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Date Posted: 11:15:48 07/05/01 Thu
Author: Kris
Author Host/IP: 24.8.237.236
Subject: Re: I'd like to start a string you'd not want your kids to read.
In reply to: Doodle's Mom 's message, "I'd like to start a string you'd not want your kids to read." on 19:32:35 07/04/01 Wed

You'd think that living sandwiched (literally) between the Mississippi River and the Sante Fe railroad tracks that my brother and I would have done some really dangerous things. We didn't. We respected both the river and the trains. That never stopped us from doing other things though. The city dump was great fun. We used to sneak in and walk around trying to find neat stuff. We also used to play King of the Mountain on the piles of rubbish. Luckily we were never hurt. Later we realized how lucky we had been when a high school classmate disappeared while at the city landfill. He'd been walking along the top of a garbage pile when it collapsed and he was buried underneath. He was found days later by a worker using his front end loader thingy to move the piles around.

We also loved to play Star Trek. Mel is four years older than me, so he came up with great ideas. We made phasers out of two empty toilet paper rolls and had boxes set up for the bridge. We even had a closet that was really just a cubby hole set high on the upstairs wall under the eaves. That was where "Scotty" went to make repairs. The one time I was "Scotty", Mel put me in the cubby hole with a screwdriver (no light) and closed the door. He then decided he was done playing and left me in there for better than two hours. As there wasn't a handle on the inside, I was stuck and terrified. My mom finally came looking for me. The next time we played I was Spock travelling in a shuttle craft. The shuttle craft was the dryer (would I never learn???). He closed me in and blocked the door, pretending that there were rocks outside the shuttle craft doors. I never played Star Trek again.

When we were older and could drive (in Iowa you get your learner's permit at 14) we played a hunting type game with those laser tag guns. Mel would say he was taking me out to practice driving and we'd meet up with his friends and everyone would take a car. We were split into teams. Clues were placed randomly around town and a "treasure" (usually something like a can of beer) was hidden by someone not participating. We'd drive around finding clues and chasing each other with our laser tag guns. Anyone tagged was "out". I usually ended up driving my brother's apple green Javelin (sweet car!) with one of my friends. It was great fun, but not something I'd want my girls doing. Heck, I was 14 and racing around in a fast car without a license, tasting my first beer and, *blushing* getting my first REAL kiss from a cute 18yr old boy while listening to Night Ranger's Dawn Patrol on tape.

I guess nothing *too* stupid, but tons of fun and certainly not things I want my two girls doing.

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