Re: [Unschooling-dotcom]Was - being doable Now,- chats with my son
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In a message dated 6/3/03 1:24:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mummy124@... writes:
Landon and I were talking about something similar. "What would you do for $1
million?" We had a nice, long, interesting discussion about it. We both pretty
much agreed what limits we had to things we would do for $ 1million..
Basically, anything except eat shit, commit a heinous violent crime like rape or
assault, or kill an innocent person. We talked alot about killing someone for
$1million.. If it was an evil, murderous person who had killed people themselves..
we could do it. Landon was a little more OK with the killing a murderer
than I was.. But, say, for $1million dollars to kill Saddam Hussien.. yeah, I'de
do it. As far as sex, we both said we would have sex with anybody, man or
woman, in the world for $1million.. Then, I thought a while.. and I said..
well... the WHOLE world.. ANYBODY?? that could be some horribly nasty no toothed
stinking greasy 500 pound man or woman.. ughghg.. And then I thought.. about all
of the horrible evil folks that I said I would kill for $1million ,, would I
also be willing to have sex with them??? What about sex with a pedophile who
was fantasizing I was kid???? OK, so then we re-thought the having sex with
anybody for $1million..
The thing is, $1million to us is a LOT of money.. more than we can really
even imagine. As a family that struggles financially sometimes, and we often
have to give up stuff we REALLY want, the thoughts of $1million is very VERY
attractive.. I'm sure the wealthier someone is, the less they would be willing to
do for the $$$.. To some folks $1million is chump change.. like me going to
spend $20 at Wal-mart.
Also along these lines of discussion, Landon and I had another good
conversation this morning about a magazine article I read about Kentucky horse
breeding. I said that it is so unbelievable that folks will spend millions of
dollars on a horse, but a baby on the black market will do go for thousands.
Also, comparing the prices for these horses to the price of a human life in terms
of insurance money or law suits.. It just does not compare. But, Landon
said, folks who will sell thier children are desperate, usually poor people, that
a few thousand dollars seems like a fortune. I love these talks with him. I
have had to drive him to work the past two morning cause one of our cars is
out of commission ( hmmm, another reason $1million would come in handy..lol..
just think.. ACTUAL WORKING VEHICLES!..) I used to drive him to catch a
carpool to school 35 mins away every morning. We had lovely talks for those couple
of years. I hadn't realized how much I missed our "drive time" since he got
his liscense.
We do still talk alot, but it seems when its just two folks in the car, the
conversation environment is ripe. I've got pulled over for speeding a few
times because I was so deep in conversation I wasnt paying attention. Once, I
got pulled over, the officer said.. "Ive been following you for 5 miles, you
never checked your rearview mirror once!" I said .. "Oh, officer, I am so
sorry, I was talking to my sister(she was in the car with me), we were in a deep
conversation" He looked at me like that was the sorriest excuse he had ever
heard.. LOL. But to me, it seemed very reasonable.. :-)
Teresa
Teresa
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mummy124@... writes:
> <<Isn't everyone do-able? Or have I just had too much wine?>>All this talk about who is doable, it's a coincidence, because yesterday
>
Landon and I were talking about something similar. "What would you do for $1
million?" We had a nice, long, interesting discussion about it. We both pretty
much agreed what limits we had to things we would do for $ 1million..
Basically, anything except eat shit, commit a heinous violent crime like rape or
assault, or kill an innocent person. We talked alot about killing someone for
$1million.. If it was an evil, murderous person who had killed people themselves..
we could do it. Landon was a little more OK with the killing a murderer
than I was.. But, say, for $1million dollars to kill Saddam Hussien.. yeah, I'de
do it. As far as sex, we both said we would have sex with anybody, man or
woman, in the world for $1million.. Then, I thought a while.. and I said..
well... the WHOLE world.. ANYBODY?? that could be some horribly nasty no toothed
stinking greasy 500 pound man or woman.. ughghg.. And then I thought.. about all
of the horrible evil folks that I said I would kill for $1million ,, would I
also be willing to have sex with them??? What about sex with a pedophile who
was fantasizing I was kid???? OK, so then we re-thought the having sex with
anybody for $1million..
