OT: Pics up from my trip...

[Ben E Lou]

For those that care, and especially those that prayed, I've now uploaded a bunch of pics from my recent trip. They can be found right here (http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway.htm).

--Ben

[Anrhydeddu]

If I had know you would have a Pirate Night, I would have volunteered. :)

[Craptacular]

I just started working on a project for MnDOT that will require a few visits to Detroit Lakes. OK, so they have a Young Life camp and they advertise their liquor store on their official municipal web page (http://www.ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us/) . Anything else I should know?

[Marmel]

*shaking head* Just wait until Easy Mac gets ahold of these.

Skydog, that is a huge collection of pictures. Just a quick scan revealed that you guys sure did accomplish quite a bit. Nice job!

[MizzouRah]

Nice pics!


Todd

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
If I had know you would have a Pirate Night, I would have volunteered. :) WHAT WAS I THINKING NOT TELLING YOU???? 40 lashes with a wet noodle for Ol' SkyDog. :p

[Craptacular]

You're just asking for trouble from these clowns by posting the pictures.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Craptacular
I just started working on a project for MnDOT that will require a few visits to Detroit Lakes. OK, so they have a Young Life camp and they advertise their liquor store on their official municipal web page (http://www.ci.detroit-lakes.mn.us/) . Anything else I should know? Not much else to know. There's not too much to see in town.

[scooper]

edited to reflect removal of the picture.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Craptacular
You're just asking for trouble from these clowns by posting the pictures. I hear ya....but someone would have found them eventually anyway.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by scooper
Heh Heh. Letting the photographer know what he thinks of him.

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/burkhalter0030.jpg

Seriously, looks like a job well done. LOL. I missed that one! I had probably better take that one down eventually...

Well, actually there are less than 10 pictures in the whole lot that I took myself. That picture was probably taken by a stranger, since the girl whose camera it came from is in the picture.

[cuervo72]

I just have to say that I don't remember too many high schoolers who looked like the blonde in that picture....

[sachmo71]

Skydog,

What ever happened with that young girl's mother who was sick? Sorry for bringing the thread down, all, but looking at these pictures reminded me of it... :(

[scooper]

Now I feel like a bit of a tattle tale. That was not the intent. It just struck me as a funny picture.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by sachmo71
Skydog,

What ever happened with that young girl's mother who was sick? Sorry for bringing the thread down, all, but looking at these pictures reminded me of it... :( I posted in another thread. She died while we were on the way home, so it was definitely a good thing that she got to spend that final week with her.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by scooper
Now I feel like a bit of a tattle tale. That was not the intent. It just struck me as a funny picture. Naahh...again, some parent would have seen it and pointed it out to me eventually anyway.

Of course, the devious side of me wants to leave it up there until his mom sees it. :p

[scooper]

That's too bad. She made the right decision to stay home, though. I can't imagine what I would have felt had I not been there to say goodbye to my dad. The young lady and her family will remain in my prayers.

[sachmo71]

Sorry, Skydog. I couldn't remember the name of that thread. What a sad story.

[Fritz]

hey, I have SWMBO's mobile phone number now.

prepare for nastytalk!

[Balldog]

Originally posted by scooper
Heh Heh. Letting the photographer know what he thinks of him.

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/burkhalter0030.jpg

Seriously, looks like a job well done.

The girls are hot so I say just keep the picture up. :p

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Balldog
The girls are hot so I say just keep the picture up. :p 1. There are only 2 in that pic who are even 18 yet. Behave!
2. It isn't like there aren't like 50 other pictures with those girls in them!

Actually I probably should go ahead and take it down, 'cause now when a parent complains about it, I can't claim that it was an oversight.

[GoldenEagle]

Originally posted by SkyDog

2. It isn't like there aren't like 50 other pictures with those girls in them!


Yea, but this one has them in one picture.

[Cards4ever]

Here I thought no one could look good in Cubs gear!

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/aurand0141.jpg

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by Cards4ever
Here I thought no one could look good in Cubs gear!

