I vote yes

aspeck

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Now come on, Joe, let's not bring in the Native American political debate ... ;):D

When I watched that clip on the news, my bride and I had an interesting discussion on the softening of the generations. Sometimes in our zeal to protect our offspring we actually do them a disservice. They have to learn that you can get hurt if you don't play by the rules, it is the winner that gets the spoils, and a participation trophy means nothing in the long run. If we don't, our kids grow up to be entitled, spoiled brats. I have a niece that asks her 4 year old EVERYTHING. There is no structure, no bed time, no wake up time, "mommy has work to do at home, when do you want to go?" I mean this girl rules the roost. She is in for a rude awakening when she goes to school. She certainly doesn't know how to be a friend to any other kid ... it is her way or no way. And that is what we are raising. God help us.
 

mickyryan

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Aspeck, that's sounds just like a woman to me:) "sorry edited to not look like I mean aspeck was a gurl" :)
 
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sam60

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I could get in trouble here defending aspeck.....I'll take the high road. From what I've seen, aspeck lives his life to help others.....
 

redneck joe

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Awww..... the tomahawk chop. Actually there is a very different reason they are named the Chiefs, it morphed into a native american thing. And if you have never read the bio of Lamar Hunt, you need to. You will then understand the football, soccer, tennis and other sports that we know today. Very few people I would group into the Great American category; he is one.



askpeck my first wife was that way, i let the boy be a boy. Lots of examples but two are I built a decorative fence about thigh high and he loved to crawl up and jump off into the grass. About 3-4 years old. She hated me for that. Then our next house i'd take him out in (horrors) cold weather and let him walk in the woods while I did yard work, cut firewood, moved dirt, whatever while he played or helped daddy. Then (horrors) he would come in dirty with a runny nose. Immediate bath, extra clothes, yell at me, hug him, divorce me, etc.
 

Tim Frank

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It's all based on "per 100K", so should be able to add them....unless I'm missing something...which as my wife constantly reminds me, is always a primary possibility....:)

Thanks for the clarification...that was my mistake above....my overly-left brain jumped to that being a fraction situation with a common denominator.
You actually can add both the rate AND the sample size.
 
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