OT: Vancouver People

[jstewismybastardson]

our bullying back then seemed rather soft and juvenile. maybe like @jstewismybastardson mentioned that we just didn't see the brutal stuff due to no social media.

the one I like to recount to people is I played on the grade 8 highschool soccer team in 1986 and we had a game at Eric Hamber and we all took public transit to the game (as a team ... no chaperone on the bus ... can you imagine that today?). After the game everyone was all fucking around waiting for the bus and it arrived and as we were all piling in a kid on the team still outside of the bus says " hey guys watch this " and he ran half way down the block and grabbed the ass of a woman who was walking by and it caused her to fall ...and then he ran back to get on the bus and the bus took off. Nothing came of it ... nothing in the news ... nothing

Today ... thats a reportable sexual assault .. everytime i hear a story like that in the news today I think how lucky that kid was to have lived in that era ... and whether he's in jail today

 

[mattola]

the one I like to recount to people is I played on the grade 8 highschool soccer team in 1986 and we had a game at Eric Hamber and we all took public transit to the game (as a team ... no chaperone on the bus ... can you imagine that today?). After the game everyone was all fucking around waiting for the bus and it arrived and as we were all piling in a kid on the team still outside of the bus says " hey guys watch this " and he ran half way down the block and grabbed the ass of a woman who was walking by and it caused her to fall ...and then he ran back to get on the bus and the bus took off. Nothing came of it ... nothing in the news ... nothing

Today ... thats a reportable sexual assault .. everytime i hear a story like that in the news today I think how lucky that kid was to have lived in that era ... and whether he's in jail today

going to reunions is a fascinating study in evolution lol. When you see the thugs, bullies etc... today, well the ones that show up. We had one guy that used to bully me and right after high school was on British Columbia's top 10 most wanted. but his facebook profile creeped up on my profile (which I believe indicates that he looked at mine if it comes up as a friend suggestion) and he looks like a regular life dude now.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

nostalgia ... the "good ole days" when there were fewer cowards lol .. a look back at all the kids killed chopped or swarmed


couple of comments that hit really close to home and bring back memories for me

 

[Hank Kingsley]

going to reunions is a fascinating study in evolution lol. When you see the thugs, bullies etc... today, well the ones that show up. We had one guy that used to bully me and right after high school was on British Columbia's top 10 most wanted. but his facebook profile creeped up on my profile (which I believe indicates that he looked at mine if it comes up as a friend suggestion) and he looks like a regular life dude now.

In mid-June I'm going to the 50th reunion of my grad class. Always interesting.

 

[mattola]

In mid-June I'm going to the 50th reunion of my grad class. Always interesting.

i skipped my 10 year as I still pretty much hung out or was in contact with most of that class
I went to the 20 of my highschool and that was great
I went to the 30th of my Junior high where EVERY teacher that could came out. That was an incredible night.
We have another coming up in October (not so much a reunion as it is a gathering of those that dont want to wait another 10 years)

 

[mattola]

nostalgia ... the "good ole days" when there were fewer cowards lol .. a look back at all the kids killed chopped or swarmed


couple of comments that hit really close to home and bring back memories for meView attachment 325989
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I finished my highschool in JO after getting bullied out of Richmond High.

 

[Hank Kingsley]

i skipped my 10 year as I still pretty much hung out or was in contact with most of that class
I went to the 20 of my highschool and that was great
I went to the 30th of my Junior high where EVERY teacher that could came out. That was an incredible night.
We have another coming up in October (not so much a reunion as it is a gathering of those that dont want to wait another 10 years)

I passed on all of them until 40th.

I think I've aged pretty well.

So many haven't.

Nice to see which ladies you thought were smoking in highschool that aren't any longer, and the ones who bloomed in the last 50 years.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I finished my highschool in JO after getting bullied out of Richmond High.

no run ins with Bindy Johals "cousins" at JO for you? lol

 

[puckhead]

i skipped my 10 year as I still pretty much hung out or was in contact with most of that class
I went to the 20 of my highschool and that was great
I went to the 30th of my Junior high where EVERY teacher that could came out. That was an incredible night.
We have another coming up in October (not so much a reunion as it is a gathering of those that dont want to wait another 10 years)

I went to my 10th, and it made me feel incredibly fortunate to have moved downtown instead of staying in Langley.
also confirmed that my decision to put zero effort into keep in touch with them was the right one.

no interest in going back to another one.


i probably have three friends that i am in touch with from high school.
actually, make that two, as one of them turned into an anti-vax trumper, so that one is done

 