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/aurand0141.jpg

That girl has got to be taking Miracle Grow or something....

[bbor]

Why did i not follow god when i was younger....if i had known that there where this many gals there....hmmmm.....:D

[Easy Mac]

This is obviously the pick after Skydog exposes himself.

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/aurand0139.jpg

and Marmel,
I've done better.

[Ben E Lou]

Cute Easy, cute.

[Samdari]

Oh sure, thanks Ben, the most exciting pic site on the internet -

Completely Legal Teens!

[Franklinnoble]

Is the chick in the Cubs t-shirt legal? Holy smokes...

[Anrhydeddu]

Originally posted by Franklinnoble
Is the chick in the Cubs t-shirt legal? Holy smokes...

I had to look out of curiousity. Can't say anymore than that. Sorry Ben. :)

[Craptacular]

The last time I looked at this thread, Fritz's "barely legal is fully legal baby" quote was the QotM on top of the page.

[Balldog]

Originally posted by GoldenEagle
Yea, but this one has them in one picture.

Exactly! :cool:

[Ben E Lou]

OK. OK. Believe it or not, I’ve avoided getting angry at y’all this time. I realize that to y’all, she’s nothing more than a picture of a pretty girl with large breasts. Please know, though, that to me, she’s a sweet, insecure, hurting little girl who deals with a lot of emotional pain, some of which is a direct result of the way she looks. Against my better judgment :rolleyes:, I’ll attempt to humanize “Stacy” (not her real name) a bit.

She’s pretty much looked like that since she was a 14-year-old Freshman (maybe even longer…that’s when I first met her). She’s now closer to 17 than 18, and will be a Senior in the fall. Without going into details, just know that she has a lot of painful stuff in her life that she has to deal with pretty much every single day. A couple of anecdotes:

1. This Spring, at a baseball game, a few of the guys in the stands took it upon themselves to count every time anyone turned their head or averted their eyes to look at her breasts when she or they would walk by. (The baseball stands at Tucker High are an extremely high-traffic area in the spring time, with tennis, soccer, baseball and track all going on very close by, outstanding burgers and grilled chicken cooking on the grill, and admission to the game being free. People walk in and out of the area on a very regular basis.) When they got up to “customer” number 100 (a middle-aged man), one of the guys got up, shook his hand, and declared loud enough for everyone nearby (including Stacy) to hear, “Congratulations!!! You’re the 100th person to stare at Stacy’s boobs today!!!” Suffice to say that the guy was not happy, and Stacy was utterly mortified.

2. Well, after that incident, I make an even stronger effort when talking to her to look her in the eye at all times, and nowhere else. Well, one afternoon at camp, my guys and I got into the hot tub, and a few minutes later, Stacy and a couple of her friends got in as well. She asked me several questions about the plans for next year (what trips we’d be taking, where and when we’d be having our weekly meetings, etc.) Well, of course she was wearing a bathing suit. It was very obvious that she’s pretty self-conscious about wearing a bathing suit. (A side note, based on looking at the pictures, my wife commented that she thinks that Stacy tries to pose to make her chest look smaller in photos. We both agree that she consistently looks larger in person than in pictures.) What made it so obvious that she was self-conscious was that every 3-4 seconds, she’d look down at her top, and about every other time she did that, she’d try to pull her top up higher. So, to get the picture, you’ve got Ben trying his best to avoid looking down, and Stacy, bless her heart, continually drawing attention downward by her obvious discomfort. Well, after a couple of minutes of this scene (I’m not exaggeration, she probably adjusted her top 10-15 times), she just blurted out something like: “Ben, I’m just embarrassed and feel helpless, and not even the other girls understand what I go through.” Then she actually started crying.


She’s seriously considering having reduction surgery before she goes off to college. I think she feels like she can “start over” then.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Craptacular
The last time I looked at this thread, Fritz's "barely legal is fully legal baby" quote was the QotM on top of the page. Yeah, but only 4 of the 30ish girls on the trip were even barely legal.

