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As boys we definitely got into trouble as children, always looking for something to do or play with. It’s like our hearts just told us to get in trouble. We had a uncontrollable urge to be mischievous, like Gollum to a ring, we had trouble to cause. Don’t think of me any less for this confessional, I was a child after all.

You always hear people say boys brains are just wired differently, it would seem to be true from my experience. As boys we didnt have to look for trouble it just found us. If you’ve ever seen the tv show Malcolm In the middle, this could be an exact replica of what can go wrong. We just fell into it .... it found us

Around the young age of 10

We would go shoot golf balls in the school field, until of course, we heard a smash and we all ran as fast as we could. We hit the ball a little too hard, or should I say I hit the ball too hard and smashed the window on a house but, it never stopped us and enjoyed it for years to come ... Fewf never got caught.

We would take our skate boards to the parkade, we called smurf palace because it was Blue, and we would go to the very top level. We would lay down head first and go down the parkade ramps untill we came to the bottom. Run up and do it again. There were many close calls, we had to tuck and roll out of the way from on coming traffic. A few skate boards got crushed under cars and we would run away ... Fewf never got caught

Around the age of 13

We found the glorious and mysterious thing called fire. The way those flames would flicker it was just so intriguing for a young boy. It would almost Seductively dance in front of our very eyes. Our favourite game to play was fill a coffee can with gas, about 1” of gas, then take a rubber ball and play basket ball with the can. We did this for months with no issues, all was good an great untill we knocked the van over and flames shot to the ceiling of my friends garage. We sanded the black smoke off the rafters... Fewf never got caught

One summer day, 4 of us were playing golf in the school field as we always do. We found a magnifying glass and started to burn the grass.

“Wow cool it’s smoking !”

“Neat it’s burning now”

“Whoops flames better put it out”

We played like this for 20-30 min and putting it out each time, all of us would take our turn, the flames got about 4” round in diameter. We threw the magnifying glass and continues on with golf. Then we notice a small fire and by small I mean the size of a Volkswagen Bettle.

We watched in horror as the fire department came to put it out, it thankfully was not very big and didn’t spread. About a 16’ circle got burnt into the field... kids jokes it was aliens but we knew. I like to think it was the magnifying glass we threw in the grass, not the 20 small fires we ignited and put out ... Fewf we never got caught

Around the age of 14-15

We got in the habit of doing Nicky Nicky Nine Door. For those of you unfamiliar let me paint a picture for you. We would choose our target wisely. Normally someone we hated and ring the door bell and run like HELL ! We did this about a hundred times at least. One time we did it to a house and the door opened and out came a track and field star, I swear! He almost caught us but we ran down the alley and hid until he gave up searching .. Fewf that was close

We went into a parking garage and unscrewed the air cap, let the air out of one tire on all the cars. I would say about 100 cars. Why would we do this, hell if I know but again .... Fewf we never got caught

But .... our streak of not getting caught came to an end. One summer day, the heat was unbearable, the sweat was dripping off us. We were all at a friends house and decided to have a water fight. Water balloons got filled and tossed, hoses used outside, buckets and all .... It quickly got out of control when we had the water hose in the front yard through the front door. The water hose from the back yard through the back door and spraying each other. The carpet was soaked, walls were soaked and the couches were drenched .... in walks his parents... we were caught red handed

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