RedPath88

Jump forward several years and I was living in another city in another state and obviously with a new group of friends. Freight trains used to pass through the city and very low speeds. Most of these trains were very long and usually had a handful or more of empty box cars on them, with the doors open. We would hop in them, along with out bikes for a quick and easy, albeit dangerous way to get across town. Really surprised no one ever got seriously hurt or killed Although at least one bike tire & wheel were not so lucky One day I remember two of us we were going to go to another friends who lived about 2 miles south of town. Luckily there was a train passing through town, headed south! What luck we thought! So we hopped it, with the intent of getting off about a mile later, before it was at a speed to fast to jump from as it accelerated into farm lands. We were bs'ing and just screwing around and before we knew it that jump point was long gone and the train was hauling-***!!! When it finally started slowing again, we jumped off and eventually figured out that we were in the next heavily populated city... about 50 or so miles south of home! Having no way to get back, we had no choice but to call one of our moms. A tense couple rounds of Rock Paper Scissors resulted in a "win" for me, so Travis reluctantly placed a collect call to his house. Lucky for us his mom was not home but her boyfriend was. He drove down and picked us up and in exchange (aka blackmail) for not telling our moms, we had to do a bunch of crap for him for the rest of the summer. Apparently he even told Travis's mom that the collect call on the bill was from his brother... as far as I know, neither of our moms ever found out what we really did that day! So did we learn from that? Come on seriously? We were in 5th grade and continued doing it through middle school too!

Yeah most of the kids in the neighborhood were in first grade or so at that time and we all loved it, it was a blast. :aok:

Yep it is wet there for sure, but it is often very very nice as well. Lived in Hoquiam and Aberdeen in the early 80s, after moving from the beach, and then again in Aberdeen in early 90s for a combined total of about 8 years. If it wasn't for the crappy economy, which can mostly be blamed on the hits on the timber industry, it'd be a better place to live. Instead it's just been getting worse over the past 20 years.

Don't recall anyone ever calling it a Jeep, 4Runner yes, but not a Jeep.

I hate how the paint on my 30 year old Pathfinder is peeling and fading

The knob on the right!

Dry side of Washington state? Blasphemy! everybody in any other part of the nation knows that it rains 24/7/365 everywhere in the Pacific Northwest and there is no sun, ever... just ask them! Okay so on a serious note, I've never been there myself but one day I'll have to stop by. But this thread does remind me of my early childhood living in Hoquiam, WA, very near to a sawmill with train service. The regular engineer who ran in and out of that on a daily basis during the summer and some weekends used to stop and pick up all the neighborhood kids and give us a ride for five blocks, to the edge of our neighborhood, and drop us off and we'd all walk back home happy as can be. It may have only been five blocks but it was freaking awesome!

Filled her up! And came to the semi-conclusion that my alarms External/PA speaker might have gone bad

They look very... mid-'80s design cue to me...

Pictures, or it didn't happen! Hmm, to dark IMHO would look better tinted, not blacked. But if you like it then

Have it. Done it. Worked great! Been two years+ since I have had to use it, but the Underground Exterminator worked great for me.

Tapatalk strikes again! Pretty sure that has been an ongoing problem with TT, I remember reading several years ago that they had no plans of ever supporting polls in the app... have I ever told you how much I despise everything tapatalk... especially their "customer" (forum staff) support? OK OK, back to the actual... err, current issue... Press the menu button in the upper right of the app and choose Web View, pick your browser of choice if the option is presented. Be aware that you may need to log in, but you should now see the thread in NPORA's built in mobile theme or full desktop view. Either way, you should now see the poll and be able to vote (if your logged in of course.) *reluctantly sent via crappytalk app

Sorry you have to deal with this, god I hate thieves! As for Everett crews coming down from Everett. No surprise given the area they're apparently coming from.

Reckless Driving

impaired mind

/\ pokes little holes in cases <was excused from jury duty due to a lack of bad guys... or lack of laws being enforced \/ is not old enough to be called up

Banned for being so whiny

Banned for basing your existence on the accomplishments, or lack thereof, of other people.

Banned for concerning yourself with what others sing about

Forum was offline for a couple minutes for a minor software security update.

Remote Island

banned for jumping into the mix

Banned for an incorrect assumption, I said you screamed *like* a little girl that you were... or were not... a little girl. ? Gotta read the actual words presented. ?

Banned for screaming like a little girl while not making any sense... yet again.

Banned for assuming he knows what an operating system is!