Drug problem

BamaBob · 01-25-2006

The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, ''Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?''
I replied: I had a drug problem when I was young:

I was drug to church on Sunday morning.

I was drug to church for weddings and funerals.

I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather.

I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.

I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me.

I was drug to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profane four-letter word.

I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad's fields.

I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed.

Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place.

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*Tod* · 01-25-2006

Good one Bama.

**Spok** · 01-25-2006

an oldie...but other things to remember. when i was a kid, we didn't strap kids into car seats, we survived, mom & dad chain smoked in the car windows up, we survived, we rode in the back of pickup trucks, we survived....

today we make so many excuses and everyone has a syndrome or two and thus become a victim....

samarnold55 · 01-25-2006

very true. i might be from a younger generation, but i was also "drug" throughout my childhood and I think that help me be who i am today

SLSChic · 01-25-2006

We're working on that one with our 13 year old. Dragging him here and there.

1400pilot · 01-25-2006

Good messages Bob!!!

Norm · 01-26-2006

Good one Bob, and I thank my lucky stars my kids took the right path. I'm so proud of them

zedx11 · 01-26-2006

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Originally Posted by SLSChic

We're working on that one with our 13 year old. Dragging him here and there.

do it now because 16 it way too late, trust me on this one. looking back the only thing I should have done different with my son is taken her to court years ago before he got this bad.

BamaBob · 01-26-2006

today we make so many excuses and everyone has a syndrome or two and thus become a victim....

Yep! And one of the biggest syndromes is blaming everyone or anyone else rather than taking responsibility or suffernig the consequences. We have become a society of "It's not my fault, not my problem, not my responsibility, not my job,someone else is to blame." Seems folks think it's just a lot easier to let em have their ways than to dish out discipline.

Being old school, I believe some good old-fashioned butt whoopin's, mind your manners, do your chores, take away the priveliges discipline would go a long ways in correcting a lot of "society's problems" today.

Society - ain't that all of us??

CowboyBob · 01-26-2006

Excellent message!! That is basically how I was raised and i still believe in that "old world" way! It is the "not my fault" mentality that is wrong today. Everyone needs to be responsible for their own actions and stop running to lawyers! Most people who sue for something stupid should instead sue their parents for failing to bring em up right!!!!Like Charlie Daniels sings...Take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope and let em swing till the sun goes down!!!! No more of this 3 strikes, or its societies fault, they failed him. Its their parents fault for not giveing em a swift kick in the a*s with a size 12 work boot or a ceack with ma's wooden spoon!! Teachers now let kids get away with more cause the parents will take the kids side, if I got in trouble in school, I got in worse trouble at home!!!! The country has to change its way of thinkin or we are in deep s*&t!!!!

BamaBob · 01-26-2006

if I got in trouble in school, I got in worse trouble at home!!!!

Same here, Bob!! Mama and Daddy would whoop my a$$ if I got in trouble at school, or anywhere else for that matter!

The country has to change its way of thinkin or we are in deep s*&t!!!!

You mean DEEPER - seems we are already in the

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Chuckster · 01-27-2006

Amen to that Bob.

Tbone800b · 01-27-2006

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Originally Posted by SLSChic

We're working on that one with our 13 year old. Dragging him here and there.

We're dragging our 12 yr. old right now. He thinks we are so unfair but we want only the best for him. I really feel for today's generation because they are so soft. When they get out into the dog eat dog real world many of them are not going to be able to cope.

BamaBob · 01-27-2006

We're dragging our 12 yr. old right now. He thinks we are so unfair but we want only the best for him. I really feel for today's generation because they are so soft. When they get out into the dog eat dog real world many of them are not going to be able to cope.

I think you're right in some respects. Kids today have too much STUFF. Video games, computers, cell phones, cars - you name it and most have it - and it is GIVEN to them. No earning it by doing chores and saving allowances. They don't have to be creative to entertain themselves. When I was a kid we had a TV if we were lucky and got to watch it in the evening if we had been good. For our main entertainment, we played backyard pick-up football, basketball, and baseball, dodge-ball, kick the can, hide and seek and other things that required active participation and exercise, or at least some movement. In bad weather, we read books, played board games and did things that required some thinking and use of your brain.

Sometimes I wonder if progress is really progressive in some areas.

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**2WheelFun** · 01-27-2006

Bob, You drug me in here to read that? LOL

Good post there buddy!

BamaBob · 01-27-2006

Bob, You drug me in here to read that? LOL

Obviously you like being drugged!

