What did you do for fun in high school

Oh and hitting up the neighbourhood bar.
They served me at 16. We all drank underage except the one guy who was of legal age.

I entered high school with the knowledge that I had exactly four years in which it would be socially acceptable for me to bang high school chicks, and let's just say that my leisure activities were bigly motivated by this ticking clock.

We had the same thing in New Orleans. They wouldn't check your ID unless they knew you were over 18. That was the drinking age then.

Climbed water towers and swam inside of them.

Girls, football and track, that started day one of school and ended the night I graduated.

F&M Patio Bar was packed with underage drinkers from De La Salle High School. The guy still has the dive but if you go down the road you can find all the alumni at his Tchoup Yard. Another good high school bar is on St Charles. Fat Harry's where you could find Any Coney Barrett .

Awesome I've been to New Orleans.

I played football for 4 years before high school, I knew some guys I played with on that team who played on my high school team. I thought of going out my last year but decided no.

And I didn't really get the girls, but I took a girl out my last year, that was a first for me.

Awesome I've been to Canada

Best places in New Orleans is where the locals go. Don't spend anytime where the tourist go.

Solo activities. :(

Hey Sham I wouldn't worry about it.

You can find friends, there are people everywhere.

"I ate so much pu$$y in my days, my beard looked like a glazed donut"

Dennis Hopper

The Rivers Edge

Other than run track and cross country and play piano, I played video games...and I mean standup cabinet video games at arcades...and bowling. I was in a summer bowling league.

I honestly don't understand the downvotes on my post. I thought a high school kid knowing what he had and taking advantage of his youth would be considered an unequivocally positive story.

Maybe jealousy? Sorry I didn't spend my summer days playing video games and jerking off into an old gym sock just to make you nerds feel better about yourselves.

Oh cool. I didn't play piano much during the summer. I was definitely playing computer games though.

The consumption of alcohol and usage of hemp products at an early age when the brain of an adolescent is still developing can have many negative consequences for future brain functioning.

Walked around the neighbourhood near the school with my best friend knocking on doors and asking old ladies if they wanted to us to water their plants/garden for £5 or £10.

Helping my friend with her paper round (on bikes).

Step aerobics and normal aerobics.

Coaching athletics (tiny children - age 6, up to 13).

Going to the pub. Things were different back then. People didn't get ID'd. It was more common for people to start going to the pub at 15/16. Don't think it happens so much now. People used to leave school at 16. It wasn't uncommon for 16 year olds to be working full time, totally out of education. I remember some working in a bank at 16. Back then it was either A Levels or full time work. I don't remember there being apprenticeships but there could've been. Also used to go clubbing. There was a warehouse nightclub for 14-18 in a town near where we lived. So we went there. Then went to bigger clubs like club UK Midlands, Miss Moneypenny's, the canal club, Sundissential, The Que Club. This wasn't every weekend, more like special occasions. But then I stopped at 16. Why? Well I loved athletics and thought it was impacting that, even though it was only occasional. I also quit going because I had exams coming up. We wanted to go to festivals but that never happened, too far away. I remember looking at saving up to go to Reading or Leeds.

I think they are a lot stricter on ID now.

But mostly we had a shiitload of homework so evenings were spent doing assignments, coursework and preparing for exams, with weekends similar. Then of course there was training and races. Looking back I don't know how I fitted it all in as I got up before 6am for school, had a very long journey, did eight hours of school and then around 3-4 hours of homework, along with training - but everyone did. We did the Duke of Edinburgh award which involved hobbies, skills, volunteering, crafts and camping.

We had sleepovers a lot, staying over at other peoples' houses. One of my closest friends lived on a large farm so would sometimes do stuff around there. We would also go shopping or into town, looking at toiletries and clothes or going to get a snack or lunch in cafes.

I think we had more freedom than kids do now.

We used to play out from primary school age, playing ball games in the lane (Kerby/curby) or in the fields. I remember us biking for miles. This was mainly in the summer, autumn and spring. Winters seemed worse. We seemed to get snow WAY more. Power cuts weren't uncommon. One time the power was off for three - four days. I remember one time the bus didn't turn up for school and myself and a friend went back home but no one was in at either place. We walked to school, carrying a saxophone case. This was an extremely long way - we arrived around lunch time! Following the bus route. God knows why we didn't leave the saxophone down the side or something.

Thanks for reminding me of good memories.