[Anrhydeddu]

I am thankful that I was a nerd in high school.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Balldog
Exactly! :cool: Actually there are probably a half dozen or so other pics there with that same group of girls. They're all buddies.

[Swaggs]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
If I had know you would have a Pirate Night, I would have volunteered. :)

I can just picture Anrhy showing up w/ a false pegleg and eyepatch, giving a nice, "Haaarrrrrrrrrrrr!" to the teenagers. :)

[Anrhydeddu]

I would have been a good reason to bring back the Snarling Buccaneer. Lol.

[Craptacular]

Originally posted by SkyDog
Yeah, but only 4 of the 30ish girls on the trip were even barely legal.

I wasn't implying anything different; I just thought it was kind of a funny coincidence given the tone of the thread.

[Senator]

You do a good thing Ben!

My wife and I were looking at these, and she was remembering all her church activities, of which every memory she has is some social for kids growing up.

This cracked us up. The guy behind is saying, "Now MY turn!"
http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/burkhalter0021.jpg

[GoldenEagle]

Does anyone think that the girl above looks the blonf from American Pie?

[JeeberD]

Tara Reid???

Not really...

[Easy Mac]

No, the girl from American Pie looks much skankier.

http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/movie/allposters/54/039_42680_rt.jpg

[Airhog]

If I were you I would remove this picture aswell

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/richards20005.jpg

[Balldog]

Oh no, a topless pirate.

[sabotai]

"Haaarrrrrrrrrrrr!"

Going limp...

Anyway, on this "Stacy" thing, I think she probably should have reducation surgery. If not for appearance, for her health. Those things will cause back problems for her. And if she's been like that since 14, back problems might be in her future pretty soon.

Besidies, breasts like that will only attract a certain kind of guy. A kind of guy who finds this type of thing attractive. Typical geeks do not find breasts that large attractive. We are more of a slightly more than handful kind of crowd. So what kind of guy do breasts that large attract?

HM...

SkyDog, if you truely care what happens to this girl, for the love of god, save her from HM! SkyDog, SAVE HER! HM IS IN HER FUTURE!!

[Franklinnoble]

Originally posted by SkyDog
OK. OK. Believe it or not, I’ve avoided getting angry at y’all this time. I realize that to y’all, she’s nothing more than a picture of a pretty girl with large breasts. Please know, though, that to me, she’s a sweet, insecure, hurting little girl who deals with a lot of emotional pain, some of which is a direct result of the way she looks. Against my better judgment :rolleyes:, I’ll attempt to humanize “Stacy” (not her real name) a bit.

She’s pretty much looked like that since she was a 14-year-old Freshman (maybe even longer…that’s when I first met her). She’s now closer to 17 than 18, and will be a Senior in the fall. Without going into details, just know that she has a lot of painful stuff in her life that she has to deal with pretty much every single day. A couple of anecdotes:

1. This Spring, at a baseball game, a few of the guys in the stands took it upon themselves to count every time anyone turned their head or averted their eyes to look at her breasts when she or they would walk by. (The baseball stands at Tucker High are an extremely high-traffic area in the spring time, with tennis, soccer, baseball and track all going on very close by, outstanding burgers and grilled chicken cooking on the grill, and admission to the game being free. People walk in and out of the area on a very regular basis.) When they got up to “customer” number 100 (a middle-aged man), one of the guys got up, shook his hand, and declared loud enough for everyone nearby (including Stacy) to hear, “Congratulations!!! You’re the 100th person to stare at Stacy’s boobs today!!!” Suffice to say that the guy was not happy, and Stacy was utterly mortified.