**2WheelFun** · 01-27-2006

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Originally Posted by BamaVulcan04

Bob, You drug me in here to read that? LOL

Obviously you like being drugged!

Does it show "THAT MUCH"???? LOL

Remember...I have a dr's perscription for what ailes me. At least I know the difference of going to the pharmacy and getting my drugs instead of a neighboorhood drug dealer.

Wait a minute! The pharmacy is local!?!?!

NYcruiser · 01-27-2006

Good post!!

.. I thought we were all going to air out dirty laundry of previous drug abuse..
different thread i guess

**2WheelFun** · 01-27-2006

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Originally Posted by NYcruiser

Good post!!

.. I thought we were all going to air out dirty laundry of previous drug abuse..
different thread i guess

We're listening!

Redbeard · 01-27-2006

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Originally Posted by spok

an oldie...but other things to remember. when i was a kid, we didn't strap kids into car seats, we survived, mom & dad chain smoked in the car windows up, we survived, we rode in the back of pickup trucks, we survived....

today we make so many excuses and everyone has a syndrome or two and thus become a victim....

Well said I back that 100 %

01-25-2006	#1 (permalink)
BamaBob Midnight Venture Rider Forum Supporter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Meridianville, Alabama Posts: 6,722	Drug problem The other day, someone at a store in our town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farmhouse in the adjoining county and he asked me a rhetorical question, ''Why didn't we have a drug problem when you and I were growing up?'' I replied: I had a drug problem when I was young: *I was drug* to church on Sunday morning. I was drug to church for weddings and funerals. I was drug to family reunions and community socials no matter the weather. I was drug by my ears when I was disrespectful to adults.** I was also drug to the woodshed when I disobeyed my parents, told a lie, brought home a bad report card, did not speak with respect, spoke ill of the teacher or the preacher, or if I didn't put forth my best effort in everything that was asked of me. *I was drug* to the kitchen sink to have my mouth washed out with soap if I uttered a profane four-letter word. I was drug out to pull weeds in mom's garden and flower beds and cockleburs out of dad's fields.** I was drug to the homes of family, friends, and neighbors to help out some poor soul who had no one to mow the yard, repair the clothesline, or chop some firewood; and, if my mother had ever known that I took a single dime as a tip for this kindness, she would have drug me back to the woodshed. Those drugs are still in my veins; and they affect my behavior in everything I do, say, and think. They are stronger than cocaine, crack, or heroin; and, if today's children had this kind of drug problem, America would be a better place. *~author unknown~* http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp...p=ZSYYYYYYDKUS __________________ BamaBob *BTK Womens Azz Size Study Rep, U.S. Dept. of Posterior*

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Tod Tod = Pleasure Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 19,725	Good one Bama. __________________ “Laughing at our mistakes can lengthen our own life. Laughing at someone else's can shorten it.” - Cullen Hightower

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Spok Whatever Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Mount Vernon, Washington Posts: 33,679	an oldie...but other things to remember. when i was a kid, we didn't strap kids into car seats, we survived, mom & dad chain smoked in the car windows up, we survived, we rode in the back of pickup trucks, we survived.... today we make so many excuses and everyone has a syndrome or two and thus become a victim.... __________________ 2005 V2k Beartooth Kawasaki for all your needs 1-800-556-3098

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samarnold55 Sit speling cheker BTK Expert Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Ames, IA Posts: 403	very true. i might be from a younger generation, but i was also "drug" throughout my childhood and I think that help me be who i am today __________________ 2002 Vulcan 1500 Classic FI

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SLSChic Hallo, mine name iz Gretchen Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Lolo,Mt Posts: 8,796	We're working on that one with our 13 year old. Dragging him here and there. __________________ ANAMOSITY.COM

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1400pilot UBER CLUB MEMBER #2 Forum Supporter Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Holdrege, Nebraska Posts: 13,741	Good messages Bob!!! __________________ Click for a map of the states I've ridden in 08 ZG1400 Concours 06 KDX200 04KX65

01-26-2006	#7 (permalink)
Norm Loves to ride big V-twins Forum Supporter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Holdrege NE Posts: 4,066	Good one Bob, and I thank my lucky stars my kids took the right path. I'm so proud of them __________________ 06 V2K LTD

