That's a good one and something I never even thought of trying! I hitchiked quite a bit in the 60s with almost no issues. My local technique was to stand at t correct 4 way stop light corner and actually approach the driver side window on red light to beg a ride. Hard to imagine now.The oddest one we were into was something we named "mini-rucks"
One of us would run out in front of a car and get a (gentle) kickin' from our mates in the hope that the driver would "save" us and take us home for food and drink.
It actually worked more often than you might expect.
I plead the fifth, or at least I would if I was in the US!Hiya,
What other 'hobbies' did y'all get into during your younger years? Potentially damaging ones with sharp or pointed things like knives maybe, or other stuff like that or maybe the crossbow?. BB guns and darts are ok too. RC planes, go carts, trains, cars. and the like is fine and whatever else members have been 'enthusiastic' about in der yout. Photography, comic books of some type. There's room for blowing up stuff using interesting methods (use with discretion).
If I may give an example from when I was 12-13 years old that involved acquiring the Chief Drowning Bear bullwhip. Damn place was always putting ads with pics in the Boy Scout magazines and I couldn't last.
Initially, and that part took a while getting through, I gave myself a pretty rough ride. Welts on my back, neck ear and arms, plus something breaking the speed barrier is flicking its tongue all over me is never good. Very colorful however!
Finally got so's no more marks at all and I still remember a couple basic moves with the cracks sounding ok, not that I can use em. Heh, I still have an old 10 footer that mighta kilt me if I'd started with it.''
Any thoughts or items are welcome, including slingshots of course,
Martin
We used to have ‘dart flight’ similar thing but with 3 darts and you had to have your eyes closed, anyone caught opening their eyes was the ‘bullseye‘ (has around ankles and receive incoming darts) only just realised that to catch some out the other person must have had their eyes open….I used to love wanking.
Edit: sorry, misread the original questiondangerous games, we used to play a game called brick in the air, if there was a group of us someone at random would pick half a brick up throw it in the air and shout, "brick in the air!!" Everyone would run for cover. A few people ended up with head wounds over the years.
Sorry chaps, I seem to have melded childhood and teenage years together. I wasn’t very grown up and probably still am not.Another complete wanker here.
I loved climbing trees. Making rope swings out in the country. Underage drinking out in the country. Making fires and climbing all over shit. Playing football. I was fitba’ mad back then. I had an Anstrad computer too and loved playing games on that. Radio control cars. Wanted a plane or a boat but no dice. I loved buggering off fishing. No artistry in it - just lure the buggers with bread, maggots or worms. Nae float either. Just plain light line and the bait or a weight - legering. Get them oot, whack them on the heid if they were big enough for eating then take them home. Faither showed me how to gut’em and I took it from there. Free food and the thrill of the catch. Too wee they went back. Football, did I mention football? Bike rides to places too far away for official ‘permission’ to be granted. Sometimes with a football, sometimes with a fishing rod, sometimes with pockets full of sweets Aye, good times. What the feck happened….?
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