You have to be careful. Ian had a kid that picked on him in elementary school, and the teacher never did anything about it. She even had them sitting next to each other. Ian's a lot like me, he's really laid back, but when he reaches his limit, it's not pretty. One day the kid was stuffing grass in Ian's shorts, and he reached the limit, grabbed the kid's arm and twisted it up behind his back. He broke the boy's arm, technically a spiral fracture, and it's a damned good thing I was friends with his mom or we could have been sued and had Ian thrown out of school. Oh, and Ian was a black belt in tai kwon do and knew better than to use any of that on him.
So the next bully was in middle school, and was smacking Ian with a jump rope handle in gym class. Ian managed to grab the rope and took it away, but the kid decided to do a sneak attack. It ended up with Ian on the floor and the kid having to get pulled off of him by the gym teacher, twice. Zero tolerance escalated it to having to go to court, which kept getting delayed until summer when none of the witnesses were available. Ian ended up with community service for defending himself. BTW, he was 6'4" and about 250 lbs at the time, the bully was about a head shorter than him. The judge couldn't believe the kid started the fight.
I can't run since the knee replacment.But it wouldn't be pretty if I could.Flap Flap,Flop,Flop.
And on the bad news front, sson is leaving for Afghanistan at midnight.
Well said. I grew up being the "husky" kid too until I hit high school. I wore clothes from Goodwill, haircuts were too few and far between. At one point, I was asked if I was a girl. But I can honestly say that I never felt "bullied". Just made fun of a lot. Now Im dead sexy with a decent job. About a year ago, I stepped into Subway to buy lunch, and lo and behold, I see a guy that I was in school with that made fun of me. Hehe. Guess who had to make my sandwich.
Good mornign Drott. Not liking that. At all. I think a sinus infection is what caused my sore throat and fever last week. Dont let it get that bad before you see a doctor, ok?
Tell your son thank you for his service and we all hope he returns safe and sound
Hey dude. I missed this post earlier. I wouldve said something sooner had I been a little smarter.
Just made myself look like an idiot in front of a co-worker (but also a friend) by not knowing something small and simple. I'm a little worked up over it and beating myself up a bit. Not having a good night.
FV, safe journey to your son. Thank him for all of us!
Good morning Posse! Its getting CLOOOOOOSER!!!!! Two more days of work. One more softball game. Then its going to be a full hour of frantically packing the car and then we'll be on the way south! Still excited and apprehensive... but now its turning in to more excitement that apprehension.
This afternoon is going to be a whirlwind. I HAVE to leave on time at 4 this afternoon. Make the hour drive home. Make sure I have everything for our game this evening. Change clothes. And I hope that will leave me enough time to get to the game which is an away game that starts at 6. I get to spend the majority of my lunch hour getting the lineup set so I dont have to scramble to get it set when I get to the field.
Well said. I grew up being the "husky" kid too until I hit high school. I wore clothes from Goodwill, haircuts were too few and far between. At one point, I was asked if I was a girl. But I can honestly say that I never felt "bullied". Just made fun of a lot. Now Im dead sexy with a decent job. About a year ago, I stepped into Subway to buy lunch, and lo and behold, I see a guy that I was in school with that made fun of me. Hehe. Guess who had to make my sandwich.
I think things like that made me in to the heap of awesomeness I have grown into.
Good mornign Drott. Not liking that. At all. I think a sinus infection is what caused my sore throat and fever last week. Dont let it get that bad before you see a doctor, ok?
