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To: SmoothSail who wrote (356700)	3/30/2010 4:31:03 PM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

I left the second I could. Slept in a friends work van filled with scrap plywood and whatnot for a few days until I worked something better out. I know kids are still in a hurry to be out and on their own as much as I was. I really don't get it, but then I really don't get a lot of things, apparently. ARS

To: SmoothSail who wrote (356700)	3/30/2010 5:21:06 PM
From: MrLucky	Respond to of 793838

Boy times sure have changed I remember asking my Dad if I could have a car. I will never forget his words. "Son, you can a have a car when you can pay for it outright, the license plates and the auto insurance". That is how it turned out. I bought and paid for the twelve year old car when I was starting my junior year. When I left for the military, I had to leave the car at home. It was parked in one of my Mom's two gardens (her strawberry and raspberry patch) in the back yard. After a few months, my dad sold it. He may have tired from Mom asking him to dig a new second garden for her berries. Transition to my two daughters years later. I bought each of them a one year old car, paid for the plates and the auto insurance at the start of their high school senior year. I am quietly observing what my youngest will do with her two kids when the time comes. I'm through buying cars, just contributing to the college funds.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (356700)	3/30/2010 8:46:55 PM
From: Ron M	22 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793838

Tis a familiar story. I am the oldest of nine, my father was a construction laborer, my mother a housewife. No insurance for anyone. I was off to College at 17 with no financial support from home. It was beg, borrow and work your way through school. Seven Sibs followed, all are engineers, lawyers, accountants, teachers except No 9 who has Downs syndrome. I and two brothers are Vets. I sure as hell don't get this nanny state foolishness.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (356700)	3/30/2010 11:49:57 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 793838

Looks like we were reared by the same Parent Guidelines! Most of us had parents who grew up during WWI so faced the Depression with their parents and then had to face WWII. They learned first hand how valuable even things like rubber bands and string were. Most of them didn't have a car growing up, and certainly not one for themselves. If they did, THEY paid for it -- not their parents. They learned how to appreciate a full days work, and expected that same thing from their kids.