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usahog Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 7:31 AM EST
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Drug Problem
The other day, someone at a store in a small town read that a methamphetamine lab had been found in an old farm house 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 did have 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 if I uttered a profane four letter word. (I know what Lye soap tastes like.) 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 fire wood, 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 wood shed.

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 this kind of drug problem, America might be a better place today.

I can relate to that!!!

Hog
EI Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 7:45 AM EST
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Hog this is going out to everyone on my e mail list
Thanks
PMoreno349 Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 8:05 AM EST
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Hog, this was very clever, and thought provoking.

I don't know if you wrote this yourself, and if this actually was your literal experience, but Here is a thought that may interest you. I actually was drug around like that when I was a child. The most iminent in my mind was the being drug to church part. The effect it had on me was a little different than your experience. I believe it is one of the reasons, that I am "liberal" thinking, today. It is a reaction to that kind of upbringing. The pendulum swinging the other way, if you will.

Now, here is the catch. I am divorced, with a bi-polar (literally) ultra liberal artist ex-wife. I was screwed by the court system (which still favors the woman, no matter how unstable; a vestige of conservatism imo) and get much less time than I would like to influence my kids' lives. I am always conscious of the fact that they need some kind of guidance to navigate today's world, and survive the transition to adulthood. Sometimes, I think that the only solution IS to drag them to the tool shed. So, it is a struggle for me not to throw the baby out with the bath water, if you will.
usahog Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 8:38 AM EST
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PMoreno,

I didn't write this one.. but I can relate to it as my upbringing... besides the beatings from my dad.. I have raised my kids I think fairly well... they'll tell you I was a pr!ck when they were growing up... I was always at their sporting events, and even coached some... we (the wife and I) are still raising her 15 yr old.. she calls me hitler.. that's fine by me.. she went from a don't give a **** additude to a very strong stand alone additude.. she gives me hell and what for if I tell her its her dishes night, or if she goes over on talking on the phone through the school nights and has to be off the phone early or not at all the next night.. depends on the fit she throws... her grades in just the last two years went from cr@p to almost straight A's... and her next card probably will be the Straight A's.. she complains about living with us and having strict rules to follow and the chores...

last weekend we heard the wifes kids talking.. almost all the girls she used to hang around with in this small town are coming up pregnant...

I told the wife, she's the good guy here.. (it's her daughter.. and I'm the mean old step-dad LOL... and as long as this girl grows up to be what she wants to become, graduates from high school, goes on following her dreams in College and makes something good out of her life... then my mission was accomplished... my 3 kids... 2 girls in college and my son who dropped out of high school because he lived with his mother after our divorce is taking his GED next month and as time has passed we've (he and I) have gotten a closer relationship... I to had a bi-polar ex wife and she is still constently trying to keep a wall up between my kids and I...

Life itself is tough... and I don't cut my kids any slack trying to keep them on the right track in life...

Hog
xibbumbero Offline
#5 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 9:03 AM EST
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That was great Hog and yes I can relate to it as well,yet somehow I came out a Liberal anyway,LOL. X
usahog Offline
#6 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 9:24 AM EST
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why is it I can only relate to you guy's being liberal when there is an election going on?? LOL

the rest of the time I view everyone with one common factor in mind.. and this is always the way I view everyone even during the election timeframe.. B/SOTL.. thats how we all found each other anyways.. was this common thread of the leaf!!!! ;0)

Hog
usahog Offline
#7 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 9:26 AM EST
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why is it I can only relate to you guy's being liberal when there is an election going on?? LOL

the rest of the time I view everyone with one common factor in mind.. and this is always the way I view everyone even during the election timeframe.. B/SOTL.. thats how we all found each other anyways.. was this common thread of the leaf!!!! ;0)

