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Title: I'm Eighteen
Post by: JONTHEBOMB on December 14, 2005, 09:44:40 pm
I'm eighteen years old today ;D.  I have just bought a lottery ticket for the power ball jackpot (it's over $100 million right now).  Hey I won $3.
What else should I do now that I'm an adult?
What did you do when you turned eighteen?



Also, does anybody know who sings the rock song from I think the 80's?  Some of the lyrics that I can remember are:

I'm eighteen
I'm confused everyday
eighteen
(some guitar here)
and I like it
yes I like it
I like it
I love it
eighteen


Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: versapak on December 14, 2005, 09:48:38 pm
Alice Cooper


As for what I did... I don't really remember.

Only 29 years old now, and I have the memory of an old man with alzheimer's.



[EDIT}

WOW!!!

I just remembered... LOL

None of you are my old neighbor are you?

If so, then I'm sorry... I was sleeping with your wife on my 18th birthday.


Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: DrewKaree on December 14, 2005, 09:55:13 pm
Go punch a :police: in the face so we can stop getting updates like these.

Dang-blankety-durn-burn whippersnappers
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: ChadTower on December 14, 2005, 10:02:42 pm
On my 18th birthday I went to the beach and got HAMMERED until I passed out on a sand dune.  I woke up with no pants, no shoes, and one hell of a good looking blonde chick whose name I didn't remember.

One of those nights where you drink so much that when you wake up you have to think hard about how you got to where you are and start checking for things like newly missing teeth and where did that tattoo come from.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: RayB on December 14, 2005, 11:10:45 pm
Strip Club!
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: duffjr on December 14, 2005, 11:18:48 pm
miniature golfing
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: quarterback on December 14, 2005, 11:22:37 pm
Happy Birthday Jon,

I don't remember what I did for my 18th birthday, but I'm sure it involved boozing it up.  I don't think I did anything spectacularly different.  Honestly, 18 didn't seem like that huge of a deal for me.  I was a freshman in college and already partying relatively regularly.  I do remember my 21st birthday (had a party) but the rest are lost in the fog of time....

But maybe what you should learn from all of this is: Start writing down what you do on every birthday.  Most of mine are un-recallable at this point, but it would be kind of fun to be reminded of whatever it was that I decided to do each year.  I'd love it if I had a little "annual diary" of whatever I did and what seemed important to me at that point in my life...

Have a good one.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: missioncontrol on December 14, 2005, 11:37:19 pm
my 18th birthday is a fog... come to think about it so is the week after.....


well happy birthday
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Bones on December 15, 2005, 12:11:18 am
On my 18th birthday I went to the beach and got HAMMERED until I passed out on a sand dune.  I woke up with no pants, no shoes, and one hell of a good looking blonde chick whose name I didn't remember.
That was 1987-1989 for me. Now that was one crazy night.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: SOAPboy on December 15, 2005, 12:12:55 am
Lottery tickets (scratch offs)
Smokes, legally
A few misc females..

Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: M3talhead on December 15, 2005, 04:22:15 am
I moved out on my 18th. I had all my stuff packed up the day before in my '89 Acura Integra, and at 7am, I left and moved in with a friend of mine so I didnt have to put up with "the man" anymore.

I bought a lottery ticket (scratch off)
A pack of smokes and 2 cigars
Went to a strip club
Passed out
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: danny_galaga on December 15, 2005, 05:10:43 am
i have a feeling i was eighteen once. if you're in the US though, what can you do at 18? surely 21 is the big number?
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: DrewKaree on December 15, 2005, 06:26:31 am
i have a feeling i was eighteen once. if you're in the US though, what can you do at 18? surely 21 is the big number?

I dunno.  In WI, the legal drinking age used to be 18.  It was changed to 21 so we wouldn't miss out on all the treats the federal government promised to withhold from our state if we didn't change it.

They changed the drinking age when I was 15.  Due to work situations and friends, I was able to drink when I was 17, so turning 21 was no big deal for me other than I could now get into the strip clubs.  Turning 18 for me was similar to metalhead's experience, although I didn't have my shite packed that day.  I think it was a week before I moved out. 
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: RetroJames on December 15, 2005, 07:00:20 am
I moved out on my 18th. I had all my stuff packed up the day before in my '89 Acura Integra, and at 7am, I left and moved in with a friend of mine so I didnt have to put up with "the man" anymore.

I bought a lottery ticket (scratch off)
A pack of smokes and 2 cigars
Went to a strip club
Passed out

Down the stairs I went, a hefty bag with all my crap, out the door. Moved into a loft downtown, got a motorcycle, and got a tattoo.

I'd show 'em all I would....
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: duffjr on December 15, 2005, 07:04:56 am
did anyone not do drugs when they turned 18?
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: DrewKaree on December 15, 2005, 07:20:11 am
did anyone not do drugs when they turned 18?

