Reaching Adulthood is an achievement in itself

ArtyM

Whenever I think about it I find it quite amazing that I actually made it to adulthood.
Any number of things i got up to when I was a nipper could/should have ended my time on this earth.
As kids, we used to ......

• Climb old abandoned buildings, and just to make it interesting would throw stuff at each other, like rocks and bricks, as if being up there wasnt dangerous enough.
• Cycle down mountain roads 3 and 4 abreast at full speed, blindly going into corners without any concern for what may be coming the other way
• Shooting arrows from crossbows directly into the air above and legging it in random directions - once had one land a few inches from me

Once even had a friend who got his father's shotgun which we took out for the day to shoot random inanimate objects, dont think I was any more than 12 at the time. Scary thought. Scary Scary thought.



I doubt my childhood was any wilder than those of other AHers, yet if I thought that anyone I knew was up to the same **** today I would go nuts.


What kind of stuff did you get up to?

Wacker The Attacker

Trying to get the banng off pretty much every girl on my road. Just like everyone else

KeithM89_old

I used to mess around with fireworks out in the garage when i was about 11/12, cut them open, try and make my own. A bloody miracle i didnt blow the arm of myself.

mikemac1

Stand on the hitch and hang off the back of the tractor as my Dad drove along.
One slip and it's straight under the wheels of a multi tonne trailer

Play football on the farm with the dog
Open slurry pits have a crust, a dog could run across, possibly a child too
I followed the dog out, sunk to my waist and my grandad had to lay out pallets to climb across to drag me out.
The mammy was in tears, I didn't understand what was going on tbh.


Square bales are rare enough these days but you'd stack them high in trailers and move them to whereever they are going.
Farmer of course would be worried about bales falling off so the solution is to put children up on top of trailer.
Not so worried about children falling off it seems
Bouncing around on top of the trailer with my brothers and dodging tree branches


Every farmers son knows red does not drive bulls wild but other kids believe it.
So me wearning my jacket and my friend wearing a red jacket and we'd be standing in the field and shouting and tossing pebbles at the bull to see who he would charge at
When he charges, you run for your life!

I was a fooking fool of a child

The Snipe

Mine was quite similar... Nowadays we are too protective of young kids. It was different times. And I'm saying that as a 90's kid.

Kylo Ren

Two tours of Iraq before my 4th birthday. All I could think about while I was there was my pacifier and my stuffed bear Pickles. God I miss that fucking bear.

WumBuster

Hows this for one- Jumped off a pier into the sea 8-10 foot deep when i was 6. Miraculously a person was walking by who could swim and pulled me out. Still awake in cold sweats about that one! :eek: