Stupid things you did when you were younger that you wouldn't do now

[Matt_S]

Oh God, this is going to stir up some things I'd rather not think about. Here goes, anyway.

I've done a number of stupid things involving alcohol, including driving drunk and showing up for work at 7 am still drunk from the night before. It was only McDonalds, but still not a smart idea. The manager was kind of a partier herself, so she stuck me in the safest place possible - taking drive through orders, until I sobered up.

I've also done a number of things that, in my own eyes at least, make me look dumb in front of others that I wish I had never done. Every once in a blue moon, usually when I'm over-tired, I still beat myself up over some of those things.

I think I'll stop there.

 

[NJC]

Mostly stupid stunts involving alcohol.

Broken toes, car accidents, waaaaay too much driving with drunk folks.

 

[labman]

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Originally posted by njc:
Mostly stupid stunts involving alcohol.

Broken toes, car accidents, waaaaay too much driving with drunk folks.

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I am afraid drunk driving was a biggie for me. One of the worst times was a night we were drinking at a bar only a stagger from my apartment. Plan was, the one guy was going to take it easy so he could drive the one that live out a ways home. Unfortunately our designated driver got smashed. I ended up having to take him. This wasn't some quiet rural area. I am talking the Wayne State area out to a Detroit suburb and back. Traffic there never slacked off then, and I doubt it does now.

At least I always stayed sober when I went rock climbing and caving.

 

[goodoleboy]

Car surfing like the orginal poster. Chasing a herd of cows a friend got trampled.He was not hurt to our amazement. Hopping a moving train. Going to girls houses in the middle of the night and running from her father. We walked 10 miles to see them girls and only could spend 10 minutes with them.
Going nuts over a girl (21) and acting all foolish and jealous.
Getting mouthy with some guys I shudder to think about now and then fighting them.

To many other things I dont trust to say over the net.

 

[Rob Taggs]

I had a friends Yamaha 650 motorcycle for the evening. Thought I would show off for the crowd at a party so I started racing up and down the block going way over the speed limit. I got right in front of the house where the party folks were gathered and proceeded to do a one block drag race. Well, that was dumb. I ended up hitting a retaining wall at the end of the block at 70+ miles an hour! I totaled the friends bike. Mashed the bone in my left leg and got a really bad concusion. I couldn't walk without passing out for about two weeks and got some memory loss from it. None of my kids are going to have a motorcycle as long as they live with me because I know temptation is there and odds are they will try to do something dumb like their old man did.

 

[goodoleboy]

I second not getting a motorcylce for children. I had a wreck and I stay away from them but I do ride a friends 4 wheeler. I tell my wife no motorbikes for our future children she rolls her eyes and says "well see"..

I know a few here ride them so stay safe!

 

[OMCWankel]

My college roomate was an ex-navy Seal who was trying to become an electronics technician via the G.I. bill. He also tried to forget the war by getting blasted on the weekends. We were going to school in northern Indiana, and went to Michigan to party (at that time, the legal age for all alcoholic drinks in Michigan was 18, a concession to me, 19 at the time). We were returning to the dorm, and I was driving his VW, as I was less blasted than him. It was the first time I ever drove a VW! We were stopped less than 2 miles from the dorm by a local police officer. He observed the passed out form of my roomate, and actually agreed that I was the one that should be driving. He let us go, a gift of major proportions

I have an additional comment on motorcycles. I learned to drive motorcycles on the dirt. I also did all my crashing on the dirt. I would advise all aspiring motorcycle drivers to do the same. The consequences of a crash on the dirt are not usually fatal. The consequences of a crash on the street are often fatal. The dirt bike experience saved me the two times I had to take to the ditch on the street. Also, know when to stop. My reflexes and concentration are not as they once were, so I stopped riding after 25 years of driving motorcycles on the street.

