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12.11.03
Burma Blockade

When I was a young kid (I call it the bicycle age of my life), I ran with a wild bunch. Sometimes at night, we'd sneak out for a mission. We'd meet up in the "electric yard" at the predetermined time, and review our plans. Then we'd head for someone’s back yard, which had both a swing set and a log pile. Everyone had a log pile back then.

We'd move the swing set from the back yard to the middle of the road in front of the house, preferably in the apex of a curve. Then we'd move and reconstruct the log pile between the supporting poles of the swing set. We also barricaded the ditches on either side of the road with logs. Then we'd cover the whole mess with freshly chopped branches. We all had hatchets or machetes.

Now the road was impassable, they'd have to get out of their vehicle and move our creation to continue on. This was part of the plan.

We'd lay low and wait for someone to slam on the brakes and stop. Although many people slammed into it head on, there were no resulting injuries. When they "exited the vehicle", we'd pelt them with eggs and laugh like hell while running like wild horses and making our escape.

We called this "The Burma Blockade"

I remember many more "different" missions.

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Where was this? How did you get away with it?

Posted by: Ms Anna at December 11, 2003 02:41 PM

This would be Middle Tennessee.

We got away with it because of carefull planning.

We knew our way around the woods.

We were VERY VERY FAST runners.

Our dogs followed us without question.

Posted by: Sam at December 11, 2003 08:25 PM

,,,and how OLD were you??

Posted by: Key at December 12, 2003 11:48 AM

I was not OLD, I was young and at the age when all young boys roam in packs like a bunch of wild ass wolves.

Posted by: Sam at December 12, 2003 03:18 PM

The fact that you refuse to say leads me to believe that you must have been old enough to know better....stinkers.

Posted by: Key at December 13, 2003 02:35 PM

Correct - young stinkers to know enough.

Posted by: Sam at December 13, 2003 03:19 PM

Hope Ranch is a suburb of Santa Barbara, it's the first PUD in Calif. They have their own "Patrol" cops.
When I was about 12 we would go looking for a particular cop who was known to drink some, and then sleep it off in his cruiser.
We would fill our hands and pockets with lemons from an orchard,(they were everywhere), sneak up to a good throwing distance from the slumbering cop........and BAMMO hit the cruiser with everything we had and then run like hell What a rush!
You only get that feeling a few times in your entire life!
Looking back, I'll bet the cop got quite a rush too!

Posted by: wes jackson at January 15, 2004 02:12 AM

It made my heart speed up just to write that!

Posted by: wes jackson at January 15, 2004 02:13 AM
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