Subj : Re: Terms of Endearment To : JOE MACKEY From : Ron L. Date : Sun Dec 19 2021 08:37:40 -=> JOE MACKEY wrote to GEORGE POPE <=- JM> My mother OTOH was known to direct a well aimed smack to the back of JM> my head or my bottom from time to time. I usually learned after the JM> first time not to do that particular thing again. :) Bill Engvall did a joke along the lines of: When I was 12, I had ADD for about 10 seconds. My dad was yelling at me for something and my mind wandered off for a moment. *SMACK* And it cured my ADD for good. JM> My mother taught what I needed to know to be independent and self JM> reliant. Same here (just more people taught me). I'm amazed at how many dependant people I see today. .... I'm not worthless. I can always serve as a bad example. ___ MultiMail/Linux v0.52 --- Mystic BBS/QWK v1.12 A47 2021/09/29 (Linux/64) * Origin: cold fusion - cfbbs.net - grand rapids, mi (1:120/616) .