Posted September 2, 2019 What thing did you have to do when you were a kid that you disliked the most? Could have to do with school, home chores or whatever. Mine: Lutheran Confirmation. Had to go on Saturday mornings. Made the basketball team in the 7th grade and had to quit because the games were on Saturday morning. Hated the classes and was supposed to memorize paragraphs of Martin Luther's writings every week which I was definitely not interested in or doing. Got caught getting into the communion wine which one provider has already told me I should be spanked for. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 Picking dandelions. I never had the patience for that task. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 I had to take care of the stock. They were fed and watered before me. Seven days a week. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 Cleaning the chicken coup. I would rather do anything than that!! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 Ditto with the live stock. Water was a 1.5 miles away so I had to take them there 2 to 3 times a week. They got their grazing along the way. Whole thing was a 4 to 5 hr affair. Used various means of transport: Horse, motorcycle, truck, foot... Mom took care of them for the rest of the week. Yrs later and mom finally told me how much she hated it. Never really hated it but today, I really wish for the peace and serenity that came with that job, maybe when I retire. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 I grow up in the mountains, so when the summer came around we would have to go get our wood! Enough to last the whole winter! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 Rounding up the Mastadons and patrolling for rogue Velociraptors. Childhood sucked back then. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 6 hours ago, gnarley_boy12 said: What thing did you have to do when you were a kid that you disliked the most? Could have to do with school, home chores or whatever. Mine: Lutheran Confirmation. Had to go on Saturday mornings. Made the basketball team in the 7th grade and had to quit because the games were on Saturday morning. Hated the classes and was supposed to memorize paragraphs of Martin Luther's writings every week which I was definitely not interested in or doing. Got caught getting into the communion wine which one provider has already told me I should be spanked for. I feel your pain gnarly boy! I grew up with conformation classes too. I did a lot of babysitting of my younger brother and his friends while growing up. Cooking meals and entertaining 7 year olds. 🥳 wanting to go out with my friends and never could that much. My parents where smart! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 (edited) Riding home on the creepy "Joy Bus" from Church every Sunday and Wednesday. Always the last to be dropped off. Creepy missionary dude would put a dollar bill over his mouth and ask me to give him a kiss. 😂😂😂 I never understood what the dollar bill thing was for? 🤔🤷♀️🙄 Church was definitely a chore for me. Edited September 2, 2019 by Hunter VanDyke 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 I bet if you asked all of us were raised in a religious home or something of the sort lol. I guess we really needed God.back then cause look at where we all ended up lol....interesting 😂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 2, 2019 50 minutes ago, Madison Taylor said: I bet if you asked all of us were raised in a religious home or something of the sort lol. I guess we really needed God.back then cause look at where we all ended up lol....interesting 😂 I think maybe we had too.much thrown at us. I confess , I was an alter boy and got a catholic education my entire school life. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 1 hour ago, Alex Majors said: I think maybe we had too.much thrown at us. I confess , I was an alter boy and got a catholic education my entire school life. I was in a Christian school until 3rd grade and my dad was a choir director, grandpa was a minister. Every Sunday and Wednesday were church. The religious life was all I was around while growing up 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 Sunday school and church. No one could ever explain to me why a brown kid in the Middle East would go to hell if they had never heard of or experienced Christianity. Plus.... Jesus seemed like a pretty loving guy. Hard to see how he'd HATE LGBT and other folks. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 10 hours ago, Phil-anderer said: Plus.... Jesus seemed like a pretty loving guy. Hard to see how he'd HATE LGBT and other folks. Right? I remember the Catholic priests claiming Jews, Muslims, and Hindus could never go to heaven, unless they converted. "Yeah, sure father, Jesus wants to punish other faiths!?!" Makes you wonder if they actually read the new testament. Anyway, back to the OP...mowed the lawn, dug dandelions, followed dad and picked up the hedge and tree trimmings. Summer meant work! