CrabbiePants's Blog

Why would you want to take pills that you don't know what you are taking?  Why would there be a party  whereby  adults are not looking out for the young kids?   Why is it that the adults and mammas and poppas  not the ones being arrested in that there seems to be not much  direction being taken in the household.

Why do you say we pass a law that ---calls on the parents to be responsible  for all behaviours of the children until the children  reach the age of  18--and that means   they wind up on the Hindderland Village Projects taking instrution on how to be a parent....   You say that the daddy done up and left?...oh, no ...that would no longer work.  If you contribute sperm and egg  you be together for at least 18 years, and you can take your choice of where it will be ...working in The Hinderland Village Project, doing a job  that the mexicans won't do, and making some money to support your   offspring and so forth....or you can   take the other choice and stay in the house there  and learn to be a parent   and the  school rep   comes by every week to do a little evaluation on the household  and see if you be doing what you must.

how about that for a law?

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I am an old timer. I raised my kids in the 60-70's. I was raised in the 40-50's.
I am conservative as far as raising kids. When I raised mine we had certain rules. No honkey-tonks--no dancing, no dating until 14 (or so)---and then the 'dating' was controlled...like we take you and pick you up--no sleeping around --even if you are 18 -19---as long as you are in my house--(hell, we did not even talk about 'sleeping around')-- no drinking, no drugs, no weed, no smoking cigarettes, and church three times a week, and studied hard in school.
That's pretty much how I was taught. My kids turned out pretty good I suppose. None of them have been to jail or prison--and none of them ever got on drugs. All of them do drink alchohol---the boys like their beer and my girl likes her wine. They don't go to church regularly--and one questions if there is a Higher Power.
When my wife's grandkids come (7 and 9) it's like D-Day. Running to and fro, all the tv's hooked up to play-stations and always going somewhere...like to the movies...etc trying to find something to keep them 'entertained'. The nine year old tells his Momma where to 'get off' sometimes and the 7 year old has this temper that gets him in anger management. The Momma and Daddy don't believe in too much harsh correction---and believe the kids should 'say what they feel'.
My second wife and I (20 years together) raised HER kids the same way I was raised.
So, we see some divergence here in our history and our genetics---or something.
Y'All tell me what it is?

If you have land it may be more valuable than you think.  Dig around in it sometime.  This guy found  a head of an animal on his land.  Yep it was dug up.  It was a real big head.  40,000 years old they tell us. And it just sold at auction for $191K.

It is called   Lone Star---and is the world's largest  four-tusk mastodon skull.  Found in North Texas, according to the Dallas  Morning News.

as big as a Volkswagan--they say....maybe that's stretching it  a little, but it is biiiggggg.

Even if you had   $191K to put on it---what would you do with it?

My mantle is too small for it.  And the corner of my bedroom is full of quilts and chairs.  And my walk-in closet is so full I have to have a flashlight to go in there.  My garage has so much in it I have to measure real good when I put the car in to not run over or upon something.

If I put it on the back porch when the grandkids come they will be a-riding it.  And that's too expensive a thing to let them ride.

Well, I guess I'd have to donate it to my local library.

What would you do with it?

Picture in your mind  the most wonderful, pleasant, place you have ever seen. Maybe a vacation.  The mountains.  The sea.  The desert. The ocean.  Whatever flips your switch.

Picuture your most favoirite thing to eat. Pizza.  Chocolate cake.  Chess pie. Whatever makes you drool.

If you picture these---have you?   

You are now  more 'open' to vice...or greed...or  self-centeredness.

That is,  you 'want' that thing.

Mind you. That is what Advertisers want to make happen.

They want you to be 'open' to their product.

This 'appetitive stimuli'   can make me and you  more  impulsive---even in  areas unrelated. It does not have to be 'good' things or thoughs...it can be 'bad' things or thoughts.

  For example, if we have a bad evalution at work...a bad stimuli....we transfer that to a behavior...like   'having a drink or two'  or  'have a dozen or so donuts'---to   'reward'  ourselves....

Do you believe it?

 

 

1909--Ford brings out Modet T.

$825.

4 cylincer

20 horsepower.

top speed  45 mph.

fuel economy-- 13 to 21 mpg

not many  amenities

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2008--Tata brings out Nano

$2,500

2 cylinder

33 horsepower

top speed 60 mph

fuel economy-50 mpg

not many amenities--only seatbelts and one wiper

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the big question is--what   is the balance between convenience and environment and safety?

Honor killings. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,320954,00.html   We read about this all the time. How do you feel about 'honor' now, within the family? Do you feel that your children  should 'honor' the parents and their rules, and their guidelines? What do you believe should happen if the children do not carry this out? Have you ever been 'dishonored' by your children? What was it that they did? What did you do about it? Do you think Western  society  really has the 'answer' to these problems? Are we too lenient? Should there be more severe repercussions for children breaking the rules of the parents? If your children get pregnant, or cause pregnancy, in their teens, out of wed-lock, how would it affect you, and your family? How would you handle it?
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