Quote from: K-Dog on Apr 14, 2025, 08:21 AMBicycles got me around. The burb was death without someway to get around. My parents made it very clear that I was an expense, and I needed to take care of myself.How unfortunate. So what "expenses" were you incurring that would cause such a reaction? Eating?
Quote from: K-DogThere is a forgotten America which thought suffering built character and that unearned riches were the devils tool. Sometimes suffering can build character. Most of the time suffering just breaks people.This one I get. I'll go with the character building side. But then I'm "old" American, as opposed to the pussyfication that appears to have overrun the country. Helicopter parents for christs sake....ruined the entire country.
Quote from: K-Dog'Back in the day' was not the nostalgic hedonistic paradise many assume it was.Damn straight. Fucking groundhog when the venison ran out.