Rules worth sharing...................

[WILCO]

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[halvey]

Grandpa said: Nothing good happens after midnight.

also...An hour of sleep before midnight is better than 2 hours of sleep after midnight.

[LUBEDUDE]

Good clean simple rules of life. Totally different from the subsequent " Me, Me, I,I, and " stick it to the other guy before he sticks you" and whining generations.

[koehlerrk]

Very similar to the old Boyscout creed.

[Hogtamer]

A gun's ALWAYS loaded.

[GhostHawk]

Amen!

Halvey my dad said the same, and he's right.

Somehow we have to find our way back to that simpler time.

[buckwheatpaul]

Love these posts. I was raised:
1. Your word is your bond.
2. Work hard and you can be anything you want to be.
3. Look the person you are speaking with in the eyes and have a firm grip.
4. Always give the other person the benefit of the doubt until you know that they are not honorable.
5. Open doors for ladies.
6. Always be a gentleman.
7. Never lie because it will lead to more and more bad things and keeping your lies straight will be impossible.
8. To love God and trust in him.
And many many other things.....from my parents and grandparents.....seems like it is old fashion and out of vogue today.

[XDROB]

Buckwheatpaul: that's the way I was raised and the same way my son was raised. It's a good feeling when someone comes up to you who you don't know and says, is that your son and you answer yes. And they say he's great kid you guys did a good job raising him.
He is 24 now and in the Air Force.

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[OS OK]

'Old School Creeds' . . . 'Codes' that our 'Greatest Generation' valued and lived by...without their adherence to this ideology you and I would be speaking German or Japanese today...think about that for a moment!

[slim1836]

Love these posts. I was raised:
1. Your word is your bond.
2. Work hard and you can be anything you want to be.
3. Look the person you are speaking with in the eyes and have a firm grip.
4. Always give the other person the benefit of the doubt until you know that they are not honorable.
5. Open doors for ladies.
6. Always be a gentleman.
7. Never lie because it will lead to more and more bad things and keeping your lies straight will be impossible.
8. To love God and trust in him.
And many many other things.....from my parents and grandparents.....seems like it is old fashion and out of vogue today.

I was raised the same way growing up in a military family.
It's a shame many of the younger generation did not.

Slim

[XDROB]

Quote "I was raised the same way growing up in a military family.
It's a shame many of the younger generation did not."

Say Ahman to to that!!

The problem with kids now a days is that as parents we are not allowed to instill the values we were raised with.
I raised my son when he was ages two to around 5 with spankings. We started calling them Red Butts. No multiple slaps, open handed one hit, more noise then pain. I was raised that way. NEVER once any hits to face or Body! That is degrading shows no respect to child and just instills fear, not discipline.
The only problem with him was in late teenage years was speeding tickets.
He found the world of turbos.
So I really couldn't speak to that very sternly because when I was wirh him and friends, the conversations would inevitably turn to our old hot rod days.
And he would turn and look at me. And his eyes would say, ( so you tell at me for what?)😂😅


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[Echo]

Don't Lie - Don't Cheat - Don't Steal
Open and hold doors for anyone, not just ladies (Part of our job description!)
Say Yes, Sir, or Yes, Ma'am, to everyone
Love kids, and treat them with respect, and humor
Be cheerful - smile!

[sundog]

Don't Lie - Don't Cheat - Don't Steal

Nor tolerate anyone who does...

[Der Gebirgsjager]

To ride, shoot straight, and speak the truth,
This is the ancient law of youth.
Old times are past, old days are done,
But the law runs true, my little son.


Last famously quoted by Col. Jeff Cooper, but the origin is much older.

[starmac]

XDrob

My son was raised in my shop and is to this day quite the gearhead.
He was always a hard worker during any time off from school, so basically no trouble to speak of.
A funny thing happened one time, he had to sell so many potted flowers for a school project, not sure who came up with flowers for boys to do for a fundraiser.
I do not remember his exact age, but he was not old enough for hes drivers license yet, so not suppose to be out very late unless working.
He had put the flowers off till the very last day, so took off on a selling spree, and didn't get in until midnight. I ask how many flowers he had sold (all of them) and took more orders tan his quota.

I ask if people were buying flowers that late, and he said he had been over ot one ranch since something like 8:30 which had a new owner. It turned out the new owner was a retired trooper that had moved up there from wher I had gone to high school, so he had been getting an earfull of bad info for 3 hours. lol

[abunaitoo]

Good clean simple rules of life. Totally different from the subsequent " Me, Me, I,I, and " stick it to the other guy before he sticks you" and whining generations.

Exactly what's wrong with people these days.
Not only young ones, but many older ones.
I call this the "not my fault" generation.
Sad

[dragon813gt]

Wait, the guy that started a fast food chicken chain was a cowboy?

