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[brin]

blaming TV is easy because it's so obvious...it's not about knowing the difference between right and wrong...it's about what is accepted morally and socially...it (tv content) is much different than it was 30-40 years ago...before it became so liberal there was little if any illicit content portrayed on tellivision that was socially or morally accepted the way it is today...

Pine...You are right, when our grand daughter comes over to visit from next door I see her coming and turn the TV off since I have no idea what kind of profane commercial may come on....I know the Mrs and I are not watching anything bad but the commercials alone are horrible...with all the erectile dysfunction ads along with woman's ads...etc. and if you flip through the channels there is no telling what kind of images or profanity will be heard....so I just turn it off and then if she wants a certain program we can go right to that channel...it is disgusting to have to put up with that kind of programming..

So no more Leave it to Beaver or Father knows best....all gone...

 

[sweettractors]

Im MY opinion, parents are mostly to blame for the decline
Not taking an active role in their kids life or disciplining them when they're wrong.

Growing up i was never scared of the police...i was, however scared of my parents. I knew if i meesed up bad enough, id get the strap.

single/ two working parent families also cause problems. Most single moms i know dont discipline their kids at all, and the kids show it. When people look at how great things were in the past, they forget that usually mom stayed home. She was there when you got home from school, taught you right and wrong, but if you were bad... she told dad when he got home.. we all know what happened then

blaming tv is easy. If a kid is raised right, it wont matter what they watch. Inside theyll know the difference between right and wrong.

My youngest grandchildren are 8 and 5 Both will tell us when a cartoon show comes on Cartoon Network that Mommy and Daddy said they are not allowed to watch that show. Both parents work, but God and Family come first in their lives.
I feel so sorry for a local woman in her early forties that lives out of wedlock with a man and she has 3 daughters at home. Last week, she just took the 14 yr old to the Dr to get fixed up with birth control pills. She proclaims to be a Christian? Our county will have another child unmarried with a kid or 2 or 3 and on the "Government dole", just because Mama set the wrong example. How can you help someone that thinks they are doing everything right??? Ken Sweet

 

[chopped]

Maybe its me but I dont mean to distract from the OP concern. But I still dont understand why a company would not allow ,or tell or train a clerk to use common sence in who they card?
Ive been through wal mart and had it beep for the paint and she just chuckles and we proceed. Imagine how Id hold the line up when I say ill have to go to the car to get my ID.
Im over 50 FYI.
If Im just pain dumb on this tell me .

 

[20 20]

Maybe its me but I dont mean to distract from the OP concern. But I still dont understand why a company would not allow ,or tell or train a clerk to use common sence in who they card?
Ive been through wal mart and had it beep for the paint and she just chuckles and we proceed. Imagine how Id hold the line up when I say ill have to go to the car to get my ID.
Im over 50 FYI.
If Im just pain dumb on this tell me .

I don't understand it either I obviously don't look young.

 

[clemsonfor]

Hes a veteran i think hes 18 i dont care which war he was in you have to be 18 to be in the service?

 

[20 20]

Hes a veteran i think hes 18 i dont care which war he was in you have to be 18 to be in the service?

In my 40's bald for the most part and what is left is grey, mostly from looking after my children

 

[brin]

You could say the same thing about showing ID for alcohol or smokes. When I was a kid in high school we had a guy in our class that looked like a gorilla. He was the hairiest human being I ever met. He was 17 and looked like 35. He was our main source for beer and liquor.

Last year Indiana enacted a law last year requiring ALL people to be carded for alcohol purchases. This was in response to stores not carding some people, carding others, selling to minors, etc... if everyone gets carded nobody can slip through the cracks. It also takes the responsibility off of the clerk to judge who "looks" like a minor and who does not. Guess who complained the most? Old people.

Our wallets are out anyway, just take the 5 extra seconds to show the ID for proof of age and move on with our lives.

Problem is Moss....when common sense says someone 50+ yrs is Way Old enough and they ask for your ID...then that is a foolish Law...and I suffer Fools and foolish laws poorly ! We are over regulating ourselves and turning out educated idiots....I talked to a friend the other day that complained about college grads. she hired to work in her store and they could not make change and I said yes, like in the past before the new computerized registers tell them how much change to give, they don't know how to count out the proper change when someone pays...She said NO ! She said " I mean when the register tells them how much change to give back...they still can't figure it out ! " How does that grab you.?

 

[Sigarms]

Because there are no christian glue sniffer, right? :laughing: Just kidding, just kidding.

How do you keep a Baptist from drinking all your beer?

Invite two of them over

Took me a while to figure that one out.

Nah, people who believe in God never do anything bad.

 

[MossRoad]

Problem is Moss....when common sense says someone 50+ yrs is Way Old enough and they ask for your ID...then that is a foolish Law...and I suffer Fools and foolish laws poorly ! We are over regulating ourselves and turning out educated idiots....I talked to a friend the other day that complained about college grads. she hired to work in her store and they could not make change and I said yes, like in the past before the new computerized registers tell them how much change to give, they don't know how to count out the proper change when someone pays...She said NO ! She said " I mean when the register tells them how much change to give back...they still can't figure it out ! " How does that grab you.?