The thing is, $1million to us is a LOT of money.. more than we can really
even imagine. As a family that struggles financially sometimes, and we often
have to give up stuff we REALLY want, the thoughts of $1million is very VERY
attractive.. I'm sure the wealthier someone is, the less they would be willing to
do for the $$$.. To some folks $1million is chump change.. like me going to
spend $20 at Wal-mart.
Also along these lines of discussion, Landon and I had another good
conversation this morning about a magazine article I read about Kentucky horse
breeding. I said that it is so unbelievable that folks will spend millions of
dollars on a horse, but a baby on the black market will do go for thousands.
Also, comparing the prices for these horses to the price of a human life in terms
of insurance money or law suits.. It just does not compare. But, Landon
said, folks who will sell thier children are desperate, usually poor people, that
a few thousand dollars seems like a fortune. I love these talks with him. I
have had to drive him to work the past two morning cause one of our cars is
out of commission ( hmmm, another reason $1million would come in handy..lol..
just think.. ACTUAL WORKING VEHICLES!..) I used to drive him to catch a
carpool to school 35 mins away every morning. We had lovely talks for those couple
of years. I hadn't realized how much I missed our "drive time" since he got
his liscense.
We do still talk alot, but it seems when its just two folks in the car, the
conversation environment is ripe. I've got pulled over for speeding a few
times because I was so deep in conversation I wasnt paying attention. Once, I
got pulled over, the officer said.. "Ive been following you for 5 miles, you
never checked your rearview mirror once!" I said .. "Oh, officer, I am so
sorry, I was talking to my sister(she was in the car with me), we were in a deep
conversation" He looked at me like that was the sorriest excuse he had ever
heard.. LOL. But to me, it seemed very reasonable.. :-)
Teresa
Teresa
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Mary
From: <grlynbl@...>
<<The thing is, $1million to us is a LOT of money.. more than we can really
even imagine. As a family that struggles financially sometimes, and we
often
have to give up stuff we REALLY want, the thoughts of $1million is very VERY
attractive.. I'm sure the wealthier someone is, the less they would be
willing to
do for the $$$.. To some folks $1million is chump change.. like me going to
spend $20 at Wal-mart.>>
I'm not sure I could kill anyone for any amount of money. Not sure I would
want to. Now if someone was hurting my kids or husband, they would be dead
for free if I had to.
As far as sex goes, I talk a lot about who I would do, fact is I'm faithful
as they come and would seriously have to consider what's at stake and what
is to be gained before I would bed anyone for any amount of money. That's a
very personal thing I would be giving up.
And as for a million being a lot. I'm wondering if that's before taxes or
after??? If it's tax free, then I think that's a lot. If it's after taxes,
then to me it isn't a lot at all.
Mary B
<<The thing is, $1million to us is a LOT of money.. more than we can really
even imagine. As a family that struggles financially sometimes, and we
often
have to give up stuff we REALLY want, the thoughts of $1million is very VERY
attractive.. I'm sure the wealthier someone is, the less they would be
willing to
do for the $$$.. To some folks $1million is chump change.. like me going to
spend $20 at Wal-mart.>>
I'm not sure I could kill anyone for any amount of money. Not sure I would
want to. Now if someone was hurting my kids or husband, they would be dead
for free if I had to.
As far as sex goes, I talk a lot about who I would do, fact is I'm faithful
as they come and would seriously have to consider what's at stake and what
is to be gained before I would bed anyone for any amount of money. That's a
very personal thing I would be giving up.
And as for a million being a lot. I'm wondering if that's before taxes or
after??? If it's tax free, then I think that's a lot. If it's after taxes,
then to me it isn't a lot at all.
Mary B
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In a message dated 6/3/2003 3:07:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, grlynbl@...
writes:
I
got pulled over, the officer said.. "Ive been following you for 5 miles, you
never checked your rearview mirror once!" I said .. "Oh, officer, I am so
sorry, I was talking to my sister(she was in the car with me), we were in a
deep
conversation" He looked at me like that was the sorriest excuse he had ever
heard.. LOL. But to me, it seemed very reasonable.. :-)<<
Oh Teresa...I have had such a rotten day...your email really made me laugh.