My former roomate was one of the Seals that went into Hanoi Harbor at night, and mined ships at anchor. You had to be VERY careful to wake him up properly in the morning. The one time I was not careful, I almost got my neck broken. That is a story for another time

 

[Audi Junkie]

Great stories. When I was in HS with my dummy buddies, we'd go drinking at a plade called the Tubs. It was a natural rock formation where the creek cut through the rocks, 20-30ft down. Nice place, the creek formed mossy "slides" between the "Tubs"...pools maybe 15ft x 15ft x 8ft deep. We'd get smashed (pun intended) and jump off the edges into the pools below. The trick is you had to hit those pools just right, only two feet or so margin of error, after propeling yourself out a certian distance....one slip and you were dead. It was bad enough jumping off the edges...we would climb ajacent trees and leap out from a greater height and distance. It gives me the willys when I look at it now. A kid or two dies ever year... jumping w/o realizing the water level was low or missing altogether. Afterwards, we would do some serious rock-climbing w/o ropes. I'm still here though.

 

[tom slick]

the statute of limitations has not run out yet so i cannot divulge stories of my past.

from the age of 12 to 21 i did something stupid on a daily basis. car surfing, drinking and driving... I had a master key to all caterpiller equipment, I never stole anything but I'm sure some contruction companies came into work the next day wondering how their equipment ended up the way it did.

 

[wander2039]

Hmmm don't know if it was bad or good. I learned fast and young about female species though. I also had 2 sisters.

 

[ikeepmychevytoo]

Riding into the oncoming cars on two-way country roads, with my bicycle. Wandering cars was giving my daily entertainment. You are immortal at 15... If I was 15 again I would do it once more.

 

[Starbreaker666]

BOy the memories flood back...

Buddy and I pulled over a cop for speeding. He was flying down a mountian pass just west of Colorado Springs in the rain. Flew right by us with no lights or anything. So we sped up to catch him. 95Mph in the rain I am crapping my self around every corner. He finally whipped on his lights and we pulled in behind him.. Oh man was he ****** at that! He of course gave my buddy a ticket and said he was on his way to a DUI call....SSSSSUUUUURRRRREEE. We took his badge number and turned him in. Ticket was dropped. For some reason cops get REALLLLLLY ****** when you chase em down..heh

 

[Chris142]

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Originally posted by Eric Smith:
Growing up on a farm with nothing but girls for neighbors

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Sounds like a dream come true to me

 

[Pablo]

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Growing up on a farm with nothing but girls for neighbors

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I was gonna say, this is a problem?

 

[labman]

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Originally posted by Pablo:

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Growing up on a farm with nothing but girls for neighbors

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I was gonna say, this is a problem?

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It would be for a while, especially in years past. Reminds me of only a few years ago when I had one of my puppies at at a tractor pull. It was a female my son named Lola for ones CART was using at that time. There were a couple of boys playing near me, that played some with the dog. One of them asked me, ''Is it a boy or a girl?''. I said a girl. With all the disgust a 6 year old could muster, he said ''Maybe that is why she keeps kissing me.'' Apparently he saw that as a problem.

 

[TallPaul]

Pulling a wheelie on a garden tractor by rolling backward down the sloping driveway in first gear and dumping the clutch at the bottom. Ended up laying on my back with the tractor standing on end wiggling as the back tires churned at the pavement. Came pretty close to being smashed, eh? Think I was about 17.

 

[Schmoe]

Wow. I am dazed by all the memories that came rushing back to me when I saw this topic. Besides all the crazy, stupid kid stuff that we all did, I guess my biggest regret was following in my fathers footsteps when it came to drinking and chasing women. He'd been married 5 times, if that tells you anything. I mean, I loved him to death, but he sure could have made things a lot clearer to me besides showing me that drinking is really cool and you can't fall in love because women are made for chasing...

 

[eljefino]

There might be pictures of me on the internet I'd rather not be out there. No I'm not the "star wars kid" but jeez.

Most fun I had on a vehicle was hauling eight junk mattresses on the back of a chevy S10, off road, to the dump. We had them piled so the top mattress was level with and on top of the cab. I rode belly down on the top mattress spread eagled to put weight on them and keep them from bouncing off. I held on to the window frame rails with my hands. We went down the hill to the dump, my friend slammed on the brakes, I let go of the door frame and grabbed the mattress, and surfed the mattress down the windshield, over the hood, and onto the road in front of the truck!

That was COOOL.

 

[wavinwayne]

eljefino,

Go over your post real fast......don't read it, just scan it. What does it appear is being discussed?