Anyone have stories about strange things we used to do that now make you shake your head? Can be personal, or business/government.
We once allowed kids to pay money and a cereal box top and get a ring with polonium in it. Sure, polonium is relatively safe to handle, but very dangerous internally. A strange item to sell to kids.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kix-lone-ranger-atomic-bomb-ring/
To show another, more personal, example, we had contests to see who could stand the longest in the bed of a moving pick-up. Or, we had a power substation about a block from my house that had a grass field directly alongside it. That became our football field. Punts would occasionally go over the fence, and we would climb the fence to get the ball back. More than a few times the police would come run us off.
I used to go to the drug store with cash and a note from my mom that said, "Please sell my ten-year-old son 2 packs of Virginia Slims Ultra Lights."
I used to go to the drug store with cash and a note from my mom that said, "Please sell my ten-year-old son 2 packs of Virginia Slims Ultra Lights."
My dad would send me to the liquor store two miles down the highway to get his. I was 14. And yes, I drove.
I used to go to the drug store with cash and a note from my mom that said, "Please sell my ten-year-old son 2 packs of Virginia Slims Ultra Lights."
My dad would send me to the liquor store two miles down the highway to get his. I was 14. And yes, I drove.
I was like 10. I had to walk. But it was only about half a mile.
Always had a good sense of balance. When I was about 10, I was showing off by standing on the small tip of a fire hydrant with other leg up in a ballet pose. Fell down, hard on top. Whole group of neighborhood kids ran to get my poor mom. I thought I was going to die.
We used to skip school and hang out at a local club that only met once a month. We didn't break anything or trash the property, but did play pool in their place.
While I regarded God as a tyrant I thought my sin a trifle; But when I knew Him to be my Father, then I mourned that I could ever have kicked against Him. When I thought God was hard, I found it easy to sin; but when I found God so kind, so good, so overflowing with compassion, I smote upon my breast to think that I could ever have rebelled against One who loved me so, and sought my good.” C. H. Spurgeon
Don't know if others will find this weird, but when I l moved to Charlotte in '91 many high schools here had a smoker's area outside the school. Always made me shake my head.
My dad would send me to the liquor store two miles down the highway to get his. I was 14. And yes, I drove.
My old man used to take me out on early (think 6:30 am) Sunday mornings for driving lessons as soon as my feet could reach the pedals. Start in the parking lot @ Ellenberger Park and then out on Pleasant Run Parkway then end up at Harold's Steer Inn by 7:00 am for breakfast lol. I tell this story to provide context for the next one.
The old man got me a summer job where he worked when I was 14 and I would ride to and from with him. It was kind of an odd jobs around the factory, keeping the grounds (about 4 acres with drainage gulleys etc), helping indoors and also assisting the drafting room guys when weather was bad. It was out near the Indy Airport, a good 15 mile drive each way from where we lived in Irvington on the east side. Well, a few weeks into this they won a contract that meant they would be working 2-4 hours per day overtime so we had to commute seperately since they weren't gonna have me work the OT schedule. So for 2 months, at 14 years old with no learners permit much less a license, I drove from 10th and Arlington area to the Airport and back lol.
I thought it was awesome, my friends were jealous, and I have no idea what my dad was thinking lol.
A good friend will bail you out of jail, but your best friend will be sitting next to you in the cell saying "that was f***ing awesome"
Anyone have stories about strange things we used to do that now make you shake your head? Can be personal, or business/government.
We once allowed kids to pay money and a cereal box top and get a ring with polonium in it. Sure, polonium is relatively safe to handle, but very dangerous internally. A strange item to sell to kids.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/kix-lone-ranger-atomic-bomb-ring/
To show another, more personal, example, we had contests to see who could stand the longest in the bed of a moving pick-up. Or, we had a power substation about a block from my house that had a grass field directly alongside it. That became our football field. Punts would occasionally go over the fence, and we would climb the fence to get the ball back. More than a few times the police would come run us off.
How about the opposite. I grew up being told if I swam less than 30 minutes after eating lunch, I’d get cramps and drown. Will i tempted fate and swam anyway. Now I know it was all BS
Oh, I once ran with a pair of scissors in kindergarten. Im still here.
That's fantastic.My dad would send me to the liquor store two miles down the highway to get his. I was 14. And yes, I drove.
My old man used to take me out on early (think 6:30 am) Sunday mornings for driving lessons as soon as my feet could reach the pedals. Start in the parking lot @ Ellenberger Park and then out on Pleasant Run Parkway then end up at Harold's Steer Inn by 7:00 am for breakfast lol. I tell this story to provide context for the next one.
The old man got me a summer job where he worked when I was 14 and I would ride to and from with him. It was kind of an odd jobs around the factory, keeping the grounds (about 4 acres with drainage gulleys etc), helping indoors and also assisting the drafting room guys when weather was bad. It was out near the Indy Airport, a good 15 mile drive each way from where we lived in Irvington on the east side. Well, a few weeks into this they won a contract that meant they would be working 2-4 hours per day overtime so we had to commute seperately since they weren't gonna have me work the OT schedule. So for 2 months, at 14 years old with no learners permit much less a license, I drove from 10th and Arlington area to the Airport and back lol.
I thought it was awesome, my friends were jealous, and I have no idea what my dad was thinking lol.
@co-hoosier oh yeah, we had nap time at the lakes for an hour after eating. I think the adults just wanted it. When we got too old for that, they sent us to the drugstore with money for candy.
I was about 14 when I started working at a local golf course. You need a license to drive a golf cart, but boss told me to bring them out of the barn and park them anyway. From there, it was also understood that I could take them out to play on my off days. The kids that were older but couldn't take a cart were pissed.
Some days I could play 36 or 45 holes, since I didn't have to walk. All for free since I was an employee.
@all4you He probably trusted you to do the right thing. I knew a man who used to drive to school as a 12 yr old because he lived on a farm. This was years ago and the bus probably didn't go out that far back then. Perhaps your dad had a deal with local police to just let you drive from point a to point b.
While I regarded God as a tyrant I thought my sin a trifle; But when I knew Him to be my Father, then I mourned that I could ever have kicked against Him. When I thought God was hard, I found it easy to sin; but when I found God so kind, so good, so overflowing with compassion, I smote upon my breast to think that I could ever have rebelled against One who loved me so, and sought my good.” C. H. Spurgeon
I was about 14 when I started working at a local golf course. You need a license to drive a golf cart, but boss told me to bring them out of the barn and park them anyway. From there, it was also understood that I could take them out to play on my off days. The kids that were older but couldn't take a cart were pissed.
Some days I could play 36 or 45 holes, since I didn't have to walk. All for free since I was an employee.
What Soviet hell did you grow up in that you needed a license to drive a golf cart?
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