"My" car from age 13 to 15 was a '49 Chev Sedan Delivery. Not real cool at the time, although we eventually sold it to a kid who made a hot rod out of it. I was never real rough on it, because I knew that "without his horse, a man's afoot", as they say in the cavalry. I did manage to end up in the middle of the lawn of a vacant house when squirreling around in the snow. I was busy jacking it up, putting boards under wheels, etc., when the folks drove by going home from church- Dad just smiled and said "Dinner in about an hour- hope you can make it" and drove on. I did make it, BTW, and even volunteered to say grace.
About the stupidest stunt was with my Truly Boneheaded neighbor, Terry. Every bit of his severely limited mental capacity "ran to mean-ness". He had a Honda 50, and some family friend left a Yamaha 80 at their place one time, when his folks were away. We were both about 12, I think. Terry got the bright idea that we should "go to town"- about 6 miles away- and if the cops got after us, we could escape by going between houses, over lawns, etc. where the cruisers couldn't go. For reasons that still escape me, I consented to go.
I snuck out at about midnight, and met him at his place. By this time, I was having serious reservations about the whole ridiculous idea, and had decided that my bike would have a mysterious mechanical malfunction about a half mile out, and that would effectively abort the mission.
But fate stepped in- the creek had flooded, and there was about 4 inches of water over the road. Driving the bikes sensibly would have easily gotten through it, but Terry, true to form, hit the water "wide open", and of course flooded out the electrical system, and that was the end of the adventure.
I grew up, but Terry just got worse. Did several stretches in prison, and in middle age, I talked to his older brother, who confirmed that he was just totally worthless. Denny tried to help him a couple times, and had his money and car stolen for his trouble. Terry died of alcoholism at age 60, a couple of years ago.
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