To Turn 18 In 26 Days!

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

So, there are some things that are soon to happen when this comes around. Just a bit worried.

[Brandon]

[Roadgeekteen]

Happy early birthday!

[JJBers]

265 days until my 15th....

[jp the roadgeek]

29 days until the 24th anniversary of my 18th.

[hotdogPi]

111 days until I complete my first Metonic cycle (i.e. 19 years).

[jeffandnicole]

I have a birthday this year too!!

[nexus73]

When I turned 18, HS graduation had already taken place, I had done a summer job as an AV tech at $2 an hour and was working at stocking shelves at night for a discount grocery store for $1.65 an hour. 

Gas was less than 30 cents a gallon.  It was the last of the Good Old Days as it turned out.  The Yom Kippur War came in October, our frenemies the Saudis led an OPEC embargo, the Soviets blocked cease fire attempts and then when the war went in favor of Israel, they threatened to invade with 250.000 paratroopers.  We increased our Defcon level and were on the precipice of a nuclear was as the Israeli army was within 25 miles of capturing Cairo and Damascus. 

Funny but sad to think as you are about to turn 18 that the world is in a mess and some things are still expensive while minimum wage has less purchasing power than it did for me back in 1973.  Hope you can survive the rest of your life!

Rick

[1995hoo]

I have a birthday this year too!!

My next one (next year) is what I call a "speed limit birthday." I guess it could also be an "audiophile birthday" if you were to go downstairs here and see the collection of 7-inch records.

[NE2]

Buy a gun to celebrate!

[davewiecking]

My next one (next year) is what I call a "speed limit birthday." I guess it could also be an "audiophile birthday" if you were to go downstairs here and see the collection of 7-inch records.

I do hope you have an adequate supply of plastic or metal inserts...

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

You guys! With your ridiculous humor! 

Thanks all! I plan to purchase a handgun sometime within that time frame, I am still trying to read up and understand Arkansas' legislative jargon. So, until then, it is just a dream!

[JJBers]

You guys! With your ridiculous humor! 

Thanks all! I plan to purchase a handgun sometime within that time frame, I am still trying to read up and understand Arkansas' legislative jargon. So, until then, it is just a dream!

Well, you aren't in the super Gun Control group of my state (Connecticut) and Colorado, so good for you?

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

You guys! With your ridiculous humor! 

Thanks all! I plan to purchase a handgun sometime within that time frame, I am still trying to read up and understand Arkansas' legislative jargon. So, until then, it is just a dream!

Well, you aren't in the super Gun Control group of my state (Connecticut) and Colorado, so good for you?

Nope.  Arkansas is a constitutional carry state, so in theory I won't need a permit... I am unsure of your state (since I do not live in Connecticut, but I have heard it's a beautiful state!)

[Max Rockatansky]

Move 2,400 miles from home a week after your birthday, change of scenery never hurt anyone once the parental units no longer have control. 

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

Move 2,400 miles from home a week after your birthday, change of scenery never hurt anyone once the parental units no longer have control. 

Where shall I go? If I could go 2,400 miles in any direction I would, but there are resource constraints associated with that kind of movement. Would you have the means to sponsor me in that venture?

All I really have planned is to go register to vote That's it for now. I do plan to find a rent house around town, my dad is explaining it would be best to invest that money (in its accumulated form), instead of filling someone else's bank account with it. (He isn't wrong). I am kinda stuck as far as that plan goes...

[Max Rockatansky]

Move 2,400 miles from home a week after your birthday, change of scenery never hurt anyone once the parental units no longer have control. 

Where shall I go? If I could go 2,400 miles in any direction I would, but there are resource constraints associated with that kind of movement. Would you have the means to sponsor me in that venture?

All I really have planned is to go register to vote That's it for now. I do plan to find a rent house around town, my dad is explaining it would be best to invest that money (in its accumulated form), instead of filling someone else's bank account with it. (He isn't wrong). I am kinda stuck as far as that plan goes...

Hey you could always enlist in the military once you graduate, that would sure give you the resources to move somewhere different than where you are now....granted if that's what you want.  I didn't move when I turned 18 but rather a week after my graduation, I bailed out of Michigan for Arizona....suffice to say I had to save quite a bit to make that trip.  A move could be done if you really want it to be.

[jp the roadgeek]

You guys! With your ridiculous humor! 

Thanks all! I plan to purchase a handgun sometime within that time frame, I am still trying to read up and understand Arkansas' legislative jargon. So, until then, it is just a dream!

Well, you aren't in the super Gun Control group of my state (Connecticut) and Colorado, so good for you?

Nope.  Arkansas is a constitutional carry state, so in theory I won't need a permit... I am unsure of your state (since I do not live in Connecticut, but I have heard it's a beautiful state!)

Beautiful state, but hold on to your wallet.  We're not quite as strict on gun control in The People's Republic of Connecticut as NY and MA are.  Have to be 21, no felonies or domestic violence convictions of any kind, complete an 8 hour certification course including practice firing, background check, picture, 2 forms of ID, and all fees get you a carry permit.  There was a backdoor gun control measure to quadruple permit renewal fees, but that never made it through the legislature.  And yes, we have the two senators who love using tragedy to advance their agenda to abolish the Second Amendment.  In reality, we do have red oases, but the three giant blue blobs known as Hartford, New Haven, and Bridgeport control the election.

[Scott5114]

The 2nd amendment is outside the remit of this forum.

[1995hoo]

Move 2,400 miles from home a week after your birthday, change of scenery never hurt anyone once the parental units no longer have control. 

Where shall I go? If I could go 2,400 miles in any direction I would, but there are resource constraints associated with that kind of movement. Would you have the means to sponsor me in that venture?

All I really have planned is to go register to vote That's it for now. I do plan to find a rent house around town, my dad is explaining it would be best to invest that money (in its accumulated form), instead of filling someone else's bank account with it. (He isn't wrong). I am kinda stuck as far as that plan goes...

Federal law also requires males to register for Selective Service within 30 days of turning 18.

[noelbotevera]

200 days until my negative 4th anniversary of my 18th birthday (wait, I've already been 13 for 165 days? Where's the time gone?).

[ET21]

144 until 26th

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

My half birthday is on April 29th.

[vdeane]

Move 2,400 miles from home a week after your birthday, change of scenery never hurt anyone once the parental units no longer have control. 

Where shall I go? If I could go 2,400 miles in any direction I would, but there are resource constraints associated with that kind of movement. Would you have the means to sponsor me in that venture?

All I really have planned is to go register to vote That's it for now. I do plan to find a rent house around town, my dad is explaining it would be best to invest that money (in its accumulated form), instead of filling someone else's bank account with it. (He isn't wrong). I am kinda stuck as far as that plan goes...

Federal law also requires males to register for Selective Service within 30 days of turning 18.

Technically cisgender men and transgender women.  Transgender men can't register even if they want to.

[TheArkansasRoadgeek]

Move 2,400 miles from home a week after your birthday, change of scenery never hurt anyone once the parental units no longer have control. 

Where shall I go? If I could go 2,400 miles in any direction I would, but there are resource constraints associated with that kind of movement. Would you have the means to sponsor me in that venture?

All I really have planned is to go register to vote That's it for now. I do plan to find a rent house around town, my dad is explaining it would be best to invest that money (in its accumulated form), instead of filling someone else's bank account with it. (He isn't wrong). I am kinda stuck as far as that plan goes...

Federal law also requires males to register for Selective Service within 30 days of turning 18.

Technically cisgender men and transgender women.  Transgender men can't register even if they want to.

Well, good thing I am just me! I was actually looking into registering to vote and the SSS today. I need a state ID made for voting though.