his Mother this past January) with building models--we will see where, and if, that takes Jacob anywhere down the road--he's an exceptional, wide-eyed 8yr old who views his world as "his oyster"!

 

Edited May 13, 2018 by Art Anderson

[landman]

Benn in my forties for 27 years.

[s10chevypu]

Will be 63 in sept. have been  building since I was 7 years old. I have  models in my stash ( over 400 ) to keep me going  for another 63 + years.

[Ramfins59]

16 hours ago, SfanGoch said:

Rich, did you ever fish for coins through sidewalk vent grates? The best ones were where bus stops were located because people would always drop change while looking for bus fare.

 

No Joe, I never did that, but it looked like it would be a time-consuming but fun thing to do...  A wad of gum on the end of the string to stick to the coins so you could pull them up...  and hopefully get them up through the grating without knocking them off..

[SfanGoch]

We used a small padlock with vaseline smeared on the bottom and tied kite string to the hasp. On a good day, we could pull up over three bucks in coin from one vent. Another vent spot which was good was near bars. Lots of loot dropped down the vents whenever the barflies exited after drinking lunch or dinner. We had a lot of bars on the main drag in the neighborhood back then.  

[MrObsessive]

I'll be 57 in October and I was a late starter to building relatively speaking. I was 17 and a senior in high school when I started building. Before that you couldn't give a model to me as I was just not interested in 'em.

19 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

Brenda Lee's "I'm Sorry" was #1 on the Billboard charts when I was born.

Interesting! I came across this website a while back that lists all of Billboard's hits for a ton of years. These were in the top five the week I came along.........

1 1 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY –•– Bobby Vee (Liberty)-9 (3 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 THE MOUNTAIN’S HIGH –•– Dick and DeeDee (Liberty)-10 (2)
3 4 CRYING –•– Roy Orbison (Monument)-8 (3)
4 13 HIT THE ROAD JACK –•– Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)-4 (4)
5 6 LITTLE SISTER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-7 (5)

The following week, "Hit The Road Jack" would be #1.

[Pete J.]

51 minutes ago, MrObsessive said:

I'll be 57 in October and I was a late starter to building relatively speaking. I was 17 and a senior in high school when I started building. Before that you couldn't give a model to me as I was just not interested in 'em.

Interesting! I came across this website a while back that lists all of Billboard's hits for a ton of years. These were in the top five the week I came along.........

1 1 TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY –•– Bobby Vee (Liberty)-9 (3 weeks at #1) (1)
2 2 THE MOUNTAIN’S HIGH –•– Dick and DeeDee (Liberty)-10 (2)
3 4 CRYING –•– Roy Orbison (Monument)-8 (3)
4 13 HIT THE ROAD JACK –•– Ray Charles (ABC-Paramount)-4 (4)
5 6 LITTLE SISTER –•– Elvis Presley (RCA Victor)-7 (5)

The following week, "Hit The Road Jack" would be #1.

Ok, now that makes me feel old.  I'm so old they don't go back that far!  Heck, I'm older than Dirt!  When I was a kid, my folks use to put us kids to work pounding rocks together just to make our own dirt!

[Daddyfink]

I am 50 and still not acting my age! 

[SfanGoch]

Acting one's age makes you feel old. Get off my stoop. you punks!

 

[bandit1]

My only question is HOW TRUE is these ages being posted? Could everyone be off a few years somewhere?

 

Im 33 been living like i was 20 for a long time

[av405]

27. Which so far puts me in the 1.42%.

[SfanGoch]

I'm in the 76.6 percentile. Can I have your autograph?  

[av405]

Sorry, I don't have a feather and ink for you old farts 

[GMCMAN52]

Pete Just to funny pounding rocks to make our own dirt.

[heyjohnxx]

57 right now. I don't feel that old mentally, but on cold mornings I feel 77 physically. I started building in the early 70s and still have many of those kits. Most qualify as glue bombs I think.

[Reegs]

On ‎5‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 9:20 PM, iamsuperdan said:

 Second, when I'm talking to my 22 year old lot attendant at work. I'm literally old enough to be her dad. 

He: Hey, darlin', where have you been all my life?

She: Well, for the first two-thirds, I wasn't born.

 

SfanGoch - Channel 9 was, is, and always will be lame.

 

 

 

Edited May 13, 2018 by Reegs

[PierreR89]

I am 28.
But some days it feels like i am much older thanks to some injuries i have...
Some can be fixed, others can not...
 

[Miatatom]

Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional.

[SfanGoch]

3 hours ago, av405 said:

Sorry, I don't have a feather and ink for you old farts 

Wouldn't matter if you did. Most of you "young" folks don't know how to write in longhand anyway.  

[Ace-Garageguy]

35 minutes ago, SfanGoch said:

Wouldn't matter if you did. Most of you "young" folks don't know how to write in longhand anyway.  

Or make change from a dollar without an app.

[Spruslayer]

60 here,built models till about 13,then picked it back up on my 59 birthday at the urging of my wife,to her regret 

[ATHU]

51. I'm in good shape and exercise a lot, but I look old, I feel old, I am old.....Maybe because I come from a country where everything is focused on young people. If you're over 45 you're literally a waste of space. But I'll just model on and try not to think too much about age....... 

[High octane]

22 hours ago, Ben said:

Just turned 51 on the 8th. Not happy about it...

You should be and consider it a blessing as a LOT of people don't even reach the age of 51.

[High octane]

On 5/12/2018 at 4:12 PM, Ramfins59 said:

Yeah, I remember picking up ditched soda bottles at the park for the 2 cents deposit... Every once in awhile I'd find a LARGE bottle and those had a 5 cent deposit, which was like a home run...!!!  When the movie The Ten Commandments came out, we HAD to go see it per instructions from our Catholic School.  Everyone freaked out because admission price was 50 cents, when movies usually only cost 25 cents at the time...... It was a 4 hour movie so I guess they had to charge more.

I so remember collecting empty soda bottles and returning them to the store for "candy money" back in Chicago in the 50's.

[Ben]

2 hours ago, High octane said:

You should be and consider it a blessing as a LOT of people don't even reach the age of 51.

Oh trust me I do! I have End Stage Renal Failure, heart palpitations, Scoliosis in my spine, Osgood Slatters in my knees, severe Plantar Fascitis in my feet, chronic Pancreatitis and chronic Gurd that almost killed me. I meant I wish I could have stayed at 50.