Question for those living in small western Kansas towns....

[krazykat]

800 people in town. graduated with 42 peeps.

So, a full 5.25% of your town's population was in your graduating class?  Is it one of those children of the corn towns where everyone is killed when they turn 25 or something?

most of the peeps live outside of the city limits (on farms).

[cas]

3,855

[jthutch]

You have to be creative.  Gather a large amount of hedge balls into the back of a pickup.  Drive the country side chucking them at mailboxes.  Keep score.

Also, go on a fishing trip.  Catch of bunch of small fish.  Drive the country side putting small fish in mailboxes.

Had 5 friends who ended up in jail for the hedge apple game!  Had to do community service and attend a citizenship class.  They also used bats.

[steve dave]

You have to be creative.  Gather a large amount of hedge balls into the back of a pickup.  Drive the country side chucking them at mailboxes.  Keep score.

Also, go on a fishing trip.  Catch of bunch of small fish.  Drive the country side putting small fish in mailboxes.

Had 5 friends who ended up in jail for the hedge apple game!  Had to do community service and attend a citizenship class.  They also used bats.

Yeah, I know some guys that got in pretty big trouble for that.  They also shot a guy and drug his dead corpse behind their truck.

[RonLongshaft]

247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

[hemmy]

I went to HS with a professional Yo-Yo'r.  Made about 50k/yr.  He had lots of nice cars and let other people drive them. 

Salina (45,000) doesn't really count as "small (or not THAT small)" or "western" but, w/e.

[The1BigWillie]

247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

[dlew12]

43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 

[RonLongshaft]

247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

playing the law of %ages i'm guessing probably not, but everything you said is spot on! maybe its bizzaro world.

[The1BigWillie]

247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

playing the law of %ages i'm guessing probably not, but everything you said is spot on! maybe its bizzaro world.

My town is about 30 miles south of I-70 near the turnpike.  I bet we did the same girls. 

[schreds21]

247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

Carefull, Max will ask you not to associate yourself with KSU

[RonLongshaft]

247. 8th grade class of 13 and had to go to neighboring city for HS

Ron, did we got to 8th grade together?  My stats are very similar but I think my hometown was 270 or something like that. 

Anyway... A lot of the kids were in FFA and 4H.  I drank, played ball, and tried nailing the same 5 or so girls for 18 years.  Lots of country cruising, mailbox baseball, car wrecks, firearms, and drinking. 

playing the law of %ages i'm guessing probably not, but everything you said is spot on! maybe its bizzaro world.

My town is about 30 miles south of I-70 near the turnpike.  I bet we did the same girls. 

 

[PowercatPat]

43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 

Andrew Erker

[dlew12]

43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 

Andrew Erker

 

[PowercatPat]

43,434

Graduating class of ~350.   77 went to K-state.

A person from my high school played back-up safety in the prince era he is our only famous alumni.

Can YOU guess where Dlew12 is from? 

Andrew Erker

 

 

[Saulbadguy]

"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 

[Kat Kid]

"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 

dude you need to get out of there.

[Saulbadguy]

"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 

dude you need to get out of there.

Love it here.  Really like being around so much government. 

[fatty fat fat]

"Hey, i've been to Topeka before!"
"Class trip?"
"YEAH, we went to the top of the Capitol!!"

Out of staters, I get the standard "Yeah, i've driven through there before."

 

yup. 5th and 6th grade. "lunch" was the highlight of the trips.

[powercatmiller]

Town of maybe 2000 graduated with 47

Famous Alumni. Toss up between 
Jim Golden - pitcher for the dodgers in the 60's
Mark Elliot- Former Dodger minor league player former nationwide golf player former QB at Washburn former KSU golf coach current 580 personality
Chad Taylor- Shawnee County DA
Lon Kruger-Basketball coach

[cyclist]

Town of maybe 2000 graduated with 47

Famous Alumni. Toss up between 
Jim Golden - pitcher for the dodgers in the 60's
Mark Elliot- Former Dodger minor league player former nationwide golf player former QB at Washburn former KSU golf coach current 580 personality
Chad Taylor- Shawnee County DA
Lon Kruger-Basketball coach

Silver Lake ?

[Thin Blue Line]

Town of maybe 2000 graduated with 47

Famous Alumni. Toss up between 
Jim Golden - pitcher for the dodgers in the 60's
Mark Elliot- Former Dodger minor league player former nationwide golf player former QB at Washburn former KSU golf coach current 580 personality
Chad Taylor- Shawnee County DA
Lon Kruger-Basketball coach

Silver Lake ?

Ding, ding, ding!

[dlew12]

Love Silver Lake, LOVE it.  I take 24 specifically so I can drive through the town.

My favorite part is these 2 houses right next to each right outside the SLHS football field.  One has a ku mailbox, the other's is EMAW'd up.  I like to think they're huge rivals and pull all sorts of pranks on eachother (i.e. EMAW let's his dog crap in the ku guy's yard etc.).

[Saulbadguy]

Silver Lake has the best chinese restaurant this side of the Mississippi.

Not kidding.

[powercatmiller]

You know you have a good restraunt when your open 2 days a week. Then take 5 days off

[The1BigWillie]

Chad Taylor?  He graduate in '92?  Big kid?

[wes mantooth]

400 peeps, 24 in graduating class (3 of which were foreign exchange students).

[sonofdaxjones]

I miss Manhattan. 

[krazykat]

400 peeps, 24 in graduating class (3 of which were foreign exchange students).

interesting point, exchange students. my HS had so many problems they actually quit accepting them. they were really nerdy social outcasts, huge drunks/druggies &@#% ups, or huge skanks. was this just my lil HS or pretty much the standard for exchange students???

[wes mantooth]

400 peeps, 24 in graduating class (3 of which were foreign exchange students).

interesting point, exchange students. my HS had so many problems they actually quit accepting them. they were really nerdy social outcasts, huge drunks/druggies frack ups, or huge skanks. was this just my lil HS or pretty much the standard for exchange students???

Standard