Tag: stories
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Mark: Isuzu jumping
Mark and I shared a truck while we were in high school. It was a little Isuzu pickup. Here’s a picture: Mark and John Carter were the ones who first started jumping the Isuzu as the jump site was close to John Carter’s house. Mark later showed me the location. If I remember correctly, it’s…
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Mark: kicking me out of the tent
This is a story I regularly tell people when I want to get a little sympathy for having a crazy upbringing. My Dad was long in charge of scouting when I was growing up. For some reason I always made the cut as to which of the kids got to go with my dad when…
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Mark: fire drills
Mark would occasionally let me drive the car home from school when we were both attending Morgan High together. And that usually meant we had a car full of people (typically no one in the trunk, but at least five or six of us in the car). One of the things we almost always did…
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Mark: visiting Park City
I don’t recall why we were going to Park City, but I know that’s where we went. It may have been for a game or just to meet up with some people Mark know, but what I do recall is that Mark borrowed my Dad’s Honda and then proceeded to fill it beyond full. I’m…
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Mark: dodging trains
This is another one of the activities that we did regularly, so I don’t have any real stories, per se, but I can describe what we would do. I also don’t recall who all did this with us, but I’m pretty sure Mark Woolley, Tom Triplett, Murray Triplett, Mark, John Carter, and Todd Haws all…
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Mark: running from cops
Unlike my brother Danny, who tried to get away from the police in Morgan in a car, Mark and I did it on foot. And we succeeded, whereas Danny failed (yes, we are so competitive we even compete in how deviant we can be!). Mark, Mitch Johnson, and I went down to the same overpass…
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Mark: Bedapping
Mark never told me who, exactly, came up with the name or the idea, but he did introduce me to the “sport” he called “bedapping.” Mark probably came up with the idea and the name – he was a bit nutty like that. Bedapping is basically just another name for streaking, but there were goals…
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Mark: In the Dog House
My sister-in-law asked me quite a while ago to write down some stories I remember of my brother Mark who passed away last year. I made a list of stories for her back when she asked but am just now finding the time to write down some of the stories. Here is the first in…
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orchard stories
When my aunts and uncles were out here visiting a couple weeks ago, it reminded me of some stories from when I worked in the orchards one of them ran. The orchard was in Pleasant View, UT, which is where my Dad is from and where many of my relatives still live. I created a…