Weird stuff you remember from your mis-spent yoot

[tom4bren]

Wanna hear about the jello shots we had a couple of weeks ago at my daughter's graduation party???

[handeeman]

Wanna hear about the jello shots we had a couple of weeks ago at my daughter's graduation party???

I'd love to hear about that...did she still get married? OOps meant graduate.

[Triathlete]

My 1st concert - Santana

My first concert was Elvis in Vegas...mom took me!

[JoFotoz]

OMG...me too!

My 1st concert - Santana... "What's that smell, Mom?"

With my sister , her B/friend...and Earth Wind And Fire supporting.


Bristol Hippodrome..England....stoned...drunk..and addddicccted to concerts ...

...all in one night!....


She's all straight and conservative now...

...I'm NOT!...


jo

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

this thread has jarred something else loose in my skull......any of you remember some kind of stores that you took "stamps" that you accumulate from regular store purchases and you would fill in a sort of stamp book that once you had so many pages filled you could "cash" them in for certain items in the "stamp-store"???????

I was pretty young (prolly like 5-6) and I remember Mom taking me into this "stamp-store" and picking out an item that could be had for sufficient "stamps".




P.S.- Not to be confused with food stamps.

[Ldub]

this thread has jarred something else loose in my skull......any of you remember some kind of stores that you took "stamps" that you accumulate from regular store purchases and you would fill in a sort of stamp book that once you had so many pages filled you could "cash" them in for certain items in the "stamp-store"???????

I was pretty young (prolly like 5-6) and I remember Mom taking me into this "stamp-store" and picking out an item that could be had for sufficient "stamps".




P.S.- Not to be confused with food stamps.

S&H green stamps were used around this area, as well as some sort of stamp with "GOLD" in the name...maybe Gold Bond Stamps?

That jar anything loose?

[Scott Harness]

S&H green stamps were used around this area, as well as some sort of stamp with "GOLD" in the name...maybe Gold Bond Stamps?

That jar anything loose?

I was a stock boy at the S&H Green Stamp Store

[Triathlete]

S&H green stamps were used around this area, as well as some sort of stamp with "GOLD" in the name...maybe Gold Bond Stamps?

That jar anything loose?

There was blue chip stamps also. You got them with grocery purchases and could get some really cool chit! I think 99% of my grandfathers camping equipment came from there!

[nfpgasmask]

Justin, that is *quite* a list of experiences...

Makes a lotta sense now, knowing you.

Bart

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

There was blue chip stamps also. You got them with grocery purchases and could get some really cool chit! I think 99% of my grandfathers camping equipment came from there!

...maybe Gold Bond Stamps?

That jar anything loose?

That's kind of what I remember...my Mom getting them from grocery purchases...sticking them into a "booklet" and depending on how many you had accumulated dictated their "worth". The "stamp store" (IIRC the stamps were gold) had all kinds of neat stuff like camping gear.

That's it...I know what I'm ask'in Mom the next time we chat..lol.

[tom4bren]

Yup, daughter still gradumacated (luckely we had the party 2 days after graduation).

Bottom line: we had a BUNCH of flavors of jello in the pantry, BUNCH of 1/2 bottles of different flavors of rum & vodka left over ... we got creative.

Our jello shots may not have been up to LBUD's chocolate monkee standard but they were strong & we had plenty of 'em.

Back on track with this thread ...

Zots.

[snowtrooper1966]

I remember one weird childhood event that changed my life forever - I was 9:
An uninsured illegal Mexican driving a rusty Ranchero hit me whilst doing 60 mph as I was leaving the school bus. This was the pre-cursor to a bunch of childhood memories:
1st time my shoe flew 50 yards into a cottonfield.
1st time breaking my leg.
1st time seeing the top of a school bus!
Landing on pavement for the 1st time.
Blacking out for the 1st time.
Waking up from my 1st black out. My sister was dragging me out of the street while another speeding car passed the bus illegally.
1st ambulance ride.
1st surgery.
1st 50 staples.
1st CAT scan.
1st temperature of 106. Drain Bamage? ...well, if you know me...
1st spinal tap.
1st sponge bath that scalded the nurses while I was shivering.
1st catheder.
1st time seeing my innards on a screen as they filled me up with fluids, checking for leaks.
1st time spending Christmas in the hospital.
1st time I heard my dad was going to murder someone. He didn't.
1st time on crutches.
1st time I couldn't poop for a week.
1st time I had a doctor slip his finger in my arse to see why I couldn't poop for a week.
1st time home schooling.
1st time I was taken away from my friends and placed in the troubled students class with all the Mexicans who couldn't speak English.
1st time I experienced hatred and racism while being pushed off my crutches.
1st time I expressed, understood, and accepted hatred and racism inside me.

After that weirdness, a mis-spent yoot indeed...
Bitter, party of one...

You forgot one:
1st post on this thread to make me shoot soda outta my nose (OUCH) while reading it!
Thanks for sharing your pain....
Best,