When I was a kid (about 6 or so), my sister had a little dish that had some pennies in it. I figured she wouldn't miss one or two because I wanted some candy (yes, in those days you could buy candy for a penny). Well, she did miss it because one of the pennies I took was a 1909 wheatback (which was the first year of the Lincoln pennies). She went off on me-well, as much as she could to a 6 year old. I felt so bad. But, because of that, I realized the value in coins and yes, that is what started me off on my collecting coins.



Cat

When I was a kid (about 6 or so), my sister had a little dish that had some pennies in it. I figured she wouldn't miss one or two because I wanted some candy (yes, in those days you could buy candy for a penny). Well, she did miss it because one of the pennies I took was a 1909 wheatback (which was the first year of the Lincoln pennies). She went off on me-well, as much as she could to a 6 year old. I felt so bad. But, because of that, I realized the value in coins and yes, that is what started me off on my collecting coins.



Cat


Oh man!  But how were you to know?  And at least something good came out of it - candy! 

Oh...and your coin collecting.  ;)

Washing the bathtub with my wife's wedding dress...oh...wait a minute...that was Homer Simpson.

Umm..when I was a kid & my dad was drunk I use to throw nerf balls into his face and he had no reaction (being drunk). I thought it was funny as a kid, but my mom told me otherwise. Now that I'm an adult...I get it.

ha my dad had a record collection and for some reason I found it quite entertaining to take them out and sit on them and try to spin on the carpet... I ruined a ton of his albums.  :-[


My brother and I played Frisbee with my mother's original Elvis 45's, they were not made of vinyl so needless to say there were shattered
pieces everywhere.

My brother and I played Frisbee with my mother's original Elvis 45's, they were not made of vinyl so needless to say there were shattered
pieces everywhere.


OUCH!

My brother and I played Frisbee with my mother's original Elvis 45's, they were not made of vinyl so needless to say there were shattered
pieces everywhere.



That was more costly than my spending the 1909 penny.



Cat

When I was a kid ...my mother gave me a beautifully illustrated large book of fairy tales that had been owned by her mother before her. These books were in very good condition before I got my hands on them.....

Well, I proceeded to read this book and they really were excellent illustrations! After reading the book I got the bright idea to place the book on the ground and then stand on my bed and throw darts into the book just as hard as I could. I'd then open the pages to check which characters I'd killed! The book was pretty much a wreck inside of the firts week of my receiving it. I didn't understand it at that time but that would have hurt Mum a lot and had was apologizing for that action for a loooonnggg time.  :-\\ :-[

Right up there with the incident where I had another bright idea to use the cigarette lighter in the car to burn 30+ holes in the leather front seat of the family car. Somehow...I thought Dad wouldn't notice it...and strangely, it was the first thing he noticed when he got into the car.  I paid dearly for that one..... and there was pain involved!!! :o ;)

ha my dad had a record collection and for some reason I found it quite entertaining to take them out and sit on them and try to spin on the carpet... I ruined a ton of his albums.  :-[


that's a sin....

The first day I had my driver's license and drove my dad's car alone for the first time, I pulled out from a corner too tightly and scraped up against a telephone/light pole causing a really big dent in the side door panel.  Dad was NOT happy with me as he pounded out the panel with a mallet.  (Probably was picturing my head right in the middle of where the mallet was hitting.)  :-\\

Another car story, in my parents driveway, we each have a specific place that we are supposed to park.  Mom and dad get the two slots closest to the house, my brother gets the slot at the end of the driveway and I get the one next to him.  Unfortunately, the is a really steep hill and the edge of the driveway, and also there is very little room to get around the cars when they are all parked (so if dad had to leave before I did, he's have to carefully back around the back end of my car)...to make a long story short (too late) I pull my car up over the pole that lies down at the end of the driveway (to prevent going over the hill) and dented the oil pan underneath the car, plus my car is stuck up on this telephone pole (that is lying down).  Again, dad was not a happy man.  ;D

My brother and I played Frisbee with my mother's original Elvis 45's, they were not made of vinyl so needless to say there were shattered
pieces everywhere.



did you wind up with any injuries? ???

When I was a kid ...my mother gave me a beautifully illustrated large book of fairy tales that had been owned by her mother before her. These books were in very good condition before I got my hands on them.....

Well, I proceeded to read this book and they really were excellent illustrations! After reading the book I got the bright idea to place the book on the ground and then stand on my bed and throw darts into the book just as hard as I could. I'd then open the pages to check which characters I'd killed! The book was pretty much a wreck inside of the firts week of my receiving it. I didn't understand it at that time but that would have hurt Mum a lot and had was apologizing for that action for a loooonnggg time.  :-\\ :-[

Right up there with the incident where I had another bright idea to use the cigarette lighter in the car to burn 30+ holes in the leather front seat of the family car. Somehow...I thought Dad wouldn't notice it...and strangely, it was the first thing he noticed when he got into the car.  I paid dearly for that one..... and there was pain involved!!! :o ;)


you were a little sociopath weren't you  ;D

you were a little sociopath weren't you  ;D


It's always good to be recoginized for ones efforts!  8)  .....and it was a double whammy (with the fairytale book) ...because when the darts missed the book they messed up the polished wood floor.  :-\\