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155. Wonderful and I bet the scene was beautiful TY applegrove.

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What did you do as a teen/kid that parents today would have a fit if they knew you did it. Mine---sliding down huge [View all] debm55 Jan 2024 OP

Riding down a hill on a sled gab13by13 Jan 2024 #1

Yep they would have a fit. debm55 Jan 2024 #3

Ha! We had one of those, too happybird Jan 2024 #110

We'd have bb pistol gunfights... MiHale Jan 2024 #2

Did anyone get hurt? debm55 Jan 2024 #4

Not by the bb's...😂 MiHale Jan 2024 #5

HAHAHAHAHHAH You are funny, MiHale. debm55 Jan 2024 #6

I had to have eye surgery over bb gun wars... Chainfire Jan 2024 #27

Sorry about your eye surgery. Hope everything was alright. We had them too up in the woods. and played Tarzan. It was debm55 Jan 2024 #31

The one time we swung on vines was down by the river... MiHale Jan 2024 #44

Me either. So swung away. debm55 Jan 2024 #49

Funny story... MiHale Jan 2024 #52

Thank you for that funny post. Believe me I tried to get it as you got to stay home from school No such luck. debm55 Jan 2024 #53

My brother and I, along with the kids down the street, would do this too, but without the cardboard body armor. LudwigPastorius Jan 2024 #73

Sounds like fun but dangerous too debm55 Jan 2024 #79

we used metal trash can lids as shields Captain Zero Jan 2024 #109

Did the bb s penetrate the lids? debm55 Jan 2024 #112

Screwing around in the freight yards CanonRay Jan 2024 #7

The slag pile was next to the steel mill in my town. They would dump the slag and it would semi harden. We didn't go on debm55 Jan 2024 #10

Train noises still put me to sleep CanonRay Jan 2024 #17

Me too, You hear them better at night. debm55 Jan 2024 #21

They don't loook huge from the road, walking in a train yard like you did and next to a moving train like I did was debm55 Jan 2024 #35

Or the construction sights that were later found to have blasting caps all over. LakeArenal Jan 2024 #103

True, debm55 Jan 2024 #107

Went way deep into the forest all alone and climbed to the tops of the tallest trees. Mister Ed Jan 2024 #8

Sounds beautiful.Mr. Ed. debm55 Jan 2024 #11

In those days kids were free-range. In the summer we'd take off for the day; Ocelot II Jan 2024 #9

My childhood was the same. Summers you were on your own. The most dangerous think we did was to walk into the next town. debm55 Jan 2024 #13

Free Range is a great description CanonRay Jan 2024 #19

True. and we never told. debm55 Jan 2024 #22

I like Free Range Kids. Do you think it was because our parents came from large families? And their mothers didn't want debm55 Jan 2024 #30

I don't think that's it, at least not in my family or neighborhood. Ocelot II Jan 2024 #34

Perfect post, Ocelot II . The school guard told on me. I never learned until later why I was not allowed to take candy debm55 Jan 2024 #36

Most families in my neighborhood had 3-4 kids max Jilly_in_VA Jan 2024 #56

Thank you Jilly_in_VA. Yes we rode our bikes all over too. Love the feeling of the find in my hair, debm55 Jan 2024 #58

Similar To You, Ocelot ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #69

By the time I was a teenager we learned of a nearby family with nine kids, Ocelot II Jan 2024 #70

Thanks ProfessorGAC, besides the walking on the train tracks, the bulls, the slag hills. I led a "peaceful life" debm55 Jan 2024 #80

I also think neighborhoods were close. LakeArenal Jan 2024 #101

Very true, LakeArenal. Thank you. debm55 Jan 2024 #104

Also, back then, parents NEVER backed their own kids against a complaint from a neighbor or teacher. LakeArenal Jan 2024 #106

Yes, at home and at home. debm55 Jan 2024 #129

definitely, or a teacher either. We had to really prove we were in the right, too. nt yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #136

for us it was just a very small town in the middle of nowhere. yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #130

yellowdogintexas, that sounds nice and relaxing. TY debm55 Jan 2024 #133

Free range kids...love it! MiHale Jan 2024 #48

Going down a sliding hill, at night, wearing ice skates. zanana1 Jan 2024 #12

How many bones did you break? debm55 Jan 2024 #14

I was incredibly lucky. zanana1 Jan 2024 #15

You were young. It's not that you weren't bright. debm55 Jan 2024 #23

My kid did that Mz Pip Jan 2024 #55

Riding a bike without a helmet. Aristus Jan 2024 #16

I never wore a helmet. I don;t think we had them . At 5, I walked to Kindergarten across town by myself.My mom didn't debm55 Jan 2024 #18