Hog
CigarPrimate Offline
#8 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 10:02 AM EST
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I still puzzle when people refer to 'alcohol, tobacco, & drugs.' Alcohol and tobacco ARE drugs, at least they contain them. It's similar to the curious distinction used regarding people and animals...people ARE animals. Moreover, nicotine has proven to be statistically more addicting than both heroine & cocaine. Ok, enough lecturing, smoke 'em if you got 'em. As far as tough-love goes, when I was a kid of about 7 or 8 my grandmother was staying with us for awhile, she was getting kind of old. One day I came home from school and she was the only one home. She always had a fly swatter handy because she hated flies in the house. Anyways, I say "hi granny" and she asks me if I want a cookie? I say yea with exuberance and she swaps me across the face with that fly swatter. Needless to say I was a bit taken aback. I stared at her in disbelief, my mood totally changed, and she barks out "you say 'Yes Ma'am' when you answer me young man!" I don't remember if I ever got the cookie, but I do remember granny as one crazy lady.
PMoreno349 Offline
#9 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 12:16 PM EST
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Primate... that story reminds me of Jack Handy's deep thoughts. It is so random and extreme. I didn't know whether to laugh or get depressed. Whoahhha... I don't think that is what Hog was talking about when he says tough love. No wonder you turned up liberal! :-)
Mrs. Usahog Offline
#10 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 12:23 PM EST
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Jesus Russ, you make it sound like she was a raving fool before I married you and if it had not been for you she would be pregnant and on the streets. That leaves alot to wonder about the Mom in this situation. Piss poor Mom??

Mrs. Usahog

usahog Offline
#11 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 12:39 PM EST
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Nope her mother is a wonderful person... her dad is the deadbeat who can't think past the end of a beer bottle and it's hard for anyone to work a couple jobs to keep ends met and keep up the activity of what the kids are up too... I'm sorry you viewed this posting and my above comments in a negative way... I'm no hero by any means and will remain with the honor of being a pr!ck... you've done a fabulas job of raising your kids before we met.. thats another reason why we married ;0)~~

you can put your shootin irons away lil lady... I was just trying to point out from the original thread.. someone doesn't have to go total opposite of how they were raised to rear up kids today!!!! I took the bad and the good and still came out to be a pr!ck as far as the kids are concerned LOL...

Hog
CigarPrimate Offline
#12 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 12:41 PM EST
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It was written as a humor piece PM, although at the time I didn't think it was too funny. I definitely said yes ma'am after that when I addressed granny, believe you me.
MACS Offline
#13 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 1:07 PM EST
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Hog is in the doghouse, hog is in the doghouse... hehehehe
Mrs. Usahog Offline
#14 Posted: Tue, Nov 23 2004, 1:20 PM EST
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No Mac Hog is not in the doghouse. I have had a few really bad days at work and been totally stressed out and I took offense to this when I shouldn't have.

Hog is a great human being and I am glad I have him to lean on when I need someone.

All our kids (6) are great ones. They all have their own unique personalities that are amazing. I just hope that both of us can have a positive impact on their lives.

Mrs. Usahog

Sorry Hog :((
barryneedleman Offline
#15 Posted: Sun, Nov 28 2004, 3:17 PM EST
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Russ is out of the dog house !!!!!!!!

Hi Chris........ Hope that things are getting better for you at work. It's the holidays, and you should be happy.
BikerBob1961 Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Nov 28 2004, 9:41 PM EST
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Hog, I was going ask how old you are but I think its more of where you were raised? I am 43 and grew up from the east cost to the west. I can relate to some but not the beating or the soap. About drugs, in the 20's the drug problem (so they say) was alcohol and thats why proabation but when some could not have alcohol the went to pot and thats when pot became unlawful. In fact it might not of happen then because 'you can't make a weed illeagle' but for a gun law on the books that was changed to use on pot. Also in the 20's coke was widely in use-History channel. I hear people talk about the 60's and up as to drug problems "Refer Madness" is a 1930's cult clasic. We have had a so called drug problem for a long time, just new kinds.
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