[mattola]

no run ins with Bindy Johals "cousins" at JO for you? lol

it was weird. I was getting into a fight a day at RHS and I was going to quit outright. it was in January when I walked into the Principals office to drop out and he asked what was going on. I explained it all and that even with the school getting involved I would still have to fight. so it was best I drop out. I was actually a good nerdy kid but of course it was about a girl for the group of friends that wanted to fight everyday . a new guy everyday for a week. our Principal asked to give him one afternoon to sort out something, so I did and he had me transferred half way through a school year to JO to finish my year. I was a volunteer with the VPD back then so I had a few contacts in the force. so when I showed up to the school first day I knew the school liaison officer (do they still have those?) and then I took Law and was really good at it and when the VPD sent two motorcycle cops to do a drinking and driving class they both knew me from Volunteering. that was in the first week. Everyone talked and thought I was either an narc or had a cop dad so everyone pretty much left me alone but never treated me bad, not the jocks, gangs ,outcasts. they just let me be which was nice. The gang guys especially gave me my space ha.

that was 1989. Was his cousin there? I think he was

 

[mattola]

I went to my 10th, and it made me feel incredibly fortunate to have moved downtown instead of staying in Langley.
also confirmed that my decision to put zero effort into keep in touch with them was the right one.

no interest in going back to another one.


i probably have three friends that i am in touch with from high school.
actually, make that two, as one of them turned into an anti-vax trumper, so that one is done

there are very few that I hang out with outside seeing them at the gatherings now.

I always love this scene when you run into those that you never got along with and they are still dicks

 

[jstewismybastardson]

it was weird. I was getting into a fight a day at RHS and I was going to quit outright. it was in January when I walked into the Principals office to drop out and he asked what was going on. I explained it all and that even with the school getting involved I would still have to fight. so it was best I drop out. I was actually a good nerdy kid but of course it was about a girl for the group of friends that wanted to fight everyday . a new guy everyday for a week. our Principal asked to give him one afternoon to sort out something, so I did and he had me transferred half way through a school year to JO to finish my year. I was a volunteer with the VPD back then so I had a few contacts in the force. so when I showed up to the school first day I knew the school liaison officer (do they still have those?) and then I took Law and was really good at it and when the VPD sent two motorcycle cops to do a drinking and driving class they both knew me from Volunteering. that was in the first week. Everyone talked and thought I was either an narc or had a cop dad so everyone pretty much left me alone but never treated me bad, not the jocks, gangs ,outcasts. they just let me be which was nice. The gang guys especially gave me my space ha.

that was 1989. Was his cousin there? I think he was

I dont even know if his actual cousins were there at JO at the time. He went to Tupper so I wouldnt doubt it though.

I put the quotes around "cousins" because that was everyones last attempt at stopping from getting beat down back then ... "I have cousins" hint hint lol

 

[mattola]

I dont even know if his actual cousins were there at JO at the time. He went to Tupper so I wouldnt doubt it though.

I put the quotes around "cousins" because that was everyones last attempt at stopping from getting beat down back then ... "I have cousins" hint hint lol

lol. not sure that worked for the "cousins"

I should not have used the word coward for todays youth that get into trouble.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Man, high school here seemed rough. There were some fights in my day but nothing like any of this lol.

Maybe in Brampton…

 

[puckhead]

Man, high school here seemed rough. There were some fights in my day but nothing like any of this lol.

Maybe in Brampton…

I never saw any of that shit out here.
well, once a guy pulled out a pellet gun during a snowball fight and shot me in the wrist.
I actually told on him at the office but the principal didn't give a shit.

we settled it with a good old fistfight in the hallway a couple of days later. no "cousins" or retribution involved, that was the end of it

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I never saw any of that shit out here.
well, once a guy pulled out a pellet gun during a snowball fight and shot me in the wrist.
I actually told on him at the office but the principal didn't give a shit.

we settled it with a good old fistfight in the hallway a couple of days later. no "cousins" or retribution involved, that was the end of it

The principal not giving a shit is hilarious.

Our principal was an ex boxer. Half the time we were in trouble he’d offer a detention or a punch in the arm. Never had detention but had issues raising my hand in class.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

lol. not sure that worked for the "cousins"

I should not have used the word coward for todays youth that get into trouble.

I saw it work out well for someone who said “i have cousins” and i saw it work out poorly … all depended on if it was true lol

Coward is a proper description of idiots kids who do this heinous shit … i just think there were the same amount if not more of these cowards back in the day.

/went to my 10th and 20th reunion and was always amazed by how many idiots became teachers in the tri-cities. Like how? Ubc and sfu pdp programs are shameful i guess. 30th reunion was cancelled (THANK YOU COVID!!!)

As for the really bad seeds with cousins…. I just got their life updates from facebook or from reading kim bolan stories

 

[mattola]

 

[mattola]

you gotta think that some of those houses are still there

 

[mattola]

skip to the 43:25 mark