Remember when

I wasn't scared of my parents. I was scared of what my karate instructor would do if my mom told him!

 

My dad is 72 and can change the tone of his voice right now and I will straighten up, the way it should be

 

Mine was like 1998. Pretty cheap I think to buy. Service was $12 a month..for 15 minutes of talk.

Lik-M-Aid..yummm

Or the Judas Effect, back elbow

 

my dad is more scared of me. Actually my whole family is scared of me. I have actually knocked my dad out when he got in my face

 

Mom has a very heavy-duty paint stirring stick. About 1/4 in thick, and 1.5 inches across. Hardwood, possibly oak. It was the paddlin' stick, because "I'm not about to hurt my hand punishing you." It is kept in a particular drawer in the kitchen, which squeaks when opened. Hearing that drawer pulled open was often enough to get whatever commotion to stop.

Nearly 50 years later, if I'm at her house and hear that drawer opening, it still gives me pause. And yes, the stick is still there.

 

As did I, at 16. My dad in less than 3 minutes had me by the long hair on my head over his knee.

 

Me too. Once...

 

My mother did the exact same thing. The paddle was kept in a drawer beneath the stove. You had to retrieve the paddle and bring it to her to administer the spanking.

 

Jenny works for GEM plumbing now.

 

My mom got us with a plastic fly swatter. The thigh welts that thing would leave

 

I took a belt from my Mom when I was 5yo, and then hid under the bed scrambling to keep out of her reach. When Dad got home...it was game on. I lost big time.

Yep ... that sound. I think that was maybe my last beating, last I recall anyway. Oh, I'd get the smack upside the head for many more years...call it the "attention getter."

I can do that with my sons to this day.

 

I got my butt beat for hanging out with a kid that started a grass fire...i didnt even light anything...just was there

 

You are the crowd you keep…. Do we need to keep an eye on you?

 

Nah im no trouble...i just like to be left alone

 

Still gonna keep an eye on you….

 

prob should...

 

I'm gonna say it looks like 1970s Steve Martin doing some version of his "Wild & Crazy Guy" bit.

 

I had a hand-me down 1976 Chevy Caprice Estate wagon in high school. 400 V8 with 4barrel carb. Got 8 mpg around town. Forward

My hand-me-down 1976 Chevy Caprice Estate wagon that i drove in HS (400 cu in V8 with 4 barrel carb, fake wood paneling, got 8 mpg around town) had a forward facing 3rd seat and easily sat 10 high school age persons on many an extra-curricular adventure.

 

That's the way it was when we were kids, adults called it guilty by association.