The Weirdly Wonderful Seneca Wallace Small Talk Chit Chat Talkin' Topics Thread - Page 9154

bigdog2003 · 07-05-2023, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by jlzinck

At that age were were shooting bottle rockets and roman candles at each other.

Roman candle baseball was a great time

spuds1961 · 07-05-2023, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Boo

Exactly. Let kids be kids.

Definitely we might have been stupid but we were fun stupid, and in reality not many of us got hurt.

glen87 · 07-05-2023, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by spuds1961

Definitely we might have been stupid but we were fun stupid, and in reality not many of us got hurt.

that's because you knew how to be stupid, but not be absolutely idiotic

glen87 · 07-05-2023, 11:38 AM

the absolutely idiotic kids were the ones showing up to school with 8 fingers and 1 tooth left.

fulltritty · 07-05-2023, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by jlzinck

At that age were were shooting bottle rockets and roman candles at each other.

Yeah, the late 70s through the 80s were the best.

fulltritty · 07-05-2023, 12:10 PM

We had lunch with the Colonel that runs our department. He's a fun guy. When your Division Chief begins a story with "I used to work for a mail" and the Colonel looks at him with the same dirty thoughts as my wife and I, you know he's cool.

spuds1961 · 07-05-2023, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by glen87

that's because you knew how to be stupid, but not be absolutely idiotic

It is amazing when you think back the things as kids we used to do, home made bike ramps, jumping off of roofs with umbrellas ring and run prank phone calls. Things todays kids will never have the fun of experiencing.

BostonNut · 07-05-2023, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by spuds1961

It is amazing when you think back the things as kids we used to do, home made bike ramps, jumping off of roofs with umbrellas ring and run prank phone calls. Things todays kids will never have the fun of experiencing.

We jumped off a roof into a five foot deep above ground pool. You had to cannonball in or else you would probably have broken a leg. Fun times!

corndog · 07-05-2023, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by spuds1961

It is amazing when you think back the things as kids we used to do, home made bike ramps, jumping off of roofs with umbrellas ring and run prank phone calls. Things todays kids will never have the fun of experiencing.

At night we would throw water balloons at sports cars and pickup trucks.

Those were the ones that would chase you!

glen87 · 07-05-2023, 12:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BostonNut

We jumped off a roof into a five foot deep above ground pool. You had to cannonball in or else you would probably have broken a leg. Fun times!

you could have landed on your belly and your legs would never have touched the ground

spuds1961 · 07-05-2023, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by corndog

At night we would throw water balloons at sports cars and pickup trucks.

Those were the ones that would chase you!

They used to have above ground train stations in Staten Island that we would hang out on and drop eggs onto the cars driving below. I think how dangerous and stupid it was now but back then it was just stupid teenage pranks.

Boo · 07-05-2023, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by glen87

that's because you knew how to be stupid, but not be absolutely idiotic

Are you saying that spuds had a lot of practice?

Boo · 07-05-2023, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by glen87

you could have landed on your belly and your legs would never have touched the ground

There wouldn’t have been any water left in the pool either.

fulltritty · 07-05-2023, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by corndog

At night we would throw water balloons at sports cars and pickup trucks.

Those were the ones that would chase you!

We did that at police cars.

BostonNut · 07-05-2023, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by fulltritty

We did that at police cars.

Did you take pictures of them before or after?

Boo · 07-05-2023, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BostonNut

Did you take pictures of them before or after?

bigdog2003 · 07-05-2023, 01:41 PM

Worst we ever did was to stand on a bridge over the lake, flash cars going by, then jump off the bridge. Males and females took part in this, and it was the days before cameras were everywhere. We got caught once because a guy chickened out on the jump part. Didn't get in trouble, the people just said "be careful" and went on their way.

spuds1961 · 07-05-2023, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Boo

Are you saying that spuds had a lot of practice?

I was so good at it I didn’t need practice.

glen87 · 07-05-2023, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Boo

There wouldn’t have been any water left in the pool either.

that's why he had to always go last

bigdog2003 · 07-05-2023, 02:09 PM

Had an investment property offered to me. It's a former rental, they are asking $4,000 down and $360 a month. I asked them to give me the total they are asking and I'm waiting to hear back. I already know it needs a roof and some of the sheetrock inside needs replacing, but if I can get it cheap and put about 25K into it to make a property I can rent for $1,500-2,000 a month I may jump on it.

