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I have number 4 it isnt for sale :P
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one day, perhaps you'll get bored with it...

but not soon...

i have to drop $$$$ on a snowblower...

possibly a trailer... we've already had snow

today? i'm outside in shorts, no shirt, raking leaves and cleaning up around the house. geez. high 60s low 70s, sunny. nice!

oh, guys, check out the Savage Model 42. single shot .22LR *and* .410 - VERY light. mmm.
 
So I have a spare bedroom and I'm trying to decide what to do with it. As of right now, it's empty. Well not completely, there are some spare computer parts and a guitar in there. Otherwise it's empty.


This is my big issue. I live downtown St. Louis (one of the most notably violent cities in 'Merica) and my room is the far side of the door to my apartment. While this normally is a good thing, the apartment is big, I have more sq footage that most small houses. (1275 sq foot) which means I am actually quite a ways from the door. At night whenever I hear the slightest noise, I'm up with my flashlight and a pistol checking the door. I'm trying to decide if it would be better to move to the other bed room or leave it the way it is and turn that into an office/work space. The bedrooms are roughly the same size, however my current bedroom has the bathroom attached, while the other one is up the hall(15-20' away). The other thing is that one has a significantly larger closet (walk in 10' deep, 2 racks high((with space for third rack)) and 6' wide) vs my current one which is like 3' deep and 8' wide.
 
Any kids? since i had kids my room has been closest to the door. if no kids then i say keep the master bed/bath and turn it into a man-cave.....


Speaking of kids, im completly lost on how to discipline my daughter. she is 6 and recently starting lying about anything and everything. and she feels a need to test me and her mother. I was always spanked or hit as a child when i did wrong, but Being a girl i dont feel comfortable spanking her. i spank my son, her mom spanks her. but im the one home with them all the time as her mom works. yelling and sending her to her room doesnt help. calm talks explaining the situation doesnt help. talking to her like she is an adult doesnt help. showing her how liars and bad people turn out doesnt help. Plus I feel horrible any time i try and punish her, by the time its over im damn near apologising for correcting her. I know its my job as a parent to make sure she grows up right and im trying my best but its so very difficult with a daughter. ahhhh sorry just needed to vent, i was going to erase this but it took to long to type-
 
You guys are crazy. The old coating is just fine. If it wasn't, it wouldn't have taken me 4 hours to get it off one side of my BK9 with sandpaper.

Going to try and sand those grind marks out, too.... T___T
 
worldwood said:
Any kids? since i had kids my room has been closest to the door. if no kids then i say keep the master bed/bath and turn it into a man-cave.....


Speaking of kids, im completly lost on how to discipline my daughter. she is 6 and recently starting lying about anything and everything. and she feels a need to test me and her mother. I was always spanked or hit as a child when i did wrong, but Being a girl i dont feel comfortable spanking her. i spank my son, her mom spanks her. but im the one home with them all the time as her mom works. yelling and sending her to her room doesnt help. calm talks explaining the situation doesnt help. talking to her like she is an adult doesnt help. showing her how liars and bad people turn out doesnt help. Plus I feel horrible any time i try and punish her, by the time its over im damn near apologising for correcting her. I know its my job as a parent to make sure she grows up right and im trying my best but its so very difficult with a daughter. ahhhh sorry just needed to vent, i was going to erase this but it took to long to type-
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well, some time honored tricks i've seen other people do:

o sending a kid to their room is almost like a reward these days - that's their "cave". nope. that's the last place they get to go. a time out corner, where you can watch them be bored and fidgety, not in their room where they will text their friends and plot against you. yeah, they do that. coordinated effort. kids got smart these days with the tactical engagements. "see if you can punch this button!"

o as well, more than a few kids i know have all their internet comms monitored. their phones are nanny blocked to prevent too much fun.

o instead of a timeout, immediate extra chore making. if they don't do the chores, you call the co-parent in front of the kid, and explain the situation (two can play the smart game), and agree on consequences right there (or asap)... punishments just get accumulative if they mouth off. they want an hour of tv? they get to earn it in addition to punishments...

