When I was young and foolish...

Dave R · 08-15-2006, 02:58 PM

How about older and foolish?

Me

Castle in the Clouds

Last week

Weirs guy · 08-15-2006, 05:23 PM

Hey, I could use that shower head for my bathroom remodeling project! Would older and foolisher us "borrow" such a thing??

gtxrider · 08-19-2006, 10:06 AM

How did we get to be so old?

We road on the top of the back seat of my cousin's 61 Impala convertable (it was new).

We never wore helmets while riding bikes.

We sat in the back of pick up trucks riding down Rts. 1 and 9.

Water skied with only a life belt that was not USCG approved and took off and landed in shallow water. So close to shore that I once was stopped by the wall of the Sandy Point Beach motel.

The cars we road in had steel dashboards and no seat belts. Seven in a 59 Belair going New Hampshire for 7 hours.

And that's all I will admit to!

4Fun · 08-23-2006, 02:56 PM

We never used to go night canoeing without life jackets. At least we had plenty of beer to keep us safe.

Wolfeboro Matt · 08-23-2006, 03:43 PM

Great thread...

FLboater – It’s good to hear I wasn’t the only one who though tipping boats was a god idea. I used to flip Sunfish out in the middle of Wolfeboro Bay. For some reason I thought it was fun to upright them again. Not a good idea with the traffic out there nowadays.

And definitely do not try this one at home – I knew it was a bad idea and I was only 7 or 8 at the time. The “grownups” (if you could call them that) thought it would be a neat idea to take all the firework duds that failed to go off, put them in a card board box, douse them with lighter fluid, and ignite it. But wait, it gets better. Rather than do so on the beach (too close to the house), they put them on the swim dock. The wooden swim dock. Nothing but charred remains in the morning. (Mee-n-Mac – I figured for sure I was alone on this one.)

And of course there were the bottle rocket wars. Another brilliant concept.

tis · 08-23-2006, 06:16 PM

A bunch of us didn't have a big campfire on my folk's beach and the fire department didn't come in all their glory and scare us all to death.

Weirs guy · 08-23-2006, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfeboro Matt

And of course there were the bottle rocket wars. Another brilliant concept.

Isn't that why they put the long handles on them, to make it easier to aim?

Mee-n-Mac · 08-23-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Wolfeboro Matt

And of course there were the bottle rocket wars. Another brilliant concept.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weirs guy

Isn't that why they put the long handles on them, to make it easier to aim?

The wussy types put the stick in a tube and sighted along it to aim the rockets at their adversaries. We found it much more machismo (and skillful) to hold them by the stick and use an underhand swing motion, timing the letgo so as to have main motor ignition coincide with alignment to the victim.

Aaah to be young again.

Weirs guy · 08-24-2006, 04:12 AM

Wow, I think I'll just stick to using roman candles Mee.

KBoater · 08-24-2006, 08:39 AM

Cherry bombs under used soup cans. Great noise.

JG1222 · 08-24-2006, 10:14 AM

Back in the day, when there was only one "cable" company and everyone had the same remote control (not so far back that the remotes were still attached with a wire), we never used to creep around the windows of houses in the neighborhood where we rented to change the channels, increase volume, etc. to unsuspecting people who were watching TV.

We also NEVER used a potato knocker. For those of you who have never heard of one, picture this: Get yourself a wire clothes hanger (like the kind your get when you pickup your shirts at the dry cleaner). Put your finger out and hold the "hook" end with one hand. With the other hand, put your finger dead center on the bottom of the horizontal part (where a pair of pants would hang) and pull apart. Now, with the end that has the hook on it, cram a raw potato on the end like you were hooking a worm. With the other end, bend it so it will hang on the lower part of someone's screen door (this was back in the day as well, when everyone had those silver aluminum bottoms on the doors).

Tie a piece of fishing line to the end with the potato and run across the street or hide behind a bush with the other end. Tug on the fishing line and the potato will "knock" on the bottom of the door. Do it 2-3 times and stop. Watch in amazement as the front light comes on, and someone opens the inside door and looks around, wondering where their unexpected visitor went. When the door shuts, count to 60 and "knock" again. Repeat until you get caught or wet yourself laughing.

DISCLAIMER: In this day and age, I wouldn't even attempt or recommend something like this (today someone is likely to get themselves shot when they choose the wrong house), but in "simpler times"...