2. Well, after that incident, I make an even stronger effort when talking to her to look her in the eye at all times, and nowhere else. Well, one afternoon at camp, my guys and I got into the hot tub, and a few minutes later, Stacy and a couple of her friends got in as well. She asked me several questions about the plans for next year (what trips we’d be taking, where and when we’d be having our weekly meetings, etc.) Well, of course she was wearing a bathing suit. It was very obvious that she’s pretty self-conscious about wearing a bathing suit. (A side note, based on looking at the pictures, my wife commented that she thinks that Stacy tries to pose to make her chest look smaller in photos. We both agree that she consistently looks larger in person than in pictures.) What made it so obvious that she was self-conscious was that every 3-4 seconds, she’d look down at her top, and about every other time she did that, she’d try to pull her top up higher. So, to get the picture, you’ve got Ben trying his best to avoid looking down, and Stacy, bless her heart, continually drawing attention downward by her obvious discomfort. Well, after a couple of minutes of this scene (I’m not exaggeration, she probably adjusted her top 10-15 times), she just blurted out something like: “Ben, I’m just embarrassed and feel helpless, and not even the other girls understand what I go through.” Then she actually started crying.


She’s seriously considering having reduction surgery before she goes off to college. I think she feels like she can “start over” then.

I'd like to sympathize, but, really, it could be worse. I'd rather have people staring at me because they find me attractive (or at least a part of my anatomy attractive) and be cursed with being a little self conscious about it than, say, be stuck with an obnoxiously large nose, leprosy, or some other unattractive feature that I couldn't hide.

[Franklinnoble]

Originally posted by sabotai

Besidies, breasts like that will only attract a certain kind of guy. A kind of guy who finds this type of thing attractive. Typical geeks do not find breasts that large attractive. We are more of a slightly more than handful kind of crowd. So what kind of guy do breasts that large attract?


Uhh... I'm a geek. And, when I'm not being obnoxious on here, I'm considered a pretty decent, upstanding gentleman.

That said, I also like big boobs.

[sabotai]

No geek likes huge breasts...you must be a nerd. :D

(And if you don't know the difference between a geek and a nerd, you are neither.)

[Franklinnoble]

Originally posted by sabotai
No geek likes huge breasts...you must be a nerd. :D

(And if you don't know the difference between a geek and a nerd, you are neither.)

I don't know the difference... am I just a dork?

[sabotai]

Haha..

You said it, not me. :)

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Airhog
If I were you I would remove this picture aswell

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/richards20005.jpg Aw man! But the pirate snarl on the other girl's face is just priceless! Besides, one of the pictures very near it makes it clear what she was wearing:
http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/richards20003.jpg

[Samdari]

Well, I know these girls are important to you Ben, so I was trying not to be insensitive. My "completely legal" post was intended from the point of view, that the pics of even the sub 18 girls were legal because they were fully clothed. It struck me as funny, this crowd flocking to a website chock full of teenage girls only to find it was not the least bit pornographic in nature. I thought the comment was funny, in retrospect I was wrong. Not the first time that's happened, won't be the last.

[cuervo72]

I liked this one:

http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/lewis0001.jpg

Dude...check me out! Hanging with the ladies....

He looks happy :)

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Samdari
Well, I know these girls are important to you Ben, so I was trying not to be insensitive. My "completely legal" post was intended from the point of view, that the pics of even the sub 18 girls were legal because they were fully clothed. It struck me as funny, this crowd flocking to a website chock full of teenage girls only to find it was not the least bit pornographic in nature. I thought the comment was funny, in retrospect I was wrong. Not the first time that's happened, won't be the last. I hear ya man! No prob at all. I completely understand now!

--Ben

[Fritz]

Originally posted by GoldenEagle
Does anyone think that the girl above looks the blonf from American Pie?

No, but the dude in back looks like the shermanator

[Ben E Lou]

I think this is still my favorite picture from the trip:
http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/lewis0011.jpg

They're saying, "Any of you FOFC'ers have any lewd thoughts about our Tucker girls, we're comin' at ya!" ;)

[Fritz]

what a funny looking group of whelps.

[cuervo72]

With the fence in the background, the guy 3rd from the left looks like he has vulcan ears :)

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by cuervo72
With the fence in the background, the guy 3rd from the left looks like he has vulcan ears :) Oh, I forgot to tell you about him??? Being one of the smaller guys in my group, Mr. Spock's grandson compensates by being an expert at the Vulcan Death Grip. ;)

[cuervo72]

:) And the guy on the front left looks like Kobe.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by cuervo72
:) And the guy on the front left looks like Kobe. Heh. I never thought about that, because Jimmy is much more light-skinned than Kobe, but that pic makes him look darker, and you're right.

