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Posted: 5/27/2003 6:53:02 AM EDT
Since it is prom season and my niece wants a stretched Hummer and five-hundred dollar dress
I figured I'd ask this question of the round-table. Do you think kids parents should foot the bill for stretch limo's and rooms(supoosedly for watching movies and saying good-bye's[:D]) at the Beverly Hilton? I took my date in a nicely washed and waxed Datsun pick-up.[:D] Had lots of fun, too. Couldn't afford a limo and my parents wouldn't foot the bill for a dime of it. I think kids nowadays just expect too much out of parents. |
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My cousin, the one who wore Jordache jeans and feathered his hair, let me borrow his Mercedes 400 series convertible. I thought that I was the shit!
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Me and my friends rented a mini school bus for the prom, the ones for kids with disabilities with the chair lift. Then stayed over a friends beach house. Paid for it all myself.
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1987 IROC Z-28 (In 1988).
I will refrain from commenting on "Hummer", niece, and Prom... Target too easy... |
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A 1970 Corvette with a manaul transmission and a 454. Really cool.
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Modified '89 Mustang GT.....the sideways drift around the traffic circle in front of Mt. Vernon while spinning the tires got me a stretched Hummer......
Limo....that is...[;)] |
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03 F250 crew cab, same thing I drive every day.
I did wash it though. |
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When I go to my prom I will be sporting a 1970 Dodge Challenger. 340 Six-Pack,Hooker Headers, 3-Inch ITT X-Pipe with dual FLowmaster muffelers. Color Is SubLime with the black out ralye hood and side Stripe.
et. quarter time is 9.3556 secconds, at 162MPH [8D] Edited to Add that my senior prom isn't for two more years[:D] |
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[b]What Kinda Car Did You Take To The Prom? [/b]
An Aircraft Carrier...[:D] I found out later, when my senior prom was going on, I was an Aviation Ordnanceman working the flight deck conducting night combat ops in support of ground troops in the Republic of Vietnam..... |
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Unfortunately, I went to 5 of them during my time in HS. The last one ([b]my[/b] Senior Prom), my grandmother rented a limo for me, and footed the bill for the tux as well. I wound up "surprising" a friend of mine, and took he and his date, with my date and myself. It was a great time. As far as the room goes...Well, I'm a bit old fashioned about that, I wouldn't pay for that if I were a parent. That's trouble incarnate. Besides, my friend had a house down in Brant Beach, on LBI, on the Jersey shore. The next few days were [b]good[/b].
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Took a two seat buggy powered by Old Ned the mule, the bonfire, sarsaparilla and hayloft were wicked man.
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Quoted: 03 F250 crew cab, same thing I drive every day. I did wash it though. View Quote I gotta ask, as these things are NOT cheap, who paid for that truck? |
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84 Toyota tercel
I had to pay for all my things. Parents taught me the value of the dollar the hard way. However, the Toyota was a hatch back with a fold down rear seat. I had the fore sight to pack a couple of blankets, and did some scouting for desolate back country roads.[;D] [sex] |
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85 Merkur Xr4ti,
Remember those? it was in 1997 My little Brother got to take Pops Modded Viper GTS, last year. Spoiled little bastard. [:d] |
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hehehe Which Prom?
1982 Vette (in 92)....[:D] that would be CHEvette 1991saturn (in 93) 1992Bonniville (in 94) *My Prom* I have no idea what year Ford Festiva in 1996 |
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I drove the GMC Yukon out. The prom was at lake conroe soo I didnt have lots of room to make a niice entrance. so I drove us.
If I ever go to a prom thats not on the water, my ride will be a Bell Long Ranger. |
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Quoted: Didn't go.[:D] View Quote Me either... I was to busy being a dork. |
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Junior year- friend's white limo
Senior year- black limo Year after graduation- Mustang (had a GF still in school) The first two may or may not be correct as I was very intoxicated both times. TS |
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No prom for me either. Was too shy to go to a single dance in four years of high school. [:I]
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I had 2 proms.