I love conversations with my son too...he gets me to laughin' so hard. Car
time is the best. Especially these "what if" conversations. Sometimes we get
so deep in them it takes a couple of minutes to come back to earth when we're
done. :o)
Nancy
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writes:
> >>We both prettyROTFL!!! You're killin' me!
> much agreed what limits we had to things we would do for $ 1million..
> Basically, anything except eat shit, commit a heinous violent crime like
> rape or
> assault, or kill an innocent person. We talked alot about killing someone
> for
> $1million.. If it was an evil, murderous person who had killed people
> themselves..
> we could do it. Landon was a little more OK with the killing a murderer
> than I was.. But, say, for $1million dollars to kill Saddam Hussien.. yeah,
> I'de
> do it. As far as sex, we both said we would have sex with anybody, man or
> woman, in the world for $1million.. Then, I thought a while.. and I said..
> well... the WHOLE world.. ANYBODY?? that could be some horribly nasty no
> toothed
> stinking greasy 500 pound man or woman.. ughghg.. <<
>>I've got pulled over for speeding a fewtimes because I was so deep in conversation I wasnt paying attention. Once,
I
got pulled over, the officer said.. "Ive been following you for 5 miles, you
never checked your rearview mirror once!" I said .. "Oh, officer, I am so
sorry, I was talking to my sister(she was in the car with me), we were in a
deep
conversation" He looked at me like that was the sorriest excuse he had ever
heard.. LOL. But to me, it seemed very reasonable.. :-)<<
Oh Teresa...I have had such a rotten day...your email really made me laugh.
I love conversations with my son too...he gets me to laughin' so hard. Car
time is the best. Especially these "what if" conversations. Sometimes we get
so deep in them it takes a couple of minutes to come back to earth when we're
done. :o)
Nancy
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In a message dated 6/3/03 10:11:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
CelticFrau@... writes:
another "phenomonon" . Have you ever been driving alone, deep in thought, then
you sort of snap out of it. .and ???!?!?!?!?!? you have arrived
somewhere.. maybe not even your orignal destination, and you don't have a clue how you
got there?? Its like a time warp or something.. BAM, you are on auto pilot!.
I have done this a few times.. Get in the car to go somewhere, then all of
the sudden, realize I am in my mother driveway, or at the grocery store.. Once
my daddy did this.. he was on interstate coming home and he was deep in
thought and missed his exit. . What was so funny was his way of telling us about
it.. He said " I was on my home, coming down I-40, then all of the sudden, I
just come to, ( as in, "come to", like from passing out), and I was plumb on the
other side of Statesville" LOL.. it was so funny, like he had blacked out or
something.. He drove about 50 miles out of the way during his "time warp"
Teresa
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CelticFrau@... writes:
> love conversations with my son too...he gets me to laughin' so hard. CarI'm glad that gave you a little smile... What you said also reminded me of
> time is the best. Especially these "what if" conversations. Sometimes we
> get
> so deep in them it takes a couple of minutes to come back to earth when
> we're
> done. :o)
>
another "phenomonon" . Have you ever been driving alone, deep in thought, then
you sort of snap out of it. .and ???!?!?!?!?!? you have arrived
somewhere.. maybe not even your orignal destination, and you don't have a clue how you
got there?? Its like a time warp or something.. BAM, you are on auto pilot!.
I have done this a few times.. Get in the car to go somewhere, then all of
the sudden, realize I am in my mother driveway, or at the grocery store.. Once
my daddy did this.. he was on interstate coming home and he was deep in
thought and missed his exit. . What was so funny was his way of telling us about
it.. He said " I was on my home, coming down I-40, then all of the sudden, I
just come to, ( as in, "come to", like from passing out), and I was plumb on the
other side of Statesville" LOL.. it was so funny, like he had blacked out or
something.. He drove about 50 miles out of the way during his "time warp"
Teresa
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