It's a 4 bedroom, 2 bath with decent size in a decent neighborhood.

glen87 · 07-05-2023, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by bigdog2003

Had an investment property offered to me. It's a former rental, they are asking $4,000 down and $360 a month. I asked them to give me the total they are asking and I'm waiting to hear back. I already know it needs a roof and some of the sheetrock inside needs replacing, but if I can get it cheap and put about 25K into it to make a property I can rent for $1,500-2,000 a month I may jump on it.

It's a 4 bedroom, 2 bath with decent size in a decent neighborhood.

knock off the last two zeros of those numbers and you could become the new landlord to the BOO clan

fulltritty · 07-05-2023, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BostonNut

Did you take pictures of them before or after?

Nah, I wasn't into taking photographs of anything when I was a kid.

fulltritty · 07-05-2023, 02:43 PM

I decided to skip the Manchester parade today. It had a lot to do with the 2 hour, 40 minute drive to go 80 miles in stop and go traffic.

I also figure that I'll probably get the exact same apparatus at the Reese parade 2 weeks from now.

fulltritty · 07-05-2023, 02:45 PM

Our Chief is at the final procession meeting for tomorrow right now and is going to give me the final draft of the route when they are done. Our county must be dumping tons of stuff as Waldorf, Hughesville, and La Plata have coverage crews coming in from Fairfax County and DC.

bigdog2003 · 07-05-2023, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by glen87

knock off the last two zeros of those numbers and you could become the new landlord to the BOO clan

Tempting, but I have a feeling the cleanup after them would be terrible.

I think real estate is the next thing I go in big on. 1 thing they aren't making is more land, so it's always a good investment.

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bigdog2003 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Newberry, SC Posts: 9,286 jammons52 bigdog2003	Worst we ever did was to stand on a bridge over the lake, flash cars going by, then jump off the bridge. Males and females took part in this, and it was the days before cameras were everywhere. We got caught once because a guy chickened out on the jump part. Didn't get in trouble, the people just said "be careful" and went on their way. __________________ Looking for Football: All South Carolina Gamecocks. Baseball: Carl Edwards Jr, Nick Ciuffo, Jackie Bradley Jr, SEARCHING FOR BILLY O'DELL PSA/SGC GRADED CARDS FOR THE PC

07-05-2023, 02:09 PM	#228845
bigdog2003 Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Newberry, SC Posts: 9,286 jammons52 bigdog2003	Had an investment property offered to me. It's a former rental, they are asking $4,000 down and $360 a month. I asked them to give me the total they are asking and I'm waiting to hear back. I already know it needs a roof and some of the sheetrock inside needs replacing, but if I can get it cheap and put about 25K into it to make a property I can rent for $1,500-2,000 a month I may jump on it. It's a 4 bedroom, 2 bath with decent size in a decent neighborhood. __________________ Looking for Football: All South Carolina Gamecocks. Baseball: Carl Edwards Jr, Nick Ciuffo, Jackie Bradley Jr, SEARCHING FOR BILLY O'DELL PSA/SGC GRADED CARDS FOR THE PC

07-05-2023, 12:10 PM	#228831
fulltritty Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: King George, VA Posts: 78,333	We had lunch with the Colonel that runs our department. He's a fun guy. When your Division Chief begins a story with "I used to work for a mail" and the Colonel looks at him with the same dirty thoughts as my wife and I, you know he's cool.

07-05-2023, 02:43 PM	#228848
fulltritty Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: King George, VA Posts: 78,333	I decided to skip the Manchester parade today. It had a lot to do with the 2 hour, 40 minute drive to go 80 miles in stop and go traffic. I also figure that I'll probably get the exact same apparatus at the Reese parade 2 weeks from now.

07-05-2023, 02:45 PM	#228849
fulltritty Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: King George, VA Posts: 78,333	Our Chief is at the final procession meeting for tomorrow right now and is going to give me the final draft of the route when they are done. Our county must be dumping tons of stuff as Waldorf, Hughesville, and La Plata have coverage crews coming in from Fairfax County and DC.