1) Buick GNX (#42 I believe) 2) Ferrari 288 GTO It helps to have a rich uncle [}:D] |
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1991 Dodge Shadow...for my first prom
Don't remember the second prom though. |
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1991 Dodge Shadow...for my first prom
Don't remember the second prom though. |
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85 Dodge Omni, for my senior prom. What a waste, I have never once thought back and been glad I went. I went to all of the homecomings and proms, plus some extras for GFs that went to different schools or whatever. I hated those things, then or now. They served no function in enriching my life whatsoever. If you are still young enough to go to one of these things, and considering whether or not to go, my advice is don't, grab a twelve pack of whatever you like to drink, and hang out with some friends, or maybe take the money you would have spent and buy a crap load of ammo and have a grat day shooting, in twenty years you will remeber that more fondly.
Edited for punctuation |
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a really really NICE, Puke Green ....AMC GREMLIN
[:D] just kidding, didnt go to prom ....or homecoming in fact i didnt have any fun in high skool, didnt learn a damn thing either. oh well |
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[b]1968 Camaro RS Convertible![/b]
[:D] And when Paige asked me, 'Eric, when are we going to drive around with the top down?' I replied, 'As soon as you tell me that we are going to drive around with your top down!' I was a rake, of course. Eric The(AndAWiseLinquist!)Hun[/]:)] |
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First prom we all got a limo together... Second prom I believe it was a rented monte carlo. [:)]
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when i was a junior, a 1968 vw bug.
later...this, a 1930's durant touring car. a friend did the driving. [img]http://www.durantcars.com/catalogs/durant/graphics/28-65-Coupe.gif[/img] |
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Prom #1 (my junior year) - 86 Bronco II
Prom #2 (my senior year) - uncle's loaded Bonneville Prom #3 (her junior year) - 86 Bronco II Prom #4 (her senior year) - cousin's Eclipse |
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Quoted: Since it is prom season and my niece wants a stretched Hummer and five-hundred dollar dress I figured I'd ask this question of the round-table. Do you think kids parents should foot the bill for stretch limo's and rooms(supoosedly for watching movies and saying good-bye's[:D]) at the Beverly Hilton? I took my date in a nicely washed and waxed Datsun pick-up.[:D] Had lots of fun, too. Couldn't afford a limo and my parents wouldn't foot the bill for a dime of it. I think kids nowadays just expect too much out of parents. View Quote Jr. Prom I went in my Cutlass 442. No hotel room. After party was at a friends house. Sr. Prom. 4 couples(well really the guys not the girls chipped in) chipped in for a stretch limo. We all chipped in for a hotel suite as well, where we all met and got picked up by the limo. We picked up our dates after that in the limo though. Then it was off to dinner, prom and back to the hotel. We all had after school jobs. Also we had a lil mobile DJ gig on the side. So no cash came from our parents. We all paid for the prom ourselves. Tickets, pics, limo, hotel and dinner. Forgot, for all the winter ball dances, we also had rented a limo. |
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I went to two proms, mine and hers in 86. I had waited to get my lisence til I could buy my own car, so 3 weeks before prom I bought a 76 Buick LeSabre Custom. That car had a front seat that was just as big as the back seat. Woooooo.
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Both years I drove a '66 GTO that my parents bought new...I still have the car and I'm going over to their house and bringing it back over to my garage for the summer/fall.
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For my chariot, I chose a freshly waxed/washed white Subaru wagon. Only the best for my girl.
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my Junior year a bunch of us split the cost for a limo....my Senior year i drove my Xterra
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1985 Prom - 1982 Toyota Supra
1986 Prom (mine) - 1976 BMW 2002 1986 Prom (GF's) - Black Jag limo 1987 Prom - White Caddy limo 1987 Prom II - 911 Carrera* *could have gotten an '85 328 GTS but I didn't think it would make it through the night without a good 'keying' |
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In all 4 years I never attended a sports event, dance or anything else.
Even though they kept saying they weren't going weeks before, the day after the senior prom my "friends" were talking about what a great time they had. After that, I shut down all contact with them and I refused to recognize their right to exist. |
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Quoted: In all 4 years I never attended a sports event, dance or anything else. View Quote |
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