and I'll third you on the list MRed kids these days always seem to want more and more and don't appreicate what they have (which is much more than I had at their age)
My seventeen year old cannot wait for her 18th birthday so she can get out in the "real world" . I would like to know how she is going to get there seeing as I own the car she drives
There are some good things about being a grown up though,
I eat as much of anything as I like (they have this wonderful thing called Pepcid)
I can finally afford the car I no longer want.
I do what I want without regard for peer pressure.
In a few years I'll have grandchildren (willing to wait a decade or so though) to spoil and then give back to my rotten kids to take home when they get whiney (the best one of all)
Gill Britannica Inactive
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I've got one who's just passed 18 debbie ... and I hate to tell you that they actually get worse. The good thing is that she doesn't want to learn to drive, so I don't have to worry every minute she's out .. the bad thing is that I'm still the taxi service
Duan Xuan Pleb
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Hi. Evening all. It's Chinese New Year's Eve today, and it's barely an hour and a half before it is the year of the Horse. I'm staying awake and this is known in chinese as shou sui. It blesses your parents with longevity.
Jayhawk, that's a very good idea! However, I'm sure to appall you all with my new RR, though... I made some mistakes in the positioning etc, and I don't have time now to change.
So I guess WeaveCaesar can be the 'campaigner' of the Room?
DXUAN
Claudia Gallica Pleb
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My daughter (she will be 17 in April) has driven our family car for the first time yesterday! She has one year and 3000 km to drive before she can have her driving license, for this time she must have me or her father beside her for help and control.
She is also willing to have summer holidays just with friends. But they are all 17, so we are trying to find a place with responsible adults not too far, in case they have a problem they cannot solve because they are minor. (they are responsible 17 years old, so all parents agree to let them, but not without conditions).
After all, I was just 16 1/2 when I left my parents for my studies.
Mourrons pour des idιes, D'accord mais de mort lente...
Debbie Pleb
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Claudia Gallica my condolences on your having to go through the "learner's permit" stage. We have the same thing here, but there is no mileage quota, only a time of three months. I only lasted about two rides in the car with my daugther until I couldn't take it any more and gave the job to her father . She passed her test with flying colors and is now happy to drive herself where she wants to go. One down, one 15-year-old to go
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She is also willing to have summer holidays just with friends. But they are all 17, so we are trying to find a place with responsible adults not too far, in case they have a problem they cannot solve because they are minor
ROFL yes, my daughter would be happy to have summer holidays just with friends too. She's going to have to wait until she is an adult (like 18 is adult) so I won't be held responsible for whatever mischief my "minor" child gets in to.** We have taken a lot of teenagers to the beach before though with another couple and that was great fun. We stayed in two condos side by side, one for them and one for the adults. The kids amused themselves and had a great time and we had a great time as well.
** she was rather perturbed when I went out of town and left her at granny's and changed the alarm code on the house so she couldn't get in **
** she was planning a party and was very bad at keeping a secret
don't these kids know, we've (I've) been there and done that and I wiped off that stupid sign they put on my forehead a long time ago
Claudia Gallica Pleb
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She already has 20 hours of driving lessons (+theoretical exam), so she is not completely novice, just almost novice. And the family car is a minivan, a lot bigger than what she had for her lessons.
I think she has realised that, as a minor, she cannot take herself completely in charge due to legal reasons. Just because when she has had her purse stolen, she could not declare the steal by herself, but was required by the policeman to come back with her parents.
Mourrons pour des idιes, D'accord mais de mort lente...
mouse HG Alumnus
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Oh the joys of almost adult children Debbie they think they invented everything and you couldn't possibly know anything about those things Here's a quote I used on my son at that stage "I've taught you everything you know but not everything I know" Everytime I was wise to something he was trying to get away with out would come the quote (finally got so he would laugh when caught planning an escapade)
Debbie Pleb
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thanks Mouse I'll have to remember that one. They are getting kinda tired of "I wasn't born yesterday"
mouse HG Alumnus
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Your welcome Debbie and it will blow them away the first time you say it They will really start looking at how they think to see if it's possible you did teach them everything they know
Can some one (Jayhawk) have a look at the Chinese Rec Room? I cannot post in it, it crashes netscape anytime I hit the "reply" button. May be due to misplacing of the pictures? I hate to be let elone here (unless there is still some chocolate).
Mourrons pour des idιes, D'accord mais de mort lente...
Jayhawk Eminence Grise
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I'm afraid it's to do with the DIV tags, Claudia. Not much I can do about it, as I seem to remember from our glorious sig dsays. I'll have a peek though.
The master of making easy look hard ---- What's wrong with Scooby Doo boxers?
Cockfosters visitor via a stunt cannon ---- Fan of the Great Cornholio Tee shirt dance
Coyote ugly beauty, parrott mangler & all round good egg ---- Have leather pants will travel
Civis Romanus Angel
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Ahhh! Chocolates!
The Resident Bard is inspired to write an unrelated limmerick:
There was a youngish lad from Polkes; Thought to be oddish by most folks. He'd guzzle some beer, Then try to spread cheer; But no one would laugh at his jokes.