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 21 hours ago, gnarley_boy12 said: What thing did you have to do when you were a kid that you disliked the most? Could have to do with school, home chores or whatever. Mine: Lutheran Confirmation. Had to go on Saturday mornings. Made the basketball team in the 7th grade and had to quit because the games were on Saturday morning. Hated the classes and was supposed to memorize paragraphs of Martin Luther's writings every week which I was definitely not interested in or doing. Got caught getting into the communion wine which one provider has already told me I should be spanked for. Another one. Curfew. Never could figure out why 15 or 30 minutes was such a BFD. Had a son. He couldn't figure it out either. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 14 hours ago, Alex Majors said: I confess , I was an alter boy and got a catholic education my entire school life. Not my entire school life,but when we lived in Kansas,1-3 grade was at a Catholic School. We did have a "wayward girl " in our class that would meet us behind the bushes. It was harmless fun and nothing x rated. Worst chore ? Hmm, spent a summer after we moved near Chicago on a cousins hog farm in southern Illinois. That was a misadventure. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 3 hours ago, JRWolfe said: Hmm, spent a summer after we moved near Chicago on a cousins hog farm in southern Illinois. That was a misadventure. Nothing stinks like hogs. I can be around a cattle feedlot, with nothing but mud and manure. Hogs on the other hand will permeate your clothes and the stink never seems to come off them. Reminds me of the movie waking Ned Devine. They get soap for the character Pig Fin. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 22 hours ago, Stang03 said: I grow up in the mountains, so when the summer came around we would have to go get our wood! Enough to last the whole winter! 5 cords is what I am told is needed for an average home to stay warm in the winter. That’s tough work! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 (edited) Where I’m from we would go through 9 cords of wood! That’s how cold it gets! Edited September 3, 2019 by Stang03 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 2 hours ago, Alex Majors said: Nothing stinks like hogs. I can be around a cattle feedlot, with nothing but mud and manure. Hogs on the other hand will permeate your clothes and the stink never seems to come off them. Reminds me of the movie waking Ned Devine. They get soap for the character Pig Fin. I was forced by necessity to work on a hog farm while in college. Made be be the first to arrive in the morning so that I could run the tractor and till the fields. I am still very punctual and early a lot. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 15 minutes ago, Stang03 said: Where I’m from we would go through 9 cords of wood! That’s how cold it gets! That’s a ton of wood sir! Be careful with that ax and saw? 😱 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 8 minutes ago, Kali Sensual Reiki said: That’s a ton of wood sir! Be careful with that ax and saw? 😱 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 I wished it was that easy! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 3, 2019 9 minutes ago, Kali Sensual Reiki said: That’s a ton of wood sir! Be careful with that ax and saw? 😱 I know huh I wouldn’t want to just be swinging it everywhere!😜 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 5, 2019 I had to vacuum the floors every damn day. WTF no one vacuumes them everyday now. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 5, 2019 26 minutes ago, Raine-7379 said: I had to vacuum the floors every damn day. WTF no one vacuumes them everyday now. That's why they have those floor robots now... 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 6, 2019 Busting rims with a pry-bar and steel hammer at the Truck Tire Repair facility. Unpaid. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 6, 2019 7 hours ago, Audrey Astor said: Pulling weeds 🙄🙄🙄 I did that too. My dad would give us kids a row in the garden. We each had to pull the weeds and hoe it. It wasn't a daily chore. Maybe twice during the growing season, when he was busy with work. Still it would take most of the day in the heat of summer. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted September 6, 2019 11 hours ago, Alex Majors said: I did that too. My dad would give us kids a row in the garden. We each had to pull the weeds and hoe it. It wasn't a daily chore. Maybe twice during the growing season, when he was busy with work. Still it would take most of the day in the heat of summer. Shoot, I had to do it every day after school... while my neighbors were playing outdoors.😢 So is your hoeing now that you’re grown up different than as a little?😂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