[Airhog]

Originally posted by SkyDog
Aw man! But the pirate snarl on the other girl's face is just priceless! Besides, one of the pictures very near it makes it clear what she was wearing:


Ahh, I had not seen that picture. I figured it was a tube top type outfit but you never know with todays youth :D

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by SkyDog
I think this is still my favorite picture from the trip:
http://www.younglifenorthdekalb.com/castaway2k3/lewis0011.jpg

They're saying, "Any of you FOFC'ers have any lewd thoughts about our Tucker girls, we're comin' at ya!" ;)

Eh, I could take them all. Well, except for the dude with the tattoo. He would kick my ass...

[cuervo72]

Originally posted by JeeberD
Eh, I could take them all. Well, except for the dude with the tattoo. He would kick my ass...

I'd say the guy in the center looks pretty powerful as well....

[sabotai]

Yeah, but the guy second from the right looks like a total dou...oh hey SkyDog, didn't see you standing there. :)

[JeeberD]

Originally posted by cuervo72
I'd say the guy in the center looks pretty powerful as well....

True dat...

[Ben E Lou]

The two big boys y'all speak of both will be playing college football this fall. Andrew Childers (the one with the tattoo) will be at Samford University, and Donald "Shep" Shepherd (short black kid in the middle) will be at Maryvillle (TN) College. Three others in that picture are listed on rivals.com and two are very likely to receive scholarship offers as Seniors this year:

LB Andrew McKain (2nd from the left). He had the following writeup about him in March:
March 14, 2003
McKain Attracts Lofty Attention
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Todd Unzicker
UGASports.com



Tucker linebacker Andrew McKain (6-1, 220-lbs., 4.7) led Tucker in total tackles last year with 124.

"He is not the fastest guy in the world as far as our guys go," said head coach Bill Ballard, "but he is a sideline to sideline guy with good savvy for the ball."

McKain is the team's defensive leader on the field and off--in the classroom he holds a 3.64 GPA.

"He has been getting a lot of letters from Duke, Stanford, and Vanderbilt," said Ballard. "He likes the idea of going to a very academic school. His parents are very academically driven, and I expect he will end of at a school like one of those. He is also getting letters from Ivy League schools."

Note: UGASports.com does not expect that McKain will end up at Georgia, or any Southeastern Conference school (save Vandy), but included this story as a general interest on prospects from the State of Georgia.

FB/LB Jimmy Coleman (bottom left, favors Kobe in that pic) is also listed on rivals, but has no articles. He has been clocked at 4.5, and is about 6'0", 180 pounds. He was a Region Champion hurdler this year as well. Several smaller schools are talking to Jimmy, projecting him as a safety.

K Blake Harr (bottom right) led the county in scoring last year (no small feet considering our county boasts 20+ high schools, at least three of which were ranked in the Top 5 in the state). He'll probably be invited to walk on somewhere.

[Anrhydeddu]

"He likes the idea of going to a very academic school. His parents are very academically driven, and I expect he will end of at a school like one of those. He is also getting letters from Ivy League schools."


Note: UGASports.com does not expect that McKain will end up at Georgia, or any Southeastern Conference school (save Vandy),

Redundant? :D

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Anrhydeddu
Redundant? :D Look,we Bulldogs don't mind our kids getting an education, JUST NOT DURING FOOTBALL SEASON FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! :mad:

[Ben E Lou]

;)

[Easy Mac]

I think you need to amend that to "through all of college"

[Ben E Lou]

Originally posted by Easy Mac
I think you need to amend that to "through all of college" Hey now, Coach Ballard played on Furman's National Championship team. He's a great guy, and an excellent head coach, but I wouldn't exactly call him a Rhodes Scholar either, if you know what I mean. ;)