tripperjm wrote:

He's sixteen? You still have a few years to inspire him to do something other than the armed services. I fear that if you keep fretting about it you'll drive him towards it. Just motivate him the other way.

tripperjm wrote:

Just one of those things where you think you finally have a plan, then a giant wrench gets thrown in and you're faced with very hard decisions.

I hate decision making.

imnotclever wrote:

Speaking of which, I know I forgot to mention it, the route I went to and then went back to, cuz I thought I could get it.... I didn't get. It's probibly because I'm allwashedup, but I prefer to think, the route was really fuking difficult. I'm pretty fuking driven though, I'll be back in the spring.

Arrogant_Bastard wrote:

Gud advice. I haven't actually 'fretted' him as much as I have 'fretted you guy's about it. Mostly I just listen to what he has to say, ask questions and try to encourage other possibilities.... mostly to head off to college, cuz you don't want to miss that and it gives him choises. I have mentioned that when in college, if he is still interested he could do ROTC for his last two years. I have talked with him about getting back into climbing. He seemed to have some interest.We'll see. Surfing is what I did when I was his age, but back then we all had drivers license and could drive to a gud break. Doesn't seem to interested in surfing though.

dominic7 wrote:

This time save the chips until after you tag the route.

tripperjm wrote:

Push the booze, weed, tail and personal freedom aspect of things.
Maybe buy him a bit of each.
Eh, if he pisses hot enough, he won't be able to get a secret clearance, and will be ineligible for the regiment.

climbs4fun wrote:

We did talk about this. He knows I'm not that down on the booze and weed, cuz I did both at his age. But that since he has already been in legal trouble with each, I would be an iresponsible parent if I did not do everything in my power to keep him out of trouble. I have talked with about the women he would meet in college and the lack of, in the Army. We also talked about personal freedom in and outside the miltary. This seems to be a great area revisit. I also mentioned the piss on command regular drug tests. heh... I don't think he was to big on that. We had a gud conversation. I saw some openings and he has some new things to factor in/think about.

Games not over yet. At 18, if he decides to enlist, at least he will be making a more informed choise. We'll see what happens.

tripperjm wrote:

Well of the two... I personaly prefer to be a washed up has been.

granite_grrl wrote:

Agatha is not a bad name.

granite_grrl wrote:

So... I'm going to be a zombie tonight... not that it's different to any other night... making the ripped apart face should be fun. Lots of blood hopefully.

chossmonkey wrote:

Or maybe I will tell it after I finish making coffee.

wanderlustmd wrote:

ewe didn't cook her breakfast?

epoch wrote:

It was more of a gentle nudge.

I think I'll go back to being a lesbian for a while.

camhead wrote:

I don't trust them. They've taken me on 5 mile detours that were unnecessary.

wanderlustmd wrote:

Agreed, I fucking hate GPS. In addition to often giving bad-beta, they really encourage you not to pay attention to outside surroundings, so you don't remember routes when you do them again. Just one more fucking square screen that we're spending our lives staring at. This past weekend, on the way to the NRG, the GPS told me to take a right turn at a middle-of-nowhere intersection, which I did not remember, and I thought I was supposed to go straight. I wound up doing a rolling stop through the intersection and getting a fucking ticket. While clausti will be quick to point out that this was my own fault and not the GPS's, I am going to say that I would have not mad a right turn, and thus would have made a complete stop, if I had not been staring at the fucking thing. DAMN YOU GPS!

In funner news, BINER! Come to Columbus, we will wine you, dine you, and then thrown you down into the catpee basement! We haven't even changed the sheets since caughtinside stayed! WOO!

camhead wrote:

The lumberjack is in the car too going to CO? How did I miss that part of the story.

snoopy138 wrote:

Look I don't really give a rats ass about all the moves you can do. The only thing I care about is you learning how to do the fuking moves you can't do. Sure, it's great that you can do a bunch of difficult moves, but unless you fuking learn how to do the ones you can't do, you will never do the fuking route. I'm getting really fuking tired of hearing you complain all the time, that you can't, when you haven't even tried the fuking move. And tring a move, doen't mean one or two weke assed attempts franticly stabbing at a hold, it means sitting in front of the move, shutting you fuking mouth, listening to the coaching and attempting correctly, the move a dozen times on each run, if thats what it takes. Climbing a difficult route isn't always going to be fuking easy, sometime, you just have to suck it up princess and put a little heart into in. Everytime you decide to skip a section, you have just wasted a run and wasted my fuking time. If you want to do routes that you can easily get in a go or two, maybe it's time to move on, find another partner and start climbing in those easier, slabier areas. Either get with the program or get the fuk out of my sight!

tripperjm wrote:

tripperjm wrote:

tripperjm wrote:

snoopy138 wrote:

Jesus Jack, you sound like such a.... responsible parent! Now get your ass to JTree!

Arrogant_Bastard wrote:

blutarski, looks like we may have to hang out on that green alien at the start of o'kelley's a whole lot more.

wanderlustmd wrote:

Look I don't really give a rats ass about all the moves you can do. The only thing I care about is you learning how to do the fuking moves you can't do. Sure, it's great that you can do a bunch of difficult moves, but unless you fuking learn how to do the ones you can't do, you will never do the fuking route. I'm getting really fuking tired of hearing you complain all the time, that you can't, when you haven't even tried the fuking move. And tring a move, doen't mean one or two weke assed attempts franticly stabbing at a hold, it means sitting in front of the move, shutting you fuking mouth, listening to the coaching and attempting correctly, the move a dozen times on each run, if thats what it takes. Climbing a difficult route isn't always going to be fuking easy, sometime, you just have to suck it up princess and put a little heart into in. Everytime you decide to skip a section, you have just wasted a run and wasted my fuking time. If you want to do routes that you can easily get in a go or two, maybe it's time to move on, find another partner and start climbing in those easier, slabier areas. Either get with the program or get the fuk out of my sight!

snoopy138 wrote:

Good one.
I need to get some aliens, but I also need to know they won't blow up.

wanderlustmd wrote:

Agreed, I fucking hate GPS. In addition to often giving bad-beta, they really encourage you not to pay attention to outside surroundings, so you don't remember routes when you do them again. Just one more fucking square screen that we're spending our lives staring at. This past weekend, on the way to the NRG, the GPS told me to take a right turn at a middle-of-nowhere intersection, which I did not remember, and I thought I was supposed to go straight. I wound up doing a rolling stop through the intersection and getting a fucking ticket. While clausti will be quick to point out that this was my own fault and not the GPS's, I am going to say that I would have not mad a right turn, and thus would have made a complete stop, if I had not been staring at the fucking thing. DAMN YOU GPS!

In funner news, BINER! Come to Columbus, we will wine you, dine you, and then thrown you down into the catpee basement! We haven't even changed the sheets since caughtinside stayed! WOO!