And please stop w/ the younger generation bashing. There were people from your generation that weren't raised right. The idea that everything was perfect in the past is false. There are a lot more people in the US now compared to the fifties. I don't think the ratio of jerks has changed. There are more people so the chance of running across one is higher.

[Dave18]

And please stop w/ the younger generation bashing. There were people from your generation that weren't raised right. The idea that everything was perfect in the past is false. There are a lot more people in the US now compared to the fifties. I don't think the ratio of jerks has changed. There are more people so the chance of running across one is higher.

we definitely have things off with the younger generation, every kid in my grandkids class, she is 14, are in divorced familys, then most of the parents are meth or herion addicts, pretty sad, even the teachers who only in their 40s, comment on how messed up things are now, most of the quote parents who are coming into the school to pick up the kids are the grandparents, , then we add the cell phones , texting, and it adds a whole nother can of worms, of kids thinking like 20yr olds but only being 14-15yrs, sigh,
then we have the 20yr olds who got hired at the local companies who have no clue to what work is, and have no work ethic , yet are protected by daddy or uncle high up which makes life more than a hassle, at least I got 3more yrs and I can get away from the nutty workplace,

[EMC45]

I like the Roy Rogers quotes. America's youth could use that right now.

[WILCO]

I like the Roy Rogers quotes. America's youth could use that right now.

Yes! Bring back the moral, Christian cowboys!

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[WILCO]

And please stop w/ the younger generation bashing.

We have some fine younger folks in our society, but there is a huge number of them that are ignorant and have no idea the greatness of their American country.

[Blackwater]

The rules for living a good and successful and rewarding life are few and very, very simple, but we find SO many ways to disobey them, and do what WE want, rather than what we know darn well is good for us, and just plain right. What a willful lot we are! And Roy summed up what has been known for millenea. Do good things and things go well for us. Do what we know darn well is NOT right, and no matter how we might try to explain it all away, it'll always wind up bringing us to sorrow. Explanations don't seem to inhibit the results one whit! Ain't it funny how that works?

[XDROB]

As I said before, as we are raising our kids we aren't allowed to discipline our kids. And as said above there are more and more single parent households now. When my wife and I were in a meeting with my son's high-school guidance counselor. She said we were a minority. I asked why? She said: Not that many dual parent families in the school. And that was 5 years ago.


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[dragon813gt]

We have some fine younger folks in our society, but there is a huge number of them that are ignorant and have no idea the greatness of their American country.

Again, let's not pretend these same ignorant people didn't exist in prior generations. I take great offense because I'm one of these "younger" people. Want to guess who raised us? That's right, a prior generation. One needs to look in a mirror before casting a stone.

Casting blame and complaining is easy. Trying to fix it is the hard part.

[LUBEDUDE]

Again, let's not pretend these same ignorant people didn't exist in prior generations. I take great offense because I'm one of these "younger" people. Want to guess who raised us? That's right, a prior generation. One needs to look in a mirror before casting a stone.

Casting blame and complaining is easy. Trying to fix it is the hard part.

Very good points, there ARE exceptions to everything.

I think every generation wishes to see themselves as better than the previous one. May be true to some extent.

I will admit that morals strarted to decline with a more rapid rate with my generation, the BabyBoomers. And have observed those morals and whining increase over time.

The "Everyone gets a trophy" mindset seems to have started in the 90's in my region. And of course that philosophy has given birth to the current mindset of entitlement for pert near everything. Now that IS the decay of our free society and is now a strong setting for Socialism.

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[10x]

Be very carefull of Liberal's when following those rules as they don't follow those rules.
Know the rules, follow them, and avoid those who don't follow the rules.

My dad told me when I was young, "you don't have to break the law, you just have to associate with people that do and you will be considered a law breaker"

[LUBEDUDE]

Be very carefull of Liberal's when following those rules as they don't follow those rules.
Know the rules, follow them, and avoid those who don't follow the rules.

My dad told me when I was young, "you don't have to break the law, you just have to associate with people that do and you will be considered a law breaker"

Amen brother!

[mold maker]

My folks called it "guilt by association". They approved of the friends I chose, or I'd live a lonely life.

[Doggonekid]

My dad always told me to always tell the truth. That way I never had to remember what I said.

[TXGunNut]

Yes, must admit I'm "old school" even when it's not PC. Glad it hasn't gotten me into too much trouble.

[smokeywolf]

Again, let's not pretend these same ignorant people didn't exist in prior generations. I take great offense because I'm one of these "younger" people. Want to guess who raised us? That's right, a prior generation. One needs to look in a mirror before casting a stone.

Casting blame and complaining is easy. Trying to fix it is the hard part.

dragon, I don't think the comments were intended to criticize you. Rather, I think those commenting were pointing out that the youth of half a century ago were raised with more examples of how to be a good person and good neighbor.
I strongly suspect that if more of your generation were like you, this thread would possibly not exist.