o grounding seems pointless when they have internet and don't go out, so you take THAT stuff away, while they sit in "a quiet space" (not the time out corner, could be their room). they can choose to do other things. just no phone, computer, etc. plus they're not to leave the house ;) "that's right, no ipad, read a book"

o one of the best for a REALLY bratty kid. snotnoze (not her real name), after a week of being a super beesnatch, comes home to find her room packed up of everything, except a cot, one change of clothes, a desk, her school work/etc, and a few other basics. oh, and no bedroom door. doors are for people who behave, not go whiny girls who throw tantrums (and i think she actually kicked a hole in the door). then she had to earn her things back. one slip, instant loss. no remorse. one of those "okay, you don't want us to be friends? fine, we'll be your PARENTS"... she was dropped off at school in approved clothes, picked up, she stayed home. she got to study, and do chores. i hear she turned out okay ;)

well, i'm not a parent, but many of my friends are, and this is what i've observed. and more! god, how i do not want to be a parent, even though i hear eventually, it might be worth the few rewards ;) like having them choose your retirement home ;)
 
Thanks man some really good ideas and ill try anything at this point. 2moro first ill sit her down with mommy before she goes to work, so mommy hears and understands our agreement so to speak then ill take everything out her room but her bed and clothes. tv toys and games all gone. Great idea. being only 6 she looses focus easily so the sending her to her room she normally forgets why she was sent up there after 20-30 minutes anyway. so ill ground her to the corner and put a small desk in a corner facing the wall and make her sit there doing homework, well no homework now cus its the holiday weekend but i can print some of my own homework up and have her do that a few hours a day. Ill let her know she needs to behave and stop lying and throwing fits if she wants anything back in her room or any free play time. Ill explain ill put 1 thing back in her room after each day of acting right and keeping her areas clean. and maybe make the time out desk last a week or until i notice some improvement past the 1st days initial shock. I appreciate the suggestions and the time you took to type them. i will be in strict parent mode 2moro !

Kids come with a million blessings and the feelings of love like you couldnt imagine plus a million headaches and heartaches, but it is so worth it. I think you will do fine when your time comes!
 
I love my ESEE HEST fixed blade. Good knife.

Moose
 
worldwood said:
Any kids? since i had kids my room has been closest to the door. if no kids then i say keep the master bed/bath and turn it into a man-cave.....
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No kids that live here. If they did, the choice would be simple! I was thinking of turning that into the man cave, but my entire apartment is a man cave... I have 3 major rooms, and in two of them there is a fridge. The one in the master bedroom is strictly a liquor fridge. I got it back when my roommate was living here but I got tired of his shenanigans so I put him out.
Silverthorn said:
In on 1 ?
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In on one for me!
Psyop said:
Morning
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Morning!
DJG097 said:
Morning guys.
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Morning!
 
I need a good mess kit. Any recommendations?
How bout a good 2 person tent, on the cheap side?
And how is all the folks in the new england area? Not heard much about em in a day or two. Has the weather calmed down any?
 
Worldwood said:
Speaking of kids, im completly lost on how to discipline my daughter. she is 6 and recently starting lying about anything and everything. and she feels a need to test me and her mother. I was always spanked or hit as a child when i did wrong, but Being a girl i dont feel comfortable spanking her. i spank my son, her mom spanks her. but im the one home with them all the time as her mom works. yelling and sending her to her room doesnt help. calm talks explaining the situation doesnt help. talking to her like she is an adult doesnt help. showing her how liars and bad people turn out doesnt help. Plus I feel horrible any time i try and punish her, by the time its over im damn near apologising for correcting her. I know its my job as a parent to make sure she grows up right and im trying my best but its so very difficult with a daughter. ahhhh sorry just needed to vent, i was going to erase this but it took to long to type-
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I'm pulling this to a separate post. Hope I can be of help. With me (only experience I have with kids...) The belt didn't work, spanking didn't work, time outs didn't work, grounding didn't work, basically it had nothing to do with what my parents did. I only learned how to behave with them around, and how to manipulate them. When I got older and actually clued my parents into what I had done in my teenage years my dad didn't talk to me for about 5 years, my mom didn't talk to me for about 3 years.

With my sister though, her big thing was being a tattletale. Granted she usually had something juicy to tell them about but the parents got sick of always having her tell on me so my dad created a tale out of string and put it on a pin. Whenever she would tell on me she had to wear the tail the rest of the day. This was enough for her to break the behavior.


I hope for your sake your daughter is more like my sister than me.
 
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