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Jamaal510

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70. My big bro

Tue Sep 16, 2014, 01:21 AM

Sep 2014

took me to a club in Stockton called "Lost Isle" about a month after I graduated high school. It was my first time going to any nightclub. I lied to the bouncer that I was 21 when he asked, and it didn't look like he believed me (he asked afterwards "are you sure?&quot , but he was nice enough to let me in anyway.
In addition to that, I also remember graduating high school and (unfortunately) not thinking about keeping in touch with my old friends. I was so happy to get away from Skyline High School that I didn't care about anything else at the time.
That August, I ended up going to Merritt community college for about 4 years before finally coming here to Humboldt.

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What were you doing at age 18 ? [View all] steve2470 Sep 2014 OP

Working in construction, 1976, $12.75/hour. Pay was better then. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #1

that was pretty decent money for 1976 steve2470 Sep 2014 #2

Army Basic and Advanced Infantry Training pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #3

I'm glad you survived the war steve2470 Sep 2014 #4

Thanks--me, too! :) pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #68

Deciding whether to register for the draft. rug Sep 2014 #5

can I ask, did you finally register ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #6

Yes, on my 18th birthday I went to the draft board in Times Square and registered. rug Sep 2014 #16

glad things turned out well ! nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #22

serving in the military Skittles Sep 2014 #7

was it worth it ? haha steve2470 Sep 2014 #8

oh I will Skittles Sep 2014 #10

southern California, way out east of LA ? nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #14

I was almost literally having a nervous breakdown at freshman year of college. closeupready Sep 2014 #9

Freshman year was pretty rough for me too, weed or no weed steve2470 Sep 2014 #12

Me too! closeupready Sep 2014 #26

Hey Steve, I was a freshman at San Jose State College, living at home with my parents! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #11

hey CalPeggy, hope you enjoyed your major ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #13

I did, very much! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #15

How is your shoulder ? All healed up ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #17

Ah, I wish! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #18

I hope it's not still trying to slip pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #20

It is trying to slip............sort of. A little, here and there. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #25

glad things are slowly progressing steve2470 Sep 2014 #27

Second/third year of college, two part time jobs, mourning, becoming workaholic, not coping. politicat Sep 2014 #19

..... steve2470 Sep 2014 #21

I too was a freshman in college dr.strangelove Sep 2014 #23

luckily, 38 years later, I finished that degree :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #24

More power to you! pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #31

oh...I was trying to make a joke steve2470 Sep 2014 #34

I think we have a great example here in Tobin pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #38

yes much respect to him ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #40

Changing my major from engineering to biology. hunter Sep 2014 #28

glad your meds are better ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #29

Frosh in colege, taking classes that all were taking, since I had NO idea what I wanted benld74 Sep 2014 #30

I was married with a young child. RebelOne Sep 2014 #32

Living at home, working full time as a typist in an insurance/real estate office. Arkansas Granny Sep 2014 #33

Let's see, was that Pleistocene era? I forget. DFW Sep 2014 #35

you were in college in Philly ? steve2470 Sep 2014 #37

I was indeed DFW Sep 2014 #39

nope lol steve2470 Sep 2014 #41

Thanks, except for my wife's current medical travails, we're OK DFW Sep 2014 #44

oh many good vibes to your wife ! steve2470 Sep 2014 #45

My well-compensated daughter is the brains of the outfit, and thanks! DFW Sep 2014 #75

I wish her and your wife much good luck ! :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #83

Senior year of highschool, working as an assistant martial arts instructor sakabatou Sep 2014 #36

Going to college, protesting the Vietnam War. nt LiberalEsto Sep 2014 #42

kudos for both ! nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #43

Most of it 18 I was a sr in high school. Muscle car, money from pt job, and crazy friends. aikoaiko Sep 2014 #46

Turned 18 in Feb of my senior year of HS bigwillq Sep 2014 #47

It's great to be a Gator. On my way to college in Missouri. Went to grad school at U/F as old fogey. kairos12 Sep 2014 #48

Listening to a lot of Prog, hifiguy Sep 2014 #49

Working as a photographer at 6 flags over texas OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #50

No wonder I missed you pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #51

And if you can't afford to take the kids to Sea World.... Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #57

I was at a concert when a friend of mine was onstage with another folk singer pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #58

I've come up with "Motel 2-1/2" Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #59

Brother one thing I can promise you OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #69

Thank you. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #71

THat is a bucket-list type accomplishment! OriginalGeek Sep 2014 #82

We were so poor, Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #73

Another naive freshman here ... Auggie Sep 2014 #52

yep, all of the above nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #53

One of the HS classmates I looked up to... pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #55

College freshman ... femmocrat Sep 2014 #54

I don't know, but whatever it was, I was fucking stoned while I was doing it. Iggo Sep 2014 #56

Second semester freshman in college. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #60

college freshman - never considered anything else DrDan Sep 2014 #61

Freshman at U. of Alabama. 1959. trof Sep 2014 #62

I can relate to the frat thing :) nt steve2470 Sep 2014 #65

I was an art school freshman ... surrealAmerican Sep 2014 #63

Sophomore at SUNY New Paltz shenmue Sep 2014 #64

College NV Whino Sep 2014 #66

Washing dishes at the Bon Marche in Yakima rustydog Sep 2014 #67

My big bro Jamaal510 Sep 2014 #70

freshman in college fizzgig Sep 2014 #72

Wearing a pickle suit over in Germany.... chknltl Sep 2014 #74

Learning how to tap telephones for the Army jmowreader Sep 2014 #76

Lots of drugs. Throd Sep 2014 #77

Right? Iggo Sep 2014 #78

graduating high school, joining the Air Force, being a born again Christian and torturing myself Douglas Carpenter Sep 2014 #79

I wish I could say I had been doing the same at that age davidpdx Sep 2014 #80

probably drinking Lil Missy Sep 2014 #81

1968 ballardgirl Sep 2014 #84

if I had the mind I have now, yes... steve2470 Sep 2014 #85

Graduating La Jolla High (1969), working in the summer mnhtnbb Sep 2014 #86

Plebe at the U.S. Naval Academy Shrek Sep 2014 #87