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An old country Preacher had a teenage son, and it was getting time the boy should give some thought to choosing a profession.
Like many young men, the boy didn’t really know what he wanted to do, and he didn’t seem too concerned about it.
One day, while the boy was away at school, his father decided to try an experiment. He went into the boy’s room and placed on his study table four objects:
– a Bible,
– a Silver Dollar,
– a bottle of Whiskey, and
– a Playboy magazine
“I’ll just hide behind the door,” the old Preacher said to himself. “When he comes home from school this afternoon, I’ll see which object he picks up. If it’s the Bible, he’s going to be a Preacher like me, and what a blessing that would be! If he picks up the dollar, he’s going to be a Businessman, and that would be okay, too. But if he picks up the bottle, he’s going to be a no-good drunkard, and, Lord, what a shame that would be. And worst of all, if he picks up that magazine he’s gonna be a skirt-chasin’ bum.”
The old man waited anxiously, and soon heard his son’s footsteps as he entered the house whistling and headed for his room. The boy tossed his books on the bed, and as he turned to leave the room he spotted the objects on the table.
With curiosity in his eye, he walked over to inspect them.
Finally, he picked up the Bible and placed it under his arm. He picked up the silver dollar and dropped it into his pocket. He uncorked the bottle and took a big drink while he admired this month’s Centerfold.
“Lord have Mercy,” the old preacher disgustedly whispered, “he’s gonna run for Congress!
Topic: WS Bridge
I was reading old threads for a little bit and realize this has been discussed before, but I missed the discussion (I wasn’t a member yet).
We take the WS Bridge everyday to the 99 and it does get insanely backed up. I know that it is illegal to cross the solid white line, so I always pass that huge clog of cars and get over to the right lane further up. I feel like people think I’m a jerk for doing this.
My question is: If we were to go under the bridge, using, I guess, Spokane, does that go all the way to 1st Ave.? Is there anyone who goes that way and if so, could you tell me if that commute is any better?
Topic: My Say…..
Wow!! I had heard about this website, but since I am too busy during the day to check it out and too tired at night I never got a chance and now I see what everyone is talking about. There are too many similiarities to count and I would very much like to know who is doing this. Yes, we are a West Seattle family and we have 1 child a daughter who briefly attended Arbor Heights, we waited until this past Summer to transfer her to Roxhill, but it wasn’t because that school was bad or anything it just wasn’t the right fit for our daughter and our family. Can’t a family transfer a child out of a school without it becoming news to the community. We like to think we made some friends at Arbor Heights.
A friend alerted me to this website and said there seems to be some information about your daughter online with alot of misconceptions and false information, someone who desperately needs medical/mental help is online and using your daughter’s transfer as means of what?? I am so confused.
I am speechless to say the least and especially when I read the posting from someone omigosh or something like that. I can’t believe that anyone we knew at Arbor Heights, even people we didn’t know well would say the things you said about our daugters transfer. I think I have figured out who you are omigosh and you really hate us that muh to post horrible lies about me?
Yes I did send afew emails to the Arbor Heights website master and she was kind enough to post them for me, if she had any objections she had the right to not post them, but she did. The only postings I made were about the lack of somewhere the kids could go to get out of the rainy/snowy weather, I could not manage the talking to teachers and attending the PTSA meetings to ask for permission for my idea, I really needed some support from other Arbor Heights parents and I did not receive any. I felt very over-whelmed because I was running a business at home, be at school for all the functions and trying get this onboard, sorry I failed everyone, but I am only 1 person. There wa a very select groups of Mothers at Arbor Heights we for the most part had other children at the school as well as a child in my daughters grade, I tried to fit in I attended every school function, I volunteered in the class, I bought every book, every t-shirt, I walked our daughter around to sell items for school fundraising and still I could not connect to anyone but 1 parent I knew before we attended that school. I should not be ridiculed for transferring our daughter out of Arbor Heights, I should not be ridiculed for not working harder to get the program of a place for rainy days on board.
Yes, we have an amazing 7 year old daughter who is just thriving thank you very much at Roxhill as a 2nd grader, I transfeered her to that school because of the educational experience at Roxhill believe it or not, she wouldn’t have advanced at Arbor Heights and I clicked right away with the teachers and the Principal Cathy Thompson at Roxhill.
I still do check the Arbor Heights website now and then so our daughter can read some of the jokes and saying her former friends write online. I also see you are working on the rainy day program, good I am glad for the kids it is about time.
I will enroll our daughter to Explorers West and I will not allow you or anyone to stop us, our daughter deserves a good solid education and if I see she can get that at Explorers West so be it.
We have hopes that in afew years our daughter and your sons or daughters will be in middle school and they can be friends, that is if you and the other parents at Arbor Heights can move forward and forget the past. We are a great little family.
I will be checking periodically this website now that I am aware that this type of activity goes on, and I will respond when I feel the need to stand up for our family.
I also hope that the OMIGOSh or whatever your name is that is can forgive us for not telling you the reason why we left Arbor Heights and that the next time you see us in the neighborhood you will look straight at us and smile as we will do the same. Please learn to be forgiving and to re-read the postings I sent on Arbor Heights website last year they are not nasty or evil as you say.
I want to add I can’t believe we were the only family to leave Arbor Heights.
Take care!
West Seattle, Washington
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