It's my birthday, Oppo (But you already knew that)

[ttyymmnn]

Thanks to my big bro @Rusty-Vandura for the birthday wishes, and a couple of photos I hadn't ever seen before. Making me feel old. They say you are only as old as you feel. I prefer my corollary which is, "You don't have to feel as old as you are."

Thank you all for your birthday salutations. Post old things in replies: planes, cars, trees, rutabagas, whatever. Here a few things in my particular area of interest that were also born in 1966.

[trivet]

@ttyymmnn said in It's my birthday, Oppo (But you already knew that):

Happy Birthday!!

Here is a car that looks like a rutabaga!

[Tripper]

@ttyymmnn Happy Birthday!! How convenient, 1966 the first year of the BMW 1600-2. I just LOVE the early 1600 badges.

[ttyymmnn]

@tripper

Oh, my, that's beautiful. The windows! I hate how car windows have gotten so small these days.

[Huzer]

@ttyymmnn Happy Birthday! Here's my old thing, but it's from '68.

[Tripper]

@huzer Ka-Chow

[ttyymmnn]

@huzer

I love it!

[HoustonRunner]

@ttyymmnn CH-53. My dad flew 53's in the Marines, active duty 6 years then 20+ in the reserves. I grew up going to airshows where his was mostly on static display, but occasionally got to see him fly. Still amazed how agile those enormous helicopters were.

[Mark Tucker]

@ttyymmnn Happy birthday! Have an old car that sounds like a jet:

[ttyymmnn]

@mark-tucker

Nice. Made me smile.

[ttyymmnn]

@houstonrunner said in It's my birthday, Oppo (But you already knew that):

I grew up going to airshows

How cool it must have been to go to an airshow with your dad who was a pilot. I haven't been to an airshow in ages for all sorts of reasons, none of which are that I didn't want to go.

[Just Jeepin']

@ttyymmnn How about a flying Jeep? Sorta.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piasecki_VZ-8_Airgeep

[Rusty Vandura]

@ttyymmnn

I'll have two of these, please.

[ttyymmnn]

@rusty-vandura

Went looking for a photo of the PC-7, saw that one, knew I had found absolutely the perfect photo.

[Rusty Vandura]

@ttyymmnn said in It's my birthday, Oppo (But you already knew that):
@mark-tucker

Nice. Made me smile.

I don't like Jay Leno, but he owns one of those.

[Rusty Vandura]

I am reminded of how much I enjoyed -- I enjoy -- this show.

[HoustonRunner]

@ttyymmnn Yes, it was cool. I got to climb around in all sorts of places the general public didn't get to go - lots of cockpits!

Needing glasses in 7th grade pretty much doused my daydreams of being a pilot though.

[facw]

@ttyymmnn Why would anyone set up that Harrier (or Matador I guess) shot and only show the smoke from the worlds last surviving (at the time) light carrier:

In any event have some cool planes:

[Rusty Vandura]

@ttyymmnn said in It's my birthday, Oppo (But you already knew that):

@rusty-vandura

Went looking for a photo of the PC-7, saw that one, knew I had found absolutely the perfect photo.

That's my idea of the perfect aeroplane.

Analog:

[Highlander]

@ttyymmnn Happy birthday, I say you as old as you act. Here is one of the better penis shaped cars from 1966.

[Skyfire77]

@ttyymmnn

On this day:

• 1492 - Christopher Columbus notes 1st recorded reference to tobacco.

• 1806 – Pike Expedition: Lieutenant Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak while near the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains. (It is later named Pikes Peak.)

• 1904 - King C. Gillette patents the Gillette razor blade.

• 1942 – World War II: The Battle of Guadalcanal ends in a decisive Allied victory.

• 1966 – Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.

• 1967 - Michael Adams in an X-15 reaches 80 km

• 1988 – In the Soviet Union, the uncrewed Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight.

Births:

• 1887 – Georgia O'Keeffe, American painter and educator (d. 1986)
• 1891 – Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (d. 1944)
• 1906 – Curtis LeMay, American general and politician (d. 1990)
• 1929 – Ed Asner, American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2021)
• 1932 – Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1939 – Yaphet Kotto, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2021)
• 1951 – Beverly D'Angelo, American actress, singer, and produce
• 1952 – Randy Savage, American wrestler (d. 2011)
• 1957 – Kevin Eubanks, American guitarist and composer
• 1968 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper and producer (d. 2004)
• 1974 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

The number one song in the US on this day was "You Keep Me Hangin' On" by The Supremes.

In 1966:

• Yearly Inflation Rate USA - 3.01%

• Year End Close Dow Jones - 785

• Average Cost of new house - $14,200.00 ($121,221.10 in 2021 dollars)

• Average Income per year - $6,900.00 ($58,903.21 in 2021 dollars)

• Average Cost of a new car - $2,650.00 ($22,622.25 in 2021 dollars)

• Average Monthly Rent - $120.00 ($1,024.40 in 2021 dollars)

• Cost of a gallon of Gas - 32¢ ($2.73 in 2021 dollars)

• Dishwasher - $119.95 ($1,023.98 in 2021 dollars)

• Parker Pen Set - $11.95 ($102.01 in 2021 dollars)

• Toothpaste (Crest) - 50¢ ($4.27 in 2021 dollars)

[ttyymmnn]

@highlander said in It's my birthday, Oppo (But you already knew that):

I say you as old as you act

I had a bumper sticker on my college foot locker that read: You're only young once but you can be immature forever.

[bison78]

[ttyymmnn]

@skyfire77 said in It's my birthday, Oppo (But you already knew that):

Average Cost of new house - $14,200.00 ($121,221.10 in 2021 dollars)

Damn.

[john norris]

@ttyymmnn

Rommel was born today.

He never had to 'feel as old as you are'. He didn't make it to 55.

Perhaps you made some better life decisions.

Happy Birthday and here's to many, many more.

The late 50's were good to me. More disposable income to spend on car stuff.