BEEN GOING THROUGH SOME CRAZY STUFF AND DECIDED TO STAY OFF THE GROUP. GOT DELAYED BECAUSE I GOT SICK. I REALLY JUST DIDN'T WANT TO BRING ANYONE DOWN WITH MY TROUBLES.
I GREW UP ON AN ALL JERSEY DAIRY. MY TWO BROTHERS AND MYSELF HAD TO DO OUR SHARE. I OFTEN THINK THAT THE KIDS NOWDAYS WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THEY HAD TO WORK INSTEAD OF PLAYING GAMES ALL THE TIME.
CDW:I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS THE WHOLE POINT TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS --TO HEAR EACH OTHER OUT. NO? ME FIRST? IT IS LONELY WHERE I LIVE, I THINK THE PEOPLE SEE TWO HEADS OR SOMETHING WHEN THEY LOOK AT ME! THEY WAVE AND TELL ME HOW NICE MY YARD LOOKS, ETC BUT NO INVITES OVER FOR COFFEE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT! I HAVE LIVED HERE TWO YEARS. NOW THAT THE WEATHER IS BETTER AND WE ARE GETTING OUTSIDE MORE PERHAPS EVERYONE WILL BE MORE FRIENDLY. I AM JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, I JUST CANNOT HEAR!
YEP, WE'RE HERE TO LISTEN TO YOU VENT ABOUT YOU'RE PROBLEMS. TALKING ABOUT IT HELPS. I'LL TRAID YOU NEIGHBORS KITTY. MINE DON'T INVITE ME OVER FOR THINGS, BUT THEY DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE EITHER. THEY'RE ALL THE TIME COMING OVER WANTING TO BORROW THINGS. EITHER THAT OR THEY'RE THROWING BLOCK PARTIES THAT LAST ALL NIGHT LONG AND RATTLE THE WINDOWS. IF I DIDN'T NEED THE SLEEP I MIGHT THINK ABOUT GOING OUT AND JOINING THE PARTY EXCEPT THAT MOST OF THE PPL AT THEIR PARTIES ARE THE LOCAL DRUG DEALERS. I HAVE NO INTEREST IN GETTING INVOLVED WITH THAT CROWD.
AND IN REPLY TO YOUR OTHER COMMENT. ABSOLUTELY! THE KIDS TODAY HAVE IT TOO EASY. THEY SIT AROUND PLAYING THEIR GAMES, GETTING COUCH POTATO BUTTS AND BAD ATTATUDES. THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THEIR PARENTS OR ANY OTHER AUTHORITY.
WHEN WE WERE KIDS, THE FARM WORK ALWAYS CAME FIRST. I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN A COUPLE OF MY AUNTS WERE VISITING. MOM LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW THAT THE BULL HAD GOTTEN OUT. SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST, "HURK'S OUT." AND EVERY ONE OF US KIDS JUMPPED TO ATTENTION AND RUSHED TO PUT ON OUR SHOES AND HEAD OUT THE DOOR TO HELP PUT HIM BACK WHERE HE BELONGED. FOR US IT WAS NOTHING SPECIAL, WE JUST DID WHAT WE KNEW NEEDED TO BE DONE. BUT TO MY AUNTS, WE WERE AMAZING. THEY COMMENTED LATER TO MOM AND DAD, HOW EMPRESSED THEY WERE THAT NOT ONE OF US KIDS HAD TO BE TOLD TO GET OUT THERE AND HELP, AND HOW THEIR OWN KIDS WOULD HAVE JUST LOOKED UP FROM THE TV AND SAID, "SO GO PUT IT BACK IN" AND LEFT IT AT THAT. MOM AND DAD WERE SO PROUD OF US THAT DAY. PERSONALLY I ATRIBUTE IT TO MOM AND DAD FOR TEACHING US TO HAVE A SENSE OF RESPONSABILITY AND RESPECT. WE ALL HAD CHORES TO DO, NOT BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO BE PAID TO DO IT, BUT BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND THE CHORES ALWAYS CAME BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.
SURPRISINGLY EVEN THO MY KIDS WERE GAMERS (THE YOUNGEST 2 ) THE OLDER 1 WAS MORE INTO GIRLS N PARTIES.
WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR 1ST COUNTRY HOME THAT WE BUILT INTO A FARM THE OLDEST BOY RYAN WAS A BIG HELP WHEN BARN BUILDING CAME 'ROUND.
BUT HE WANTED NOTHIN 2 DAY WITH THE CRITTERS.
HE LIVED IN A CAMPER WE BOUGHT SO HE COULD HAVE HIS PRIVACY/LOUD MUSIC/PARTIES AT OUR POND.
BUT 1 DAY HE COMES UP TO THE HOUSE ALL EXCITED CUZ A BANTY MOTHER COME OUT WITH IT'S NEWBORN ''CHICKLETS' YA CHICKS TURNED INTO CHICKLETS.LOL
THE YOUNGER BOYS ,MARK N NICK, WERE MORE INTO THE CRITTERS .
