Adventures With Tempting Fate...or Pushing Your Luck.

[Bailey Guns]

^^ Oh, yeah. I remember the mosquito fogging trucks and riding our bikes in the fog behind them in Houston.

And I turned out normal:

[Duman]

And rode without a helmet and full body pads, without seabelts and in the back of station wagons and pickups. M80'S and firecrackers were a staple along with farm pond swimming. Don't know how I survived?

All of those are on my list.... were you in my neighborhood ?

[Duman]

Why pop caps one at a time, when you can pound the whole roll with a hammer on the driveway?

HAhahahahaha!!! Me and my brother.... LOL!!!

[Big E3]

I learned to drive 25 over the speed limit when big brother mandated a 55 max, and now I can’t stop doing it.

[Gman]

I remember playing with Mercury...

Yeah, I turned a gold color watch and band silver doing that.

[BushMasterBoy]

I enlisted in the US Air Force in August. Do you know how hot it is in San Antonio in August ?

[Bailey Guns]

Yes, I do. I got to Lackland and started BMT on July 3, 1979.

[SideShow Bob]

I used to ride my Tonka dump truck down the hill on Holman Way.

Brother & I had the bottom dump tractor trailer (easier to steer and a pillow fit perfect in the trailer for padding) that we rode down the hills on the sidewalk of course.

A few of us would get some canteens & pith helmets on and go walking out in the desert that was behind enlisted housing spend all day out there.

[Irving]

One time, two days ago, I was eating a tomato out of my garden and got a mouthful of wet chicken poop in my mouth at the same time. I didn't even spit it out.

[theGinsue]

***begin rant***

I'm guessing that's about me. I can usually take a joke & don't offend easily, but I'm tired of the supposition that I must be a dude (or used to be) because I'm on a forum about firearms. Apparently some a*hole (or more) has pretended to be female & pissed off some folks, fine. I ain't them. I'm new to the sport so not many folks know me yet, however at some point you'll meet me (or someone you know) & look the fool for confusing me with a dude. When that day comes, I think you'll owe me an apology for insinuating that I have been dishonest.

~also really sorry if this post kills the thread because the topic was a fun.

***end rant***

I ate all my Halloween candy without it being X-rayed

No one in Kansas City advertised doing that until long after I was too old to trick-or-treat anymore. Instead, my parents had my brother and I dump out all of our candy on the dining rooom table so they could inspect it - while we were in bed. Eventually I got old enough to realize they were giving a quick once over for the safety side and an in-depth review to see what they wanted out of our loot. At that point my brother and I pre-inspected the candy and took most of the good stuff and stashed it in our backyard before taking the rest inside.


We used to jump our bikes off of a ramp - and we'd jump over people. I was always the ramp engineer(except this ONE time...) and made solid ramps. My bike wasn't good for jumping so I was always the last brave soul, #14 of those getting jumped over. Only got grazed a couple of time.