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debm55

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5. elleng, you are lucky. But in my youth, I lived sort of on the edge in certain ways and conservative

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 10, 2023, 10:43 PM

Mar 2023

in others. You know, I honestly don't remember thinking of the dangers involved. I guess that is the downfall of youth.

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Looking back at your youth, was there anything that you did that now you think, I can"t believe I [View all] debm55 Mar 2023 OP

siphoned gas in the middle of the night from a car parked at a gas station Skittles Mar 2023 #1

OMG, skittles, I drove a 1965 Chevy Impala when I drove stoned. Your lucky that nothing happened debm55 Mar 2023 #3

it makes me cringe when I think about it Skittles Mar 2023 #6

I don't think so, as I tend to be 'conservative,' life-style wise, that is, elleng Mar 2023 #2

elleng, you are lucky. But in my youth, I lived sort of on the edge in certain ways and conservative debm55 Mar 2023 #5

You see "effeng" while I see True Dough Mar 2023 #10

OMG, I am so sorry, I took my meds, so I shouldn't be posting at all. I am so embarrassed. debm55 Mar 2023 #15

It's not that big a deal True Dough Mar 2023 #18

I see what you did You made me smile. debm55 Mar 2023 #35

LOL! Niagara Mar 2023 #31

I do the same-I type Siswan then I look and change. debm55 Mar 2023 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author debm55 Mar 2023 #16

I plea the 5th. Chainfire Mar 2023 #4

Chain, in your youth-late teens, young adult. I like your answer though. debm55 Mar 2023 #8

I did stupid things, the worst of which was drunk driving from the time I was 15 until I was about Chainfire Mar 2023 #13

I'm so very sorry you had to see that Chainfire. Sometimes in our youth, we feel that we are debm55 Mar 2023 #19

yes Kali Mar 2023 #7

Here it is True Dough Mar 2023 #14

I had a lotta fun Kali Mar 2023 #17

Oh yes... Ohio Joe Mar 2023 #9

Oh, so many things. Laffy Kat Mar 2023 #11

Laffy Kat, almost the same home situation here. My parents thought they only had 2 kids, not 3. It debm55 Mar 2023 #21

You are one of the strong ones. Laffy Kat Mar 2023 #27

I lived in the Denver foothills, rural, naive.. likesmountains 52 Mar 2023 #12

You were very lucky. I used to thumb to college and work as I lived out of town. Nothing happened debm55 Mar 2023 #22

Alot of drag racing my dad's 1966 Chevelle and driving narrow sinkingfeeling Mar 2023 #20

You were very lucky. My friend and his father were drag racing at a mall parking lot. Car overturned debm55 Mar 2023 #24

Riding downhill in supermarket shopping carts. Chipper Chat Mar 2023 #23

Wow, Chipper that was dangerous. You are lucky that nothing else happened. debm55 Mar 2023 #25

Utter stupidly college behavior Chipper Chat Mar 2023 #26

Knocked myself out jumping on a Slip and Slide in the front yard. mbusby Mar 2023 #28

Yes. Ocelot II Mar 2023 #29

I'm very lucky to have made it to adulthood without Phoenix61 Mar 2023 #30

I use to do backward flips off the diving board as a teenager. Niagara Mar 2023 #32

I took a quaalude and went swimming. lark Mar 2023 #33

... highplainsdem Mar 2023 #34