THEY'D GRAB A CHICKEN N SET ON R PORCH HOLDIN IT IN THEIR LAPS PETTIN EM,
NICK WANTED TO DO A 4H PROJECT WHICH WAS RAISIN 25 PHEASENTS N RELEASING THEM .
THE PHEASANTS WERE BORDERLINE EXTINCINT .
IT DID SURPRISE US HOW MUCH THESE CITYBOY GAMERS GOT INTO THE CRITTERS.
2 OF MY WIFE ANGELS' & MINE FAVORITE SHOWS ARE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE & THE WALTONS.
PPL LAUGH AT US WEN THEY HEAR WE WATCH THOSE OLD SHOWS.
THOSE SHOWS HAVE HELPED US WEN GROWIN UP LEARN THE VALUES OF FAMILY, DOIN RIGHT FROM WRONG. TREATIN PPL KINDLY,
MOST SHOWS TODAY ARE MONEY,MURDER,ADULTRY,CONNIN PPL, . TEACHIN KIDS MAINLY THAT MONEY MATTERS THAN MORALS. & THE NEGATIVE LIST GOES ON N ON.
I ALSO LIKE THE OLD SHOWS, NOT JUST THOSE TWO BUT ALL THE OLD BLACK & WHITE SITCOMS AS WELL. AND BONANZA, THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES. WE GREW UP ON THOSE SHOWS. KIDS TODAY DON'T WANT TO WATCH ANYTHING THAT WILL TEACH THEM SOMETHING. THEY WANT THE BLOOD AND GUTS, OR MINDLESS DRIBBLE. THE WORLD OUTSIDE IS A DANGEROUS PLACE FOR A LOT OF THEM SO I CAN UNDERSTAND THEM WANTING TO ESCAPE IT. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THEM WANTING TO BRING IT INSIDE THEIR HOME AND WATCH IT ON THE TV. OR TAKE PART IN IT IN THEIR VIDEO GAMES. BUT THAT'S JUST ME. OR IS IT MY GENERATION?
I GREW UP IN A FARMING COMMUNITY AND HEARD ALOT OF STORIES ABOUT FARM LIFE. IT'S SAD THAT SO MANY KIDS WANT TO JUST PLAY GAMES AND EVEN WORSE I HAVE SEEN IT FIRST HAND. THERE WAS SOME STUFF GOING ON WITH MY EX GIRLFRIEND AND JUST TRYING TO DEAL WITH IT, ON TOP OF GETTING SICK FOR 7 DAYS WAS NOT FUN. BEING DRUGGED UP SO I COULD WORK WAS NOT FUN, BUT NEEDED THE MONEY. THE PROBLEM IS THE MEDS THAT I NEED TO TAKE TO WORK ON DAYS WHERE MY STOMACH ISSUE IS GOING WONKY TAKES MORE THEN THE RECOMENDED DOSE, SO IT BASICALY MADE THINGS WORSE AND THE PILLS THE DOC GAVE ME ON TOP OF IT, DIDN'T HELP AS WELL.
I THINK EVERY GENERATION IS DIFFERENT AND ONE THING IS VIDEO GAMES CAN BE A LEARNING TOOL. THERE ARE GAMES AIMED AT KIDS TO TEACH THEM DIFFERENT THINGS. THEY EVEN USE VIDEO GAMES TO HELP KIDS LOSE WEIGHT IN GYM CLASS.
I GREW UP ON AN ALL JERSEY DAIRY. IT WAS THE LOVE OF MY DAD'S LIFE. MY MOTHER HATED IT AND GRUMBLED CONSTANTLY. I NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD WHOS SIDE I SHOULD BE ON! THEN AT TEN YEARS OLD I WENT DEAF AND HAD TO GO AWAY TO A RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL, SO THAT SOLVED THE PROBLEM SOMEWHAT,
YES STAR THAT IS GOOD. WE HAVE MORE CHOICES NOW DAYS. A LOT OF PPL I KNOW ARE CHOSING TO HOME SCHOOL THEIR KIDS. IN SOME CASES THAT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO GO. OTHERS NOT SO MUCH. ONE GIRL I KNOW IS 18 NOW AND VERY NAIVE. HER PARENTS HOME SCHOOLED HER AND HER YOUNGER BROTHERS AND AS A RESULT THEY HAVE BEEN KEPT WAY TOO SHELTERED. THE GIRL IS CLUELESS ABOUT THE WAY OF THE WORLD, AND QUITE SCATTER BRAINED TO BOOT. BUT THEN ON THE FLIP SIDE MY NEPHEW WAS HOME SCHOOLED AND HE IS ONE OF THE MOST MATURE LEVEL HEADED YOUNG MAN I'VE EVER MET. HE HAS A WILD SENSE OF HUMER, BUT HE KEEPS IT IN CHECK AND ONLY LETS IT OUT WHEN THE WORK IS DONE. HE'S A REAL HOOT.
