RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Turtles and iBooks

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

LOL first off anyone who can't tell the difference between a box turtle
and a snapping turtle must be a city boy to the max and never watch Animal
Planet. They look very different and one will just fold himself up in to
hide from you while the other will chase you. Snapping turtles are vicious
little bastards but box turtles are cute.

Fuck I still teach myself mostly by doing stupid things. Half the time I
know something is stupid but do it anyway just to see for myself what will
happen. I guess it's all in knowing where to draw the line between foolish
and dirt stupid. I never put a hairpin in a socket but I once tried to
build a computer when I was about 3-4. Took some wire and wrapped it
around the knobs of an etch n'sketch and the other ends around scissors
which I jamned into the power socket. Melted that etch n'sketch like you
wouldn't believe. My babysitters son wasn't to happy when he found it. I
think that started my obsession with electrivuting myself. :)

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Michael McGlothlin <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://www.kavlon.com

On Tue, 12 Jun 2001, Davis, Ryan Wiley (UMC-Student) wrote:

> Why is it that almost every week I read about some bastard kid somewhere
> that gets messed up doing something stupid like that. Then the parents go
> and blame the people that didnt completely eliminate all threats to their
> childs well being and start sueing everyone. When I was a kid my dad used to
> watch me do the few stupid things I would do early on and let me do them so
> I would learn. Somethin like "Guest: Dont you think you should keep your
> child from poking into that socket with a hairpin? Dad: Naww, He'll learn"
> And I did, obviously Neil you were taught that same type of fear and respect
> for unknown things. I just hate it when stupid people blame others for their
> inability to care for their own kids.
> 
> 
> Ryan
> "Fear and Respect that escalator!"
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Bradshaw [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 10:24 AM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Turtles and iBooks
> 
> 
> I'm sure it was a boxing turtle. My dad used to keep them when I was
> little. My grandpa used to keep snapping turtles in a barrel, and seeing
> them bite the ends off sticks if a very frightening thing. I never messed
> with them. I didn't want to be that stupid kid on the news who was poking
> turtles in a barrel and had the barrel tip on top of him. No thanks. I'll
> pass on being pinned by a barrel while the snapping turtles bite my eyes
> out :)
> 
> Regards,
> Neil
> 
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