[Rhodes22-list] Public Service Announcement - Alcohol usage (humor)

[Herb Parsons]

Did you mean "after that", or "until then"?

All of mine were great until their teens. All of them became somewhat of 
a challenge in their teens, some more than others, but now their all in 
the 20's (one about to hit 30), and they're all great again. Even more 
fun than before, because there's not nearly as much of the 
"responsibility" for them as there used to be.

Grandkids though - THOSE are fun. All of the fun, almost none of the 
responsibility. As a matter of fact, in some respects, you get to start 
getting back at your kids.

Yes sweety, you can have another cookie before you eat, but only one 
more, you've already had five. And don't tell mommie you had cookies for 
breakfast or that we stayed up watching Kung Fu Panda until 2 in the 
morning last night.



Brad Haslett wrote:
> Ben,
>
> It get worse, then it gets better.  After that, you just want to kill
> them. Yours will definitely get old enough to challenge you some day.
> My oldest never tried to whip my ass,  but my youngest made the
> mistake of trying that - once.  The Grateful Dead weren't singing
> about parenthood but they may as well have been, "what a long strange
> trip it's been".
>
> I love talking to my Dad about the Great Depression, WW2, the early
> days in the oilfield, construction projects, etc.  He held it all
> pretty close to his chest until he was in his 80's.  We (my brother
> and I) got our asses kicked on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for the
> first year and I drug my oldest son along for the ride.  He's about
> done with his second undergraduate degree, this one in Construction
> Management, and when he was interviewed for the program he said, "Oh
> yeah, I have some experience in the field, Dad drug my the nose
> through it!"
>
> There's no owner manual out there for kids.  Have fun!
>
> Brad
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:46 AM, ben
> <benonvelvetelvis at theskinnyonbenny.com> wrote:
>   
>> That's hilarious.  I can't wait until mine is old enough to give me a hard
>> time.  He better be tough enough to take it on the receiving end too!
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Brad Haslett
>> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 9:03 AM
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>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Public Service Announcement - Alcohol usage
>> (humor)
>>
>> Mike,
>>
>> That's funny! One Halloween when my boys were about 8 and 10 I was
>> suffering from Bells Palsy (had it twice) and the right side of my
>> face was broken.  They both carved pumpkins that year with the smile
>> and eye drooping on the right side. Punks!
>>
>> Why do we have children?
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 8:01 AM, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com>
>> wrote:
>>     
>>> Don't leave alcohol near pumpkins!
>>>
>>> (see attached image)
>>>
>>> Mike
>>> s/v Shanghaid'd Summer ('81)
>>>       Nissequogue River, NY
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