tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post518322048343295452..comments2024-03-29T02:49:19.300-04:00Comments on Fat in Indiana: I find the study of metal fasteners rivetingJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17269114655802698386noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11628754.post-82839706505893223652019-10-13T16:03:03.390-04:002019-10-13T16:03:03.390-04:00At midnight one Friday night, I heard music, conce...At midnight one Friday night, I heard music, concert music. I needed sleep because I had to be at an 9 am all day class in Auburn. I needed to get up at 5 am. I got in the car and drove toward the insanity. It came from a church parking lot. I got out and saw an attorney's wife and asked her what was happening. She was so blond and perky. "it is a Christian concert for the kids." I told her how I needed sleep and where I was going the next morning, so they should shut it down. She said, "But, this will keep the kids off the street." I left furious, telling her I could die because of them and the lack of sleep. We were not friendly after that. My question to her was, "why don't you just take the keys?" <br /><br />I called on Monday and told the Chief of Police my thoughts. Someone told me he got many calls from the residential neighborhood and it would never happen again. <br /><br />When I talked to a mother years later (another mother, another time) she said she could not take the car or phone from her daughter because they belonged to the daughter and daughter paid for both. Tommy and I asked her whose name was on the title and phone contract. We told her that both were hers, not the daughter's. She changed her tune to daughter and regained control. <br /><br />Parents are complicit in the entitled attitudes of children.Practical Parsimonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419071209412207674noreply@blogger.com