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I was a teenage werewolf.

You're still kinda fuzzy!

Yep.

I did that in the back of a 55 Buick, not a secret the whole family knows, as does hers.

Same preachers daughter and church?

What a slut!

Yeah, and we don’t ever talk about the reason I was kicked outta the Cub Scouts.
I was kicked out for eating Brownies!
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My family is mostly boring, a few engineers, a lot of farmers and an attorney or two.

In the 1800’s I’ve been told that we had some mariners, a whaling captain, and a riverboat captain. I haven’t dug up who did what so I cant confirm it.

Oh yeah, we had a dirty distant English relative, ever hear of this nice guy: Guy Fawkes.

Not exactly a secret; one of dad's maternal uncles beat his first "wife" to death at a 4th of July party. Many witnesses, including my father and his two older brothers; they were young boys. Nothing done about it, because:

A: She was Indian (Chippewa)
B: Indians were not yet considered U.S. citizens, no protection under the law
C: His woman, his business, not anyone else's

The "Good Old Days"

Same guy made a deal with Grandmother, after Granddad died, to use their boat to carry freight, and pay her at the end of the season. He piled it up on rocks. total loss, never gave her a cent. Hell of a way to treat a sister!

Dad and uncles had absolutely no use for him, for life.

My father’s oldest brother who, at the time was a teenager, made up some home brew. It was some time during Prohibition in the ‘20’s and he had stashed it in one of three little workshops just a few feet behind the house. He must have capped the bottles too early.
One Sunday afternoon my Grandmother was having a meeting of her church circle (Baptists btw 😁) on the back porch.. It was then that some of the bottles reached peak pressure and exploded. He had some ‘splainin’ to do 😁

There’s another episode where all four of the brothers were caught by a railroad inspector stealing old railroad ties along a train track. They would sell them to make a little money during the Depression. When he asked their names the oldest gave the inspector Jack Johnson, Jim Johnson, Bill Johnson and Dave Johnson. All fake names. After dressing them down for a while and explaining he would have them arrested if it happened again.

Well, some weeks later, they were at it on the RR right of way, when the inspector caught them again. After yelling at them for a bit he asked, “aren’t y’all those Johnson boys I caught a few months ago?” My uncle said, “oh, no, that’s those Johnson boys, our names are Johnston with a ‘T’ “ . So they got away again. 😁

Fast forward several decades and when those four got together, especially after a bit of Bourbon or scotch, they were a scream. That’s when the tales would get told.

I have two brothers and a couple of years ago, my son grown son told me that we were hilarious when we got together, especially after a drink or two. 😁

Just one of many.

Is that meatloaf baked in a zucchini?

I was born a poor black child, with no natural rhythm.