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Winter Build Off 2022 - Get Ready

#1,164
My parents never hit us, they just were disappointed. Which was much, much worse. :D I didn't/don't hit my kids either, but took/take the time to explain things. When my eldest was 7, he did a raspberry in the face of another kid's dad when at their house, and the guy reacted and slapped his face. He then apologized to him profusely and thought "holy crap, I just hit that psychologist's kid". He called me to tell me what had happened and relayed that my son also told him "that's okay, when I do something bad my dad talks and talks and talks until you just want to cut your ears off. I'd rather be spanked". The dad didn't feel so bad about smacking him after hearing that story. :D
 
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Beej said:
when I do something bad my dad talks and talks and talks until you just want to cut your ears off. I'd rather be spanked".
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If you talked to my kids when they were that age, they would've said that verbatim.
I was a lecturer. My biggest triggers were lying and treating each other like crap. They never got in trouble for breaking things, but would get yelled at and lectured for an hour on lying about what happened to the lamp. And they never figured that one out. Still baffles me till this day.
My middle son got a good whack on the rear and put in bed for a few hours once because he deliberately hurt his little sister. But spanking wasn't a regular punishment. It all depended on the crime. Looking back, I'm sure they would've picked a whack on the ass over an hour lecture.
I was also very protective, but also let them explore and experience getting hurt. Like,.... You can only explain that the stove is hot so many times. After the 100th time, you just have to not say anything and let them go ahead and touch it. And I would ask, "feel smarter now?" A blister later and you don't have to explain it anymore.
Parenting is a balancing act that will wear you TF out and you'll never get it just right. And at the end of it all, kids usually turn out how they'll turn out and there's no guarantee that anything you did or didn't do will have any impact whatsoever.
It's a thankless job and I can't wait until the grandkids show up so I can send them home with drum sets and bottle cap shooters.
 
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RichterScale said:
Ha! Sucker.
This is exactly why "how are you?" or, "how's it going?" is a completely wrong way to greet someone in passing. Just say hello, or wink and give 'em a couple six shooters. Why would you ask someone how they're doing and keep walking? And if it's a sincere question, first, we barely know each other, are you really deeply concerned with my well being? Also, you just put me on the spot. You asked how it was going and I just said "hey" and kept walking. Now I feel like a jerk. But honestly, I don't recommend we get into it because we could be standing here for a good hour+ and not even scratch the surface of what's going on and how I'm doing. And of course I'll be obliged to return the courtesy and ask how you're doing. And OMG I can't deal with people blubbering about their problems. So why can't we just avoid this whole situation? Seriously, we pass each other in the hall at work maybe twice/wk. Just wave, say hello, smack my ass like a football player, salute, fist bump, all good.
So, now when people ask how it's going, but plan to keep walking, I just say, "best day of my life". It's s'pose to be sarcasm, to point out that it's stupid to ask someone a rhetorical question as a greeting, but they always chuckle or smile. I can't win.
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This time I did check the length of your response before I started reading it. :bassist:

I try to stick with 'hey' or a simple 'morning', which works especially well in the evening.
 
#1,168
Revamping my build plans....
Everything is staying the same except the body wood and the color. I'll use that ash for something else after I get the moisture content down. For now it's going back up in the rafters in the basement above the heat ducts.
 
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RichterScale said:
This is exactly why "how are you?" or, "how's it going?" is a completely wrong way to greet someone in passing. Just say hello, or wink and give 'em a couple six shooters. Why would you ask someone how they're doing and keep walking? And if it's a sincere question, first, we barely know each other, are you really deeply concerned with my well being? Also, you just put me on the spot. You asked how it was going and I just said "hey" and kept walking. Now I feel like a jerk. But honestly, I don't recommend we get into it because we could be standing here for a good hour+ and not even scratch the surface of what's going on and how I'm doing. And of course I'll be obliged to return the courtesy and ask how you're doing. And OMG I can't deal with people blubbering about their problems. So why can't we just avoid this whole situation? Seriously, we pass each other in the hall at work maybe twice/wk. Just wave, say hello, smack my ass like a football player, salute, fist bump, all good.
So, now when people ask how it's going, but plan to keep walking, I just say, "best day of my life". It's s'pose to be sarcasm, to point out that it's stupid to ask someone a rhetorical question as a greeting, but they always chuckle or smile. I can't win.
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I'm convinced you give this lecture anywhere and everywhere, IRL or online, whenever possible, throughout your lifetime, in hopes that maybe in the end a tiny part of mankind may get it.
 
#1,171
You guys got me. I just ordered one of these. Let's see if I can rebirth it into a fretless ersatz RA mouse-like thing.
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RichterScale said:
How long did you say it was till the build off starts?.....
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In squirrel time? Eons. Right there just short of infinity.

For the rest of us, just a few weeks. (Still not sure if I will be able to play or not. I have ideas, and sketches, but no budget for things like pickups andotherhardware. Plus the boss is hoping I'll spend some time doing fewer projects in the garage and more of the other list of projects on the honey-do list.)
 
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Videojunkie said:
In squirrel time? Eons. Right there just short of infinity.

For the rest of us, just a few weeks. (Still not sure if I will be able to play or not. I have ideas, and sketches, but no budget for things like pickups andotherhardware. Plus the boss is hoping I'll spend some time doing fewer projects in the garage and more of the other list of projects on the honey-do list.)
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I was going to donate some pickups to the "gift exchange" that typically happens among participants after the buildoff ends. I just read you post and I'm thinking that I'd hate to see someone not participate just because of not having the budget for parts - so how about this: If it really comes down to not having parts, I'll donate pickups.
 
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Videojunkie said:
In squirrel time? Eons. Right there just short of infinity.

For the rest of us, just a few weeks. (Still not sure if I will be able to play or not. I have ideas, and sketches, but no budget for things like pickups andotherhardware. Plus the boss is hoping I'll spend some time doing fewer projects in the garage and more of the other list of projects on the honey-do list.)
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Ignore her......You just might get away with it......:hyper:.....

You won't.........:rollno:
 
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