Yes, common sense tells you an old man is probably over 21. But where do you draw the line? At what age "appearance" do you tell clerks they have to ask for I.D. If you make it 40 and don't ask some 30 year old lady for I.D. she will be incensed that you think she looks over 40. If you make it under 40, my hairy gorilla friend will get you fined and your liquor license will be revoked. Just ask everyone every time and there will be no problems other than grandma not getting her wild irish rose on a few seconds sooner.

As far as change and the youth of America goes... yes, it is sad. I go to McDonald's 5 times a week on average... 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches. At least once a week my order is incorrect. That's 20% of the orders bungled. You want fries with that? :licking: :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

How do you keep a Baptist from drinking all your beer?

Invite two of them over

Took me a while to figure that one out.

Nah, people who believe in God never do anything bad.

I was raised Catholic and the joke substituted beer with wine in our family. :laughing:

We also had a joke about the family recipe for chicken soup...

1st, steal one chicken.

 

[brin]

" I go to McDonald's 5 times a week on average... 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches "

Moss....Geeez, Check this out >McDonalds Calories - Fast Food Nutritional Facts & Menu Information

Always will remember my first Boss once said to all of us in a staff meeting.." Rember always what you eat and drink today walks and talks tomorrow.." LOL

 

[sweettractors]

As far as change and the youth of America goes... yes, it is sad. I go to McDonald's 5 times a week on average... 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches. At least once a week my order is incorrect. That's 20% of the orders bungled. You want fries with that? :licking: :laughing:

Hey Moss, send those cashiers down to Ky, 80 % of our orders are wrong. You have it too good. I have found the best way to order is to get a special #5 or something. If you add or subtract anything from a order, they can't comprehend it. The girl took my wifes order last night and she ordered a sandwich with NO mayo and it was entered in to the register that way. Guess how it came? I told her to just wipe it off with a napkin and not send it back. The kid would probably spit in it. Ken Sweet

 

[jlsmith]

Ok look at it like this. Your leaving HD and some teenager just bought liguid nail, sniffed it in the parking lot and got high. He leaves the same time you do and hits your car injuring someone. Now if they had ided him and not let him buy it he wouldnt have been there. That alone makes me glad to show my id. This was just an IF not direted at any body.

 

[clemsonfor]

Ok look at it like this. Your leaving HD and some teenager just bought liguid nail, sniffed it in the parking lot and got high. He leaves the same time you do and hits your car injuring someone. Now if they had ided him and not let him buy it he wouldnt have been there. That alone makes me glad to show my id. This was just an IF not direted at any body.

or that kid skips HD and the caulk/adhesives section and rides his bike straight to the gas station with his 1 gallon can or a milk jug and buys a gallon of gas to huff on till he passes out? :confused2:

 

[jlsmith]

or that kid skips HD and the caulk/adhesives section and rides his bike straight to the gas station with his 1 gallon can or a milk jug and buys a gallon of gas to huff on till he passes out? :confused2:

Thats true too. But if showing my id stops just one kid from doing it then its worth it to me.:thumbsup:

 

[brin]

Thats true too. But if showing my id stops just one kid from doing it then its worth it to me.:thumbsup:

See I could well be all wrong here but it just seems to me we are treating the symptom by checking ID's on older folks ..to make up for a lack of judgment and common sense...WE should be curing the disease...that that is stupidity and lack of common sense and that is done in school with the basics..not all this new touchy feel good curriculum they have now...I'm just saying...at what point do you think we will get society back on the right track ?

 

[jlsmith]

See I could well be all wrong here but it just seems to me we are treating the symptom by checking ID's on older folks ..to make up for a lack of judgment and common sense...WE should be curing the disease...that that is stupidity and lack of common sense and that is done in school with the basics..not all this new touchy feel good curriculum they have now...I'm just saying...at what point do you think we will get society back on the right track ?

Verry true. I agree it all starts at home and at school but until that happens we as a nation have to do what we have to do to protect our familys and the kids of tomarrow. In my opinion they need to bring back public hangings and let eeveryone know what will happen when they mess up but that a whole diff thread.

 

[MossRoad]

" I go to McDonald's 5 times a week on average... 3 breakfasts and 2 lunches "

Moss....Geeez, Check this out >McDonalds Calories - Fast Food Nutritional Facts & Menu Information

Always will remember my first Boss once said to all of us in a staff meeting.." Rember always what you eat and drink today walks and talks tomorrow.." LOL

I order off of the dollar menu. One sausage muffin and one large sweet tea with no ice for breakfast. I only drink half the sweet tea and save it in the fridge for tomorrow. Then tomorrow I only order one sausage muffin and finish the sweet tea at work. So, $3.00 for two days breakfast. Not bad and not overindulging in calories. For lunch I get a McDouble if we are going to have chicken for dinner or I get a McChicken if we are going to have beef for dinner, and a drink. $2.00 for lunch. Again, not a bad price and not over-gorging on big sandwiches. Sometimes I get a side salad instead of a sandwich. Hard to believe they can muff up a two item order, but they do! :laughing: