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I have about decided that this "Interrupted Cruising" that I had
planned whereby I sail for a few days and then return to work and family for a week or so is very difficult to make work. During the times at home and work, events conspire to delay the cruise. Last week would have been perfect sailing from St. Marks, FL to points south but I delayed because I really wanted to be in the annual "Frostbite Regatta" which is a local dinghy sailing race and I wanted to enter my two MiniCups with myself and son. Instead, he broke his wrist skateboarding, AHHHHHHHHHHH crap. THEN, to make it worse, I found a pot pipe under his dresser. Fortunately, I think he has had no opportunity to smoke it since he was busted at school just before Christmas vacation. However, I am so ****ed that I may just push him overboard when we are sailing and claim it was an accident (you all know about this so now I cannot do it)because him and I were to sail together because he was kicked out of school for getting busted. Him and I were supposed to leave St. Marks tomorrow morn at 4:00 am because he was supposed to finish his school exams (he is 14) today but instead, he still has one more and we have now made arrangements to get a urine pot test tomorrow so we cannot leave till Wed. morn. I really think having him with me sailing will be a good thing. It has aspects of punishment ( days of being on a small boat with his uncool scientist nerd father will be hell for Mr social butterfly)and I will make sure he learns some trig and geometry by doing navigation. He will also have no way to be near a phone or computer (It is really difficult to insure NO access to these at home). Being kicked out of school for the next six months may be a good thing if I can sort of "home school" him to keep him away from the pervasive drug atmosphere at his school. It might also get some of the desire to "look good" in front of people out of his system. Somehow, he has this weird magnetism that draws other people and the attention of girls to him. Since I have never had ANY social skills, this is bizarre to me and we really do not understand each other (although I really do think I am his dad). Fortunately, my work life is very flexible (very small, very high tech business owner) that he can go to work with me and study from online lessons I download and he can also get some mechanical and electronic skills by working on equipment. I'd like to just take off a few months but I get too excited about work and cannot bear to leave it for long. When I come back after a couple days, its like Christmas with so much cool stuff to do. Leaving the other two kids with my wife would also not be fair since she works part time so I am somewhat committed to this part time cruising thing but I just have to spend more time at it. ANYWAY, I hope to leave again on Wed morn. I did get my boats name painted on the stern so I am no longer "The unidentified sailboat" on VHF. David "Ragtime" |
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i would rather catch my kid smoking some pot, rather than drinking...
either way, he needs to learn "when to say when" with any "relaxation method".....he is just trying to escape the pressures of school, social life, or whatever the case may be...Try and have him discover other ways of relaxing, as the pressure will probabaly be higher, later in life.... just my $.02.....good luck !! |
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On 3 Jan 2005 18:34:30 -0800, "~^ beancounter ~^"
wrote: i would rather catch my kid smoking some pot, rather than drinking... either way, he needs to learn "when to say when" with any "relaxation method".....he is just trying to escape the pressures of school, social life, or whatever the case may be...Try and have him discover other ways of relaxing, as the pressure will probabaly be higher, later in life.... I have to agree here, but then I'm in Canada and it's nearly legal here. I assume whatever your stance on pot use, the laws are harsh enough to screw with your entire life if caught. Tell him the best time to "fight the power" and to "legalize it" is NOT from jail and NOT while keeping a stash hidden from the old man. It's pure self interest to not break the laws you wish to overturn. I think the pot is beside the point: it's the lying and hiding stuff that is the issue. Maybe if you give him responsibility for the boat (when well off the coast, perhaps, in open water?G), he will at least be too busy to contemplate sparking one up. R. |
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here is colorado, i think you just get a ticket (like
jay walking) and pay a small fine...if you have less than a certain amount...and you are not cought trakkicking or distributing...thats a whole nother story... -----snip-------------------------- "the laws are harsh enough to screw with your entire life if caught." |
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On 6 Jan 2005 08:18:10 -0800, "~^ beancounter ~^"
wrote: here is colorado, i think you just get a ticket (like jay walking) and pay a small fine...if you have less than a certain amount...and you are not cought trakkicking or distributing...thats a whole nother story... ================================== All well and good but as I recall the incident in question took place in school, by a 14 y/o. Not really a good thing in my opinion, certainly not conducive to learning, and sort of akin to underage drinking in school. It's tough to keep kids out of trouble when they have that kind of peer pressure to deal with. Maybe a different school? I think many parents fail to appreciate the different cultures that exist from town-to-town and school-to-school. |
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true, your right......it is best kept out of the
"learning environment"..... |
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