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I was basically a good kid. In addition I had parents that were gone during the night so I could party the night away if I wanted. Being able to do that meant I didn't want to do it so I never really did.

However... two things stand out. Taking an unauthorized trip to Mexico to party and getting away with it until my Mom found a parking ticket from Rosarito in the ash tray. Whooops!

Second wasn't really getting into trouble. I got a few bad grades in a few classes so I used Appleworks to make a report card for me. Back then a report card was printed on a dot matrix printer and looked like any other document except for some indentifing information at the top like a student's name, year, etc.

Then I had this great idea of making report cards for my friends. Unfortunately, I did it for too many and word started to spread. For some weird reason, I never got caught. My friends never ratted me out so that's nice of them. =) I thought I was in trouble for sure.

The next quarter they switched to watermarked goldenrod report cards with a seal on the top.
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Getting into trouble implies that I was ever caught.  8)

Edit to add a story -

When I was around 16, I had a friend who lived across the street from me. I'd sleep over just about every weekend and we'd sneak out at night. His room was in the basement so it was easy to get out without his parents knowing. We'd take a bottle of Jack Daniels and some cigarettes with us as we walked around the neighborhood.

One of the times we were out doing this we got spotted by some girls from our school who were out driving around. They stopped and talked to us for a few minutes. That was pretty funny as I think we both got a slight rep boost for it.

Another time we were walking along one of the major roads just outside the neighborhood and someone threw a bottle at us. It hit my friend just above his kneecap. I didn't know what happened as I just heard the bottle hit the ground and break followed by my friend hitting the ground and letting out a stream of expletives. He had to use me as a crutch to get home, wrapped his knee up with one of those elastic support straps and no one was the wiser. 

The point being that we got away with quite a lot and never really got busted for it.  :P
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Uhh... the internet was how I got into trouble.
Spending over $400 on internet and phone calls to the USA.
Not good. >.<

Then Telecom brought out weekends where you talk for as long as you want for $10. Then my 5 hr phonecalls made sense, and teh girls I was calling were thankful :P
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Um...

*checks statute of limitations*

*checks juvie laws*

er...


*wanders off*
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Um...

*checks statute of limitations*

*checks juvie laws*

er...


*wanders off*

Unless you committed murder, BC, any crime you committed in your youth has long passed its statute of limitations.
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Unless you committed murder, BC, any crime you committed in your youth has long passed its statute of limitations.

Um... that might have been what I meant.  But perhaps not.
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At the age of 9, I helped my older sister and her friend break into the snack shack at the little league field and steal all the candy, soda and peanuts. She normally didn't take me on her late night excursions, but I caught her climbing out of her bedroom window with her gf and threatened to tell my parents if they didn't take me too. We only got caught b/c my dumbass sister put 5 cases of assorted candy/peanuts etc. in her closet. D'uh!

At the age of 18, I got busted. My parents didn't know until I told them 10 yrs. later. Thank God the person that was driving was known by every officer on the force. His uncle was on the police force, so he was called to come pick us up and deal with us however he saw fit. He took us to my friends grandmothers house and let her give us lecture. I never smoked pot in a car again. :) She never told my parents b/c she said I was a good girl and she knew I would never have anything to do with that. lol! The funny thing is, today, that friend replaced my Dad when he retired , as Supervisor for the County Highway Dept.. 30 yrs. later, we still keep in touch every now and then and laugh about how stupid we were. His kids are older than mine, so he already got what was coming to him.
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The worst thing I ever did was I went on a date with a girlfriend and she neglected to tell me that she was supposed to be picked up from her nearby church by her parents after the date, and we sat and talked for about six hours while her parents were frantically scouring the city for her. Totally her fault and my parents just laughed about it when I explained why they were getting frantic calls from her parents.

I was a huge boy scout. I didn't drink until my 21st birthday. My parents knew if I went to a party it was because I was the driver, so they didn't care as long as I stayed near a phone so I could call if anything got bad (this is before everyone had cell phones).
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Re: Tink's Teenager Trouble Post made me think. How did you get into trouble?
« Reply #8 on: November 22, 2007, 06:27:58 AM »
Hmmm... where really to begin? 

Just the teenage stuff, huh? 

Lets see.. hacking the typing program in computer class to produce a slightly better score for myself on the typing test printout leading to an A- rather than a B+

Threatening various people with extreme physical violence when they pissed me off. Somehow surviving all four years of high school without going to prison.

Explaining in detail the security flaws at the high school and how nothing would stop someone walking in with a shotgun and starting strafing (three years before Columbine I think, maybe four).

Composing various satirical poems suggesting the school principle consider professional employment in type writer repair (he resigned the year my class graduated in anguish).

Various suspensions, and detentions all beautifully covered up from my parents with a little dissembling.

I think that covers the high points, though we won't go into that one trip to New York with the Cross Country team.
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