Date Posted:12:49:48 05/02/10 Sun Author: Bill to Joel Subject: Re: Introduction In reply to:
Joel to Bill
's message, "Re: Introduction" on 08:06:26 05/02/10 Sun
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>Hi Bill,
>
>One of my best buddies Luke, tells me that your new to
>the Forum and you had a birthday.
>
>Happy Birthday, a few days late, my new friend.
>
Thanks Joel.
>Sorry haven't been on the computer to check the latest
>forum messages, but I think Luke told you we play
>varsity baseball and we've had a few days of games and
>luckily added a few more wins to our column.
>
Congrats.
>I see your dad was not a great spanker, but more into
>yelling when growing up?
>
>If you look back in the archives, for Dec. 6, 2009,
>you will see at age l7 I got my very first spanking
>from my dad. Before that he and my Mom didn't believe
>in spanking me.
>
I've read the account of that incident and how you bamboozled him into paddling you that evening with a paddle that one of your other buddies made in shop class if memory serves. The way you went about that would be a model for me except that my dad passed away in 2007 so it is too late for us.
>I did get yelled at by them growing up, sat in the
>corner for 'corner time' and other punishments along
>the years. I didn have my car taken away from me last
>year, which I thought was severe punishment.
>
Getting yelled at is worse. Your brain is like a CD player without a "Stop" button and when a parent yells at a kid it just replays over and over and over just like the Energizer bunny. Better to get a whippin' and it is over and done with.
>I hope you'll continue to post messages, ask questions
>and be "one of the guys" and that you feel welcomed.
>
Thanks. Just remember that I am old enough to be your dad so please forgive me if the "responsible adult" in me kicks in once in awhile.
>At times, not everyone sees eye to eye, but its fun to
>share about the past,present and future.
>
That's fine.
>I look over more your growing up and see what would be
>good to ask about, and you can about me if you want.
>
Looks like your friend Luke had a field day with the time my parents found that pack of cigarettes in my dresser drawer. If I remember from the archives, some of your friend's parents were openly critical of your parents for not warming your butt sooner and your father at one point indicated that he had been looking for an excuse to spank you, Do you think your dad would've caved earlier if your parents had found a pack of cigarettes in your dresser drawer when you were in the second grade?
>Will try to answer when I can, got school and my
>Number 1 activity going right now-BASEBALL. I'm quite
>a homerun hitter, and I'm not bragg'in about, but
>stating a fact!
>
OK. Responsible adult in me kicking in. You are a student-athlete. There is a reason that hyphenated word is in the order that it is in. You are supposed to be a student first and an athlete second. :D
Regarding being a HR hitter, maybe I'll be watching you on television in a few years (I am a Cardinals fan).
>See you was into Scouts. That's COOL! I never took
>the time, I bet it was fun
>
I enjoy the great outdoors.
>I like history.
Me too; especially the Civil War era.
>
You know
>Gerald Ford I've read was an Eagle Scout. You ever get
>that high of a Rank?
