Blue boxes

[Catticus]

@Catticus- Our Van was a dull ugly Brown.....
But it was well loved by my friends when we'd load up to go to the Lake !! And learning to drive a stick was mandatory in my family !! Do you remember during the gas crunch in early 70's and the VW Rabbit .? ?? I came home from school one day and the van was gone and 2 Rabbits sat in the driveway ☹

@Gypsy

NOOOOOOO, NOTTTT a "dull, ugly brown"!!!! Those were BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE THE BROWN ONES!!!!!!

I WANT A BROWN ONE!!!!!! SO COOL LOOKING AND SO CLASSIC! I WANT ONE WITH PLAID SEATS! Yes IN BROWNS!!!!!


Yes, mandatory to learn to drive a stick shift and...

"DON'T POPPPP THE CLUTCHHHHHH!"


Oh and..."PUT IT IN NEUTRAL WHEN YOU'RE STUCK AT A LIGHT! YOU'RE WEARRRRRING OUT YOUR CLUTCH!"

I remember the gas crunch! Remember the Odd and Even days to get gas?!?

Oh! I LOVED THOSE RABBITS! I wanted one so bad! Then I started seeing those "Wanna' Be Barbie Doll" or "Wanna Be Madonna" types driving them around and I said "NO THANKS!"


Not that I would not have driven one if it was given to me!


I just always preferred the classics.

[Gypsy]

@@Catticus I didnt think the color was great when I was a teen ❣
And yes I do remember the long lines and odd/evens

My dad was SOOOOO patient with me when I was learning to drive. There was an old highway road by the air base and we spent hours there. ❤ good bonding time with my dad.

[honey]

Good morning, I'm not a car fanatic, but, today, seeing
the era of cars from which I learned to drive, taking off
with my friends to shop and the guys and their hot rods,
from the 60's, really, really, really makes me wish that I
could turn the clock back. ha, ...an old hunk of iron can
me want to do that? My first car was a red '65 Mustang.

[Catticus]

Good morning, I'm not a car fanatic, but, today, seeing
the era of cars from which I learned to drive, taking off
with my friends to shop and the guys and their hot rods,
from the 60's, really, really, really makes me wish that I
could turn the clock back. ha, ...an old hunk of iron can
me want to do that? My first car was a red '65 Mustang.

I DESPISE this era. I'd go back in less than a second! Seeing things like old cars, old things from long gone eras, makes me ACHE inside. My sis is the same way. We "feel" things very deeply. And it's very difficult to be like this. We HATE it. Some call it being "Empaths." I call it DEPRESSING!

[Gypsy]

Good morning, I'm not a car fanatic, but, today, seeing
the era of cars from which I learned to drive, taking off
with my friends to shop and the guys and their hot rods,
from the 60's, really, really, really makes me wish that I
could turn the clock back. ha, ...an old hunk of iron can
me want to do that? My first car was a red '65 Mustang.

I lovd the 65 Mustang ❣❣
First car I bought with my own money was a 56 Chevy for $200.00
Was so proud of that car

[Catticus]

@@Catticus I didnt think the color was great when I was a teen ❣
And yes I do remember the long lines and odd/evens

My dad was SOOOOO patient with me when I was learning to drive. There was an old highway road by the air base and we spent hours there. ❤ good bonding time with my dad.

Fortunate for you! Our dad was (and is) SOOOOO impatient, we finally asked our sister and friend to teach us! All he did was yellllll at us! But if it wasn't a close live-in relative, he was as patient as could be! I've known a lot of people like that!

[honey]

Not to be depressed Catt, ...we lived it!!! haha
and we are around to tell about it. Besides the
hunks of iron thing, I too miss the days growing
up! Those days are gone but not forgotten.

[Gypsy]

Not to be depressed Catt, ...we lived it!!! haha
and we are around to tell about it. Besides the
hunks of iron thing, I too miss the days growing
up! Those days are gone but not forgotten.

Lived it is right
Sometimes when I think back I'm surprised we survived at all

[honey]

Not to be depressed Catt, ...we lived it!!! haha
and we are around to tell about it. Besides the
hunks of iron thing, I too miss the days growing
up! Those days are gone but not forgotten.

Lived it is right
Sometimes when I think back I'm surprised we survived at all

Weren't we immortal back then?? Oh!

[Gemsnob]

Good morning, I'm not a car fanatic, but, today, seeing
the era of cars from which I learned to drive, taking off
with my friends to shop and the guys and their hot rods,
from the 60's, really, really, really makes me wish that I
could turn the clock back. ha, ...an old hunk of iron can
me want to do that? My first car was a red '65 Mustang.

I DESPISE this era. I'd go back in less than a second! Seeing things like old cars, old things from long gone eras, makes me ACHE inside. My sis is the same way. We "feel" things very deeply. And it's very difficult to be like this. We HATE it. Some call it being "Empaths." I call it DEPRESSING!

Im an "Empath" too. I feel the hurt of others in my soul. I feel the suffering of parents who have lost a child, innocent animals who have been abused, my children who are sick but I havent been able to cure. Its like my heart hurts every day. I cannot watch the news except to catch the weather report. I dont know if it contibutes to me being a very " black and white" kind of person but I wonder if it does. I know its why I am a loner and dont go out much. I love people though.