Johnny Hammersticks Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 You are in for some serious poopy if your local Arlington, VA drugist is out of Dapper Dan pomade! Haha....my grandma calls the pharmacist the drugist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 We used to grab bumpers of cars and trucks and ride sliding boots on snow/ice down streets. Skitching! p.s. I seriously want to harm whoever coined the phrase "free range children". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Skitching! p.s. I seriously want to harm whoever coined the phrase "free range children". I believe the phrase is "free range parenting." At least, that's then one they use down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 (edited) Skitching! . Pogying. Got the parental eyroll by 1. Rock fights. 2. Throwing ice balls at cars 3. Throwing apples at cars. That is until we hit dad's car by accident 4. Driving the field car with a friend straddling the roof 5. Trying to sneak a beer bottle of whiskey to a party. Told mom it was for our recycling project. She smelled it and poured it out saying it still had beer in it. If anyone knew the difference between beer and whiskey it was mom 6. BB holes in neighbor windows. 7. Getting caught driving the car up and down the driveway at 12 And many many more I probably don't remember. Edited June 16, 2015 by Chef Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Skitching! p.s. I seriously want to harm whoever coined the phrase "free range children". It's a corny name, but this story proves that the idea is necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Playing outside. Street hockey. Lawn darts. Toy guns that look like real guns. Street jousting Can I retroactively call child protective services on my parents I thought I recognized your mullet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talley56 Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 As someone who lives in MD it gets very annoying when I'm trying to pull into my street and some kid stops in my way and just looks at me like "what?" instead of moving. And of course no parent is to be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted June 16, 2015 Share Posted June 16, 2015 Children should not be allowed to run free in your yard without a leash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 (edited) There's always water. It's called a garden hose.Dude, you aren't supposed to drink from those hoses... Wanna get cancer. :-O Haha....my grandma calls the pharmacist the drugist. Ha! Too funny, glad you picked up on it! Speaking of grandma's... Mine would call the refrigerator the: "Frigidaire." That's a step-up from the "ice-box." Grandma was ahead of the times! ;-) Skitching! p.s. I seriously want to harm whoever coined the phrase "free range children". That's what they call it here in the Midwest... Skeetching... Long vowels in the Midwest. In BFLO, or @ least from where I grew up S.Cheektowaga/W.Seneca... We called it: Pogeying (Po-Key-In). Yep, same here... WTF is up w/"Free Range Children?" LMAO... Nothing beats mumbly peg w/really big screwdrivers... You'd have to throw them into the ground @ you advisory's feet, make them stick and be the closest without the opponent moving. Bare feet too. Funnest time ever was when my brother hit the foot of the kid next door. Boy, to his credit, he didn't move his foot! Edited June 17, 2015 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I thought I recognized your mullet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Skitching! p.s. I seriously want to harm whoever coined the phrase "free range children". KD, I have been a loyal follower of the woman/website/blog on the originater of the term for a long time now...anf have referenced it many many times here. http://www.freerangekids.com In essence, she believes, as I do, that kids are much safer today than back when we grew up. Lots of reasons but basic is cell phone, education( we had no stranger danger trainingLOL) , all the gazillion safety rules/ gadgets etc. but we have kids that can barely function on their own at 15 cause they have had mommy planning/protecting 100% of activities. My wife and I brought our kids up in the "method" if you will...anf it is noticeable their level of confidence and independence as opposed to some of their friends. We were just on a vaca with friends with kids same age as ours...14-16... Helicopter mom vs us....difference was startling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 KD, I have been a loyal follower of the woman/website/blog on the originater of the term for a long time now...anf have referenced it many many times here. http://www.freerangekids.com In essence, she believes, as I do, that kids are much safer today than back when we grew up. Lots of reasons but basic is cell phone, education( we had no stranger danger trainingLOL) , all the gazillion safety rules/ gadgets etc. but we have kids that can barely function on their own at 15 cause they have had mommy planning/protecting 100% of activities. My wife and I brought our kids up in the "method" if you will...anf it is noticeable their level of confidence and independence as opposed to some of their friends. We were just on a vaca with friends with kids same age as ours...14-16... Helicopter mom vs us....difference was startling. I agree. My son has been driving since he was 15 (Illinois you can get your permit @ 15 and has had his full license for almost a year now). Heck, he's been taking the train to downtown Chicago (places like the beaches in the city, Art Institute, etc...) since 13. But, then again... He's a boy/young man. Just turned 17 yesterday... Today/now he is Downtown @ the 'Hawks parade. I'd have no problem with sending him all over the world (which he has been through Europe @ 16) or driving cross-country. The only thing that worries me is that he thinks he is 17 going on 27 and the world is limitless. It is all about resources, and we have a ton more than when I was 17. He's got a car to go to work and play, debit card, bank accounts, cell phone, etc... Works for a landscaper as a laborer and will head off to a selective University in a year... He's gunning for Penn (University of) as his top school. Now... My 13 year old daughter... Yikes, I am way more protective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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