I also had some restrictions when I was that young. Our dragons lived Ocelot II Jan 2024 #25

Yep, the bike brought freedom. debm55 Jan 2024 #37

Making a fort with hay bales in a barn loft; closing off the exit with a bale, and lighting candles inside. NBachers Jan 2024 #20

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I have heard that phrase before. debm55 Jan 2024 #24

omg me too gopiscrap Jan 2024 #158

"Don't you kids have anything to do outside??" LOL! Ocelot II Jan 2024 #28

I love your list. I am going to save those---Wait until your father get; s home. debm55 Jan 2024 #38

My childhood wrapped up in 5 sentences...🤣 MiHale Jan 2024 #50

MiHale hahahahahahahahha debm55 Jan 2024 #187

In my family, it was: "Yer gonnna end up digging ditches for the restofyerlife!" NBachers Jan 2024 #62

That's funny. You need a hug. debm55 Jan 2024 #63

On a Friends farm, the chickens would nest in the hay loft. Chainfire Jan 2024 #66

I bet life on a farm was diferent and sometimes dangerous. debm55 Jan 2024 #81

I never lived on a farm. Going to the farm to play would be like a kid today, going to the mall. Chainfire Jan 2024 #86

thanks and sorry. debm55 Jan 2024 #89

real farm work is among the most dangerous occupations. yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #135

Thank you for stating that. It sounds fun but can be quit dangerous too. Sorry for the kids. debm55 Jan 2024 #137

As Bob Cesca says "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence" yellowdogintexas Jan 2024 #131

I did that! Mz Pip Jan 2024 #26

If you were lucky someone, somewhere had a washer/dryer or refrigerator box and pile your group in and go down the hill. debm55 Jan 2024 #40

MZ Pip, yes it was fun debm55 Jan 2024 #186

Going to the lake with my best friend. We'd cut through a farmer's corn fields, Liberty Belle Jan 2024 #29

Sounds great, and beautiful, Liberty Belle. debm55 Jan 2024 #41

Same thing and I still have slag in my knee to prove it! They livetohike Jan 2024 #32

You were lucky, because they started they would rattle back and forth. It must have been great time. Did you live near debm55 Jan 2024 #42

Yes! We lived with my Grandma in E.Pgh until I was 6 livetohike Jan 2024 #51

I lived until 9th grade in Duquesne.) My late dad was born in Turtle Creek. the whole area was great for sledding and debm55 Jan 2024 #54

I climbed the town water tower. Among many other things Walleye Jan 2024 #33

Walleye, did you get into trouble? debm55 Jan 2024 #43

No I got almost to the top and I took a picture, I must've been around 11 or 12. I disguised as a science experiment Walleye Jan 2024 #57

Glad you suvived your childhood. debm55 Jan 2024 #59

I often think it was a miracle. Walleye Jan 2024 #60

Riding bikes after school moose65 Jan 2024 #39

Greet post, moose65. Yes, that is how things were. No i-phones. hell I didn;t have a watch until I got my Timex watch in debm55 Jan 2024 #46

I grew up in Waikiki during the first part of the age of construction Bobstandard Jan 2024 #45

That would scare the heck out of me. Glad you lived through that to tell us about it. Me, I am afraid of heights. debm55 Jan 2024 #47

Having spin out races on our bikes. First you would find an area with small gravel. Bikers lined up one at a time. You debm55 Jan 2024 #61

Growing up in an Erie Canal town in Western New York, we had it all- The canal, the railroad tracks, the crick, gravel NBachers Jan 2024 #64

Wow, your group sounds adventurous and fun. TY debm55 Jan 2024 #134

We would speed ride our bikes down a steep road and fly right through the stop cornball 24 Jan 2024 #65

