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05-28-2017, 11:46 AM
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#181
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i rode a bike with no helmet, didn't have seatbelts in the car, and i drank out of a water hose on a hot summer day,
i can't believe i am alive today
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05-28-2017, 12:02 PM
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#182
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Site Team
Join Date: Mar 2011
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rp53
i rode a bike with no helmet, didn't have seatbelts in the car, and i drank out of a water hose on a hot summer day,
i can't believe i am alive today
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05-28-2017, 01:13 PM
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#183
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Just as confused as you
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: south central Wisconsin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rp53
i rode a bike with no helmet, didn't have seatbelts in the car, and i drank out of a water hose on a hot summer day,
i can't believe i am alive today
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Have you pinched yourself lately? 
Didn't have elbow or knee pads in case you fell off bike. Didn't have chain guards, I remember the piece of car tire innertube, string, cord, or the store bought spring steel band to keep your pant leg out of the chain.
Seven kids in a 2 door sedan. 1 in the middle of front seat, rest piled in back seat, 2 sitting on others laps, sometimes at least 1 standing.
Water from the water hose that laid out in the dirt and sun all day tasted better than from a faucet.
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2014 Flagstaff 832IKBS Classic Super Lite
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Camping since 1989, Seasonal since 2000.
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05-28-2017, 01:42 PM
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#184
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Jonesborough
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrapper
Have you pinched yourself lately?
Didn't have elbow or knee pads in case you fell off bike. Didn't have chain guards, I remember the piece of car tire innertube, string, cord, or the store bought spring steel band to keep your pant leg out of the chain.
Seven kids in a 2 door sedan. 1 in the middle of front seat, rest piled in back seat, 2 sitting on others laps, sometimes at least 1 standing.
Water from the water hose that laid out in the dirt and sun all day tasted better than from a faucet. |
what's knee pads
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05-28-2017, 02:03 PM
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#185
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Mod free 5er
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
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And the car keys were left in the ignition and the big search for the skeleton key to lock the house when we went on vacation, which was a rare occasion.
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05-28-2017, 04:28 PM
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#186
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Location: Keller, Texas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by OldCoot
And the car keys were left in the ignition and the big search for the skeleton key to lock the house when we went on vacation, which was a rare occasion.
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And Mom always kept the outdoor light on when you were going to be home late.
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05-28-2017, 04:38 PM
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#187
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Keller, Texas
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Originally Posted by Evereddie
The knife, scissors, and other blade sharpening man. Pushed a cart around the neighborhood and would sharpen anything.
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Living in the country,we had a man,Mr.Russell, come around with his truck,a late 1940's to early 1950' red Chevy truck with a woooden box body that had many compartments filled with groceries for sale. We also had a man from a bread company from Rochester come around with breads and pastries. And of course,we had a milkman,Mr.Kalsbeck,deliver our milk in glass jugs with paper caps left our our steps in an iron delivery crate.
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05-28-2017, 04:59 PM
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#188
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Just as confused as you
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: south central Wisconsin
Posts: 5,108
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rp53
what's knee pads
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Same as elbow pads but worn on the knees just like they do for skateboarding. I see young ones wearing them a lot at the CG.
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2014 Flagstaff 832IKBS Classic Super Lite
2018 Silverado 1500 Crew Cab Z71 4WD All Star Edition
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05-28-2017, 05:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Franklin County, MO
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We had a 40' silo on the farm where I grew up. It had an enclosed ladder to climb to the top, but it also had steel bands around it every 4 feet or so to hold it together when it was filled with silage (the silo, itself, was concrete sections stacked on top of one another.)
We discovered as kids that it was more fun to climb up the OUTSIDE on those steel reinforcing bands, so we would go all the way to the top, swing one leg over the edge, and sit up there, whether the silo was full, half full, or completely empty.
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05-28-2017, 05:06 PM
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#190
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DW's 401(k) Plan
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Western MD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Oaklevel
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Speaking of that remember the gas powered COX airplanes that you flew in circles on tow cords in the field........
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My 28 year old son still has his I bought for him 16 or so years ago.
As a teenager, I built my own plane out of balsa and rice paper. My mother wondered why I always had my bedroom door shut while building it.  Wonder if she ever figured it out. I'll have to ask her. 
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05-28-2017, 05:49 PM
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#191
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Pfafftown NC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaGrinch
My 28 year old son still has his I bought for him 16 or so years ago.
As a teenager, I built my own plane out of balsa and rice paper. My mother wondered why I always had my bedroom door shut while building it. Wonder if she ever figured it out. I'll have to ask her. |
Sniff sniff. No Mom, I'm not crying.
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05-28-2017, 06:08 PM
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#192
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DW's 401(k) Plan
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Western MD
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Evereddie
Sniff sniff. No Mom, I'm not crying.
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05-28-2017, 06:34 PM
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#193
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Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 28
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Still have one of p-38.ate c rations packed in 1945 while stationed in Viet Nam
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