Are our grandkids getting too sissified?

[MossRoad]

Believe me, I make every effort to tell them how much I love them.

Sounds good. Not meaning to give personal advice.

 

[flusher]

Good luck to her. I know there are many forms of publishing that still offer a good living and rewarding career.

Thanks.

 

[ultrarunner]

Best job my brother ever had was summer life guard at the Park and Rec Department lakes...

He really enjoyed it and even as a teen... there were lifeguards double or more his age and that is all they did... they worked the summer and then got unemployment...

He met several of his girlfriends lifeguarding... and met his wife coaching college Ultimate...

 

[goeduck]

I had to walk 3 miles to school each day, be it in 100 degree weather in the summer or with snow 5' deep.

For money, I'd mow 10 acres on the weekend with my grandmothers push reel mower because my dad taught me never to rely on gas and it helps cut down on my overhead expenses.

For fun, we'd go cow tipping, and when the cow was down, slaughter and cook em right up in the field for a hardy lunch. Then afterwards, go play war with our .22's to run off the cow we just ate (bb gun wars were a joke to us).

Kids are ******* nowadays.

I only have one thing to say about that


Having said that I may be able to beat the 3 mile walk each way uphill. I had to hitchhike the last 10 miles to get home each day and usually walk the last 1 up to the house from the highway.

 

[Doofy]

Sounds good. Not meaning to give personal advice.

Never to old to learn and good advice is always welcome.

 

[MossRoad]

Never to old to learn and good advice is always welcome.

Buy low. Sell high.... that's all I got. :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

..and met his wife coaching college Ultimate...

For anyone that doesn't get that... he's a frisbee coach.


I missed my calling. Lifeguard and frisbee coach.


SIGH!!! %^&$&!!!

 

[2ndhalf]

Believe me, I make every effort to tell them how much I love them.

They know it. For that its worth my dad never learned to "talk" to me either at least not on a personal level. We talk at least 3 times a week though about things we have in common. He knows I love him and visa versa. He always answers even if he is fishing or outside etc. I will miss the day he cannot answer.

You don't have to be blubbering to know your dad loves you.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I guess I didn't have it so rough. I only walked 3/4 of a mile to and from the bus every day, but I got to loiter and pick wild "possum" grapes on the way home. Mom would make jelly out of them. Went to a one room school house for a couple of years; 8 grades in one school. Pumped our water; pot bellied stove, and "Boys" and "Girls" two holers about 20 yards form the door.
Wore overalls because Jeans were to expensive; wore our shoes completely out and would cut the backs off my Big Chief tablet to put in the bottom of my shoes to keep my feet off the ground. Never had a hot lunch until we moved to Oklahoma in 7th grade; believe me, you never forget the smell of an old lunchroom where brown bag lunches have been stored 5 days a week for 100 years.

Better off than some though; one kid I remember came to school barefoot wearing only overalls...no shirt. TB was endemic; Health Department came around every year, gave Whooping cough, Tetanus, Diphtheria an several other shots, including tests for TB. Never for get the long line in the library getting shots. Kids bawling, teachers wiping tears; I dreaded it for weeks in advance.
Ah, those were the days.

 

[k0ua]

I guess I didn't have it so rough. I only walked 3/4 of a mile to and from the bus every day, but I got to loiter and pick wild "possum" grapes on the way home. Mom would make jelly out of them. Went to a one room school house for a couple of years; 8 grades in one school. Pumped our water; pot bellied stove, and "Boys" and "Girls" two holers about 20 yards form the door.
Wore overalls because Jeans were to expensive; wore our shoes completely out and would cut the backs off my Big Chief tablet to put in the bottom of my shoes to keep my feet off the ground. Never had a hot lunch until we moved to Oklahoma in 7th grade; believe me, you never forget the smell of an old lunchroom where brown bag lunches have been stored 5 days a week for 100 years.

Better off than some though; one kid I remember came to school barefoot wearing only overalls...no shirt. TB was endemic; Health Department came around every year, gave Whooping cough, Tetanus, Diphtheria an several other shots, including tests for TB. Never for get the long line in the library getting shots. Kids bawling, teachers wiping tears; I dreaded it for weeks in advance.
Ah, those were the days.

Your school year experiences were very similar to mine growing up. But no school bus or walk. The neighbor lady drove her kid to school and I rode with them. Those old outdoor two holers sure smelled pretty ripe during the warm months.