A "drug" problem.

lunasees · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 6:31 am Post subject: A "drug" problem.

I received this email today and thought I would post it. Wink

Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 1:25 PM

Subject: Fw: 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 kind of drug problem,

America might be a better place today.

Romadon · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 7:21 am Post subject:

Sounds kinda like how I was raised but I'm not sure I ever really learned by it. Actually, all I gotta do is think about that starched wool suit momma used to make me wear to church is enough to keep me on the narrow path. Shocked

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**Fyrefly1** · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:56 pm Post subject:

I kinda agree with Romadon.....

I'm in my 50's.

Back in those days things were not necessarily better, if being 'drug around by the ears' was any indication.... Laughing

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Romadon · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:10 am Post subject:

**Fyrefly1** · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:31 am Post subject:

Hmmmm the 3 Mouseketeers...I just loved Annette!

I was always scared of my mom....I couldn't do anything fun like going a couple miles from home on my bike...she would just about shit, throw the biggest tantrum and I'd get my ass whipped..and she didn't go lightly on the switch, either.

You're not alone in your childhood pranks...I was caught smoking in a big field of tumbleweeds. They burn like wild fire and can be very dangerous....
The only thing I was resentful of tho was that she never seemed to make any mistakes!
Funny how they can get you to believe that...?!
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Romadon · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:53 am Post subject:

Romadon · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 5:34 am Post subject:

Didn't I hear you say you were, or had been, with the Fire Department, Fyrefly? I hear a lot of firemen have actually been fire-bugs or pyromaniacs at some time in their lives.
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Romadon · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 5:39 am Post subject:

How about, 3 Grumpy Old Men? Or Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest?
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**Fyrefly1** · Posted: Thu Nov 25, 2004 9:53 am Post subject:

Or, 'The three old guys with fire hoses in their hands...' Wink

Yeah, i was a firefighter in former life.

It's true, alot of us had a real fascination with fire....now they call it a disease and send you to counseling if you're caught lighting matches...won't they ever learn that all they had to do was talk to the kid and commiserate with him about how cool it is...and then, tell him to talk to us (the firefighters) anytime he wanted to light something....

I'll bet when you were around lighting 'em the firemen just loved you....
They'd say, "alright, another GD dump fire.......one of the hardest fires to put out! Wink

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lunasees · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:32 am Post subject: Drug Problem

Sorry Guys! Didn't mean for you all to go back thinking of old tramas or anything, just thought it made a statement.

Good, bad or otherwise, it made me appreciate my parents more. Shocked

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