kingbunky 3 #26 October 7, 2002 my last two years of high school i lived in the sticks, 7 miles to town. we did have a school bus, but if you acted up, you got thrown off and walked it. no recourse. and the bus driver i had was the same one my father had, so he had had his fill of snot nosed kids by the time i came along and didn't put up with much."Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #27 October 7, 2002 QuoteWith a Wonderhog, Star-Trac 290 main, and reportedly some kind of round reserve. I met a guy this weekend who was jumping an old Corsair container with a round reserve and a Unit main. His second jump of the weekend he snapped an A line. Interesting landing - flare? What flare? (Not that Units had any flare when they were new, but still...) He said later that he had no idea the line was broken until after he'd landed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #28 October 7, 2002 I worship old-timey skydivers. Especially old timey video guys. I borrowed a wingsuit from David Keith, a 60-something year old video flyer. He's got over 5000 non-military jumps. It had all these weird velcro attachments on the front. I ask "what's all this sh*t for?" He tells me that's where the VCR and cables were hooked up. " ! " I guess their tummy's got cold when they got rid of belly reserves and a giant battery and VCR were needed to make them feel comfortable. I think if all those guys started now, they'd all be BASE jumpers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kinney29 0 #29 October 7, 2002 Quote "The reasonable man changes himself to fit the world, the unreasonable man changes the world to fit himself, therefore all progress comes from unreasonable men." Something to remember next time someone tells you to be more reasonable. ADAPT OR DIE It doesn't say what to adapt, just to adapt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
f1freak 0 #30 October 7, 2002 Man, it was the good ole days....HAVE FUN... ...JUST DONT DIE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Schroeder 0 #31 October 7, 2002 You guys. Looking back, I used to do all those things too. Me, 22. Where'd I grow up? Small town, northern Canada. Where are my kids gonna grow up? Small town, northern Canada. To let kids have these experiences, I think we have to escape the cities. I want my boy or girl to be able to walk across the street (or driveway), find a good set of trees and build a treehouse (losing a few of my tools in the process). To me, the idea of relocation for the children is more important then career or how happy I am living in Vancouver. I don't want to live on a block or a street, I wanna live on a road. I want to know the other parents all the way down the road and into town. All the things that were on that list (well most , besides the seatbelt stuff and a couple others) are things that we have not lost, but _given up_ in order to live the lives we want to live. I believe that if you want your kids to be raised in an environment like the one they listed, then it's up to you to provide it, instead of commenting on the lack of it. It's out there, and yes tragedy does happen everywhere, and maybe my kid will get shot, abused by teachers, or hit by a car. But I for one don't want to assume that, no matter where I live, it'll all be the same. What was that quote about people being a product of your environment? I think it's strange to hear people say "This city's going to sh!t" while they're making dinner for their kids. I don't know. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #32 October 8, 2002 Quote ah yes I grew up in generation X now it's generation couch potato Not true... I am twenty four so I got to catch the tail end of that gen, I was just blessed enough to grow up 15 miles outside of a super small southern town and did everything in Bytch's post except eat lead paint. I still ride my bike without a helmet and drink out of the garden hose, and from time to time I piss in the back yard BTW My mother still can't get cable in the neighborhood where she and my kid bro live. I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dp1l 0 #33 October 8, 2002 Nostalgia is the device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane! I also did a lot of that stuff (26) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #34 October 8, 2002 Hell when I was a child we did not even have TV in South Africa never mind video games. Mechanical pinball was the thing. Every day was mischief day. You got caught you got wacked. If you got away with it you did something even more silly until you eventually got wacked. I watch my 10year old nephew growing up now. He misses out on so much. BTW does any body here know 'kleilat'(afrikaans term) I don't know an english one. Simply put a person cuts a thin whiplike branch from a tree. At the tip of the branch you kneed on a small ball of river clay, about half the size of a golf ball. When you whip the branch over you shoulder the clay flies of at a speed approaching mach1 and hopefully you hit your friend, preferably in the face. I used to be damn accurate with one of those things. Jeeze now they call it 'paintball' or 'lazerquest' ... bah Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #35 October 8, 2002 "BTW does any body here know 'kleilat'(afrikaans term) I don't know an english one. "Tattie wheeching...I don't know the English for it either....We used small potatoes instead of river clay, a useful distraction to actually picking said potatoes for money, which was back breaking work. -------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skreamer 1 #36 October 8, 2002 A local dominee's sons were really naughty shits (as all dominees/preachers kids are). Their idea of fun was they'd each climb a tree with their pellet guns and then shoot each