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How many are old enough to remember smoking areas in High School
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:25 am
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:25 am
and having a shotgun in the back window of your truck in the school parking lot. Times WERE better back then.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:26 am to SemperFiDawg
Subtle, "I was rich enough to have my own truck in high school" brag.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:28 am to SemperFiDawg
There was a big oak tree out on the outer edge of a huge parking lot called the smoking tree.
All the smokers gathered up every morning under it to puff their lives away.
And we carried guns and never locked our vehicles or house
I didn't even have a key to my parents house until I was 15 or so.
All the smokers gathered up every morning under it to puff their lives away.
And we carried guns and never locked our vehicles or house
I didn't even have a key to my parents house until I was 15 or so.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:28 am to SemperFiDawg
I can remember both. There was no air conditioning in schools back then. We used to take peanut butter and jelly sandwiches because they would keep in a hot locker.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:30 am to The Torch
Same. Big oak tree was the smoking area
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:31 am to SemperFiDawg
I can mostly remember the ashtrays on the airplane's armrest and people actually smoking during a flight. Also, ashtrays at airports, cars and at coffee tables at home.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:32 am to SemperFiDawg
My school's policy was you had to be 16 and have a note from a parent stating it was ok for you to smoke. Only time allowed, was during lunch and the designated area was behind the visiting team's concession. My HS had about 1200 students, two lunch periods. There were maybe 8 that were out there smoking that I ever saw. Do not remember ever seeing a female smoker.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:35 am to SemperFiDawg
I graduated high school on 1992 and I don’t remember them. My mom and dad said they existed when they were in HS, graduated in the late 60s
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:36 am to SemperFiDawg
CHS 79-84
the smoking area was behind the gym close to the parking lot. Most kids carried a pocket knife every day and a shotgun in the rear window rack was common…we would leave for the day and go straight to the woods to squirrel hunt
BTW nobody I knew carried or even owned a handgun. I don’t think I even ever shot a handgun until after I graduated college, it just wasn’t a thing. You either had a 22 rifle or a shotgun
the smoking area was behind the gym close to the parking lot. Most kids carried a pocket knife every day and a shotgun in the rear window rack was common…we would leave for the day and go straight to the woods to squirrel hunt
BTW nobody I knew carried or even owned a handgun. I don’t think I even ever shot a handgun until after I graduated college, it just wasn’t a thing. You either had a 22 rifle or a shotgun
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:36 am to SemperFiDawg
I’m a bit too young for the bull room, but we did have designated areas to dip when I was in school. Smoking wasn’t allowed, but dipping or chew was. 
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:36 am to SemperFiDawg
We smoked in the bathroom in the mid 90s
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:38 am to SemperFiDawg
By the time I got to HS they were starting to ban tobacco products on campus.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:39 am to SemperFiDawg
seems we have this exact thread pretty regularly now.
And yes, I'm old enough to remember both. Also remember the teachers lounge looking and smelling like a lounge at 2am cause all the teachers were burning heaters inside.
And yes, I'm old enough to remember both. Also remember the teachers lounge looking and smelling like a lounge at 2am cause all the teachers were burning heaters inside.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:40 am to SemperFiDawg
We had a cancer corral for the teachers
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:40 am to SemperFiDawg
I only smoked fools like you on the bball court.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:42 am to The Torch
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and never locked our vehicles or house
Still that way some places.
Posted on 9/26/25 at 8:43 am to chryso
Or....And follow me here, Some people worked my arse off after school, weekends, and summers, and bought the cheapest POS farm truck i could afford.
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