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Originally Posted by olds45512
I'm fine with opposing veiws I just don't think it's the right time for your "my dad never gave me anything" attitude, obviously he feels his son deserves it (for reasons he shouldnt have to explain to you) so it's not really your place to question it.
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See. An opposing view!
I have no problem with your opinion.
Honestly Tim, I think your being hipocritical. Jumping me for disagreeing..... because you disagree with me.
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Originally Posted by drcjv
Jonathan, over the years I have read many of your post and the impression I get is that you are condisending to many of the members that ask questions or do things that you deem silly or not correct. It seems that you feel all should know as much as you and do things exactly as you do. This current post follows that form. I would guess that the majority of members on this board are not mechanics and these tractors are their hobby not career. So the whole point of this board is for people who know more to help those that are trying to learn more and not make them feel bad for asking what you might think is a silly question.
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I'm also not sure what your father gave you has anything to do with what you give your children.
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Thank you for skipping the topic to jump on the "your always mean and condescending" bandwagon.
No, I don't think everyone should do as I do. That's really not my goal at all. If you take the time to study the forum, and not focus on a few instances, you will see in the tech section several write ups I've done and thread after thread and post after post where I have went above and beyond to help people. With nearly 10K posts it's hard to think that I only hang out here to be an ass.
Now, what my dad did "give" me is important. He taught me how to farm. The value of a hard days work. The importance of God. To have integrity. How to lead, be a man, and have ownership in what I do and say. He bought all of us things, at birthdays and Christmas, but outside of that.... nothing really. He did buy me my first gun for my 8th grade graduation.
Now, I worked on the farm, but dad also had a Cub Cadet he let me use to mow yards until I was old enough to drive the big tractors. Now, here's the cool part.... He paid for the fuel and repairs. Learning business came later when I rented my own ground to farm. But while I was young, he let me keep the money I earned. So, Tim if you think this is some "boo hoo my daddy never gave me anything" your wrong. I'm proud of the fact my dad didn't buy me anything..... because I bought what I wanted myself. I even paid my way through college.
That said, I really don't care one way or the other if you give him the car, Charles. And I'm definitely not saying anything about whether your a good or bad parent, or whether your kid is a good kid. Everybody here just totally ignored my point.....
My point is, I think this society as a whole thinks that we should "reward" kids..... for whatever. I'm sure your kid is a good kid. I'm sure he's a GREAT kid.
My opinion is, you should have sold the car and paid for his college. But, maybe your going to do that too, I don't know. I just think there would have been other ways to show how you feel than giving him a $$$ car that you won't even let him drive. To me, that's worse..... I would want to own a car I can't drive. Whatever. I'll bow out of this.