Stories from a perilous youth #2: "Chris Learns to Fly."

[mckitterick]

Part 2 of the new series:

Comments

[clevermanka]

You should revise the subject line/title. This sort of youth is the exact opposite of ill-spent.

[mckitterick]

:-D

Well, I only just barely lived through it. Several times. So perhaps my youth should serve as a caution to others. Imagine if that contraption had flown for just another few seconds? I'd've been a goner.

[clevermanka]

Risky =/= Ill Spent. You had adventures! You learned! You didn't kill yourself! Even if you had killed yourself, I don't know that it would qualify as ill-spent. Tragic, but not ill-spent.

[mckitterick]

Well, I'm open to suggested alternatives for "ill-spent."

[mckitterick]

Thanks for the recommendation! I'll check it out.

[mckitterick]

Oh, no: They were almost never aware of my goings-on in the garage ever since I was banned from making rockets (those stories yet to come...).

I just looked up Captain Scarlet: How could I have missed that series! Must seek it out....

[mckitterick]

Big house, big garage, almost-countryside, parents off at work....

I suspect it just didn't get play in the US.

[nibot]

awesome!

[mckitterick]

Thanks!

[mckitterick]

Heh. Though I seem to recall that they were Kools.

Thanks!