IF SHIPPING XAVIER OFF TO BE GET HIS EDUCATION, OR HOME SCHOOLING HIM WERE OUR ONLY OPTIONS I'M AFRAID HE WOULD GROW UP SADDLY UNDER EDUCATED. HE ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO DO ANY KIND OF SCHOOL WORK AT HOME. AND THERE IS NO WAY HIS MOM WOULD LET HIM BE SHIPPED OFF TO SOME OTHER AREA TO GO TO SCHOOL.
I HOMESCHOOL ALSO. NOT A CHOICE ACTUALLY WITH DAUGHTERS DISABILITY JUST CANT BE HELPED. SHE SURE IS SMART AS A TACK BUT IS VERY SHELTERED AND WAY TO TRUSTING
DONT HAVE A CLUE TO HOW TO TEACH HER TO COPE WITH THE WORLD WHEN SHE IS AT HOME
AND IN REPLY TO YOUR OTHER COMMENT. ABSOLUTELY! THE KIDS TODAY HAVE IT TOO EASY. THEY SIT AROUND PLAYING THEIR GAMES, GETTING COUCH POTATO BUTTS AND BAD ATTATUDES. THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THEIR PARENTS OR ANY OTHER AUTHORITY.
WHEN WE WERE KIDS, THE FARM WORK ALWAYS CAME FIRST. I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN A COUPLE OF MY AUNTS WERE VISITING. MOM LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW THAT THE BULL HAD GOTTEN OUT. SHE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN JUST, "HURK'S OUT." AND EVERY ONE OF US KIDS JUMPPED TO ATTENTION AND RUSHED TO PUT ON OUR SHOES AND HEAD OUT THE DOOR TO HELP PUT HIM BACK WHERE HE BELONGED. FOR US IT WAS NOTHING SPECIAL, WE JUST DID WHAT WE KNEW NEEDED TO BE DONE. BUT TO MY AUNTS, WE WERE AMAZING. THEY COMMENTED LATER TO MOM AND DAD, HOW EMPRESSED THEY WERE THAT NOT ONE OF US KIDS HAD TO BE TOLD TO GET OUT THERE AND HELP, AND HOW THEIR OWN KIDS WOULD HAVE JUST LOOKED UP FROM THE TV AND SAID, "SO GO PUT IT BACK IN" AND LEFT IT AT THAT. MOM AND DAD WERE SO PROUD OF US THAT DAY. PERSONALLY I ATRIBUTE IT TO MOM AND DAD FOR TEACHING US TO HAVE A SENSE OF RESPONSABILITY AND RESPECT. WE ALL HAD CHORES TO DO, NOT BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO BE PAID TO DO IT, BUT BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE, AND THE CHORES ALWAYS CAME BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE.
WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR 1ST COUNTRY HOME THAT WE BUILT INTO A FARM THE OLDEST BOY RYAN WAS A BIG HELP WHEN BARN BUILDING CAME 'ROUND.
BUT HE WANTED NOTHIN 2 DAY WITH THE CRITTERS.
HE LIVED IN A CAMPER WE BOUGHT SO HE COULD HAVE HIS PRIVACY/LOUD MUSIC/PARTIES AT OUR POND.
BUT 1 DAY HE COMES UP TO THE HOUSE ALL EXCITED CUZ A BANTY MOTHER COME OUT WITH IT'S NEWBORN ''CHICKLETS' YA CHICKS TURNED INTO CHICKLETS.LOL
THE YOUNGER BOYS ,MARK N NICK, WERE MORE INTO THE CRITTERS .
THEY'D GRAB A CHICKEN N SET ON R PORCH HOLDIN IT IN THEIR LAPS PETTIN EM,
NICK WANTED TO DO A 4H PROJECT WHICH WAS RAISIN 25 PHEASENTS N RELEASING THEM .
THE PHEASANTS WERE BORDERLINE EXTINCINT .
IT DID SURPRISE US HOW MUCH THESE CITYBOY GAMERS GOT INTO THE CRITTERS.
2 OF MY WIFE ANGELS' & MINE FAVORITE SHOWS ARE LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE & THE WALTONS.
PPL LAUGH AT US WEN THEY HEAR WE WATCH THOSE OLD SHOWS.
THOSE SHOWS HAVE HELPED US WEN GROWIN UP LEARN THE VALUES OF FAMILY, DOIN RIGHT FROM WRONG. TREATIN PPL KINDLY,
MOST SHOWS TODAY ARE MONEY,MURDER,ADULTRY,CONNIN PPL, . TEACHIN KIDS MAINLY THAT MONEY MATTERS THAN MORALS. & THE NEGATIVE LIST GOES ON N ON.
IF SHIPPING XAVIER OFF TO BE GET HIS EDUCATION, OR HOME SCHOOLING HIM WERE OUR ONLY OPTIONS I'M AFRAID HE WOULD GROW UP SADDLY UNDER EDUCATED. HE ABSOLUTELY REFUSES TO DO ANY KIND OF SCHOOL WORK AT HOME. AND THERE IS NO WAY HIS MOM WOULD LET HIM BE SHIPPED OFF TO SOME OTHER AREA TO GO TO SCHOOL.
DONT HAVE A CLUE TO HOW TO TEACH HER TO COPE WITH THE WORLD WHEN SHE IS AT HOME