Joke of the day

[Crosscut]

First down maybe, but the middle linebarker made him pay for it.

[NapalmMan67]

Why won't skeletons fight each other?

They just don't have the guts.

[RickOShea]

[RickOShea]

[Crosscut]

[NapalmMan67]

[RickOShea]

[NT2C]

I was a typical NYC ghetto latch key kid.  I was in 1st grade when they started tearing down all the buildings in my neighborhood for "urban renewal".  Those half-torn down buildings and broken bricks & dirt lots became our playgrounds.  Lead paint, asbestos, all the nasty shit we used to make buildings with, I came home covered in it. I still have scars from my adventures in those places with the gang I used to hang with.  Yes, serious as shit NYC street gangs straight out of the late 50s, complete with gravity knives and slicked back hair... ages 6 and up.  Y'all ever see West Side Story?  That was home until we moved out of the city housing projects when I was in 6th grade.

Even better, I had a bus and train pass for the NYC subways and buses that would take me anywhere in the city.  Times Square, Harlem, Coney Island, Far Rockaway, hell, I took the LIRR all the way to the tip of Long Island a few times, just to visit the lighthouse.  This was all while I was in grade school.  And yes, I can think of at least two incidents that could have been attempted kidnappings.  One, a guy followed me home from high school almost all the way to my house, a distance of about 20 miles by train and walking, then tried to get me to talk to him on one corner.  Another was a different guy who called to me from a stopped car, asking if I'd deliver a package for him, "But get in and have a seat while I explain what you need to do."  I also got mugged a couple of times, but hey, that was life in NYC back then.

As for the formal job training at an early age, yes, a lot of us who came from families with their own businesses were raised from an early age to work in that business.  Mostly I think so a babysitter didn't have to be hired.  I started going on construction jobs with my dad when I was six.  Climbing ladders, scrambling around on roofs and scaffolding.  I can honestly say that I've slid down a safety rope from a hanging scaffold on the 11th floor.  Damn, that was fun; just like in gym class.  About gave my dad a heart attack, I was eight.

Today's kids wouldn't last 20 seconds back then.

[MacWa77ace]

[...] , I came home covered in it. I still have scars from my adventures in those places with the gang I used to hang with.  Yes, serious as shit NYC street gangs straight out of the late 50s, complete with gravity knives and slicked back hair... ages 6 and up.  Y'all ever see NEAR DARK?  I WAS THE KID.

[MacWa77ace]

[RickOShea]

[tirls]

The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room.
They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.

Attributed to Socrates.  
_{(it´s a questionable attributed to, but there are verified similar remarks by Aristotle and from ancient India, so not too far fetched)}

[NT2C]

[...] , I came home covered in it. I still have scars from my adventures in those places with the gang I used to hang with.  Yes, serious as shit NYC street gangs straight out of the late 50s, complete with gravity knives and slicked back hair... ages 6 and up.  Y'all ever see NEAR DARK?  I WAS THE KID.

I'm not familiar with the movie (TV show?  Broadway play?) but I was on the cover of a magazine with a story about the kids living in city housing projects.  Had my heavily Brylcreamed hair, ripped jeans, ripped jacket, t-shirt, and construction boots (similar to Timberlines but I think this pre-dated them)

[RickOShea]

[MacWa77ace]

I'm not familiar with the movie (TV show?  Broadway play?) but I was on the cover of a magazine with a story about the kids living in city housing projects.  Had my heavily Brylcreamed hair, ripped jeans, ripped jacket, t-shirt, and construction boots (similar to Timberlines but I think this pre-dated them)

If you like Vampires; and Almost the entire crew from Aliens: Bill Paxton, Lance Henrickson, Jenette Goldstein; and gritty, bloody movies...

You have gotta see this one. It's a different take on the genre. Very different at the time it was made. Bill Paxton is a great vampire.

The bar scene is  . And has one of my favorite movie lines ever, "Just a few more minutes of your time, about the same duration as the rest of your life."

Right behind this quote >
https://youtu.be/Sjp4Vu1m5_o?t=28

[NapalmMan67]

I was a typical NYC ghetto latch key kid.  I was in 1st grade when they started tearing down all the buildings in my neighborhood for "urban renewal".  Those half-torn down buildings and broken bricks & dirt lots became our playgrounds.  Lead paint, asbestos, all the nasty shit we used to make buildings with, I came home covered in it. I still have scars from my adventures in those places with the gang I used to hang with.  Yes, serious as shit NYC street gangs straight out of the late 50s, complete with gravity knives and slicked back hair... ages 6 and up.  Y'all ever see West Side Story?  That was home until we moved out of the city housing projects when I was in 6th grade.

Even better, I had a bus and train pass for the NYC subways and buses that would take me anywhere in the city.  Times Square, Harlem, Coney Island, Far Rockaway, hell, I took the LIRR all the way to the tip of Long Island a few times, just to visit the lighthouse.  This was all while I was in grade school.  And yes, I can think of at least two incidents that could have been attempted kidnappings.  One, a guy followed me home from high school almost all the way to my house, a distance of about 20 miles by train and walking, then tried to get me to talk to him on one corner.  Another was a different guy who called to me from a stopped car, asking if I'd deliver a package for him, "But get in and have a seat while I explain what you need to do."  I also got mugged a couple of times, but hey, that was life in NYC back then.

As for the formal job training at an early age, yes, a lot of us who came from families with their own businesses were raised from an early age to work in that business.  Mostly I think so a babysitter didn't have to be hired.  I started going on construction jobs with my dad when I was six.  Climbing ladders, scrambling around on roofs and scaffolding.  I can honestly say that I've slid down a safety rope from a hanging scaffold on the 11th floor.  Damn, that was fun; just like in gym class.  About gave my dad a heart attack, I was eight.

Today's kids wouldn't last 20 seconds back then.

I think you were Gen X ahead of your time. A trailblazer, laid the ground work for us Xers.  


Cause I'm sure you're wayyy older than I am.  

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

I'm not sure what generation I am.

I was born in '85 and grew up in the '90s.

I'm also not sure if I'm a millenial or somewhere in between.

[RickOShea]

[flybynight]

I'm not sure what generation I am.

I was born in '85 and grew up in the '90s.

I'm also not sure if I'm a millenial or somewhere in between.

[mzmc]

Relevant.