WeirsGuard · 08-24-2006, 10:55 AM

We didn't attach M-80's with a smoldering cigarette as a timer to the pilings under the Weirs Boardwalk and then sit outside of Konner's Kandy Kitchen to wait for the explosion.

The reactions were priceless.

In hindsight; very stupid.

tricia1218 · 08-24-2006, 11:17 AM

I think the long stick on bottle rockets was for putting them in emply beer bottles to have better aim.

Misty Blue · 08-24-2006, 11:47 AM

You know those little Pop Balls. The ones that you throw on the ground or step on to make a small explosion?

Well make sure that you never take two of them and place them under the public toilet seat (under the rubber stoppers). If some unsuspecting traveler decides to use the throne....Pop-Pop!!!

Run like HELL!!!

Misty Blue

Mee-n-Mac · 08-24-2006, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JG1222

Back in the day, when there was only one "cable" company and everyone had the same remote control (not so far back that the remotes were still attached with a wire), we never used to creep around the windows of houses in the neighborhood where we rented to change the channels, increase volume, etc. to unsuspecting people who were watching TV.

We also NEVER used a potato knocker.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Misty Blue

You know those little Pop Balls. The ones that you throw on the ground or step on to make a small explosion?
Well make sure that you never take two of them and place them under the public toilet seat (under the rubber stoppers). If some unsuspecting traveler decides to use the throne....Pop-Pop!!!

Run like HELL!!!
Misty Blue

Now there's some ideas that never occured to me ! I am truely humbled by the inventiveness and audacity of such magnificent mischieviousness.

Dickie B from HB · 08-24-2006, 07:26 PM

Back a few eras ago when I was a teenager, I had a B utlity racing boat powered by a 10 Hurricane Mercury. I used to take it to the Weirs from Lake Shore Park. But I never went through Sally's Gut at full speed (certainly not more than a few times).

Dick B.

Pepper · 08-24-2006, 09:11 PM

My brother-in-law who is a professional firefighter DID NOT rig up any spark plugs just inside the edge of his exhaust pipe outlet, and those plugs were NEVER connected to a line leading to the windshield washer reservoir, which was MOST CERTAINLY NOT filled with gasoline, nor was any of this apparatus connected to a switch on his steering column. Therefore he DID NOT EVER back his car up to any dried up cornfields in New Jersey and set them aflame when he was young and foolish.

Kevin C · 08-26-2006, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by FLboater

Cherry bombs under used soup cans. Great noise.

....and great shrapnel !!

08-15-2006, 05:23 PM	#2
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Hey, I could use that shower head for my bathroom remodeling project! Would older and foolisher us "borrow" such a thing?? __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

08-19-2006, 10:06 AM	#3
gtxrider Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Piscataway, NJ Posts: 1,030 Thanks: 2 Thanked 46 Times in 24 Posts	Young and foolish How did we get to be so old? We road on the top of the back seat of my cousin's 61 Impala convertable (it was new). We never wore helmets while riding bikes. We sat in the back of pick up trucks riding down Rts. 1 and 9. Water skied with only a life belt that was not USCG approved and took off and landed in shallow water. So close to shore that I once was stopped by the wall of the Sandy Point Beach motel. The cars we road in had steel dashboards and no seat belts. Seven in a 59 Belair going New Hampshire for 7 hours. And that's all I will admit to!

08-23-2006, 03:43 PM	#5
Wolfeboro Matt Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: middleton, ma and wolfeboro, nh Posts: 85 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	Boats and fireworks - a common theme Great thread... FLboater – It’s good to hear I wasn’t the only one who though tipping boats was a god idea. I used to flip Sunfish out in the middle of Wolfeboro Bay. For some reason I thought it was fun to upright them again. Not a good idea with the traffic out there nowadays. And definitely do not try this one at home – I knew it was a bad idea and I was only 7 or 8 at the time. The “grownups” (if you could call them that) thought it would be a neat idea to take all the firework duds that failed to go off, put them in a card board box, douse them with lighter fluid, and ignite it. But wait, it gets better. Rather than do so on the beach (too close to the house), they put them on the swim dock. The wooden swim dock. Nothing but charred remains in the morning. (Mee-n-Mac – I figured for sure I was alone on this one.) And of course there were the bottle rocket wars. Another brilliant concept.

