-=> 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.
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