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My brother-in-law was giving me a tour of his new gun safe.

Of interest were the High Standard Supermatic (in box, rarely fired, with papers) he bought when he was 14 and the shotgun he bought from the his 7th/8th grade shop teacher. Gun and money were transferred during shop class. If that happened today, I wonder how far under the jail the seller would be.

Almost as interesting was the story of how my 60-year-old brother-in-law and his older brother put an 800 lb safe on the back of truck, removed it and put it in place without benefit if a hand truck or other lifting device. He said there were two of them and some iron pipe so it wasn't hard. My back still hurts from thinking about it.

yeah but he's been working at the iron works/ boat shop for as long as I can remember.....and even when I was in high school there weere guys on the football team who showed up for sunday films in theiir cammies with their duck guns in their pickups ... thatwas only 15 years ago

bgreenea3 wrote:yeah but he's been working at the iron works/ boat shop for as long as I can remember.....and even when I was in high school there weere guys on the football team who showed up for sunday films in theiir cammies with their duck guns in their pickups ... thatwas only 15 years ago

When I was in high school in the late 40's graduated in 1950. I used to take my 12 gage single shot, broken down and wrapped in a canvas and about 10 shells to school with me and put them in my locker. After School I would take the school bus with my friend who lived in the country and we would go hunting pheasants behind hos house. My folks would pick me up in the evening. Do that now?hohohohoho

bgreenea3 wrote:yeah but he's been working at the iron works/ boat shop for as long as I can remember.....and even when I was in high school there weere guys on the football team who showed up for sunday films in theiir cammies with their duck guns in their pickups ... thatwas only 15 years ago

I don't recall anyone in the Central Middle School 7th grade buying a gun from a teacher on school time. even Mr. (LTC) Coburn wasn't into gun sales.

that would've been a shop teacher thing not a science teacher, dad. aand no no in 7th grade but I wouldn't have put it past Flaska in high school

I was in high school less than ten years ago. (YA FEEL OLD???)

One day, after deer season, I brought my backpack with 20 gauge slugs in it to school. I found them when I went to get a pencil in biology class. I was horrified. The backpack had lots of pockets. I had taken my books out and taken it deer hunting with my dad.

I spent the whole day worried the school cop would find out and I would get shot in the face for my mistake. I cried when I got home.

I watched one guy move my 800lb safe into my house. He had a helper (his dad) which just mainly guided it while his son did all the work. He was built like a linebacker from moving safes all the time. He tilted it back and his did slid his HD dolly under it and off he went. I've seen pipe to golf balls used to move heavy objects around. The work well if done right.

No guns in my schools.... But it was common to go shooting after school.

lucam wrote:I was in high school less than ten years ago. (YA FEEL OLD???)

One day, after deer season, I brought my backpack with 20 gauge slugs in it to school. I found them when I went to get a pencil in biology class. I was horrified. The backpack had lots of pockets. I had taken my books out and taken it deer hunting with my dad.

I spent the whole day worried the school cop would find out and I would get shot in the face for my mistake. I cried when I got home.

When bgreene's older sisters were in school, some young lady was caught with a plastic picnic knife for cutting brownies and got a long suspension. His sisters were ok with stainless steel cake spatulas that were sharp enough to draw blood. If they had officially recognized the fact that guys had hunting weapons in their cars for after school, they probably would have called in the National Guard.

The high school my brother-in-law and I attended had a locker in the shop so you wouldn't have to lug your guns and ammo around the school or leave them in the car. No requirement to put them there, just a convenience. Wilson was a small town and everyone pretty much knew everyone else. There wasn't any worry someone going nuts with a firearm. If you started doing something you shouldn't, there were enough teachers around who were bigger, tougher and meaner than any of the students and could shut it down quickly. And some of the male teachers weren't too shabby either.

lucam wrote:I was in high school less than ten years ago. (YA FEEL OLD???)

One day, after deer season, I brought my backpack with 20 gauge slugs in it to school. I found them when I went to get a pencil in biology class. I was horrified. The backpack had lots of pockets. I had taken my books out and taken it deer hunting with my dad.

I spent the whole day worried the school cop would find out and I would get shot in the face for my mistake. I cried when I got home.

Yes. I do feel old, older than most on this forum, most likely.
As far as the ammo in the backpack, you would most likely still be in orange one piece Jammie's and in a closed, private state operated school.
Remember to be wary on old people, We are too old to fight, run or take a butt kicking so we would just shoot your butt. That is the way I have trained myself, hope I never have to go that way, but I will if forced.

bearandoldman wrote:
Yes. I do feel old, older than most on this forum, most likely.

Remember to be wary on old people, We are too old to fight, run or take a butt kicking so we would just shoot your butt. That is the way I have trained myself, hope I never have to go that way, but I will if forced.

Speaking of OLD, rumor has it you just made one more year above the grass.

Happy Birthday (a couple days late)

greener wrote:

bearandoldman wrote:
Yes. I do feel old, older than most on this forum, most likely.

Remember to be wary on old people, We are too old to fight, run or take a butt kicking so we would just shoot your butt. That is the way I have trained myself, hope I never have to go that way, but I will if forced.

Speaking of OLD, rumor has it you just made one more year above the grass.

Happy Birthday (a couple days late)

Right youe are, my friend, 78 of them now.

I had a friend in high school about seven years back who had all his duck hunting gear in his truck while parked on school property. He was planning to leave straight from school on friday to go hunting at his property. Aparently some kid saw he had his gun in his truck and told on him. My friend was expelled from school, he was a senior with only four months to graduate. Crazy to think about when my grandpa talked about walking to school with his .22 and keeping it in his locker.

bearandoldman wrote:

greener wrote:

bearandoldman wrote:
Yes. I do feel old, older than most on this forum, most likely.

Remember to be wary on old people, We are too old to fight, run or take a butt kicking so we would just shoot your butt. That is the way I have trained myself, hope I never have to go that way, but I will if forced.

Speaking of OLD, rumor has it you just made one more year above the grass.

Happy Birthday (a couple days late)

Right youe are, my friend, 78 of them now.

Any day spent looking down at the grass is better than looking up at it.
Age is a state of mind.

And, you aren't all that much older.

Medicine Hat wrote:

bearandoldman wrote:

greener wrote: Speaking of OLD, rumor has it you just made one more year above the grass.

Happy Birthday (a couple days late)

Right youe are, my friend, 78 of them now.

Any day spent looking down at the grass is better than looking up at it.
Age is a state of mind.

And, you aren't all that much older.

Us kids are enjoying sitting in the corner and listening to the old folks chat

You little kids, just sit there in the corner with your ears open and your mouth SHUT.