[Thread Game] You know you're old...

[Tinwhistler]

A few months before I was born, man first walked on the moon.

I was 2 when All in the Family started being broadcast on CBS.

The year I entered kindergarten, Microsoft was born. In elementary school, I voted for Jimmy Carter in a mock election, but didn't understand that it didn't count. I came home and told my mom that I voted for him and that I hoped she approved of my choice.

The year I started junior high, the Rubik's cube was invented, and the country was gripped by the Iran hostage crisis.

The year I started high school, Ma Bell got broken up into AT&T and regional telephone companies and the AIDS virus was discovered.

 

[Krisken]

I went to buy a new car last week and was surprised there was no CD player.

 

[PatrThom]

I went to buy a new car last week and was surprised there was no CD player.

I'm still annoyed there's no way to turn the headlights completely OFF any more.

--Patrick

 

[Gared]

I'm still annoyed there's no way to turn the headlights completely OFF any more.

--Patrick

Huh. My two biggest complaints when it comes to the differences between my wife's car and mine (we both drive Ford Fusions, but mine is an '07 SEL Manual and hers is an '08 SE Automatic) are that hers has less headroom than mine because of the sunroof, and hers doesn't have the automatic light sensor installed to turn the headlights on when you go through a tunnel or at dusk.

 

[DarkAudit]

Classmates of mine got married and are now the parents of not one, but two Eagle Scouts.

 

[strawman]

I'm still annoyed there's no way to turn the headlights completely OFF any more.

--Patrick

You can go to the dealer and for a fee they will disable daytime running lights. Unless they're jerks or incompetent. Well, that's true for Ford vehicles.

Ok, maybe your'e out of luck. Call the dealer anyway and check - it's all in software now, and they can do it, the question is whether they will do it and how much they'll charge you.

If it's an older vehicle all you need to do is find the daytime running lights relay or fuse and yank it.

 

[Bubble181]

....But why?

 

[strawman]

....But why?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daytime_running_lamp

Some countries require them. Some states in the US require lights on when windshield wipers are on and it is easier for the manufacturer to simply enable DRL for cars sold in those states. Some manufacturers simply have DRL on all their vehicles, while others have it on select models. A lot of commercial and fleet vehicle sales are to customers who require DRL.

So while the US doesn't require it, over time it's being adopted anyway.

That said, you can almost always get them disabled on a specific vehicle, it's just a matter of convincing your dealer to do it if it's a software setting in the vehicle's body controller, or removing the DRL relay if it's an older vehicle. The relay is usually in a fuse box and marked as the Daytime Running Lamp Relay in the manual.

These are run at a much lower brightness than low beams, so they don't usually impact headlight lifetime, and they do decrease accidents (though not enough that the federal government believes a mandate requiring them is reasonable, despite pretty heavy lobbying by GM and others)

 

[Cog]

When priests, actors and teachers are younger than you.

 

[sixpackshaker]

YKYO... when cops start looking like little boys.

My first day of teaching, a student called me Mr. [lastname], and I turned around and looked for my dad.

 

[PatrThom]

....But why?

Because there are times when I want my engine to be running BUT my headlights to be off.

--Patrick

 

[drawn_inward]

I considered mentioning that.
But it turns out they're still in use.

--Patrick

We had a party line in the mid-90s. We would still be on it if we didn't move. Good 'ol rural Oklahoma.

I remember doing nuclear bomb drills at school. Early 80's Cold War era hysteria!

 

[Bubble181]

Because there are times when I want my engine to be running BUT my headlights to be off.

--Patrick

Well, sure, but, I mean, I have DRL, and I can switch them off if need be. Not while driving, admittedly, but why would you? While standing still, I can leave them on or manually turn them off.

 

[Dave]

When priests, actors and teachers are younger than you.

*psht* That's nothing. My DOCTORS are younger than me.

 

[Dei]

*psht* That's nothing. My DOCTORS are younger than me.

I mean, I'm no where near as old as dirt, and my doctors are older than me too. At least, my regular eye doctor is.

 

[Bubble181]

*psht* That's nothing. The medical profession is younger than me.

 

[PatrThom]

I'll bet the leeches are younger than him, too.

--Patrick

 

[drawn_inward]

*psht* That's nothing. My DOCTORS are younger than me.

When my first baby was about to be delivered, I looked around the room and was about to ask where the real doctor was. Everyone looked like kids.

 

[GasBandit]

When the "Oldies" radio station is playing songs from when you were high school/college.

My "Classic Rock" station, the one I'm ostensibly in charge of, occasionally plays Pearl Jam.

 

[Gared]

Yeah, it was cool a few years back when they started playing late 80s rock around here, but significantly less cool when they started playing Nirvana and Pearl Jam.

 

[Bubble181]

Eh, I've heard Britney Spears on "Nostalgia Radio", so I've just given up.

 

[fade]

I considered mentioning that.
But it turns out they're still in use.

--Patrick

The infrastructure is still there. From what I've read, it's actually one of the biggest engineering issues plaguing DSL.[DOUBLEPOST=1503679253,1503678983][/DOUBLEPOST]

I'm still annoyed there's no way to turn the headlights completely OFF any more.

--Patrick

Ratchet the handbrake up by one click. That will shut off the running lights, but it won't be enough to apply the actual brake.

 

[sixpackshaker]

...when PUNK ROCK is used to sell Cadillacs.

There is nothing like anti-consumer music used for the biggest status symbol made in America.

 

[Gruebeard]

I've taken to listening to Rewind 107.9 here, and my newest rookie said "I don't usually listen to this old stuff..."

..... Little girl, I will eat your soul.

 

[GasBandit]

When you go out to eat with your parents and grandparents, and the hostess asks "4 seniors and 1 adult?"

 

[jwhouk]

The Beatles were still recording music as a band when I was born.

I remember the last Moon landing, the first Space Shuttle flight, variety shows on tv, and HBO only broadcasting from about 5 to midnight.

 

[Tinwhistler]

I watch those Subaru commercials where the teen takes the minivan out for a drive in the rain, and I say to my wife "That kid looks like he's 12! what the hell?"

When I was a kid, we had "read along" books...superhero comics like spiderman or captain america. They came with a 45 record that you could play that would read the story to you.

 

[PatrThom]

When I was a kid, we had "read along" books...superhero comics like spiderman or captain america. They came with a 45 record that you could play that would read the story to you.

Don't forget all the Disney ones: "When you hear Tinkerbell, turn the page!"

--Patrick

 

[Gruebeard]

Don't forget all the Disney ones: "When you hear Belle tinkle, turn the page!"

--Patrick

 

[GasBandit]

"You will know it is time to turn the page when you hear R2D2 beep like this."

Dee-Dee-Dee-Dee, bwup BWAAP.

 

[PatrThom]

Anyone else here know what kind of animal a Moauvian waoul is?

@DarkAudit (and others): I used to have this album, and wondered if anyone else did, too.


--Patrick

 

[Tinwhistler]

I had that one! I recognized the cover immediately.

 

[PatrThom]

I had that one! I recognized the cover immediately.

There are quite a few albums I had as a kid that I want back. That's one of 'em, the other was titled something like "Steel Guitar Favorites" and had this song I would play over and over again.
Turned out decades later I discovered it was a cover of "Caravan."

--Patrick