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re: In the Old Days We had Dirt Clod Wars.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:34 am to Lsupimp
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:34 am to Lsupimp
1980-1982. Bastrop, LA. The great dirt clod war of New Space Estates between elementary/Jr High kids vs high schoolers. If you were there, you remember. Evolved from trench warfare to massive fort building from "borrowed" contruction materials. Hours dug in fending off attacks in a war of attrition. The hatred flowed. At least until we stopped for the day so we could go have wrasslin' matches on the neighborhood trampoline. JYD forever.
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:35 am to Lsupimp
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Spitale
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Shea
Went to Southeast Jr High w/ these guys.
Shea was a badass, but a cool guy.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:35 am to Lsupimp
I got a bow and arrow for my 8th birthday and my parents said go have fun. I was shooting it straight in the air 
Also, bb gun wars were the most fun/stupid thing we did. I remember shooting my brother in the back and begging him to tell mom that I was shooting at a frog that jumped
Also, bb gun wars were the most fun/stupid thing we did. I remember shooting my brother in the back and begging him to tell mom that I was shooting at a frog that jumped
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:36 am to Spaceman Spiff
Dirt clod wars every summer while walking beans.
Also had BB guns wars in the woods before there was paint ball. Surprised nobody ended up blind. Shot my brother in the side of the head. He had to go to the doc to get the bb dug out and then stitched up.
Also had BB guns wars in the woods before there was paint ball. Surprised nobody ended up blind. Shot my brother in the side of the head. He had to go to the doc to get the bb dug out and then stitched up.
This post was edited on 12/6/23 at 11:38 am
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:36 am to bamaguy17
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I remember shooting my brother in the back and begging him to tell mom that I was shooting at a frog that jumped
LOL
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:38 am to Lsupimp
Man this post took me back. I'll never forget when two people were throwing dirt clods and they collided in mid-air. We all stood in awe and talked about how it looked just like the death star blowing up.
Later we discovered that if you stuck a small PVC pipe in the ground and slung it it would send out large dirt pellets so we would have pvc wars. I am assuming that was just an us thing. Man life was simple then.
Later we discovered that if you stuck a small PVC pipe in the ground and slung it it would send out large dirt pellets so we would have pvc wars. I am assuming that was just an us thing. Man life was simple then.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:43 am to Lsupimp
Single pump BB gun wars all summer long
Right up until Melvin with his dumbass went 100% a-hole and did double pumps without telling anyone. frick Melvin.
Right up until Melvin with his dumbass went 100% a-hole and did double pumps without telling anyone. frick Melvin.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:43 am to Lsupimp
A heavy rain was like a bat signal. No text message, no phone call. You along with 30 other neighborhood kids just showed up to the field with 3 inches of water on it to play tackle the man with the football.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:49 am to IAmNERD
Dude in my neighborhood became proficient with the boomerang, which sounds silly as a weapon until you see it wielded with skill. It's like the fricking thing is chasing you.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 11:55 am to UpToPar
“tackle the man with the football.“
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Go ahead, say it! You know you want to. It’s okay, it’s just us.
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Go ahead, say it! You know you want to. It’s okay, it’s just us.
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:14 pm to Lsupimp
We had a huge field behind our house with woods on each side. Grass in field was really tall.
We built forts out of scrap wood in the woods on each side and played capture the fort. Used pvc pipe to launch bottle rockets, Roman candles, BB guns, paintball guns. When you got hit you had to stand on edge of field for 5 minutes then could go back to your fort and rejoin your team. We came up with detailed attack and battle plans to make it across the field and attack the other fort. It got out of hand once when we started launching artillery shells out of a tube as mortars onto the other fort to scare their people defending it into running away from the fort
We built forts out of scrap wood in the woods on each side and played capture the fort. Used pvc pipe to launch bottle rockets, Roman candles, BB guns, paintball guns. When you got hit you had to stand on edge of field for 5 minutes then could go back to your fort and rejoin your team. We came up with detailed attack and battle plans to make it across the field and attack the other fort. It got out of hand once when we started launching artillery shells out of a tube as mortars onto the other fort to scare their people defending it into running away from the fort
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:17 pm to AwgustaDawg
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We used to have bb gun wars. How none of us got seriously injured I do not know but we shot one another with BB Guns. Imagine an unaccompanied kid with a gun today...folks would have a stroke
Frozen paintballs hurt like a mofo
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:18 pm to Lsupimp
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Dirt Clod
Lots of memories with those two words
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:19 pm to Topwater Trout
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football games we really tried to hurt each other...to the point people from the other side of the neighborhood didn't play lol
Smear the Queer made men out of boys back then
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:29 pm to AwgustaDawg
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We also used to get into fights regularly. At least a couple of times a week at school someone was throwing hands. In elementary school. We had a store about 2 miles from my house and the old man who ran it had boxing gloves and encouraged us to beat the shite out of one another by giving the winner a coke LOL. When kids get in a fight today its the end of the world, the police are liable to get called and for sure the parents will....we got a coke if we won LOL.
I remember 5th grade a kid kept picking up a red rubber ball we used for 4-square and throwing it at my face. I told him if he did it again I would punch him. He did it, and I bloodied his nose. We got sent to principal. I told principal that i warned him and he did it anyway. She asked other kid if that was true. He nodded yes, and she said well you’re stupid and I bet you won’t do it again. Yall go back to class
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:34 pm to Old Character
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:39 pm to Lsupimp
King of the mountain
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:41 pm to deltaland
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I remember 5th grade a kid kept picking up a red rubber ball we used for 4-square and throwing it at my face. I told him if he did it again I would punch him. He did it, and I bloodied his nose. We got sent to principal. I told principal that i warned him and he did it anyway. She asked other kid if that was true. He nodded yes, and she said well you’re stupid and I bet you won’t do it again. Yall go back to class
That was more the norm than not LOL...adults did not have time to be concerned with kids self esteem or any of that rot...if it was in gym class odds were pretty good you were allowed to fight until you were both unable to continue LOL. The coaches would pretend to be breaking it up but I bet they were making book on it..."I got $5 on that fat kid..."
It wasn't just boys either...it was about as common for girls to start fighting and oretty common for a girl to be whipping the shite out of a boy LOL. I had a girlfriend in High School who was meaner than shite....all the girls were terrified of her. Some of the boys were as well, fear stemming from times in middle school she had whupped their asses LOL. Kids get in a fight today at school and it is a major issue, cops called, parents called, lawyers, psychiatrists....eerybody makes a big deal out of it. terrifying the kids when if left to their own devices they'd get over it in about 5 minutes and be the best of friends afterwards most likely...
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:41 pm to notiger1997
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I’m so glad my kids had better things to do than throw dirt and rocks at each other.
Like what?
Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:43 pm to Lsupimp
My brother and I would walk the siderails in downtown Olla in search of leaking bean cars. Every time they stopped, they would leak little piles of soybeans. We had our boy wars as we had an unending supply of ammo. Pea shooters were very cheap in those day. Or you could make do with plastic malt straws. That's all.
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