Scott NC Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Ahhh.... but can you sing as well...? https://youtu.be/qT3OHGINo3o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 They had a singing career outside of the show. Personally I can't carry a tune in a reinforced bucket lined with ITC-100! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I carry tunes on USB chips. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Some folks are able to carry a tune in a bucket if they use music written on paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I used to sing in the church choir, but since my throat surgery some years back, I can't sing for more than five or ten minutes before the scar tissue starts tightening up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinDoc Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I like to sing along in the car and what not and the wife says I am a really good singer, but am MUCH too self conscious to do it in front of just about anyone except the wife. Ill just hum along otherwise lol. I have a really good ear for tune and can't stand to listen to something that is even just slightly off, which nixes most auto-tuned pop music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 I've had my kids tell me that if I don't stop singing in the car they will get out---and we were doing 75mph! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 If we were acting up in the car Mother would threaten to sing along with the radio. I inherited her singing voice. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 There was no roughhousing in the car for us when we were kids. Many times we had to get out and walk. Probably harsh by today's standards... Worse, if Grandma was in the car, she had a cane, and was not afraid to use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 My folks would make either me or my brother ride on the running boards when we were acting up. Today they would be arrested for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 I should hope so, look how you turned out! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 My Mother would threaten that she would "Stop and cut a switch!". Guess what---she wasn't bluffing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnut Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 We had to cut our own switch and woe betide the fool child that tried to cut an inadequate one. Pnut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 We didn't get spanked very often, deserved every one though. Mother used a wooden spoon when necessary. She never bluffed about it, if she said, "do I have to get the wooden spoon," the next step was a swat. She never pulled a punch either, if we made her get the wooden spoon she made it memorable. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Generally my parents used a meter stick, maple, thicker but narrower than a yardstick. Very few spankings; all deserved and all memorable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 My mother also made my older brother and I cut our own switch when we got in trouble and wouldn't admit who was guilty. Whom ever brought the smallest switch was the guilty one, proved to be very accurate, until my brother figured that out and always made sure he cut the largest switch. We didn't get switched very often, only for the worst well deserved transgressions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 18, 2021 Share Posted July 18, 2021 My brother, sister and I learned at an early age not to repeat certain words we happened to hear. No matter where we heard them. I think a lot of us older folk are better off for it. A walk through the mall or a day in the workplace confirms it in my mind. There are a lot of exceptions though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted July 18, 2021 Author Share Posted July 18, 2021 I never had to cut a switch. I certainly got spanked or smacked or whipped tho. Even thrown a couple times. It was only on the worst of things or if we really deserved it. Mom holding up the wooden spoon or dad pulling his belt off, folding it in half and cracking it were quick deterrents after a few woopings. Being a father now, their words of " this will hurt me more than it hurts you" mean a Lot more. My kids are still pretty young so I'm hoping to never have to say that to them. Ugh. I hope they aren't like I was in many ways lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 My Father never spanked us, I got cuffed a couple times for doing something stupid in the shop but never spanked. I learned much later, after he'd passed in fact that his step father was very abusive. Dad, his two Brothers and Sister were non-violent in the extreme. Mother never bluffed, if she opened the drawer the wooden spoon was kept in, we got a swat, two if we'd been really bad. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Each child is different; one size fits all DOESN'T! I thought this was very nicely explicated in Dorothy Sayers story "Talboys" where she describes how each of their 3 sons requires different methods of discipline that are suited to their differing natures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Ewert Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 5:00 PM, Nodebt said: There was no roughhousing in the car for us when we were kids. Many times we had to get out and walk. Probably harsh by today's standards... Not at all. I would frequently kick one or all of the boys out of the car and tell them to run home. Nothing wrong with a little exercise to burn off excess energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinDoc Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I don't spank my kids unless I really, really have to. I always feel terrible doing it even when it has to be done. Thankfully the wife handles what little spanking that needs tolled out and she gives more of a swat than a spank. I haven't spanked them much, but when I did I made sure it left an impression, so now all ol Dad has to do is get up and walk into the room with intent and they all stand to and tune in. Unfortunately, I had to give out a whoopin a few weeks ago. Oldest (5) refused to come in for dinner and the night and sat outside and screamed. The wife had been handling negotiations, but when all negotiations broke down and the wife tried to pick her up and bring her inside, she ran. From my days as a kid, running was a HUGE no no, even more so know since we live in the city and off a busy street. Well, another old rule applied in on this one, you can't outrun dad. Felt so bad giving her a couple smacks, but was still relieved that when she bolted that she didn't head towards the road. My middle daughter (4) is different. She is VERY sensitive and takes really, really bad to that kind of punishment. All you typically have to do with her is just look at her wrong and she will break down. Having 3 girls is so much fun. 5, 4 and 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzkill Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Sounds like you have the right idea. If you make believers out of them when they are young it will significantly decrease the frequency and severity of the discipline you have to administer as they get older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I had two daughters; the youngest of which now has 4 sons. Now my stepdaughter has *twins* and recently called us up and begged that we would remove "the parent's curse"!---May you have children that grow up just like *you*! (I would have laughed and laughed; except that she owns a hot pink AR15 and we plan to visit on our way to Quad-State.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Ewert Posted July 20, 2021 Share Posted July 20, 2021 Cleaning toilets was effective for milder violations. If it wasn't done right they got to do it again plus another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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