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Age survey poll...vote now!

Discussion in 'General Tundra Discussion' started by mudsweatngearz, Aug 7, 2016.

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What age range do you fall into?

This poll will close on Aug 7, 2026 at 4:07 PM.
  1. 20-29

    31 vote(s)
    15.7%
  2. 30-39

    43 vote(s)
    21.7%
  3. 40-49

    52 vote(s)
    26.3%
  4. 50-59

    48 vote(s)
    24.2%
  5. 60-69

    17 vote(s)
    8.6%
  6. 70-79

    4 vote(s)
    2.0%
  7. >79

    2 vote(s)
    1.0%
  8. <19

    1 vote(s)
    0.5%
  1. Aug 8, 2016 at 8:37 PM
    #31
    NMOKTundra

    NMOKTundra Mike Honcho

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    Well then ya got me beat. Second youngest. I'll take that third youngest title and accept it.
     
  2. Aug 8, 2016 at 10:42 PM
    #32
    BB Stacker

    BB Stacker New Member

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    A little advice from an old guy who has seen a lot in his life, 24 years in the Navy can teach you a lot. I watched a general decline in the mechanical abilities of the younger generations of kids coming into the Navy. When I first joined I knew a lot of guys that grew up on farms in Nebraska, Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania. These were guys that knew what a PTO was and how to work on hydraulics, weld, and turn wrenches. The closer I got to retirement the more worried I got about the blue collar skill set being almost non-existent in new kids coming in the Navy. I had kids that worked for me that did not know the difference between a combination wrench and a crescent wrench. I was a big believer in training my replacement, and did the best I could with what I had to work with.

    Moral of the story, If you can find an old guy that can turn wrenches, you might want to stop by with some adult beverages when you see him working on something in the garage, you never know what new/old things you can learn.

    I will try to pass on tidbits and secrets I have learned as I still believe in training my relief.
     
  3. Aug 8, 2016 at 11:27 PM
    #33
    AxelsHumanDad

    AxelsHumanDad I am Groot

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    This!
    I'm 53 and dig hanging out with the guys older than me.
     
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  4. Aug 9, 2016 at 6:09 AM
    #34
    Nor7

    Nor7 Chilton Manual Guy

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    I think older guys are great, they remind us of how everything worked before Toyotas hit the streets. Ya know, back when everyone had to walk uphill to school both ways.

    Geez I'm getting old too, I tell all the younger guys I work with that I remember back when gas cost less than a dollar a gallon.
     
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  5. Aug 9, 2016 at 8:01 AM
    #35
    NMOKTundra

    NMOKTundra Mike Honcho

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    I see this all the time in the Air Force. I grew up working with my hands, messing with quads and helping my dad out. There are kids coming in nowadays that don't know what a philips head screwdriver is or what an open ended wrench looks like. These are things that I just assumed people knew until I had to start training these kids. It's upsetting but at least they're learning now
     
  6. Aug 9, 2016 at 2:02 PM
    #36
    aperezsh

    aperezsh Blessed are the peacemakers

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    A little this and that...Broke now
    Clint_0387.jpg
    45 and rolling
     
  7. Aug 9, 2016 at 2:15 PM
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    Ardnut

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    The longer I've been managing people, the more I've learned how important it is to be patient while teaching them... no matter how much you're burning inside because you can't believe they don't know something you consider rudimentary.

    It is upsetting sometimes, but then again there is plenty I can still learn so... stay humble is the trick I suppose.

    A slap on the head is warranted for repeat lessons though.
     
  8. Aug 9, 2016 at 2:17 PM
    #38
    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    Thank God I was born in 83 when Clint, the Marlboro man , Bruce Willis, chuck Norris, and many other men's men were considered unoffensive and pussies were still called pussies instead of creating a pseudo safe place. I'm gonna stop now before I get on a rant on the Pussification of the American male!!

    F**k I need a beer now.
     
  9. Aug 9, 2016 at 2:26 PM
    #39
    CultusRider

    CultusRider Know What Matters

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    And of course, before the age of the internet, one had more time for other fun stuff too...

    image.jpg
     
  10. Aug 9, 2016 at 2:47 PM
    #40
    TXRailRoadBandit73

    TXRailRoadBandit73 YOTAS,RAILROADER,RÖKnRÖLLN',BEER,MAX/GEMMA

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    None yet
    42 heart still pumping...wana b buried in my truck this possible?!?!
     
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  11. Aug 9, 2016 at 2:57 PM
    #41
    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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  12. Aug 9, 2016 at 3:49 PM
    #42
    TXRailRoadBandit73

    TXRailRoadBandit73 YOTAS,RAILROADER,RÖKnRÖLLN',BEER,MAX/GEMMA

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    None yet
    Jus crazy thought lol since I baby my baby n it won't get babied once I head out on that highway
     
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  13. Aug 9, 2016 at 4:07 PM
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    Yotalover88

    Yotalover88 "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

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    Rhino liner, bed mounted tool box "no stripper pole" paracord wrapped oh shit handles, Lowes stair tread door seal protectors, handgun holder for my dedicated truck gun. My list of wants is much longer!
    Amen to that brother thank you and thank you for your service!
     
  14. Aug 9, 2016 at 4:11 PM
    #44
    Yotalover88

    Yotalover88 "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

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    I hear you brother trust me!
     
