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    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Thu Nov 29 08:03:20 2018
    Daryl wrote --

    So, if he "blows it" on partying, etc., when he comes to me asking
    for help...he may be my brother, but I'm going to tell him to "get lost"

    Its call "tough love" among other things. Its when one warns another
    person numerous times and they continue and something really bad happens
    they learn they had been warned.
    My brother is 12 years older than I am and from my mothers first
    marriage.
    When he turned 16 he was into drag racing. This was in the mid 50's.
    Many a night my father (his step father) was called to come bail him out.
    One night he had had a very long day and dead tired. My father knew
    everyone in town it seemed, from the lowest to the highest. He told the
    cops to just hold him overnight and he would in that morning, but not to
    tell my brother that.
    After spending a night in jail (not booked so no record) that broke him
    of that knowing if he did it again it would be another night or more and
    on his record.
    After that incident he shaped up and got more mature and knew he was responsible for his actions.
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Sat Dec 1 16:36:00 2018
    Joe,

    Its call "tough love" among other things. Its when one warns another
    person numerous times and they continue and something really bad happens JM>they learn they had been warned.

    I've known so many nowadays that won't do such. They feel that
    "spankings" and "timeouts" will ruin the child's self esteem. Well, I
    got more than my share of whippings growing up, and I consider myself
    better for it. I dare to say that most of those in jail were not
    properly disciplined as a child.

    After that incident he shaped up and got more mature and knew he was
    responsible for his actions.

    Some have to learn the hard way. My brother had a similar situation
    years ago...yet he still drinks beer quite a bit. If he gets in jail for
    DUI again, he's staying there, as I don't have the funds to bail him
    out. The same goes for if he ends up writing a hot check. One area
    police department makes a financial killing with it.

    Yet, you can't reason with him, or so many others...and when you tell him/them that "Life Isn't Burger King...you can NOT always 'Have It Your
    Way'", they get angry. I worked for BK for 5 years 40 years ago, so I
    can say that.

    Excuse me...I hear an order of original chicken nuggets calling me
    away from the computer. <G>

    Daryl

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