OMG that's really crazy. Unnerving is right! What an invasive experience for you both. :-(

We still had some area homes that used outhouses. Halloween, turn them over.

One old farmer moved his about 6ft and covered the old hole with branches and leaves. We come running up in the dark giggling and ready to wreak havoc -- Charlie and Jerry broke through the branches and fell in. As we struggled to get them out without getting the mess on us, we could here the farmer laughing from his back porch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mbBbFH9f...

Thanks, Herb!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW2QwvkmC...

-- j

Hi, NSA!!! . ever since I joined the USAF in '71, I have
assumed that everything is on file. then, in '75, I
joined a manhattan project site and lost the rest.
it is interesting to think that I am a target. Hi, NSA! -- j

Don't get me started on real tricks on Halloween There may well be a mean teacher still trying to get the confetti and paste off his new Desoto.

And slingshots, firecrackers, real tricks for halloween, sandlot baseball, and on.

Sad to say you're right. I can just see a kid riding his bike in my era with a weird looking helmet, elbow and knee protectors. If he wasn't being laughed at, he'd have to be a pretty tough kid to not get beaten like an egg.

I had a clearance for when I worked for a court reporting firm in college. Between the daily trips to the Pentagon and Capitol Hill, and proof reading the manuscripts, I had to have one. For volunteering at schools and for my CCP, in CT and UT. Plus I sent a rose to a spook, not knowing he was a spook. He thought it was a bomb, and almost took the delivery guy's head off... Fun times!

Love that!! Try this on for size. The last 20-30 seconds are perfect.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bWXazVhlyxQ...

Yep. 😢😲

And you said a big "Bite ME!!" To the Feds! Ha! Love it!!

Oh I'm sure I'm on a practice target somewhere... ;-p 🎯🔫

Oh hell, I forgot about the induction prints... Just remember DLI and for my clearances. Drat!

Was at the local Oathkeepers meeting - realized I took that same oath 4 times for 4 different reasons. That alone probably puts me in their "special attention" category. Not only separate accomodations at the local FEMA camp, but a private MRAP transport to boot.

Maybe I should change my name to Lechter. --giggles-- Problem is, they would confuse it for Lecherous, and as such think I work for the admin...

Who would have thought loving your country would gave gotten you into trouble with it?

no, it was more for teh discovery process. they had to account for all Ryder trucks travelling within driving distance of the same day. Ours just ended up being very coincidental. We just had to give a deposition

Have you worked for law enforcement long?

Herb: American childhood is gone -- just as freedom.

Seriously; Mcveigh? It's a miracle you weren't brought in as a conspirator.

But it's all for the safety of the kids and the public, don't you know.

I kind of think the 'bittersweet memory' is already here. Not to be purposely pessimistic, but.

Say cheeeeese.

:-)

I'm pretty sure there is a file on me because there was a Backround Check done when I went to work for the County Sheriff's Dept. I also collect small caliber hand guns from .22lr to Bond Arms Hand Cannon.

Not to worry.. nothing else matters..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAGnKpE4N...

Holy smoke!
Based on that article, kids of my era would be put away for life. We played practical jokes (on teachers), acted up in the lunchroom, had fights in the corridor behind the auditorium, spiked thermos bottles with wine stolen from parents, chewed gum and stuck it under desks. Most of us turned out pretty good. as a matter of fact, many of the most "naughty" kids went on to become the most honored among us.