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> OT: The kid pulled a real boner, Was I that stupid at 17?
DNHunt
post Mar 7 2007, 08:13 AM
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Maybe, I can't remember. It's been too long.

The kid has been doing the sound board for the school musical and they are in rehersal so he's had real long days. Anyway, he leaves the lights on in his bug and drains the battery. So, mom and dad are going to bail him out and head up to the school to bail him out. I jump it and we leave my Subi. There's not much gas but, I can't shut the thing off so we make a dash for home. Guess who had a long walk?

Would it have been so hard to say we'll need gas? I could have brought a gas can full.
Anyway, then it's bring back the gas can, jump the POS and bring it home. Oh ya, the charger wouldn't charge it so, mom says why don't you get the kid a new battery? Why can't he walk for a while until he can buy a new battery?

Let's see I seem to remember calling my dad at midnight one night cause the car couldn't go. When the tow truck driver came he found a broken U-joint and said I'm going to tell your old man what you were doing. Dad never said a word.

What do you think should I bust his balls or just get a new battery?
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post Mar 7 2007, 04:55 PM
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I'm several times his age and I still forget and leave the lights on once in a while. You don't do dumb things yourself sometimes? And you want to PUNISH him for that? He already feels like an idiot, so are you thinking that punishing him is going to make him smarter or something?

That's scary, to think of somebody punishing me for all the dumb stuff I do. I have some sobering information. As you grow older you'll begin to forget things, like your son, and do other dumb stuff again. Just like you did when you were seventeen. Hate to think the geezers all gotta be punished for that.
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post Mar 8 2007, 02:38 AM
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QUOTE(Paul Illick @ Mar 7 2007, 02:55 PM) *

I'm several times his age and I still forget and leave the lights on once in a while. You don't do dumb things yourself sometimes? And you want to PUNISH him for that? He already feels like an idiot, so are you thinking that punishing him is going to make him smarter or something?

That's scary, to think of somebody punishing me for all the dumb stuff I do. I have some sobering information. As you grow older you'll begin to forget things, like your son, and do other dumb stuff again. Just like you did when you were seventeen. Hate to think the geezers all gotta be punished for that.

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I'm 17 and if my dad were to punish me for simple dumb mistakes, well in all honesty I'd feel pretty confused. My dad has helped me out a lot on my car. And knowing that I can call up my dad for any car troubles I have is a really good feeling.
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If he's got a job then have him pay for the battery himself and possibly help him out with the cost. If he's got no income but is a good kid with good grades then I don't see any reason not to help him out. Or have him pay for the battery in chores or waxing your 914 or somethin'.
Lesson learned.
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DNHunt   OT: The kid pulled a real boner   Mar 7 2007, 08:13 AM
rick 918-S   Mom say's get the battery. You'll never wi...   Mar 7 2007, 08:19 AM
seanery   I'd give him a good ribbing and then get the b...   Mar 7 2007, 08:20 AM
GWN7   Get him a new battery......make him pay for it ......   Mar 7 2007, 08:29 AM
rhodyguy   let him buy a new bat with the money from his job....   Mar 7 2007, 08:32 AM
rhodyguy   the bug is a stick. why didn't he push start t...   Mar 7 2007, 08:35 AM
JerryP   Buy him the battery to keep the wife happy. Make h...   Mar 7 2007, 09:01 AM
Bleyseng   Buy him the battery to keep the wife happy. Make ...   Mar 7 2007, 09:20 AM
Dr. Roger   IMHO, i think a wash and wax on your 914 is a goo...   Mar 7 2007, 09:19 AM
DNHunt   the bug is a stick. why didn't he push start ...   Mar 7 2007, 09:28 AM
sww914   At least he's involved in school activities, n...   Mar 7 2007, 09:31 AM
mikez   Buy a battery...one of them deep cycle gel cells f...   Mar 7 2007, 09:42 AM
Vacca Rabite   Buy a battery...one of them deep cycle gel cells ...   Mar 7 2007, 10:40 AM
Vacca Rabite   And for what its worth, needing a new battery is a...   Mar 7 2007, 10:46 AM
So.Cal.914   When I was about 12 my clutch scattered on my kart...   Mar 7 2007, 11:13 AM
r_towle   Hi, I have two driving. Running out of Gas is pre...   Mar 7 2007, 11:30 AM
anthony   I think the mistake is bailing him out. When my ca...   Mar 7 2007, 11:40 AM
2-OH!   Dave: Do what your wife tells ya to do... Jeff F...   Mar 7 2007, 11:44 AM
Rotten Robby   Maybe, I can't remember. It's been too lo...   Mar 7 2007, 01:03 PM
Jenny   Yeah, it's a pain to have to bail him out. An...   Mar 7 2007, 02:00 PM
grantsfo   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him wit...   Mar 7 2007, 02:05 PM
tdgray   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him wi...   Mar 7 2007, 03:52 PM
grantsfo   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him w...   Mar 8 2007, 02:25 PM
Rand   :lol: Thanks for sharing, Dave. I won't try to...   Mar 7 2007, 02:08 PM
greybeard50   I'd give my left n*t to have my son call me fo...   Mar 7 2007, 02:56 PM
Joe Ricard   Nah, just get him a set of jumper cables. Let it ...   Mar 7 2007, 03:49 PM
914nerd   I'd buy him a newer/safer car, provide him w...   Mar 7 2007, 04:04 PM
elwood-914   Let it go. Lesson learned. I'm sure we all did...   Mar 7 2007, 04:36 PM
Joe Ricard   Let it go. Lesson learned. I'm sure we all di...   Mar 8 2007, 06:56 AM
Paul Illick   I'm several times his age and I still forget a...   Mar 7 2007, 04:55 PM
Hammy   I'm several times his age and I still forget ...   Mar 8 2007, 02:38 AM
LS6/914   Run down to Westbay, ask for Carl. Buy a jump box....   Mar 8 2007, 01:07 AM
Brando   Buy the kid an optima red-top, or at Kragen/Auotzo...   Mar 8 2007, 02:09 AM
brer   disable the ignition so he has to pull the battery...   Mar 8 2007, 02:15 AM
BarberDave   :trophy: I like "ROTTEN ROBBY'S ...   Mar 8 2007, 04:49 AM
DNHunt   Used battery (nicely charged) and $20 worth o...   Mar 8 2007, 07:29 AM
Jenny   and a little lecture on the reliability of VW ga...   Mar 8 2007, 12:00 PM
Series9   If you think that's a 'real boner', yo...   Mar 8 2007, 07:56 AM
Series9   .....and 'boner' doesn't mean fuck-up ...   Mar 8 2007, 08:00 AM
John   Just why do you suppose that I don't divulge e...   Mar 8 2007, 01:09 PM
alpha434   What? VW bugs were fine when you learned! I w...   Mar 8 2007, 10:59 PM
Paul Illick   Well there's a new way to look at it. There w...   Mar 9 2007, 05:12 AM


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