I not did them.  I was past that stage in my life, thankfully.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Ed_McCarron on December 15, 2005, 07:24:16 am
I stopped doing things that could get me arrested, for one.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: menace on December 15, 2005, 09:16:31 am
Quote
I stopped doing things that could get me arrested, for one.

exactly--17 was party central--at 18 i was trying to be good since all my crimes would be those of an adult and hence have jail time and not piddly community service.

beauty of it was that I was aware of this change starting at 15 and enjoyed myself for 3 years, prison free.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Stingray on December 15, 2005, 09:59:59 am
I turned 18 18 years ago. Damn kids.

-S
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: ChadTower on December 15, 2005, 10:05:24 am

Ha.  Even I can call you a geezer.

Geezer.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Stingray on December 15, 2005, 10:46:11 am

Ha.  Even I can call you a geezer.

Geezer.

I'd chew you out for that, but I can't find my teeth. I'll just wave my cane at you in a menacing fashion.

-S
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Crazy Cooter on December 15, 2005, 11:08:42 am
...although I didn't have my shite packed that day.

ROFLMAO.
18=age of consent.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: ChadTower on December 15, 2005, 11:19:11 am

Age of consent varies by state.  In some states it is as low as 14.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: whammoed on December 15, 2005, 11:38:42 am

Age of consent varies by state.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: ChadTower on December 15, 2005, 11:40:13 am

There is very little advantage in the US to being 18.  18 means you are always tried as an adult in a court of law.  It means you can be drafted into the Military should the draft be reinstated.  It means you can get into some, but not most, bars and clubs.

21 is the number that unlocks the legal parties.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: quarterback on December 15, 2005, 11:44:52 am
...although I didn't have my shite packed that day.

ROFLMAO.
18=age of consent.

I think CC made a durty comment
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: markb on December 15, 2005, 04:43:38 pm
If your 18 the ritual is I take you to a bar buy you a few pints of beer, then we'll head off for couple of hours in an establishment where the Women will dance for you wearing remarkably few clothes, Then finally we'll go to a casino and place a few bets on the tables.

What? your in America? They don't let you do that stuff at 18! Damn I thought it was the land of the free? :o





I'm fishing
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: ChadTower on December 15, 2005, 07:18:00 pm

It used to be 18 here, then they decided that 18 year olds + alcohol = car accidents.
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: markb on December 15, 2005, 07:29:49 pm
No, women + cars = accidents. ;D
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: DrewKaree on December 15, 2005, 10:32:04 pm
No, women + cars = accidents. ;D

Amen brother.  You're preachin' to the choir here ;D
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Harry Potter on December 16, 2005, 02:06:02 pm
I was late to my 18th bday.

Just like the reply to this post.  :P
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: markrvp on December 16, 2005, 03:37:18 pm
What a coincidence; so is she.

NOW THAT'S THE KIND OF PICTURE YOU POST IN THE CHEESECAKE THREAD.

You have almost figured this place out.  Keep it up!
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: DrewKaree on December 16, 2005, 06:02:24 pm
What a coincidence; so is she.

NOW THAT'S THE KIND OF PICTURE YOU POST IN THE CHEESECAKE THREAD.

You have almost figured this place out.  Keep it up!

He's cross pollinating threads and doesn't even know he's doing it.  He's an ambitious slacker-in-training.  Stingray, bestow the young apprentice with an appropriate award!
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: quarterback on December 18, 2005, 01:08:29 pm
That "chick" looks like a dude. 
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Stingray on December 19, 2005, 11:42:53 am
What a coincidence; so is she.

NOW THAT'S THE KIND OF PICTURE YOU POST IN THE CHEESECAKE THREAD.

You have almost figured this place out.  Keep it up!

He's cross pollinating threads and doesn't even know he's doing it.  He's an ambitious slacker-in-training.  Stingray, bestow the young apprentice with an appropriate award!

I wouldn't even know where to start. Is it just me or do half of his posts look like bad haiku?

-S
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: c64rulez on December 19, 2005, 12:14:14 pm
which half ?
A quarter would suit me fine
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: DrewKaree on December 19, 2005, 04:19:10 pm

I wouldn't even know where to start. Is it just me or do half of his posts look like bad haiku?

-S

Does this mean you're saying they look as GOOD as bad haiku?  I've gotta wonder why your judging scale is so off.  Try taking your finger off the scale.  That might even things out
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: ChadTower on December 20, 2005, 10:07:09 am

my heart aches with pain
when I see you I vomit
die away from me
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: c64rulez on December 20, 2005, 06:10:36 pm
:o :o :o CLAP NOW
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: Stingray on December 21, 2005, 02:14:20 pm

I wouldn't even know where to start. Is it just me or do half of his posts look like bad haiku?

-S

Does this mean you're saying they look as GOOD as bad haiku?  I've gotta wonder why your judging scale is so off.  Try taking your finger off the scale.  That might even things out

What was the question?

-S
Title: Re: I'm Eighteen
Post by: DrewKaree on December 21, 2005, 09:59:41 pm
I wrote it down on some toilet paper, but I can't seem to find it now