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    When I was a kid...

    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    As a kid I road a bike without a helmet in the suburbs of New York City. I played with cap guns and BB guns without parental supervision, in those suburbs of NYC.

    I sat in the rear facing third row seat on my dad's 1957 Ford Country Squire station wagon without seatbelts!

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    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    I played all those.

    NOW, I know why I have back problems.....
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    I played all those.

    NOW, I know why I have back problems.....
    Okay, gotta ask...what's the thing in the lower left corner...don't remember it, not sure I ever saw it back in the day....?
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    Okay, gotta ask...what's the thing in the lower left corner...don't remember it, not sure I ever saw it back in the day....?
    I think that's a 'Merlin'
    Went to an estate sale in Throckmorton several years ago and got one along with a bunch of Atari game cartridges (no console, just the games).
    Batteries had corroded but it worked after cleaning it up and the box was in decent shape.
    Sold on-line along the the cartridges and made a decent profit.

    It's surprising what you can find when they clean out an old house - and how much people will pay for some of it.

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    For peace of mind, resign as general manager of the universe

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    Also when I was a kid it wasn't unusual to see gun racks with shotguns and/or rifles in the rear windows of pickup trucks parked in the school parking lots.

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    Hell, we had an ROTC chapter at my high school...several racks of M14s in a caged off space and they took us out to the police rifle range to shoot them.
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    (with apologies to Full Auto, but I just couldn't resist)

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    ........We read HUSTLER. And searched the Beaver Hunt section for your sister or your mom.
    Last edited by Nashorn; 05-27-2022 at 10:34 PM.
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    when i was a kid, gas was $.25 a gallon and an adult could order a firearm from a mail order catalog.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kuntryboy View Post
    when i was a kid, gas was $.25 a gallon and an adult could order a firearm from a mail order catalog.
    And, on Saturday night, dad would give me 30 cents for the movies. That would be enough for the ticket, a coke, and a bag of popcorn. If I had an extra 10 cents, I could get two candy bars.
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nashorn View Post
    ........We read HUSTLER. And searched the Beaver Hunt section for your sister or your mom.
    Back then my sister was five years old, which would make you a pedo.
    If we refuse to rule ourselves with reason, then we shall be ruled by our passions.

    He, Who Will Not Reason, Is a Bigot; He, Who Cannot, Is a Fool; and He, Who Dares Not, Is a Slave. -Sir William Drummond

    There are some things I will not abide within my sight!

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    Quote Originally Posted by kuntryboy View Post
    when i was a kid, gas was $.25 a gallon and an adult could order a firearm from a mail order catalog.
    When I was a kid, I don't know what gas prices were, we either walked or rode our bicycles for miles on end.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oswald Bastable View Post
    Back then my sister was five years old, which would make you a pedo.
    BWAAHAAAA good brutal comeback!

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