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08-20-2012 10:31 PM #1
I was at a run over on Waiheke Island a few years back when a kid of about ten climbed up omto the back of the '47 and walked across the rear splash pan.
Its mother got a bit uppity with me when I bellowed at the kid; so I bellowed at her too. (Just to keep things equal and fair...if she can't train her kid to behave correctly she deserves a bellow too.)
"I'd never climb on your furniture; don't let your your idiot child walk on my car!"
The husband/father didn't want any of this; he went as fast as his legs would carry him to somewhere/anywhere else.
I somehow got the impression that neither of them (mother and daughter,) liked me very much.
Dunno what the cause of that could be.
But I doubt that kid will ever touch another car; let alone climb on it.
.johnboy
Mountain man. (Retired.)
Some mistakes are too much fun to be made only once.
I don't know everything about anything, and I don't know anything about lots of things.
'47 Ford sedan. 350 -- 350, Jaguar irs + ifs.
'49 Morris Minor. Datsun 1500cc, 5sp manual, Marina front axle, Nissan rear axle.
'51 Ford school bus. Chev 400 ci Vortec 5 sp manual + Gearvendors 2sp, 2000 Chev lwb dually chassis and axles.
'64 A.C. Cobra replica. Ford 429, C6 auto, Torana ifs, Jaguar irs.
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08-21-2012 11:54 AM #2
Good on ya johnboy. Someone has to teach the little ankle biters how to behave, the parents don't seem to know to do it. Perhaps they weren't taught by their parents either. Television and the computer don't teach manners and the respect for the property of others and that may be the only instruction these generations are receiving. If the parents aren't doing it, then we are doomed to suffer succeeding generations of illiterate and unmannerly troglodytes.
My children would not have climbed on your property in the first place and if they did, they could expect to have their little bottoms warmed up on the spot with my belt. As I said though, I'm probably at the end of a line of parents who could and would do that.
Mike, I don't know why your observation about the fingernail shocked me. It shouldn't have, but it did.
Personally, I'm fed up to the teeth with the whole lot of it and can only hope that our Maker will eliminate the human race (Doofus Erectus) and start anew on this rock with another species that will have enough common sense not to foul their nest.Last edited by techinspector1; 08-21-2012 at 12:29 PM.
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08-21-2012 11:59 AM #3
2 ........... 13 months old . lord keeping them both in the same zip code would be enough . my nieces were 11 months apart. always in two different directions.
I saw last night on fb about John. The world sure lost a great one. I'm going to miss his humor, advice, and perspective from another portion of the world. Rest in Peace Johnboy.
John Norton aka johnboy