@divegeester said
Not “unique username”

So who?

😮 …. Had no idea someone had stolen his identity. It’s all highly suspicious.

@great-big-stees said
LOL😁 Well there was a 19 in my year of birth and also a 46, which would make me a Boomer and one of the first. I actually, today “celebrated” (very low key) 78th birthday. I have enjoyed a great life and hope 🤞to continue to do so.👍

Happy Birthday young at heart 😘

@fartacus said
These guys are fighting and tumbling into all the threads like some cartoon characters from Looney Toons

Enjoy the ride 😁

@divegeester said
I’m from the Baby Boomer generation.

Me too, I feel I’ve experienced the best years and now enjoy a comfortable and simple life, enjoying the same things that my parents did like walking, gardening and trying my best to live in harmony with nature . The UK is a great place and my parents were always thankful that they were invited to work and live here in 1947.

@fartacus said
Ya so that was a pretty good eclipse right guys?

Aw … are you feeling left out?

@pettytalk said
Just like the cat and your garden. One poop is worth a thousand words.

I totally agree, Suzianne is far more interesting. Suzianne is the cat, and Dive is her poop.

More interesting than you was what I was getting at.

@divegeester said
You don’t seem to mind when it’s you and me going at it over something.

I find her far more interesting with her short & snappy, succinct retorts.

My favourite is her ‘Twit’.

@pettytalk said
That you don't like me, it's been pretty evident from our first encounter.

That you are a bad Christian, that's pretty evident too. Had you been a caring and loving Christian, you would have prayed for me that I had not injured my eyesight, rather than trying to ridicule and insult me. But seeing that you only took the opportunity to show your real self, we should conti ...[text shortened]... to blow your nose more often than you do your mouth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3bxUlgFTxs

Do you consider yourself a good, caring & loving christian? You talk of adults having the right to hit their children and of then preventing them from having their own children because they’ve been damaged and will weaken the herd?

@pettytalk said
The ones that needed to have persistent physical punishment should be prevented from having kids of their own, to stop weakening the human herd.

You should be more selective of your seedlings when planting your garden. And also more selective of your neighbors. Try to avoid the ones that own house cats that avoid doing their business in a litter box, provided your neighbor is considerate enough to have provided one for the cat that does its business on your garden.

So you think it’s all the fault of the child? You wouldn’t think it better to take a closer look at why some parents resort to physical punishment and how some parents manage without using it?

@pettytalk said
When it warrants it, absolutely. Don't you use physical means to deter cats from defecating on your garden?

When reason and patience are exhausted, and bad habits persist, then the rod should not be spared. Otherwise you will have rotten spoiled brats and spoiled vegetables growing in your garden. The fertilizer gets absorbed by the vegetables you grow, and then eat. As ...[text shortened]... m the place where he has been released so many times.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaA_RVOU2dE

[When reason and patience are exhausted, and bad habits persist, then the rod should not be spared.]

Children who have been parented with the use of physical punishment can grow up believing that’s the way to control their own kids. They aren’t confident happy kids.

@very-rusty said
I understand the boy was 15 of course the Parents should be held responsible, as they bought him the gun if I understood correctly.

-VR

So anyone who buys a gun for a minor will get a similar sentence?

@torunn said
Is it the first time it happens that parents are punished in a similar way?

I’m wondering whether the ‘child’ is on the autistic spectrum, having inherited this from his parents, indicating a weak capacity to accurately read the emotions of others. I have some family experience of this.

If this is the case I feel that the parental sentences are quite harsh for these ‘first’ offending parents.

@pettytalk said
It was not meant to be a joke. It was meant to be a fly swatter. You find offensive the neighbor's cat fertilizing your garden. I find other things offensive.

This just in. "Parents of Michigan School Shooter Sentenced to 10 to 15 Years in Prison.

Jennifer and James Crumbley, whose son killed four people, each faced up to 15 years in prison for involuntary manslaught ...[text shortened]... on your own garden, and not on my mine. It's the root cause I was addressing with the aborted post.

In your earlier offensive quote, that has since been removed, you stated -

“Personality wise I can see that your parents spared the rod”.

Is it your honest view that children should sometimes receive physical punishment?

@the-gravedigger said
The boy was known to have mental problems and his dad bought him a gun. Somewhat irresponsible I would say.

Seems I’ve accidentally removed my post when I tried to quote it. 😏

Well, each parent of the Michigan school shooter has got a 10 - 15 year prison sentence.

@very-rusty said
Would what you had to say have anything to do with being in with the gooster? 🙂

If you think that is a bad question, feel free to call me nasty too!

It appears you and t-g have aligned yourselves with the gooster, which is both your prerogative.

-VR

Anyone who thinks it’s funny to make an offensive reference regarding someone’s mother has a skewed sense of humour in my eyes. I’m also not a fan of abortion jokes.