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i am too old for....
« on: July 31, 2013, 12:04:37 AM »
ok so I know I am not exactly old, but yesterday I drove 1167.3 miles in 24 hours.   it about killed me.  I use to be able to do that np, not any more.   the rental car guy was impressed .
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Re: i am too old for....
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2013, 04:37:32 AM »
Oh Jeez, I thought you had a new avatar.
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Re: i am too old for....
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2013, 06:10:58 AM »
Once upon a time I did 999 in 14.5 hours. Partied all weekend, drove back on Sunday late and went straight to work on Monday morning.  Wonderful to be 26 and healthy!!!


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Re: i am too old for....
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2013, 09:24:02 AM »
I drove from Portland to Wisconsin in 30 hours and then drove back a month later (4 hour nap both ways).  I was 30ish and it sucked.   For work too, no fun involved. ::)

Did make some good $$$ though  8)
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Re: i am too old for....
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2013, 09:47:42 AM »
You can tell the age of us by saying I once or I used to ...

At one time I could drive tractor and combine around the clock for days - weeks, with only breaks for livestock chores and a sandwich on the run.  Corn harvest was a break because I ran the trucks and drier, so I would catch catnaps (15 minutes every third truck load to make room for more wet corn) while the drier was filling or dumping, or while sitting in line at the elevator (nobody jumped line because everyone was napping.  Elevator employees would knock on doors when we had too large a gap or it was our turn).

During my short trucking career, I could juggle logs as good as anyone to get containers of produce from the Gulf Coast to Minneapolis non-stop, grab a catnap, and head back empty for the next load.

Wife and I commented on our last trip to Chicago how we need to stop every two hours to stretch our legs and get the blood flowing again.  I can push a 800-900 mile day, but then I SLEEP.  Motorcycle trips start off with a full two to three hours on the first tank, and then it is like being in school again - 50 minutes on and 10 minutes off.

Welcome to maturity TAB!  It's all down hill from here  ;D
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Re: i am too old for....
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2013, 03:59:02 PM »
Back in June we did 1000 miles in 16 hours (average 62.5 miles per hour, which doesn't sound like much)........ and yes, it was rough on my middle-aged bones.   :-\
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Re: i am too old for....
« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2013, 04:19:13 PM »
Not to mention slow, too.  ;D

Old and slow...you averaged less than 50 MPH.   ;)
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Re: i am too old for....
« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2013, 04:26:32 PM »
Quote from: Rastus on July 31, 2013, 04:19:13 PM
Not to mention slow, too.  ;D

Old and slow...you averaged less than 50 MPH.   ;)

Math skills 1st 2nd they go at some point as a sign you've lost it  ;D
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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2013, 04:35:06 PM »
A friend and I drove from Fort Polk, LA to Flint, MI in 15 hours IIRC stopping only for gas. It took us more like 24 hours to get back. Google maps says it takes 18.5 hours but we were averaging 80+ mph one way and only 50+ the other way. Now I don't like driving much over 100 miles.
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2013, 04:44:52 PM »
Ft. Laud, FL, to Charlotte, NC, 700+ miles, stopping only for gas and pee breaks, its takes 10 hours and 50 minutes. All interstate. And it's harder and harder to do without pain... :-\

Back in the day, as a much younger guy, drove from Ft. Laud to Springfield MO, several times, around 1100 miles or so,....got there in about 23/24 hours nonstop, and started partying.

Now its Priceline or Travelocity.




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