Up to no Good? by junge1

Photography • People • posted on Sep 05, 2009

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These two boys were trying to remove the stone plate from the hole on the quay at Vaiare, Moorea. Watching them while waiting for the ferry it brought back memories of my chilhood in Germany. We were dressed like this also, except we wore no flip-flops. We were running around barefoot from March-April until September, weather permitting. We had no TV, no radio, and no store-bought toys, but we were never bored. We depended on each other for entertainment and used the seasons to provide useable resources. I am sure that the numerous older women, widows from WWII, that lurked behind their curtains watching us every day, often asked themselves the same question, 'Up to no Good?' Many times they reported our misdeeds to our parents along with the complaints. Thinking back now, my parents were pretty cool. They normally knew the complainant, analysed past experiences with them, considered the fresh complaint, gave us the appropriated counselling, and the next day we were back out there doing either the same or similar deeds. The trick we learned from the complaints, stay out of sight of the spies, if possible. Those were the times, never bored, and lean and mean. No fast food. This picture was taken on 14 August 2009. Thank you for viewing, commenting, and favs, Sig...

Comments (31)

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flora-crassella

11:11AM | Sat, 05 September 2009

....genau so war es! Nettes Foto zu Deinem Bericht!

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timtripp

11:18AM | Sat, 05 September 2009

they will be boys! EXCELLENT

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Dreamingbee

11:20AM | Sat, 05 September 2009

wonderful shot

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Faemike55

12:29PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

Ah yes the joys of childhood! I remember them well. Great photo and thanks for bringing back those great memories

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casmindo

12:48PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

Sig I looked just like these boys at that age and I too would have been up to No Good. Corn Mush was a treat and not near as lean as you were in Germany at the time. We had to make our own entertainment and life was as good as we made it.! Nice shot and once again taking advantage of being at the right place at the right time. Well Done

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renecyberdoc

1:10PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

yes indeed,in luxembourg was the same,although i came a little later born in 1955 but it was the same era.

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annie5

1:21PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

They are so natural..great capture! :)

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farmerC

1:22PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

Beautiful shot.

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auntietk

1:38PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

They look like they're having a wonderful time! Nice capture.

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jocko500

2:49PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

cool shots of memorys of the past

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Alex_Antonov

2:59PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

Amazing!

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carlx

3:25PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

Great shot!!!

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durleybeachbum

4:08PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

Facinating! nothing changes much.

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rawdodb

4:23PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

Great Capture !!!

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sandra46

4:51PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

splendid work! great presentation!

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jeroni

4:58PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

beautiful, love the textures, colors and lighting excellent work

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shadownet

5:27PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

My childhood was much the same as far as the playing with friends without all the creature comforts. I often marvel at today's youth who complain (house full of toys, games, computers, tvs, etc) how bored they are with nothing to do. We always found fun things to do. Maybe in having things you lose something. :O)

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orig_buggy

7:33PM | Sat, 05 September 2009

So cool to see boys being boys ....sooo many kids , where i live, are into nothing but tv , pc games / video games ....wheres the exercise and self imagination??

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