No offense to any of the older folks here as you are all wonderful, but I really don't understand when elderly folks say "Kids should be outside more! They should do the things we used to do." yet, when I start up my dirtbikes TO CLEAN IT, I get the cops called on me? What the fudge? And don't even get me started with riding it on the street. Cops called instantly, friends plates ran because he was involved, and then I got lectured by the cop saying she didn't want to scrape my skin and body off the concrete when I crash? I go the speed limit, I wear a full face helmet and goggles, chest protector, and riding pants, gloves, and motocross boots? Like why can't kids have fun anymore? It isn't hurting anyone. After I moved to boring I haven't gotten the cops called once, but I get threatened all the time that someone will kick my a$$ if I ride by them again. I was riding like once a week. I tore the bike apart to fix the engine, and I don't even see the point in fixing it if I get threatened everytime it starts up.
been asking that question sense i was your age.
we got the cops called on us for riding a mini bike in the street more than once.
we used to get bitched at and threatened when we played baseball/football/hockey/basketball in the street.
the school dirtclod fight incident
the climbing the tree with a rope incident
that time we got a ration of
by that old dude in the park for "swearing and throwing our bikes around" (we were hanging out on top of the jungle gym and our bikes were all over the playground when they showed up with younger kids so we moved out bikes inside the jungle and climbed back on top).
the getting bitched at and threated with cops for hanging out in the wrong section of the park incidents.
the lady on the corner yelling at us for climbing the fence and going down in the ditch to collect golf balls. then that one time she actually called the cops on us for doing it (and we ran and hid
)
that time we were in the ditch and this other lady actually pulled her car over, got out and chewed us out and told us to get out of there of she would call the cops. so we chewed her out and ran for it (life before cellphones
)
that time the police helicopter told us to get out of there and back on the bike trail. we were at Anarchy trials making jumps, wtf.
that time the cops showed up when we were running RC cars in that dirt lot.
that time park ranges bitched at us for playing baseball in the baseball field at the park. (make that make sense)
that time we were playing baseball on the baseball field at the school and some lady came out bitching at us about steeling from the vending machine. then like a week or two later we were playing basketball and riding bikes around in the same school and some guy with the school (its a privet school/church) intentionally locked us in and called the cops so we jumped the fence into another kids backyard. (and no we didn't steel from the vending machine. we didn't start that until after being accused multiple times. we would however go over there and buy sodas though)
then there was time me and 2 friends were fixing the stereo in his car in the street in front of my house and later a neighbor told my mom she wouldn't hesitate to call the cops if it happened again. (we were out there not even 10 minutes fixing wiring to speakers and had music playing for maybe 2 minutes and it wasn't even that loud)
