How many of these things did you do as a kid?

[muwarrior69]

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2017/06/28/23-dangerous-things-let-kids/

I did not shoot a gun until my first job at the state police crime lab right after I graduated. I never squashed a penny on a railroad track. Other than that I did all the rest. Playing cowboys and indians with my buddies I rubbed my face with theses nice red berries that looked like war paint on your skin. I was laid up for a week with poison sumac.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

I think I did all of these except squishing a penny on a train track and maybe standing on the roof.  I can't remember a time I went on the roof bit could be wrong.

The fireworks were without my parents knowledge. They were chill about most "dangerous" things but had a zero tolerance policy for fireworks.  Mom was an er nurse and saw too many exploded hands to be OK with it.

[jsglow]

The only one I don't recall is 'parking lot driving' as a young kid.  I believe the first time I was behind the wheel when I was 15 and that was in a supervised session up north with my mom.

[StillAWarrior]

All of them.

[Lighthouse 84]

All of them, though the driving by myself wasn't actually something my parents "let" me do, it just happened when I was 14.  End result-not good.

I advocate that all kids should do these things (except driving without their parents' permission).

[muwarrior69]

All of them.

I want to see the penny.

[CTWarrior]

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2017/06/28/23-dangerous-things-let-kids/

I did not shoot a gun until my first job at the star police crime lab right after I graduated. I never squashed a penny on a railroad track. Other than that I did all the rest. Playing cowboys and indians with my buddies I rubbed my face with theses nice red berries that looked like war paint on your skin. I was laid up for a week with poison sumac.

All but fire a gun, drive a car (unless steering while sitting on Dad's lap counts as a little kid), use a bow and arrow (still haven't done that) and penny on railroad track.

[Spotcheck Billy]

all of them and more like drinking from the garden hose in summer, swimming in abandoned quarries etc.

[Stronghold]

I never put pennies on the railroad but definitely put rocks on them. 

[StillAWarrior]

I want to see the penny.

Given a little time, and I could probably produce some.  However, truth be told, they'd be ones that I did with my daughter a few years ago after regaling her with tales of putting pennies on the track in my own youth.  We did dozens one weekend when we were at a camp with a nearby train (and some nickels and quarters, too).  I'm certain that I don't still have any from when I was a kid.

/Yes, I did see the teal.

[mu03eng]

All of them, now the question is what age did you do them at? A lot of these things I did relatively young thanks to Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, which I highly, highly recommend people getting their kids in and from what I've been told Girl Scouts is catching up with Boy Scouts in terms of the outdoor activities they do.

I will say, what I don't recommend is doing what my group of friends, is take the bike ramp one and standing on a roof one too far. We jumped off the roof on multiple occasions and not just into pools. We also one day set-up a bike ramp such that we could ride down my driveway to my neighbors curb where the ramp could launch us into a big oak tree in their lawn......how I survived past 10 is a miracle.

[Juan Anderson's Mixtape]

Good point MU03ENG.  Many of those activities are Boy Scout merit badges.  And the ones that weren't usually happened on camp outs anyways.

[tower912]

I was up on roofs after the Blizzard of 78.  Jumping off of roofs into snow drifts.  Actually sledding down a church roof on to a massive snow pile in an alley.  Still have never fired a gun or bow and arrow.  Did most of the rest.

[LON]

I never put pennies on the railroad but definitely put rocks on them.

Rocks were the best, just sparked like crazy.

[Galway Eagle]

No to cliff and no to car. Does a gun count if it was at the state fair? If not then no to that. Did everything else. By the way where the heck did y'all find a cliff to jump off?

[ChitownSpaceForRent]

What would you say the age limit cut off is for this?

[Spotcheck Billy]

No to cliff and no to car. Does a gun count if it was at the state fair? If not then no to that. Did everything else. By the way where the heck did y'all find a cliff to jump off?

seemed like everyone owned either a BB gun or a pellet gun when I was a kid

[mu03eng]

No to cliff and no to car. Does a gun count if it was at the state fair? If not then no to that. Did everything else. By the way where the heck did y'all find a cliff to jump off?

Boundary Waters while canoeing on a High Adventure trip for Boy Scouts

Edit: a gun is a gun is a gun.....

[ZiggysFryBoy]

drove my first car at 14.  '69 Chevelle.

Where is 'have unprotected sex with a man in a windowless van?'

[4everwarriors]

Gotta ax Yankee on dat won, dude, hey?

[MU82]

Did every single one of those things, although I was an older kid for a few.

For example, the first time I drove a car by myself without a license was when I was 15 and had my learner's permit. I felt like going to McDonald's a couple miles away and figured my parents (who weren't home) would never find out. Well, my mother ran into one of my friends while shopping, and my friend said, "I didn't know he had his license yet." To which my mom said, "He doesn't!" Got grounded for that one.

Also ... "climb a rope" ... I was TERRIBLE at it. I did try to climb ropes on many occasions and I did get several feet into it, but I never got anywhere near the top.

Finally, "explore a construction site" ... We had one really close to my house, and friends and I used to go there all the time. When I got a little older and realized girls were cute and soft and smelled good, I had a couple of girls (on separate occasions) that I used to make out with at night "at the pipes." We could squeeze into the site through the gate under the chain and locks. Oh, Colleen Casey ... where are you now?

[real chili 83]

I was up on roofs after the Blizzard of 78.  Jumping off of roofs into snow drifts.  Actually sledding down a church roof on to a massive snow pile in an alley.  Still have never fired a gun or bow and arrow.  Did most of the rest.

This. 

Shoveled all the snow of Dr. Walman's roof and jumped off his garage. Same snow storm. 

[tower912]

I've been on a few more roofs the last 27 years.

[Jay Bee]

yall frequent 'artofmanliness.com', though? smh

[Benny B]

All of them before the age of 13 except the bow and arrow... I was 15 for that.

Where's "sneak into a casino" and "sell cigarettes to other kids in your jr. high class"?