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To: (Bob) Zumbrunnen who wrote (26830)	2/18/2002 9:53:44 PM
From: sandintoes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

Right now you have four ponds, but you're eliminating one, right? If your son is 19 and irresponsible, remember the apple doesn't fall very far from the tree. How responsible were you at 19? I wouldn't have trusted myself driving my car, and I did it anyhow. My parents must have been naive. Agreed that a back hoe is no toy, so if there is any doubt, don't let him drive it. My son tells the story of a private in the Army doing a wheely on the interstate when the truck was full of soldiers on their way to summer training...scared the sergeant so much, he threw the guy out on the cement and drove the rest of the way himself. The guy driving the truck hadn't meant to do it, he was stupid, but can you imagine the poor drivers following him? So, I do know where you are coming from letting young boys drive heavy equipment. When do you think your earth moving will be completed?

To: (Bob) Zumbrunnen who wrote (26830)	2/19/2002 1:20:50 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28311

<Big Grin> Bob....that was just a wonderfully descriptive paragraph on "It's a Guy Thing"... While I can't quite even imagine me on a back hoe (dainty understatement...)...it did make me think: "of course, this is how I would do it if I ever get get on one...." Of course, there are some around here that might say this is how I sometimes drive a car.....(tigerfeet-like tires pawing the pavement, ruhnnnn, ruhnnnnnnnn)... Why is it if ladies do this, especially with a guys' car...guys simply don't seem to think it's very funny if we say "It's a girl thing...." back up, turn the wheel just a bit to my right, stab the right brake, shift into forward, gun the throttle, straighten the wheel, stab the left brake, and in what appears to be one smooth motion, I've turned the machine 180 degrees. Quickly and with a lot less effort than it takes to put a car through the same maneuver. I call it a wheelie because an integral part of this is getting the front tires off the ground. Well, it took me a while to get that maneuver down, and I worked up to it slowly. However, he saw it from outside the machine and had the same reaction I did when I first saw it. To wit, "Cool!!!". Wheelies are cool. It's a guy thing.