08-24-2006, 04:12 AM	#9
Weirs guy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Weirs Beach, NH Posts: 1,067 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Wow, I think I'll just stick to using roman candles Mee. __________________ Is it bikeweek yet? Now?

08-24-2006, 08:39 AM	#10
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	Cherry bombs under used soup cans. Great noise. __________________ Home Permanently in NH

08-15-2006, 02:58 PM	#1
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,985 Thanks: 246 Thanked 744 Times in 444 Posts	How about older and foolish? Me Castle in the Clouds Last week

08-23-2006, 02:56 PM	#4
4Fun Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 283 Thanks: 1 Thanked 66 Times in 38 Posts	We never used to go night canoeing without life jackets. At least we had plenty of beer to keep us safe.

08-23-2006, 06:16 PM	#6
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,727 Thanks: 752 Thanked 1,457 Times in 1,014 Posts	A bunch of us didn't have a big campfire on my folk's beach and the fire department didn't come in all their glory and scare us all to death.

08-24-2006, 10:14 AM	#11
JG1222 Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pelham, NH Posts: 347 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Potato Knockers & Remote Controls Back in the day, when there was only one "cable" company and everyone had the same remote control (not so far back that the remotes were still attached with a wire), we never used to creep around the windows of houses in the neighborhood where we rented to change the channels, increase volume, etc. to unsuspecting people who were watching TV. We also NEVER used a potato knocker. For those of you who have never heard of one, picture this: Get yourself a wire clothes hanger (like the kind your get when you pickup your shirts at the dry cleaner). Put your finger out and hold the "hook" end with one hand. With the other hand, put your finger dead center on the bottom of the horizontal part (where a pair of pants would hang) and pull apart. Now, with the end that has the hook on it, cram a raw potato on the end like you were hooking a worm. With the other end, bend it so it will hang on the lower part of someone's screen door (this was back in the day as well, when everyone had those silver aluminum bottoms on the doors). Tie a piece of fishing line to the end with the potato and run across the street or hide behind a bush with the other end. Tug on the fishing line and the potato will "knock" on the bottom of the door. Do it 2-3 times and stop. Watch in amazement as the front light comes on, and someone opens the inside door and looks around, wondering where their unexpected visitor went. When the door shuts, count to 60 and "knock" again. Repeat until you get caught or wet yourself laughing. DISCLAIMER: In this day and age, I wouldn't even attempt or recommend something like this (today someone is likely to get themselves shot when they choose the wrong house), but in "simpler times"... Last edited by JG1222; 08-24-2006 at 10:59 AM.

08-24-2006, 10:55 AM	#12
WeirsGuard Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 39 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts	When I was young and...... We didn't attach M-80's with a smoldering cigarette as a timer to the pilings under the Weirs Boardwalk and then sit outside of Konner's Kandy Kitchen to wait for the explosion. The reactions were priceless. In hindsight; very stupid.

08-24-2006, 11:17 AM	#13
tricia1218 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: MA/Paugus Bay Posts: 155 Thanks: 31 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	I think the long stick on bottle rockets was for putting them in emply beer bottles to have better aim.

08-24-2006, 11:47 AM	#14
Misty Blue Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 658 Thanks: 121 Thanked 283 Times in 98 Posts	Pop-Pop! You know those little Pop Balls. The ones that you throw on the ground or step on to make a small explosion? Well make sure that you never take two of them and place them under the public toilet seat (under the rubber stoppers). If some unsuspecting traveler decides to use the throne....Pop-Pop!!! Run like HELL!!! Misty Blue

08-24-2006, 07:26 PM	#16
Dickie B from HB Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 62 Thanks: 9 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts	Tricky ride Back a few eras ago when I was a teenager, I had a B utlity racing boat powered by a 10 Hurricane Mercury. I used to take it to the Weirs from Lake Shore Park. But I never went through Sally's Gut at full speed (certainly not more than a few times). Dick B.

08-24-2006, 09:11 PM	#17
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	My brother-in-law who is a professional firefighter DID NOT rig up any spark plugs just inside the edge of his exhaust pipe outlet, and those plugs were NEVER connected to a line leading to the windshield washer reservoir, which was MOST CERTAINLY NOT filled with gasoline, nor was any of this apparatus connected to a switch on his steering column. Therefore he DID NOT EVER back his car up to any dried up cornfields in New Jersey and set them aflame when he was young and foolish. __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!