Are you old enough to do these things?

Sibil wrote in post #18667218
Speaking of cars ....
Carb adjustment for altitude change.

I had a car with dual side draft carbs, I used to have to top off a damper resevoir with ATF and also had to sync them from time to time.

avondale87 wrote in post #18667152
Ok, let's see how many here are old enough to do these tasks...

Changing the ribbon on a typewriter -What's that? - fill inkwells on class desks

Put out bottled milk for the school class

Using a pay phone?? - Pick up the phone and just ask the exchange girl to be put through to 'Persons Name' not a number.
First phone numbers were just 3 digits

Manually using the choke on your car - Crank the car to start it!

Winding your watch - winding up the grandfather clock and pulling the weights up

Reading a print newspaper - Going to the butcher and bringing home the meat wrapped in newspaper. same with chips - fries

making your own charcoal for artwork

cleaning your boots (not shoes) to go to school

driving out of the Drive in theatre with the speaker still attached!!
Won't go any further with that discussion

Most of my watches are self winding but I do need to fix my Grandfather clock. I used to use the watch pocket on jeans for a pocket watch, still have a few.

Pippan wrote in post #18667237
Setting the distributor points gap.

Yep, I remember changing the distributor cap and putting in new points and a condeser when I would do it.

Maybe not gone, but scarce: miniature golf.

Canonuser123 wrote in post #18667140
Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 were flying in the late 50’s. I flew on a DC-3 back in 1964, seemed to take forever to cross the ocean, I think the flight was 22 hours long from the east coast to Germany.
Power brakes have been around for a long tme, Chrysler and GM had power steering in the early 50’s.

Yes true all, except I don't think the DC-3 was qualified for trans-oceanice filght, did you mean the DC-7?

Dan

bergmen wrote in post #18667317
Yes true all, except I don't think the DC-3 was qualified for trans-oceanice filght, did you mean the DC-7?

Dan

I could be wrong but I thought it was a DC-3, I know we stopped in Newfoundland to refuel and also Scotland, maybe also a couple of other places before heading to Germany.
I was not that old but a remember it being the first time flying and it was a small plane, memory is not what it used to be.


Edit
I have found info showing there were flights to Europe on a DC-3 with refueling stops in Gander in Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland along the way. I know as much as I tried, I was not able to stay awake the whole time.

Canonuser123 wrote in post #18667284
Most of my watches are self winding but I do need to fix my Grandfather clock. I used to use the watch pocket on jeans for a pocket watch, still have a few.

I now use that watch pocket for the car key fob.

CyberDyneSystems wrote in post #18630391
And much as I love David Letterman, no one, NO ONE has even come close to Johnny.

I preferred Benny Hill.

Canonuser123 wrote in post #18667344
I could be wrong but I thought it was a DC-3, I know we stopped in Newfoundland to refuel and also Scotland, maybe also a couple of other places before heading to Germany.
I was not that old but a remember it being the first time flying and it was a small plane, memory is not what it used to be.


Edit
I have found info showing there were flights to Europe on a DC-3 with refueling stops in Gander in Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland along the way. I know as much as I tried, I was not able to stay awake the whole time.

Yes, going that route, definitely. I had forgotten about that. This is the way they got C-46/C47 to England during WWII.

For some reason I was thinking NY to Paris or something. Duh.

Dan

Vehicles no longer have carbs that need to be adjusted for altitude changes, but the adjustment still needs to be made! It's all electronic, the MAF/MAP/BARO sensors are used to detect atmospheric pressure, and the air/fuel mixture is then adjusted accordingly.

I have adjusted points, changed caps/rotors/condensors​/points, and flyweight controlled governors.

I love postcards!

I have a Grandmother clock that is weight driven. Grandpa was a clock repairman, so we have a good selection of clocks around here. I love the Cuckoo clock, but it's loud!

Jill-of-all-Trades wrote in post #18667680
Vehicles no longer have carbs that need to be adjusted for altitude changes, but the adjustment still needs to be made! It's all electronic, the MAF/MAP/BARO sensors are used to detect atmospheric pressure, and the air/fuel mixture is then adjusted accordingly.

I have adjusted points, changed caps/rotors/condensors​/points, and flyweight controlled governors.

I love postcards!

I have a Grandmother clock that is weight driven. Grandpa was a clock repairman, so we have a good selection of clocks around here. I love the Cuckoo clock, but it's loud!

Well, you certainly know about cars.

Clock repairman sounds like an occupation from the past, although I bet there are still some around. As a teen I remember taking my dad's shoes to the shoe repairman. There was also a store that did electric razor repair. A couple of years ago I passed an empty store with a sign that said Typewriter Repair. I keep meaning to go back and take a photo of the sign, if it's still there.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #18667734
Clock repairman sounds like an occupation from the past, although I bet there are still some around.

There are, but not enough to be located near everyone who needs them. Our Seth Thomas mantel clock (inherited) goes to a shop for cleaning every few years. It's overdue.

I do know cars. I'm a licensed mechanic, cars are my career.

My grandfather worked out of his home, and in his later years trained an apprentice.

Grandpa was quite the person, always working some sort of trade. He got a mechanical engineering diploma from Pratt Institute in New York. I have the framed diploma.

Canonuser123 wrote in post #18667344
I could be wrong but I thought it was a DC-3, I know we stopped in Newfoundland to refuel and also Scotland, maybe also a couple of other places before heading to Germany.
I was not that old but a remember it being the first time flying and it was a small plane, memory is not what it used to be.


Edit
I have found info showing there were flights to Europe on a DC-3 with refueling stops in Gander in Newfoundland, Greenland and Iceland along the way. I know as much as I tried, I was not able to stay awake the whole time.

Easy to confuse Iceland and Scotland.

GibJock wrote in post #18667808
Easy to confuse Iceland and Scotland.

Not confusing Iceland with Scotland, Iceland could have possibly been one of the refueling locations between Newfoundland and Scotland, the final stop was in Frankfurt Germany and the starting point was in New Jersey. We were moving from Delaware to France and a stop in Scotland was interesting to the family because that is where most of my family was originally from.