re: Stupid things you did as a kid/adult

Was staying at my grandparents for a few days one summer. Papaw would let me carry around his old single shot 22 to shoot squirrels, cans, and whatever. Saw a buzzard circling the house and thought "no way I'll hit that" but that didn't stop me from trying. Sure enough, that sucker came crashing down right into the windshield of my grandmother's Lincoln town car. I think my Papaw was more impressed with the shot than he was upset that he had to buy a new windshield.

As a kid I was into BMX. Wanted to show my buddies how tight of a circle I could turn in. Peddle hit the ground and my junk went straight into the end of the handlebar that was sticking through the end of the grip. Still have the scar 30 something years later.

Several years ago I went fishing at Lake Fork one friday evening in April. Cold front was coming in and I was in a hurry. Got the boat ready to back down the ramp and stuck the knot in my bow rope in the crack between the bed and tailgate of my truck to catch the boat when it came off the trailer. Turned around just in time to see the boat hit the end of the rope and that knot pop loose. There was a pretty good wind blowing straight out from the bank and the temp was dropping fast. I ran down the pier and got my shirt and pants off right before I jumped off the pier and swam to my boat. Turned out to be one of the best fishing trips I've ever had. No one was around to see any of it thankfully.

Buddy of mine had 3 old round bales stacked up on top of a hill (2 on bottom, one on top) in a pasture. They were rotten and he had the idea that he'd burn them to get rid of them. When one of the bottom ones burned up, the top bale became a rolling fireball all the way down to the woods, which then caught on fire. 2 fire trucks later, they had it out.