I am going out on a limb - I don't think I have done something that stupid. I was busy chasing girls at 1 am ... I would always refrain from partaking in activities that had very obvious risk to life and limb. I opted out of bomb building, hanging out of the train window, jumping into lakes from bridges, hard drugs etc. There was plenty of that going on around me and I remember consciously staying out of it. I even didn't get a MC license until last year ...

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anyone ever put coins on a rail track?

damn insane thinking back about it. we were running around active trains!!

Alberta legislation limits recovery for fatal accidents, and restricts the availability of civil juries.

Ummm, WTF!?:eek:

Yeah, we used to put pennies on train tracks when I was a young kid, but that was nothing compared to other stupid things I did in my younger days. What was interesting about that was you could hear the locomotive go "bump, bump" when the front wheels hit the coins. I know the engineers could feel it. the pennies sure were cool, flattened disks.

Didn't happen in the US SmileWavySmileWavySmileWavy

Pennies on train tracks? Yes, with my DAD! :) It was a steam museum train, so chances of getting run over were slim ...

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Definately did a lot of stupid stuff and thankful to still be alive. I also regret having a lack of morals and conscience at that age.

Reminds me of the kids drinking gasoline we discussed a week or so ago

Mine was called "orange sunshine" "double barrel lemon drop" and "window paint". Only the Boomers have a shot at recognizing these things.

I always thought it was "window pane"

Cultural difference?

How should I put this. My hat's off to the kids for dying doing something "wholesome" and dangerous vs. drinking/driving, drugs, etc. I am very sorry for the parents.

I never did anything stupid. Between working 40 hour weeks during junior and senior years of high school and building 240Zs, there was just no time or opportunity to be stupid.

There's a particular 540 spin induced by 50 mph over the limit on a residential street where nobody was even scratched that I still shudder to think about. Trees, poles, transformers, little kids, pets, not my best moment for sure.

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I'm paying for this in my late 30's.

This is one of my boys at age 8:

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This is the same kid at 15:

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Ya, I worry a bit.

I did a lot of things that I am not proud of and regret for sure. I'd be locked up today for sure. I got away with things I now think are wrong. I think being young and cocky equals dumb. I am sorry for my past sins.

That sums it up. Just glad I never killed myself. Or anyone else.

One that comes to mind is I was @17 and driving my Mom's '71 Camaro along with other friends riding around country back roads going nowhere in particular, but fast. We pulled off a side dirt road to hang and drink beer............................yeah......I know underage, breaking at least 10 laws right there.

My buddy in a Cuda wants to race me. I agree but I want to do it right there, on this barely 2 lane back road. I would take the left lane going up hill where you could not see past it. My buddy starts backing off - he says we'll all die - sure as ***** someone will be coming over the hill towards you.

The race was for a 6 pack cause to me that was gold as I was underage, he wasn't. No one would ride with either of us....wisely. He decided he would do it. Now I will tell everyone here I knew that road like the back of my hand and when pulling out from the side road, you could just see past the hill as you're pulling out.

We do, I look and see nothing - everyone else has no idea. We go and I get him from the dig but he starts pulling on me. Just as we near the top of hill he hits the brakes expecting me to steer right into his lane to avoid a possible oncoming car.

I didn't.........................................I was extremely lucky as if anyone had been coming other way the amount of road I could see vs other possible cars speed and covered distance..............I'd / we'd been toast. But then I was confident it was clear ................long enough. I instantly became the local 'hero' of that day - my b*lls bigger than anyone.


That scene could have ended so badly, I've actually played it out many times over the years since and realize it was just short of playing Russian roulette while drinking beer...................

Ah yes......my 62 409 with all the goodies. I'm now 70 and can't figure it out. I blame the Beach Boys.

Ughghgh i know that move.... Between parked cars, blind curve. Still cant believe we made it without a scratch either.

I had a 1960 130,000 mile 36 HP VW bug when I was that age. I could not out accelerate a fully loaded 18 wheel truck, really. No drag racing for me. It would do 70 MPH with a tail wind going downhill. On level ground 60 was flat out. Up any hill and it was downshift to 3rd and 40 pedal to the metal.

Sad that the world nowadays would even consider this.......they trespassed, absolutely no way they (parents) would win.

I'll take LSD for $1000 Alex!


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Yeah, in my yoooth.
Now it's fried butter - not as fun and just as deadly.

Damn inflation :D. Never knew anyone who "died laughing" from it though...

Our stupidity was carried out in '74 Pintos, Jeep CJ5s, etc. and typically didn't involve alcohol either at 17. I was just starting to learn how to be stupid as a teen....college and hot coeds taught me well though :eek:

Just to clarify... I never did LSD, just figured based on the names...

Just to clarify...I did, as did a whole bunch of folks posting here back in the daze ;)

But I'd go back and relive those daze in a heartbeat....harmless fun that didn't endanger anyone else IMO. Would't even crack the Top 500 list of stupid chit I did in college though...

Yeah well we did it way too often. I seemed to have an angel on my shoulder every time. Fortunately none of us owned cars. Why I never fired up the dirt bike is attributed to the aforementioned angel.

Count me in on doing really stoooopid shyt in my teens too!

18 yrs old, April '79, final exams over......buddies and I head out to a local bar in Waterloo, Ontario where we alll get shytfaced (yes, driver included!). We're heading back home in my buddy's Chevy Nova, sharing a big ol' doobie on the way back. I'm in the back seat. We're heading down this four lane road at about 2am on a Tuesday with nobody around when, from the back seat, I suddenly notice a barricade about a hundred yards in front of us....the road is quickly ending and we're doing about 50!...I yell out "Garry the road's gonna end! Stop the car!!!" ..too late!..we plow through the barricade and the car rolls about three times before coming to a stop on it's side...luckily somehow we're all ok as we crawl out the side windows like we were emerging from a submarine. The Nova is a total wreck! The three of us all survived and....are still very much alive and well to this day!

I actually live about 10 minutes away from Canada Olympic Park and I've been down that Bobsleigh track a few times BUT I was in a four-man Bobsleigh, wearing a helmet and properly secured in...what a thrill! We reached about 110Km/hr! BUT I couldn't imagine what those kids did...heading down from the very top, in darkness, no helmet, on a plain sled, and probably head-first...unreal!

RIP and condolences to all families affected

Driving is one thing to be stoopid at, recklessness and the like. But, how about stupidness that resulted in what could be construed as criminal acts?

^^^You talkin' to me?!? Are YOU TALKIN' to me!! Hey, you're TALKIN' TO ME!?!;)

I agree! What we did back in the day, would be considered criminal today! Thank god no one was injured and or killed by our actions! But, then again, it was the 70s....anything goes (and went) back then!