Useless Facts/Chit Chat Thread

[RvUsa]

Ignore it & drink away!!!

But when I try to pour it, it starts floating around.... I never have this problem with a beer

 

[seabee]

Some people use vodka instead of rum, some add a splash of mint...there are lots of ways to make them.

I bet it would taste good with the mint. I love minty chocolatey stuff.

 

[des1954]

When we moved back to the city from the country (I think I was about 13), my folks would send me to the store to buy beer and cigarettes for them!! Never a problem, and no note, either!

I never had a curfew til I was about 15 because I knew I better be home by dark thirty --- or else!! My folks both worked, so there was no one to report to. Somehow, if we ever got out of line, one of the neighbors would rat us out & can you believe my parents believed the neighbors instead of their own daughter???? The noive!!!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

spin the bottle and truth or dare became more and more fun the closer we got to 12yrs old.

 

[des1954]

But when I try to pour it, it starts floating around.... I never have this problem with a beer

Oh John, do I gotta tell ya everything? Forgo the glass & slug it outta da bottle!! What you don't see, can't hurt you!

And apparantly, you never had a Dunk's beer. Dunk's had chunks!!

 

[seabee]

We use to camp out too in the backyard. I LOVED that. And your right Shannone, we never checked in until we were hungry or it was dark. I use to ride my bike everywhere. I had a pink huffy, and then I was so psyched when I got my big 10 speed.

 

[Us3]

Thanks for the recipe! Sounds yummy, I have it saved! DH brought a bottle of Grey Goose home...looks like its an appletini tonight!

Summer for me at that age consisted of lot's of camping trips! Lot's of time in/on the water swimming, skiing, fishing. Trip's to my grand parents house in the country. Summer vacations for us consisted of either camping or traveling by car to other cities.

At home we played outside all of the time...do you remember having to be home when the street lights came on?? Riding bikes, walking to the store to buy candy, hide 'n seek. I had older brothers and sister, so they took me to the mall or what they called "riding around", LOL!

Thanks for the trip down memory lane...those were some good times! I can't help thinking about how different it is for dd9 now

 

[des1954]

spin the bottle and truth or dare became more and more fun the closer we got to 12yrs old.

Mmmmm, somehow Rog, I can picture you instigating these games!!

I remember hosting a Halloween party at my house when I was 15. I decorated the basement & we all partied down there. My mom kept spying on us from the laundry chute. When I figured that out, we all moved to the other end of the basement!! Mom didn't realize that when she stepped on a certain spot of the bathroom floor, it creaked!! We had a delightful game of spin the bottle that evening!!

 

[BigDaddyRog]

Nothing ever compared to TOUGHSKIN JEANS from Sear's...with the reinforced knees!!

 

[seabee]

spin the bottle and truth or dare became more and more fun the closer we got to 12yrs old.

That made me think of a "party" that a girl had in her basement, we were in 7th grade, and we played spin the bottle only when it landed on you if you were "dating" someone that is who you kissed. Well they turned the lights off so you could kiss and my boyfriend ended up biting my eye! Oh the memories.

 

[Us3]

We use to camp out too in the backyard. I LOVED that. And your right Shannone, we never checked in until we were hungry or it was dark. I use to ride my bike everywhere. I had a pink huffy, and then I was so psyched when I got my big 10 speed.

Ah, we had our camper in an enclosed fence in the backyard. My favorite sleepovers were when my friends and I slept outside in the camper. Of course that was our way of "sneaking out" when I was older

 

[Us3]

That made me think of a "party" that a girl had in her basement, we were in 7th grade, and we played spin the bottle only when it landed on you if you were "dating" someone that is who you kissed. Well they turned the lights off so you could kiss and my boyfriend ended up biting my eye! Oh the memories.

Ouch!

 

[Shannone1]

I never played spin the bottle as a kid. We did play truth or dare. We also liked "light as a feather", Ouigi boards, telling ghost stories, "Bloody Mary" and pretty much anything else designed to scare the crap out of you !!

 

[seabee]

Its too bad, I don't think I would dare let my girls do that now. There are too many wackos out there. I feel like the kids are robbed of some really great parts of their childhood now. My childhood was great.

 

[seabee]

OOOOO, I have some FREAKY Ouija board stories!

 

[RvUsa]

Ok, decided to try the chunky wine, but when I tried to open the bottle, it didn't have a twist off, instead it had a chunk of wood in the end. So I had to walk out to the shop and get my cordless drill, now it has more chunks floating in it, I sure hope it is worth it!

 

[seabee]

A little fiber never hurt anyone!

 

[Shannone1]

Its too bad, I don't think I would dare let my girls do that now. There are too many wackos out there. I feel like the kids are robbed of some really great parts of their childhood now. My childhood was great.

I know what you mean. I do feel sad that my kids don't have the same carefree existence that I did. BUT they do get many other great experiences that I never did....having their own bedrooms, wonderful vacations all around the country, DISNEYWORLD, extra-cirricular activities, parents that can help out in school and go on field trips, etc. I think their childhoods have been just as happy.....just in a different way

 

[seabee]

You are right. My kids do have that too. I never went to Disney until my junior year in highschool. I do like that I am able to do things for my kids that my parents weren't. It is just a different time, and way of life. We have fun still!

 

[Us3]

We always had an annual carnival that was held at the end of summer just before school started. The kids always went to see how everyone else "looked" and to see how they had changed over the summer.