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23. I worked in the meat department of a small grocery store

Sat Sep 16, 2023, 08:02 PM

Sep 2023

from the summer I turned 15, until I graduated. I also worked there the summer after my freshman year in college. After my second year, I worked in a meat locker for the summer.

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It's 8:45 PM on a Saturday night, what were you doing as an 16, 17, or 18 year old? [View all] debm55 Sep 2023 OP

Well...no good. I can say that much. ret5hd Sep 2023 #1

Oh, debm55 Sep 2023 #9

Dancing at the Youth Center. LakeArenal Sep 2023 #2

We used to have our dances on Friday. debm55 Sep 2023 #11

After 18 tho, lots of LSD, Qualudes and pot. LakeArenal Sep 2023 #34

No LSD, qualudes, but pot and opiated hash. That was after 18, too. debm55 Sep 2023 #36

Oh. I forgot hash. At one point Mr Lake had five different varieties. LakeArenal Sep 2023 #49

Just getting off work. rsdsharp Sep 2023 #3

Where did you work at? debm55 Sep 2023 #14

I worked in the meat department of a small grocery store rsdsharp Sep 2023 #23

Babysitting and watching tv The Blue Flower Sep 2023 #4

Me too, but mostly watching TV. debm55 Sep 2023 #16

Haven't Told Anybody Yet, Ma'am, Why Should I Tell You.... The Magistrate Sep 2023 #5

Confession is good for the soul. House of Roberts Sep 2023 #7

If You've Got One, Sir, I Suppose It Is... The Magistrate Sep 2023 #10

Oh okay. Your secret will remain. debm55 Sep 2023 #17

Sadly bucolic_frolic Sep 2023 #6

Me too. debm55 Sep 2023 #18

Well, it wasn't Lawrence Welk. Sneederbunk Sep 2023 #8

When I stayed with my grandparents. it was. debm55 Sep 2023 #19

Getting off work in 30 minutes. Dave in VA Sep 2023 #12

Did you sort of slow down before? When I was 18, we would clean up slowly and then then stand around debm55 Sep 2023 #21

I worked at a Mom and Pop Dave in VA Sep 2023 #28

Dave, that was great you had a job that was near and you liked. debm55 Sep 2023 #37

Think I would've been working at the Dairy Queen making blizzards, thick milkshake for my friends Walleye Sep 2023 #13

I never had a job until I was 18. Felt like a nerd always at home. Babysat the neighbors kids debm55 Sep 2023 #25

CBS Movies TC 1 Sep 2023 #15

I would pet my cat and read, when I wasn't babysitting. My favorite line up of programs was on debm55 Sep 2023 #24

Sitting home, reading or watching TV, brooding because as usual Ocelot II Sep 2023 #20

Join the club OcelotII. That's how I was until 18 and a half. debm55 Sep 2023 #22

Once I had a car at 16, Mr.Bill Sep 2023 #26

I had my license at 15 here in PA. It was a Cinderella license--had to be with a Driver and in by a debm55 Sep 2023 #31

At 16 I was still in high school and had no social life. Sigh. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2023 #27

As I have gotten older, the idea of a social life isn't as great as it was. when I as younger. debm55 Sep 2023 #32

Usually the high school or a church had a live band playing. FuzzyRabbit Sep 2023 #29

As a teen, we lived in a suburban area. Cars were a must. Bummed rides with kids my age to the HS debm55 Sep 2023 #33

Working at a movie theatre Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #30

What did you do at the theatre. I always wanted to make the popcorn. Then one day, they left the debm55 Sep 2023 #35

Yeah, we had bags of prepopped corn too Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #47

Oh, sorry, but it doesn't sound to great. Especially the kiddie shows. debm55 Sep 2023 #51

It was fun at times Fiendish Thingy Sep 2023 #56

At 16, at home, building Estes model rockets vanamonde Sep 2023 #38

But vanamonde, you made it out of those years. And no you are not a nerdy computer guy. You are an debm55 Sep 2023 #40

Thank you for the kind words! n/t vanamonde Sep 2023 #57

Driving around Yaw's Drive in Burgers.. Permanut Sep 2023 #39

Oh ,I had a 65 Chevy Impala--aqua. debm55 Sep 2023 #41

Me too, same color. I can't remember if we discussed this before or not. LuckyCharms Sep 2023 #42

I think we did on a thread called Your First car. NO power steering, NO AWD, Drove like a tank. debm55 Sep 2023 #43

Thanks, Deb LuckyCharms Sep 2023 #44

'65 was totally cool.. Permanut Sep 2023 #45

18 yrs old I just returned back to the states Emile Sep 2023 #46

Lucky. debm55 Sep 2023 #50

Not really, that's when we found out about Woodstock Emile Sep 2023 #52

My husband went and he is a self described nerd. Went to Cornell for pre-med. debm55 Sep 2023 #54

In August I was in Malta. Connie Stevens & Marty Allen Emile Sep 2023 #55

Sleeping, running, or writing code for 1802 or 6502 microprocessors. hunter Sep 2023 #48

Oh no. hunter, don't be sorry. That time period was the worst of my life too. I have discussed my debm55 Sep 2023 #53

I was usually playing a gig back then. LudwigPastorius Sep 2023 #58

Probably sweeping or mopping. lpbk2713 Sep 2023 #59

Thank you Ipbk2713 debm55 Sep 2023 #69

Watching TV, ready for Adult Swim (Sat) sakabatou Sep 2023 #60

Thank you sakabatou debm55 Sep 2023 #70

Any of 3 possibilities, depending on which Saturday night. wnylib Sep 2023 #61

Very good ways to spend a Saturday evening debm55 Sep 2023 #71

High school and college? ( where's the damn calculator?) usonian Sep 2023 #62

I hating slide rulers. Never could figure out how to use. debm55 Sep 2023 #73

Log ( a * b ) equals log(a) plus log(b). Wow. usonian Sep 2023 #81

Probably masturbating. Elessar Zappa Sep 2023 #63

HAHHAHA debm55 Sep 2023 #74

I played in a band. Chipper Chat Sep 2023 #64

That's great. Do still play today? debm55 Sep 2023 #75

My 50s band was rock n roll. Chipper Chat Sep 2023 #82

In my room, listening to music Mad_Dem_X Sep 2023 #65

I knoe what you mean debm55 Sep 2023 #76

. Mad_Dem_X Sep 2023 #87

Either playing the guitar, listening to music, or engaged in backseat adventures with my girlfriend. NNadir Sep 2023 #66

Well you had some choices there debm55 Sep 2023 #77

Seeing a movie or cruising the streets drinking beer. Paladin Sep 2023 #67

Oh you. debm55 Sep 2023 #78

I was either: Niagara Sep 2023 #68

I like your choices, debm55 Sep 2023 #79

Debbie, I would like to clarify that I was a marijuana smoker. Niagara Sep 2023 #83

So was I debm55 Sep 2023 #85

Cruising Waikiki for tourist girls my age. (Somebody had to grow up in Waikiki) Bobstandard Sep 2023 #72

Oh my. I see your point debm55 Sep 2023 #80

That would have been 73 - 75 TexasBushwhacker Sep 2023 #84

Me too, but 73-75 , I was older debm55 Sep 2023 #88

Sometimes homework. I was grounded alot. LeftInTX Sep 2023 #86

I know I hated typing.One finger typer here debm55 Sep 2023 #89

I had this "glamorous" goal of becoming secretary... LeftInTX Sep 2023 #90

Good for you that you changed directions. I'm proud of you. debm55 Sep 2023 #91

Best decision ever... LeftInTX Sep 2023 #92