I know you must've built bike jumps. NBachers Jan 2024 #67

Wow, your group lived on on the edge.TY debm55 Jan 2024 #140

Everything my parents told me not to do womanofthehills Jan 2024 #68

So true, Thank you woman of the hills, debm55 Jan 2024 #82

It took me awhile to try to answer this question. Niagara Jan 2024 #71

Niagara, I had a post on here about going skinny dipping. I was ashamed of my body until I got married. We jounied a debm55 Jan 2024 #83

Debbie, I was most likely too young to join naturalist club Niagara Jan 2024 #115

HAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHHAH That's why we haven't gone since son was born. 33 years ago. debm55 Jan 2024 #117

As a kid,... LudwigPastorius Jan 2024 #72

Oh my LudwigPastorius , you were a rebel. debm55 Jan 2024 #84

Rebel? No, just a dumbass! LudwigPastorius Jan 2024 #95

HAHAHAHHAAHHAH debm55 Jan 2024 #97

Shooter out a street light with my pump BB gun. Emile Jan 2024 #74

Did you get into trouble? debm55 Jan 2024 #85

No one saw it. Emile Jan 2024 #99

You were lucky.. debm55 Jan 2024 #100

'Can' I name things I did? Sure. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #75

Thank you, OldBaldy1701E, as we grow we learn. You learned which is part of life. Congratulations on stopping the debm55 Jan 2024 #88

What is amazing is that, even as a simple country boy OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #122

Yes, that's true in all families I think. debm55 Jan 2024 #127

We took a case of beer from the church. Back in the day the Catholic churches all doc03 Jan 2024 #76

Oh my, did you get sick? debm55 Jan 2024 #94

Yep pretty much so. doc03 Jan 2024 #123

Thought so. And drunk too. What did your parents say when you got home? debm55 Jan 2024 #128

They never had a clue. As far as they knew it just another night doc03 Jan 2024 #144

Hahaha You are lucky. debm55 Jan 2024 #146

Sketching bottomofthehill Jan 2024 #77

I never heard of that before. Maybe because they threw ash from the mill down on the roads so the car had traction. I debm55 Jan 2024 #78

If you google bumper skiing bottomofthehill Jan 2024 #87

There are good pictures in the link but this is a much better explanation bottomofthehill Jan 2024 #90

I never heard of that before. I think I would be scared debm55 Jan 2024 #93

this was popular in my town Conjuay Jan 2024 #125

Oh my, but funny in a way, debm55 Jan 2024 #190

yeah, Conjuay Jan 2024 #126

That is funny. debm55 Jan 2024 #191

I posted about the same thing below before I noticed this. Demobrat Jan 2024 #139

That's okay---most of my posts are Free Range. debm55 Jan 2024 #147

Oh, in my areaa, sliding down Sand Mountain was a tradition! csziggy Jan 2024 #91

What a great post. Thank you., It;s very informative. debm55 Jan 2024 #96

One thing that I did as a kid, that I wouldn't let my own kids to was playing with fireworks. Chainfire Jan 2024 #92

Thanks , that is very telling of your heart and goodness. debm55 Jan 2024 #98

The number of things we blew up with firecrackers. 🧨 LakeArenal Jan 2024 #102

Wow. that is risking your health debm55 Jan 2024 #119

More my brother than I. LakeArenal Jan 2024 #120

That's a bummer. debm55 Jan 2024 #141

Oh, so many things! happybird Jan 2024 #105

Wow, you really had a Free Range life. TY debm55 Jan 2024 #142

Playing chicken with the neighbor's bull. And later, drag racing on unopened I-71. sinkingfeeling Jan 2024 #108

My group had a run in with a bull also. I thought it was tame. It was just standing there. I went over to pet it, the debm55 Jan 2024 #143

I used to slide on a cardboard box down my childhood homes stairs kimbutgar Jan 2024 #111

I did that too. Almost went out the door at the bottom of the steps debm55 Jan 2024 #114

Well after reading responses here EverHopeful Jan 2024 #113

We would swim to a privately owned island in the middle of the Allegheny River, walk to a beach on the other side, appleannie1 Jan 2024 #116

Your from Pittsburgh area aren't you?There are undercurrents in both the Allegheny and Monongalia Rivers, Glad you were debm55 Jan 2024 #118