01-26-2006	#9 (permalink)
BamaBob Midnight Venture Rider Forum Supporter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Meridianville, Alabama Posts: 6,722	today we make so many excuses and everyone has a syndrome or two and thus become a victim.... Yep! And one of the biggest syndromes is blaming everyone or anyone else rather than taking responsibility or suffernig the consequences. We have become a society of "It's not my fault, not my problem, not my responsibility, not my job,someone else is to blame." Seems folks think it's just a lot easier to let em have their ways than to dish out discipline. Being old school, I believe some good old-fashioned butt whoopin's, mind your manners, do your chores, take away the priveliges discipline would go a long ways in correcting a lot of "society's problems" today. Society - ain't that all of us?? __________________ BamaBob *BTK Womens Azz Size Study Rep, U.S. Dept. of Posterior*

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CowboyBob Forensic Bug Splatter Analyst BTK Expert Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Catasauqua, PA Posts: 1,544	Excellent message!! That is basically how I was raised and i still believe in that "old world" way! It is the "not my fault" mentality that is wrong today. Everyone needs to be responsible for their own actions and stop running to lawyers! Most people who sue for something stupid should instead sue their parents for failing to bring em up right!!!!Like Charlie Daniels sings...Take a big tall tree and a short piece of rope and let em swing till the sun goes down!!!! No more of this 3 strikes, or its societies fault, they failed him. Its their parents fault for not giveing em a swift kick in the as with a size 12 work boot or a ceack with ma's wooden spoon!! Teachers now let kids get away with more cause the parents will take the kids side, if I got in trouble in school, I got in worse trouble at home!!!! The country has to change its way of thinkin or we are in deep s&t!!!! __________________ Milwaukee Twins Drag Bars Cobra Fatties http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/949862/

01-26-2006	#11 (permalink)
BamaBob Midnight Venture Rider Forum Supporter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Meridianville, Alabama Posts: 6,722	if I got in trouble in school, I got in worse trouble at home!!!! Same here, Bob!! Mama and Daddy would whoop my a$$ if I got in trouble at school, or anywhere else for that matter! The country has to change its way of thinkin or we are in deep s&t!!!! You mean DEEPER - seems we are already in the http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp...p=ZSYYYYYYDKUS __________________ BamaBob* *BTK Womens Azz Size Study Rep, U.S. Dept. of Posterior*

01-27-2006	#12 (permalink)
Chuckster Wants better weather! BTK Expert Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 917	Amen to that Bob. __________________ 2003 Vulcan 1600 Classic - *"Black Betty"*

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BamaBob Midnight Venture Rider Forum Supporter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Meridianville, Alabama Posts: 6,722	We're dragging our 12 yr. old right now. He thinks we are so unfair but we want only the best for him. I really feel for today's generation because they are so soft. When they get out into the dog eat dog real world many of them are not going to be able to cope. I think you're right in some respects. Kids today have too much STUFF. Video games, computers, cell phones, cars - you name it and most have it - and it is GIVEN to them. No earning it by doing chores and saving allowances. They don't have to be creative to entertain themselves. When I was a kid we had a TV if we were lucky and got to watch it in the evening if we had been good. For our main entertainment, we played backyard pick-up football, basketball, and baseball, dodge-ball, kick the can, hide and seek and other things that required active participation and exercise, or at least some movement. In bad weather, we read books, played board games and did things that required some thinking and use of your brain. Sometimes I wonder if progress is really progressive in some areas. http://www.smileycentral.com/sig.jsp...p=ZSYYYYYYDKUS __________________ BamaBob *BTK Womens Azz Size Study Rep, U.S. Dept. of Posterior*

01-27-2006	#15 (permalink)
2WheelFun the "fun old" guy Extreme Forum Supporter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Albion, Washington "Pacific Northwest" Posts: 30,082	Bob, You drug me in here to read that? LOL Good post there buddy! __________________ *KING KAHUNA* *2007 V2K LT* ****PICS** 2007 Brute Force 650i **PICS** I love the smell of SeaFoam in the morning**

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BamaBob Midnight Venture Rider Forum Supporter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Meridianville, Alabama Posts: 6,722	Bob, You drug me in here to read that? LOL *Obviously you like being drugged!* __________________ BamaBob *BTK Womens Azz Size Study Rep, U.S. Dept. of Posterior*

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NYcruiser Red Lodge Approved BTK Expert Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Upstate NY - boonies Posts: 1,731	Good post!! .. I thought we were all going to air out dirty laundry of previous drug abuse.. different thread i guess __________________ Ian 2005 Kawasaki V2K - Black I wouldnt trust a man that didnt try to steal a little...