Originally posted by Eagler
in most ppls eyes ..
you were more than filthy rich, you were stinking rich 
now give me my fair share
LOL
LOL!!!! I am nothing of the sort. I'm a broke college kid 2 semesters from graduating with a degree in Aviation Management. I've taken my father's hard work (mother is a teacher, she gets paid nowhere near what she deserves) and used it to get a *free* (foresight by him in investments for me...thanks pops!) education to do what I please with my life. I mentioned before I had "Things" but if i wanted "Nice Things" it was my cash putting the "nice" there. For example I had a fine set of golf clubs I spent my hard earned money on while washing golf carts (I was overly glorious to myself earlier, I squirted golf carts with a garden hose for 6 bucks an hour). Moved up to "Tee Manager" which was the real title for the actual job of starter at another golf course. Worked as a Temp for Nationwide Insurance which led to a Claims Adjuster job and also worked part time for 3 years at the airport which allowed me to fly.
Some of the best things my parents ever did to me was say "No." Crazy as it is to hear those words come out of my mouth, they always said "no" when I asked for the nice things but I always had what I needed. Thats a big incentive to work hard to get what you want in life. Here I am...paid out of pocket for all my flying ratings (Commercial Single, Multi-Engine and Instrument) and now work as a Dispatcher in a corporate flight department. Finishing college, good work ethic and a "few" nice things. I still have that same junker of a car and maybe two or three shirts of mine say Abercrombie and Fitch, but I am doing alright.
I just hope I can do the same for my children. I want them to be able to follow their dreams and do with their life as they please. They're still gonna get smacked when they screw up, they won't have a TV or playstation in their bedroom so when they get grounded it means something. But they'll also be able to make mistakes, go get hurt doing stupid things and have fun. They won't be taking prozac (did you know 11 million kids in this country are on that potato peeling drug?) and they'll learn its bad to touch a hot burner, run on slippery concrete and that if you don't want beaned in the head you will keep your eye on the ball.
Well thats it for my brady bunch life for now...but I mean c'mon...why the f*ck would you want to vote for john kerry?
Thats not directed at you eagler, its a rhetorical question to all the silly ninny nannys wearing skirts who don't understand that the kerry plan won't ever amount to action other than using one of every color highlighter to keep telling himself everythings ok, and if we give in to the bad guys of the world we can be their friend instead of making them reevaluate their decisions to attack us through the use of overwhelming force