I grew up in Wilkinsburg when it was a decent place to live. appleannie1 Jan 2024 #121

I was from Duquesne, We moved out after 8th grade,I drove through there at Christmas, It is a very bad shape. I wanted debm55 Jan 2024 #145

We did some crazy things on our bicycles Mr.Bill Jan 2024 #124

Did you ride on your back wheel? Could never figure out how kids did that. TY Mr. Bill debm55 Jan 2024 #148

No, never could do that. Mr.Bill Jan 2024 #149

I played in traffic MyMission Jan 2024 #132

Wow, I hate to sound like a parent but you were lucky. We walked to the neighboring town on the Jersey Barrier they debm55 Jan 2024 #150

Skitching Demobrat Jan 2024 #138

I would be afraid. Good thing you are still around, we would miss you. debm55 Jan 2024 #151

My brother and cousin climbed the mountain behind applegrove Jan 2024 #152

Wonderful and I bet the scene was beautiful TY applegrove. debm55 Jan 2024 #155

I used to ride my bicycle (no helmet in those days) Golden Raisin Jan 2024 #153

Agree with you, TY Golden Raisin debm55 Jan 2024 #154

Where do I start? liberal N proud Jan 2024 #156

liberal N proud I think you left us with alot of hair raising experiences. Geewiz, you were a brave soul. debm55 Jan 2024 #157

two things come to mind: gopiscrap Jan 2024 #159

gopiscrap did you parents find out, ? thank you debm55 Jan 2024 #160

oh yeah gopiscrap Jan 2024 #183

Wow. You took some chanches there. You must have a beautiful voice. debm55 Jan 2024 #184

thank you I do use my voice all the time gopiscrap Feb 2024 #194

😄 oh, man, some of youse were crazeee! I don't think I did anything beyond... electric_blue68 Jan 2024 #161

Maybe take into account that some of us may have had a quite different background in our youth, some had parents that debm55 Jan 2024 #164

Oh, dear... I think I was misunderstood, or not clear, nuanced enough. y Apologies! Wasn't laughing "at" you & other.... electric_blue68 Jan 2024 #173

I am sorry too. I took your post the wrong way. I understand how one could. But it"s life and some of us lead a debm55 Jan 2024 #175

No problems, All good 🙂 electric_blue68 Jan 2024 #182

My Mom, and Her Siblings on the other hand 😄 ....one time.... electric_blue68 Jan 2024 #162

Having a gunfight in an abandoned house while super drunk Kaleva Jan 2024 #163

I hope it was BB and not real bullets. debm55 Jan 2024 #165

Real guns Kaleva Jan 2024 #166

Thank you for your honesty. debm55 Jan 2024 #167

We lifted a stripped Volkswagen bug on to the roof of our High School Auditorium. NNadir Jan 2024 #168

But you still took part. Same thing,NNadir. ----------- debm55 Jan 2024 #169

I am guilty. NNadir Jan 2024 #170

Yes you are. Did you ever get caught. Or are you spilling the beans here on DU? debm55 Jan 2024 #171

All the people who may have "caught" me are long dead for sure. NNadir Jan 2024 #172

Sorry, NNadir, debm55 Jan 2024 #176

Well, they could be alive, but they'd be centenarians... NNadir Jan 2024 #180

JHC! missed this thread. Where to start? Prairie_Seagull Jan 2024 #174

Yes, I never swam in the rivers here --Youghagany and Monogahalia too many undercurrents. Lots of kids and adults have debm55 Jan 2024 #178

Oh, just about everything! yardwork Jan 2024 #177

You remind me of another my friends did that I didn't do was walking across the railroad trestle. Living in a steel debm55 Jan 2024 #179

Climbing onto the roof of Miller Theater in Houston TexasBushwhacker Jan 2024 #181

Yes, it doesn't seem too steep, Looks beautiful. I guess it was the thing to go though. Guards? I am glad you didn't get debm55 Jan 2024 #185

It's a great venue TexasBushwhacker Jan 2024 #188

Sounds great, TexasBushwhacker. and very eye appealing. debm55 Jan 2024 #189

Hitchhiking JoseBalow Feb 2024 #192

I needed to do at college. Would I do it now, NO. I was a 21 year old student working the third shift. I had very long debm55 Feb 2024 #193