[LUBEDUDE]

dragon, I don't think the comments were intended to criticize you. Rather, I think those commenting were pointing out that the youth of half a century ago were raised with more examples of how to be a good person and good neighbor.
I strongly suspect that if more of your generation were like you, this thread would possibly not exist.

You sure said it tons better than I could have. :)

[XDROB]

I've posted in this before. Let me say a little more clearly.
GET the government out of parenting. Let parents be parents! I Do realize there will be Bad parents out there. DEAL with them, not every parent . And every liberal minded person out of our lives. Quick story:

My son was three years old. I was at supermarket. He was acting up would not stop crying and just thrashing around. I asked him if you wanted to get a spanking. He continued on with this Behavior. At that point I picked him up out of the carriage without hurting him put him on the ground and give him a swift slap on his butt, picked him back up and put him back in carriage. Felt a tap on my shoulder. Woman standing there said she was going to call the cops because she just witnessed an act of abuse, child abuse. I said obviously you do not know what abuse is, or discipline. Did you see me slap that child in the face or hit him in his body to make him be quiet, no. As I was saying that I took my cell phone out and said let me call the police for you, and you should stay here and while they get here so you could explain your side of the story. She said oh no I'm not getting involved. I said you did that when you tapped me on the shoulder and accused me of being a abusive parent. She walked away with a huff. At that point three other parents two women and a man clapped said thank God you just stood up for yourself because we're tired of this kind of abuse from people who don't know what good discipline is and what parenting and discipline is. And by the way the cops were never called.
My son is now an active member in the Air Force married and on his way to a good life.I hope partially because of my wife's and my parenting.



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[Bent Ramrod]

Dragon, you are absolutely right. I'm always amazed at how well my friends' and relatives' kids have turned out, compared to the slackers, thugs, lifetime underachievers and professional victims that are constantly in the public eye.

And then I remember that it wasn't us "grinds," sweating away at our studies, doing (mostly) what our parents, teachers and authority figures told us to do, behaving like there was a future for us that we were investing in, that got any credit or even any notice. The ones who got all the "ink" and pseudo Role Model status were the "hoods," who skipped classes, majored in Smoking in the (gender-specific) Bathrooms, and constantly got into trouble in their endless efforts to be Cool. Nobody ever wrote Musicals featuring Nerds with horn-rimmed glasses sitting at desks over books; but there's a bunch featuring Hoods with motorcycle jackets and engineer's boots, acting out. There are so many more outlets for sensationalism these days; no wonder it seems like now these types are all there is.

It's just another Cross that the upstanding citizen in training has to bear. You're doing the right thing; ignore the sensationalists and social-media horrible examples. Soon enough, you'll be an old geezer like us, ranting that the Younger Generation is a disaster from which the world will never recover. :mrgreen:

[dragon813gt]

dragon, I don't think the comments were intended to criticize you. Rather, I think those commenting were pointing out that the youth of half a century ago were raised with more examples of how to be a good person and good neighbor.
I strongly suspect that if more of your generation were like you, this thread would possibly not exist.

I know they weren't meant to criticize me. But this type of generational bashing goes on here quite a bit. I had to hear it constantly at work how no one my age "knew how to work". The only one who never did was my Grandfather. He was quick to point out when I was slacking or screwing up. But what do you expect when you have a seven year old on a job site pushing a broom around :laugh:

My point was that there have been plenty of people that are a burden on society in every generation. And you have to account for more people walking the earth now. Let's say this number is 1% of the population. In 1950 that would be 1.52 million people. Today that would be 3.3 million people. So essentially double the amount of people which increases your chances of running into one.

There are a lot of factors that play into all of this. There is a big difference between myself and my sister. She's seven years younger than me. I was subjected to corporal punishment as a child, deservedly so. She was not. She is far from being a burden on society. But she was a complete pain to raise and still shows some disrespect towards my parents. My Mom would smack me upside my head to this day if I said some of the things my sister does.

And I know I've said this before. You can't expect the school to teach your kids everything. The rules posted in the OP should be taught to children in the home. If they happen to be taught in school that's great. But chances of that happening are slim. People ship their kids off to school and don't ask them what they're learning. They don't engage in their life. I'm so far up my step daughters rear it's amazing she likes me. The last thing I care about is if she likes me. I'm here to raise her properly and make sure she doesn't become a burden on society. To many parents want to be friends first and then a parent. Like I said, many factors are at play.

Sorry for the thread drifts. Every one of the Roy Rodger's rules was instilled in me as a child.

[HeavyHev]

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

[XDROB]

Sitting in the corner, Doesn't Work.

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[facetious]

Growing up my dad used to say that life is getting up every day and making a bunch of decisions that you will have to live with for the rest of your life.

He all so used to tell me that if you aren't thinking ten years a head that you are all ready ten years behind.