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12-27-2015, 07:43 PM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
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OSHA Compliant Tree Decorating?
I hauled a couple of boxes of old 35mm photos down from the storage space to look for an old boat photo I want to have put on canvas.
Searching through the photos I came across this. This would have been Christmas 91, so 24 years ago.
I showed it to my wife and we both shook our heads wondering what the hell we were thinking!
Reminds me a bit of a ludicrous Norman Rockwell print.
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12-28-2015, 01:09 PM
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Veteran Member
City: Michigan City, Ind
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Reminds me of a story by somebody older than me about the "old days"when we stayed out as kids till the street lights came on, stood on the front seat of our dad's pick-up, rode bikes without a helmet, had rock fights, went skating on the pond down the road, climbed trees, etc etc.
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12-28-2015, 01:18 PM
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Scraping Paint
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By the current rules of living nobody born before about 1990 should be alive today.
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12-28-2015, 02:17 PM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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My brother and I hunted each other in the woods with BB guns. Mom was right on that one though, "we could have put an eye out!"
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01-02-2016, 08:12 PM
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Senior Member
City: Anchor Pointe, Ohio
Vessel Name: Sea Moose
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Fourth of July bottle rocket wars... Holding Roman candles in our hands and shooting them at each other...
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01-03-2016, 06:40 PM
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Guru
City: Vallejo, California
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....we were free-range kids.
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1986 GB-42 Classic
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01-04-2016, 06:31 AM
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Guru
City: Jacksonville
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So wife was always annoyed by two things when taking down the tree. The mess spread throughout the house and the weight of the tree (usually 12') that she had to help me manhandle.
So this year I took a different approach.
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01-04-2016, 07:45 AM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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Quote:
Originally Posted by menzies
...So this year I took a different approach.
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I thought you were maybe living in Florida and trying to achieve a palm tree look.
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01-04-2016, 08:13 AM
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Curmudgeon
City: Stoney Creek, MD
Vessel Name: Moon Dance
Vessel Model: 1974 34' Marine Trader Sedan
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We finally gave it up and got a very nice artificial tree a few years ago. Way less hassle and most people think it's a real tree. We're never going back.
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01-04-2016, 10:13 AM
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Guru
City: Hailing Port: Charleston, SC
Vessel Name: Moonstruck
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The last thing I would tell our crews at safety meetings was, "now go out there, and do nothing stupid that will wind up in the OHSA brochures about how not to do things".
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01-04-2016, 05:09 PM
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Guru
City: Sydney
Vessel Name: Sojourn
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This year`s Christmas Tree is about 8" high, USB powered, it changes color and light intensity. So far it hasn`t caught fire....
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Sydney Australia
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01-05-2016, 12:22 AM
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Guru
City: Seattle
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Our neighbors got their 3 year old a little scooter for Christmas. Saturday the kid is out with Mom, pushing up and down the sidewalk in huge knee pads, elbow pads and oversized bike helmet. The kid looked like a frickin' Roman gladiator and did not look like he was having fun.
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01-05-2016, 07:06 AM
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Curmudgeon
City: Stoney Creek, MD
Vessel Name: Moon Dance
Vessel Model: 1974 34' Marine Trader Sedan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SeaMoose
Fourth of July bottle rocket wars... Holding Roman candles in our hands and shooting them at each other...
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Throwing a handful of .22's into a campfire ... ah, to be young and stupid again! The good old days.
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01-05-2016, 11:11 AM
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Senior Member
City: LAFAYETTE,LA
Vessel Name: Relenti
Vessel Model: Atlantic 30, 1983
Join Date: Mar 2015
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I know everyone remembers "cherry bombs" and "M80s"-that was the good ole days> LOL
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01-05-2016, 11:45 AM
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Guru
City: Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vessel Name: Xanadu
Vessel Model: Mainship 37 Motor Yacht
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 2,472
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And deadly, elaborate, the higher the better bicycle launching ramps. And sledding down the steepest hills even if it meant dodging car traffic on the road at the bottom.
"On your mark, get set...no wait, here comes a car. Okay, now!"
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01-05-2016, 05:31 PM
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Guru
City: Vallejo, California
Vessel Name: Mahalo Moi
Vessel Model: 1986 Grand Banks 42 Classic
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 2,093
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Oh yeah? Hold my beer and watch this...! Wait, that was last week.
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