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  15. Aug 9, 2016 at 4:22 PM
    #45
    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    Can't tell you how much that topic pisses me off! Whenever I see an emo, rainbow colored hair, skinny jeans, beiber hair, gun control shirts, fruity margarita sipping, whatever I literally want to curb stomp them. LOL
     
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  16. Aug 9, 2016 at 4:27 PM
    #46
    Yotalover88

    Yotalover88 "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

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    Rhino liner, bed mounted tool box "no stripper pole" paracord wrapped oh shit handles, Lowes stair tread door seal protectors, handgun holder for my dedicated truck gun. My list of wants is much longer!
    I know my wife and I constantly just say what the f@#$ seriously this world is going to hell in a hand basket and it makes me sick! When I was growing up I thought men had a pair now it's ok to be a woman, well ta hell with that I'm proud to be a beer/whiskey drinking gun toting tundra driving man! Kiss my a$$ Pokemon go!!!!!
     
  17. Aug 9, 2016 at 4:45 PM
    #47
    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    BOOM
     
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  18. Aug 9, 2016 at 6:01 PM
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    NMOKTundra

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    That's how my dad taught me to ride quads. I couldn't hear him through the helmet so he'd slap me up side the head when I needed to shift haha
     
  19. Aug 9, 2016 at 6:05 PM
    #49
    owslystnly

    owslystnly New Member

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    Nothing yet
    Seriously.

    Maybe their balls were cold?
     
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  20. Aug 9, 2016 at 6:09 PM
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    joem1cha3l

    joem1cha3l New Member

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    Turned 29 on Sunday. Just picked up my first Tundra last Monday
     
  21. Aug 9, 2016 at 6:48 PM
    #51
    zcarpenter92

    zcarpenter92 Yotas and Yellow Jackets

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    Shit I was born in 92, grew up watching John Wayne and shooting prairie dogs out of a pickup with grandpa. Luckily I had the right upbringing in a farm family full of amateur wrestlers and gun lovers lol.
     
  22. Aug 9, 2016 at 7:08 PM
    #52
    mudsweatngearz

    mudsweatngearz [OP] New Member

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    Tell me about it!.
    I have been a machinist for 30 plus years. Recently I have been on a job search. I had 3 very good offers in one day of doing interviews. Seems companies cannot find machinists that know manual machines. Companies need repair machinists, tool makers, prototype machinists etc. All these new machine operators know these days is CNC button pushers in a production setting. Show them a Bridgeport mill or an engine lathe and they are lost.
     
  23. Aug 9, 2016 at 7:30 PM
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    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    Same here! No farm but same experiences!! Hell, had my first beer, first gun, and first knife at 5. All I had was a twin sister (we were the only kids in the family for a while) but that girl was tough enough! LOL
    Dads side paw paw was a machinist, roughneck, and barge operator and loved fishing. Taught me how machines worked, how to fix them, how to fish, etc
    Moms side was into hunting and trapping, camping, military type stuff. Taught me how to navigate, read maps (topography maps not the atlas crap), make fires, shoot, etc. and how to handle a Rambo knife (hence my first knife! Which I just found the other day!!)
    I'm just thankful I was able to get those guys in my life and their knowledge as well as their values and convictions.

    Life goal, carry on those things to my future son and grandsons.

    I believe guys like us and most others on this forum are the luckiest bastards on Earth for growing up like that!!
     
  24. Aug 9, 2016 at 7:34 PM
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    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    Ouch!! Yep, whenever any one of my cousins brings home a new boyfriend and he's either wearing skinnies or driving a car, we rag on him, and it doesn't stop until they break up LOL youngest cousin is 18 so times running out!
    Plus side, we got the most recent addition to buy a pickup truck (tundra of course!) from his Nissan z. Dude still can't park worth a shit!! LOL
    Negative side- he still wears skinnies. That'll change soon.......
     
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  25. Aug 9, 2016 at 7:37 PM
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    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    Toytec BOSS suspension lift @ 3" (front) Toytec BOSS remote resi's (back) 1" Toytec block (rear) 275/70r18 Toyo AT2 Info system mod 3D MAXpider Kagu floor mats LED interior lights 50% ceramic tint front windows 35% ceramic tint windshield brow Bed mounted YETI bottle opener Paracord wrapped oh Sh!t bars 3" stubby antennae TRD sway bar Upcoming: LED backup lights OEM Backup camera Iron Cross Patriot step bars Trifold or roll up tonneau cover
    Huh......figured you just used smoke signals?
     
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  26. Aug 9, 2016 at 8:43 PM
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    zcarpenter92

    zcarpenter92 Yotas and Yellow Jackets

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    I'm about a generation removed from the farm, Grandpa on dad's side was farming a small amount of acreage when he was running a crop dusting outfit back in the late 70's and 80's. My dad got started working in agriculture being a field man for grandpa, he and my uncle have had pilots licenses since they were 18. My grandpa on my mom's side was a 5'4" 120 lb Marine who served for 3 years in Korea, actually had to eat a ton of bananas to make the minimum weight. He passed when I was 2 years old, but I think you have to be a bad fuckin dude to be a 120 lb Marine lol.

    My future children will definitely learn some of those things I've learned early on!
     
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  27. Aug 9, 2016 at 9:30 PM
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    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    Damn. You'd definitely have to be pretty badass to be Steve Rogers without the captain America serum!!

    Dude, bet that was insane having an old man with a pilots license!
     
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  28. Aug 9, 2016 at 9:58 PM
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    aperezsh

    aperezsh Blessed are the peacemakers

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    A little this and that...Broke now

    This makes me so glad to speak with like minded patriots ages run from 20's-on up...multiple generations ..and you can see the positive effect of: honor courage leadership work ethic commitment. And it will take all of us as men to redirect this downward spiral we are living. Stay safe be vigilant be ready.
     
  29. Aug 9, 2016 at 10:00 PM
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    Law323

    Law323 it’s only weird if you make it weird

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    And keep your gun loaded!
     
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