On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:56:43 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:31:48 -0400, mm penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:11:30 -0400, mm
wrote:


Most lawn chemical companies hire high school children to apply
chemicals.
Really? High school children?

I heard on the news tonight that one drugstore chain hires high school
children as assistants to dispense prescription drugs.

One more thing, the girl they interviewed was 16 years old.

BFD.... so was my wife, when we started dating. I used to pick her up
after work at the pharmacy.

By the age of 16, both of us were expected to operate farm machinery,
drive large tractors and trucks, and operate other industrial
equipment as our parents and relatives deemed necessary.

I say again:

"Now, we don't expect anything of our kids and they are working hard
to live up to our expectations......"

We had A LOT of fun as kids, but we knew when it was time to act
serious and "grown up." The "dumbing down of America" started when we
didn't expect anything of our kids and they began to work hard to live
up to our expectations......"

What have you done today to make a kid more responsible?

Called my daughter to tell her she still owed me $215 for boat storage! But
she's 39.
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***** Hope your day is better than decent! *****

John H