other until one fell out. I grew up in Oudtshoorn, forget TV, even our rainbows were black and white! I can remember being bare-foot almost my entire childhood (except sandals for school and shoes for church). I can also remember that we often used to make our own toys (often involving R4 rounds, swimming pool chlorine and other 'stuff' - man we couldda taught Saddam a thing or two about making weapons...) Like someone else said, you can still get this, you just have to leave the city (and not let TV raise your kids) Will Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil 0 #37 October 8, 2002 I think one issue is, that today you go and buy everything you want, "back then" we did a lot of the stuff ourselves. As they sing "entertain us" by Nirvana, this would be pretty much on the goal line. "You do/buy it for me, I'm just to fucking lazy to get up and do something with myself" On the other hand - you do many of those things today and you get your ass slammed by the police for what ever kind of violation they can come up with. times change or do we? ... .. .how high can you fly with broken wings ... life's a journey not a destination Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #38 October 8, 2002 Jeyes fluid, chlorine and phosphate fertilizer. Wooooo Hooooo I had almost forgotten about that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quatorze 1 #39 October 8, 2002 What really kills me is the whole Hillary Clinton book "It Takes a Village" Let me tell you I knew that growing up and my 16 year old kid brother still has to deal with it. Go ahead act bad in the neighborhood, believe me, if Ms. ( insert neighbor's name here) catches you, you will get the same thing that Mom and Pop dole out, with parental approval. None of this mamby paby crap about my little angle would never do that, so don't discipline my child or I will sue you... BULLSHIT! Take your laweyer and cramhim up you anal orifice, your kid was doing wrong and got busted. Just a thought I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #40 October 8, 2002 Quote Every day was mischief day. You got caught you got wacked. If you got away with it you did something even more silly until you eventually got wacked. Haa haa ha ... I grew up on various farms with two brothers ... you can just imagine ... brings back memories of the time my dad got so mad at me, I ran away, climbed the tallest tree I could find and stayed there the WHOLE day. I was convinced my dad would forget ... when I tiptoed home that evening, he just quietly sent me to my room, then my mom gave me the biggest hiding I have EVER had ... can still feel it now Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil 0 #41 October 8, 2002 some people did - to bad they tried this in Oklahoma...... .. . how high can you fly with broken wings ... life's a journey not a destination Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil 0 #42 October 8, 2002 Quote then my mom gave me the biggest hiding I have EVER had ... can still feel it now you must have liked it if you can still remember it, don't they say you only remember the nice things of your past?... .. .how high can you fly with broken wings ... life's a journey not a destination Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nacmacfeegle 0 #43 October 8, 2002 ...Nacmac passes Phil a flame proof suit....-------------------- He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Scratch 0 #44 October 8, 2002 > "Hey Bluefingers hurry up with that cattie, we have got us a man to burn" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bluefingers 0 #45 October 8, 2002 He he he "stockpiles her syringa berries ...... don't forget the war paint .... "heads off to the dam" .... Kerry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zennie 0 #46 October 8, 2002 My Mom smoked when she was pregnant with me. I fell down the stairs twice in my little walker thing. I never wore helmets or pads on my bike or skateboard. I bit it countless times falling out of trees or off the roof... And I turned out perfectly normal! - Z "Always be yourself... unless you suck." - Joss Whedon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil 0 #47 October 8, 2002 ...tx - just on my way, bunkering some water in my nuclear bombshelter...awaiting the first bombs to hit anytime soon... but then again I'm ready for the showdown... give it to me babe... .. . how high can you fly with broken wings ... life's a journey not a destination Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #48 October 8, 2002 Quote And I turned out perfectly normal! Funny. Me too, and I played with mercury as a child. My brother and I also used to X-ray each other. We had good toys! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #49 October 8, 2002 Quote And I turned out perfectly normal! Uuuuuhhhh...Yeeeaahhhhh........ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kingbunky 3 #50 October 8, 2002 i remember when i was 8 or 9, there was a park near my house with a huge hill. we used to build a big ramp of snow in the winter, then ride our toboggans over it and go for distance. there was a steeper section that had been covered in brush, but the city cleared out the brush leaving stumps about an inch or so in diameter sticking up. i hit one with my aluminum toboggan and remember watching as a stump cut through the front of it and kept coming towards me while i simultaneously got launched off of it. landed on my back, then got run over by the toboggan. great fun! in the summer we would ride our 'radio flyer' type wagons down the same hill. no brakes, limited steering, all speed, no control. gotta love it!"Hang on a sec, the young'uns are throwin' beer cans at a golf cart." MB4252 TDS699 killing threads since 2001 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
