smithers joe Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 what event in your youth, most influenced your life's direction? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bishopshodan Posted August 10 Popular Post Share Posted August 10 Age 11. Asked for a motorcycle, got drums. Went on to sign with A&M records at 19. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbriggs Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 13 minutes ago, smithers joe said: what event in your youth, most influenced your life's direction? working for idiots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Working. I've collected a cheque of some kind since I was 14, it gave me confidence that I could always have a choice. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Boudrias Posted August 10 Popular Post Share Posted August 10 My father dropped dead when I was 19. I came home and took over the family business. 1 2 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 6of1_halfdozenofother Posted August 10 Popular Post Share Posted August 10 Broken promises. Especially from family. Family are the worst for it, because they expect forgiveness. It's hard to forgive when the promises are given in bad faith, with every intention to deceive and no intention to actually meet. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrayDog Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Judging by my academic record after the fact, my parents' divorce. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nux_win Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 It wasn't one event, it was death from a thousand cuts (High School was a terrible experience for me). Not actual death but the death of innocence. I've tried to hang on to what I can because even though a lot of people live there, callous cynicism is no place that I want to live. GCG! 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 20 minutes ago, Bob Long said: Working. I've collected a cheque of some kind since I was 14, it gave me confidence that I could always have a choice. I started at DQ at 13. They hated me. I was pretty useless. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 47 minutes ago, smithers joe said: what event in your youth, most influenced your life's direction? What about you, joe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post stawns Posted August 10 Popular Post Share Posted August 10 (edited) 53 minutes ago, smithers joe said: what event in your youth, most influenced your life's direction? Aside from the easy answer of my dad splitting and changing the course of my life? Being a part of a whl organization where there were obvious things going on and seeing vulnerable teammates being taken advantage of because hockey was their only option and the predators knew it and took advantage of it. Within 5 years I was working with kids and never looked back.........here I am 30 years later and I know I've had a very positive influence in the lives of many, many kids over that time Edited August 10 by stawns 3 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 42 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: What about you, joe? for me it was baseball. i was origionally cut from my first organized baseball team. all my friends made the team but me. as i walked away crying, the coach ran after me and said, your not a very good players, but you try so hard, i couldn't sleep nights if i didn't give you a chance. through my playing and coaching life, that act of kindnes and blind faith, helped me, become who i am today. not sure what that is but i'm so grateful for that chance. i've given other boys, that same chance. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 1 hour ago, stawns said: Aside from the easy answer of my dad splitting and changing the course of my life? Being a part of a whl organization where there were obvious things going on and seeing vulnerable teammates being taken advantage of because hockey was their only option and the predators knew it and took advantage of it. Within 5 years I was working with kids and never looked back.........here I am 30 years later and I know I've had a very positive influence in the lives of many, many kids over that time i'm assuming your real name isn't connie madigan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 4 hours ago, bishopshodan said: I started at DQ at 13. They hated me. I was pretty useless. thats funny, thats where my wife started too. She hated it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bishopshodan Posted August 10 Popular Post Share Posted August 10 1 minute ago, Bob Long said: thats funny, thats where my wife started too. She hated it. I remember spending time pulling weeds from the sidewalks out front, then ammonia scrubbing the walls....in the blazing sun... The manager was trying to break me but he couldnt. The only reason I had the job was that he was hot for one of my older sisters. She made him give me the job...then never dated him. 3 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spur1 Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Doing 40 hits of LSD in a week at 15. Was an A student before. After not so much. Had no interest in what they were teaching. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 58 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: I remember spending time pulling weeds from the sidewalks out front, then ammonia scrubbing the walls....in the blazing sun... The manager was trying to break me but he couldnt. The only reason I had the job was that he was hot for one of my older sisters. She made him give me the job...then never dated him. It's interesting to see the similarities in early experience, my first gig was pulling weeds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 19 minutes ago, Spur1 said: Doing 40 hits of LSD in a week at 15. Was an A student before. After not so much. Had no interest in what they were teaching. Wow. But I bet you developed the ability to smell colours and see sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ilunga Posted August 11 Popular Post Share Posted August 11 Being told I was adopted at 12 years old. Didn't have the emotional/psychological tools to deal with that knowledge. Missed a year of school, my first year of high school. Was sent to a child Psychologist back in the 70's when that was far from a common thing, as it is in today's world. Even though I had the best parents a person could choose, I felt like I had been " dumped " even though at the time I didn't know my biological mothers story. I wanted to " belong " to something, so when I left high school I joined a " gang " and basically fucked shit up for the next 7 odd years. I don't use this as an excuse for my actions, I am a strong willed person, I own my actions and the decisions/mistakes I made. Our lives are shaped by events, some we have control over, some we don't. At the end of the day we all choose the person we want to be. 1 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilunga Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 7 hours ago, smithers joe said: for me it was baseball. i was origionally cut from my first organized baseball team. all my friends made the team but me. as i walked away crying, the coach ran after me and said, your not a very good players, but you try so hard, i couldn't sleep nights if i didn't give you a chance. through my playing and coaching life, that act of kindnes and blind faith, helped me, become who i am today. not sure what that is but i'm so grateful for that chance. i've given other boys, that same chance. My oldest, dearest friend coached the local junior footy teams for over 10 years. There were kids who had heaps of talent but didn't show up for training regularly. There were kids who didn't have a lot of talent however they showed up rain, in the cold, no matter what and gave it their all. He would always give those kids a game on game day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spur1 Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 5 hours ago, bishopshodan said: Wow. But I bet you developed the ability to smell colours and see sound. I always could I just became aware of it. Woke they say these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumb Nuck Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 (edited) Tony Tanti signing with the Canucks, all the girls loved him and better yet, they thought I looked like him, good times. Edited August 11 by Dumb Nuck 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 10 hours ago, Ilunga said: My oldest, dearest friend coached the local junior footy teams for over 10 years. There were kids who had heaps of talent but didn't show up for training regularly. There were kids who didn't have a lot of talent however they showed up rain, in the cold, no matter what and gave it their all. He would always give those kids a game on game day. this sounds like a good topic for another day.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwarrior Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I've done everything I can to be NOTHING like my father. He constantly broke promises to me while I was growing up. He lied to me on a constant. So I took that, and I refuse to make any promise if I can't keep it. I don't lie to people because of it. I've always wanted to do better than he did. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshooter Posted August 15 Share Posted August 15 On 8/10/2024 at 10:23 AM, smithers joe said: what event in your youth, most influenced your life's direction? Girls. Bane of my existence and the best folks ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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