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1 hour ago, PRO-V said:

Smurfy, it should be nice and quiet on your lake now with no fish in it. You should be able to social distance quite easily. ?

Yea no kidding. But I know lotz of lakes up there!? bitez to have to trailer to them. Especially after beer thirty.?

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Buying night crawlers on the side of the highway on opening weekend.

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I remember coming in from playing outside in the winter and not being able to unzip my coat or untie my boots because my fingers wouldn't work. The good old days.

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I remember shaking people’s hands

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Hunting wooley mammoth and pterodactyl. Making snow forts in the face of the glacier. Flint knapping spear points in the evening with the family.

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On ‎4‎/‎18‎/‎2020 at 9:59 PM, eyeguy 54 said:

I remember being super excited when Santa walked into the room. 

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your sister?  Not so much...?

 

3 hours ago, JstanK said:

Snipe hunting and trying to persuade a refusal. Oh the laughs after the fact,,,priceless!

I don't get why people enjoy snipe hunting.  Everytime I went, I just ended up lost in the woods holding a bag and never seeing no snipe...

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How about when you were 6 years old and your parents had no idea where you were all day but you better be home for supper. 

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42 minutes ago, PRO-V said:

How about when you were 6 years old and your parents had no idea where you were all day but you better be home for supper. 

my parents kinda needed to know about here we where, but...…..yea generally how it went. they got a little bit more nervous and needed to know up at the cabin. we tended to go "exploring" in the woods...….made them a bit nervous.?

 

when my kids where young we'd tied rattles or something that made noise to keep track of them. 

 

 

 

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When I was old enough to go deer hunting my dad didn't want to go anymore. I insisted I was going so he would drop me off an hour before sun up 10 miles out of town. An hour after dark he would come pick me up on the side of the road somewhere on a 5 mile stretch. I learned that country like the back of my hand. My Mom threw a total fit over the whole thing but Dad told her I had grouse hunted that country since I was 5 years old. He figured I could take care of myself.

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pretty much how we learned the north country. now I know that better then where I grew up!!!!!!

 

so here is one for 20 years down the road. today marks our 30th wedding anniversary. so where did you take your wife out to eat for this special occasion????????

 

the drive thru at Hardees...………...? cause resturaunts where all closed.

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Congrats. Grill her up something nice. 

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I remember animal beer, Schmitz, malt liquor, boonesfarm, md2020. 

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16 minutes ago, eyeguy 54 said:

I remember animal beer, Schmitz, malt liquor, boonesfarm, md2020. 

Do you remember Elephant Beer? Was like 11% alcohol if memory serves.

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6 hours ago, smurfy said:
3 hours ago, smurfy said:

pretty much how we learned the north country. now I know that better then where I grew up!!!!!!

 

so here is one for 20 years down the road. today marks our 30th wedding anniversary. so where did you take your wife out to eat for this special occasion????????

 

the drive thru at Hardees...………...? cause resturaunts where all closed.

What, no White Castle in Cold Spring???

 

 

 

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Time spent with my parents; going on shopping trips with my mom and riding along with my dad for whatever errands he was running.

 

Summers that seemed to last forever; waking up late and running around outside for hours before it was time to come inside.

 

Dinner every night at the table; my parents and all of my sisters and I eating the home-cooked meals my mom had prepared.

 

The infalibility of my parents; no matter what the problem was, they'd be able to make it better-a cold, a bruise, a scrape, a sick pet, or a neighborhood bully...

 

The health of my parents, and the idea that they would always be there to talk to-for advice and for companionship...

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