An acquaintance of mine had a father who was a veteran of WWII. I don't know wether he actually saw any Germans or was guarding a secretute of some entrenched 100 miles off the front officer, but he got his papers. So one of his perks was either free or 50% off Natural Gas, and there is no meter. So this dude had a summer kitchen ( a separate building ) where this gas burned at full 24/7 365 days a year. Once his son, in the midst of 100F summer heat , said : Father, what a F U C K are you doing?
and he says, "Son, I am entitled to that"
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My old man said. ....
Re: My old man said. ....
by Pretorian » Sat 16 May 2009, 00:30:21
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Re: My old man said. ....
by OutOfGas » Sat 16 May 2009, 07:13:45
Pretorian,
I should have been clear. My parents grew up during WWII. I was talking about them having to
do without because of rationing and poverty.
Dad actually was in Korea. I was describing their attitude of entitlement.
I should have been clear. My parents grew up during WWII. I was talking about them having to
do without because of rationing and poverty.
Dad actually was in Korea. I was describing their attitude of entitlement.
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Re: My old man said. ....
by Pretorian » Sat 16 May 2009, 14:27:18
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('OutOfGas', 'P')retorian,
I should have been clear. My parents grew up during WWII. I was talking about them having to
do without because of rationing and poverty.
Dad actually was in Korea. I was describing their attitude of entitlement.
I should have been clear. My parents grew up during WWII. I was talking about them having to
do without because of rationing and poverty.
Dad actually was in Korea. I was describing their attitude of entitlement.
yes, i know. Give anybody an entitlement once and there will be never a shortage of attitude.
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Re: My old man said. ....
by pablonite » Sat 16 May 2009, 16:08:11
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ibon', 'M')y father is 85, born as a menonite farmer during the depression
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('holmes', 'L')ived in the wilderness for two weeks.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('seldom_seen', 'I') was with Holmes.
I see a pattern here! A Menonite farmer joins popular culture and 2 people go wilderness camping for 2 weeks but 2 weeks was probably enough of that!
I like the wilderness camping too,but after a couple of weeks it's really nice to get civilized again. We are creatures of comfort and as long as minimal comfort is available we will use it, as opposed to living in the wilderness.
TV, prescription drugs, home heating, supermarkets, heh...we are so trapped into civilization it will be remarkable what people will put up with.
Much of America's history of independence existed only because the people had weapons to equal anything a potential oppressor had but those days are long gone.
Americans still have their shotguns and perhaps an assault rifle or two but take a gander at what the government is prepared to unleash on a rebellious population and yes, we are screwed. And to think anyone living in the current generation would have a good chance of survival living off the land is not very realistic - no offense!
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