And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Yes, I had cumulative 400 stitches before age 10. Add a body cast for May until November in my 10th year. My dad had two million doller insurance policies on me.
Or tattoos with better stories. Been shot with a nail gun 5 times. But they don't leave scars. My favorite is about a 5 inch scar just above my knee from a circular saw.
"The hose" was the first "lesson" I taught my daughters. (I have photographs) There were many more. One is now a scientist and the other is a pilot who attended the Air Force Academy. Neither are anyone's fool and I have no qualms about entrusting the future of the country to them. They don't vote Democrat.
never trust your old brother or cousin with the hose or if the fence is "hot"
ReplyDeleteOnly 4 yo and has more scars than most adults.
ReplyDeleteGuess we won't need that college fund.
ReplyDeleteJeez, that kid is tough on fenceposts.
ReplyDeleteYou've found my doppelganger. That's no hype.
ReplyDeleteYes, I had cumulative 400 stitches before age 10. Add a body cast for May until November in my 10th year.
ReplyDeleteMy dad had two million doller insurance policies on me.
Scars are like badges. Each one has a story, often jaw dropping incredible. Looking back, I'd do it the same way.
ReplyDeleteOr tattoos with better stories. Been shot with a nail gun 5 times. But they don't leave scars. My favorite is about a 5 inch scar just above my knee from a circular saw.
Delete"The hose" was the first "lesson" I taught my daughters. (I have photographs)
ReplyDeleteThere were many more. One is now a scientist and the other is a pilot who attended the Air Force Academy. Neither are anyone's fool and I have no qualms about entrusting the future of the country to them. They don't vote Democrat.
Nothing else he is a wood magnet.
ReplyDeleteI woulda situated that 1st slide a little different!
ReplyDeleteI think we can safely assume that dad was the culprit. And that mom was nowhere to be found.
ReplyDeleteKid's spine is going to be a mess at 30
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