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peter nap

peter nap

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:grumpy: Yesterday I was busy. I had a lot of yard work to do and a lot of projects going on.
I finished the yard work and went into the shop. My Airedale went ballistic and I walked out to see the neighbors grandchildren coming down the path.

My day went down hill from then on.

They are 6 and 8. Girl and boy in that order. I guess they are nice kids...polite and well mannered! :grumpy:

Mr. Lytton.
Yes.
Will your dog bite.
Yes (he won't but he weighs 125 as of the last vet's visit and I sure don't want to take a chance"

Mr. Lytton
Yes
How many boats do you have.
3
why do you have 3 boats
because I can't afford 4 ( I went in the shop)

Mr. Lytton
yes
your shop is bigger than my grand dads.
No it isn't, go play in his and you will see.

Mr. Lytton
yes
We had a dog but he died
I'm sorry

Jane (wife)......could you come here please
Silence (She always was the smart one)

Mr Lytton
yes
My dad has one of those things (Pointing to the bows hanging from the rafters)
That's nice
His doesn't have a string
I'm sorry
Do you shoot targets with yours.
No
What do you shoot
Deer

(Little girl) I hate hunters
Why
I love all living things
That's nice, why don't you go to the creek and look for some snakes
I hate snakes

Mr Lytton
yes
Is this real (Pointing to my 45 auto)
yes and don't touch it
why
It's loaded (It wasn't)
Why do you have so many guns out here
I build them
Why do you build them
To shoot the deer in my back yard when my bow doesn't work

Mr Lytton
yes :grumpy: :grumpy: :grumpy:
Is that an ax
No it's a hatchet
why do you build hatchets
to cut up the deer I shoot

Mr Lytton
Yes
Did you build this (Running his hand over the table saw) NO and it very dangerous.

Is that your mother I hear
I don't hear her
I do better run home before she gets worried

Mr. Lytton
yes :( :( :( :(
Can I come back and play after dinner.
NO!
why
I have to ........take the boat to the river
Can I go
ask your mother and tell her we will be shooting frogs. She is welcome to join us if she cleans them.

OK
 
peter nap said:
(Little girl) I hate hunters
Why
I love all living things
That's nice, why don't you go to the creek and look for some snakes
I hate snakes
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Priceless!
 
They're lucky they don't live next to me.
I'm polite but when it comes to brats I let em know where they stand and when they're standin someplace they aint welcome I let em know that too. It might be mean but that's the way I was raised. You don't go buggin the neighbors and stickin your nose in thier personal property or business.
You are one patient man Peter!
 
You are one patient man Peter
You may well be the only person that has ever said that L6 :D
 
:D You are patient, and

Originally Posted by peter nap

(Little girl) I hate hunters
Why
I love all living things
That's nice, why don't you go to the creek and look for some snakes
I hate snakes

Good come back and a first strike against the next generation of liberals :eek:
 
I bought a 300 ft roll of caution tape for the hammer-in , just for the rugrats. I have absolutely no patience for other peoples kids.

I babysat my good friend and neighbors kid once. The first thing out of his mouth when his parents picked him up was "Mr. Mark doesnt count mommy"
 
Don, I think you have infinite patience with kids. I have one rule pertaining to my shop, NO KIDS BEYOND THE THRESHOLD! The # 1 rule keeps me at peace with kids and parents, and them away from machinery and sharp thingies. They can see all they need to see from the entrance. It may seem crude to some neighbors and give them the impression old Indians are grumpy old bastids. That's not a bad thing, with our neighbors to the south and their kids that should all be wearing collars and dogtags. Some people should not be allowed to reproduce, is the first thing that comes to mind when we realized they live NEXT DOOR!
 
John Andrews said:
Don, Some people should not be allowed to reproduce, is the first thing that comes to mind when we realized they live NEXT DOOR!
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:D :D

so true so true :D

Don/Peter that was good :D
 
That sounded like a episode of "Dennis the menance"...

Ones I was baby sitting friends daughter and I knew that it's gonna be a long night when she asked me, do you know how far I can count? And before I knew she went: "one , two, three, four....." :rolleyes:

Juha
 
The femur of a young child makes a great knife handle - and yes it does need to be dried and stabilized first!
 
Peter, you got off Soooooooooo easy.

You should be here at my shop on Thursdays and Fridays. On those days the school field trips come through the farm. About 300 K through 3rd grade kids swarm all over the place and most of them stop by to watch the blacksmith (Me) work. The questions run like this:

Do you ever get burned? Does it hurt when you get burned? How often do you get burned? What are you making? Are you making a horseshoe? Can I have that? Do you sell anything for free? How does that turn into a horseshoe? How do get out of there? Do you live here? Do you ever get burned?

The adults give a bit more though to their questions, such as:

Do you ever get burned? Does it hurt? How often do you get burned?

There are just too many good/nutty stories to list in one post.......
 
Oops, Seems my signature was turned off......

If I only had a nickle for everytime a kid asked me those.....

I do offer to let them touch the bright yellow part of the metal when they ask me if it is hot..........You would be supprised at how many of them want to. Never have gone through with it, but boy there are time that I want to....
 
Man, you guys are W-E-A-K!!!!!

Try growing up your entire life with your mom owning/operating an in-home day care.....

Since the renter wouldn't allow me to make knives full-time from his rental, I had to move back here a few years ago to get my feet planted as a full-time maker.

They never stop coming, if they grow up and go away, new ones just come and fill their place.... Anywhere from 1-20 of them running around.

W-E-A-K I say ;)


*shaking head*
Nick
 
It is the parents of the chidren that got me going this weekend. Lent my roto-tiller out, I went to use it and it was total screwed up. The dude thinks he is a mechanic and it looks like he try to fix the carb. Three hours later I got it running this Saturday. Started doing my garden and the dude next door need tools, jack and ramps to pull out his starter motor, got tools back all disarranged it looks like he dropped it. He told me that was the way he got it. That is the last time he borrows anything. Then this women parks in front of my driveway which is also a handicap parking zone. Boy!!!! Did I go off on her. Then she said that her husband was going to kick my ass and he was in the backyard of the house next door. So I went to the house next door's backyard. The husband told me that his wife has a big mouth and to forget it.
The dude that borrowed the tools was a little mad at me because I was picking up dog crap and throwing it at him while he was under his car. Some people just can't take a joke. :eek: :D :D
 
George, did you miss him with the dog crap? Hey, too bad about your scumbag neighbors, fella. You have gone way out of your way to help your neighbors, and they sure didn't show any appreciation, for sure. Anal rejects is what you have for neighbors, IG. Keep throwing, you aim will improve, even though your hand might get kinda stinky!
 
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